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CrossFit Games Open WOD 11.5

Complete as many rounds and reps in 20 minutes of:
5 Power clean (145#/100#)
10 Toes to bar
15 Wall ball shots (20# to 10″/14# to 9′)

PC: Elbows must be in front of bar in rack position, stand all the way up.
T2B: Both toes must touch bar, arms straight, feet behind bar at bottom. No hand grips allowed.
WB: No butt ball allowed, must hit wall above line

Results

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Power Cleans

+ Toes-to-Bar

+ Wall Balls

= Naptime

Yesterday’s results have been fixed and thanks to everyone for the heads up! It’s good knowing you people are checking.

Two weeks to go in the Open! This WOD looked brutal (I haven’t done this yet but will this week). Nothing like cleans and kipping on the bar to torch the forearm grip. Then after that you get to avoid getting smashed in the face by your wall ball. Maybe I am not really selling this WOD very well. Next week’s WOD 11.6 is a doozy too (think “Fran-rap”). Ah the things we do in the name of fitness.

Rebecca Voigt on today’s WOD – video [wmv] [mov]

Speal vs. Khalipa: An Early Test of 11.6 [wmv] [mov]

Notes:

CF Kids Session 1 kicks off on Saturday! It is SOLD OUT! Remember this will be upstairs during the main Sat. AM class and is ONLY open to CF Kids that are registered and paid for class. Siblings and other kids who may be in the box must stay in the “Squatch Cave” during class per normal box rules. The upstairs area is also Off Limits to all kids at all times (outside of CF Kids Class). This is strict and to ensure their safety. We are asking you as parents to explain and help enforce these rules.

Please understand that the Kids Classes will also be off limits to “observers” and parents both to save space as well as to ensure the little Squatchers are focused on the coaches and listening well. We also want to remove the potential for anxiety from kids who feel self conscious about an audience. At some point we may have an “Observation Day” and will post when we do do so. Your kids are in good hands with Michelle, Moe and Rona!

Snatch-tastic!

Strength WOD:

Snatch one rep every minute on the minute for 15 minutes.

Score highest and lowest loads (Specify Power Snatch or Hang Power Snatch if you cannot perform a full Squat Snatch)

Immediately after complete the following Checkout WOD:

AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) in 7 Minutes of:

6 Hand Release Push-ups
9 Romanian Deadlifts (45#/33#)
12 Squats

Results

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Snatch (Full) with Sean:

Catalyst Athletics:

Basic steps to success on the Snatch:

Good set up stance and start position (feet under bar, shoulders in front of bar, wide grip, elbows out, back flat, deep squat)
Clear your mind and picture success, take a deep breath
LIft off: Weight on heels, hips and shoulders rise together, elbows out, stand
Passing the knees: Shins are vertical, head neutral, pull to extension
Triple extension: extension of knees, ankles, hips while arms are still straight
Pull under: Jump aggressively under bar as arms bend
Catch: Feet hit while hands and arms lock bar overhead, ride into overhead squat
Stand: Drive up out of the squat with feet coming in line and bar locked overhead

Nadia (who’s Romanian) demonstrates the Romanian Deadlift:

CrossFit Games Open Update:

CrossFit Games Open Workout 11.5 Announced!

Sneak Peek of CrossFit Games Open WOD 11.6

Update on the Open: Week 4

Do Not Hang Your Head

Read Rob’s (CrossFit Dad) blog post first

The Most Important Words I Heard This Week

“Do Not Hang Your Head”

I’m sure almost everyone out there who has done a WOD has at some point thought “I give up” or “Not today” or even worse “I quit”. When that thought creeps in what did you do? Did you tell it to shut the F up? Go harder or ignore it? Maybe you resigned yourself to suffer through until it was over? Probably yes to all of them. Did you hang your head? I hope not.

If you get to that point at some WOD in the future don’t do it. Don’t hang your head. Dig deep, push hard, and fight. Fight like Hell. Who cares if someone ELSE beats you. Just don’t quit and beat yourself. Believe and be proud of giving it all you got, and if you didn’t get the outcome you desired then chalk it up to something that you need to work on and get better at.

Rob realized this in the Open WOD 11.4, and he quickly stopped hanging his head and fought hard. As a result he put up a bunch of overhead squats (that were very close to his 1 rep max) and stayed in the running for another week. He also inspired a bunch of us watching, including his family. Well done.

CrossFit Lisbeth “Expectations“

Bar Burpees with Justin and Andrea from The Compound:

CF Games Update:

CrossFit Games Leaderboard BETA test Looks like they are getting closer to fixing all the issues out there like displaying correct rankings and submitted scores.

“Taking on the CrossFit Open Part 3“, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

2 Minute Challenge

Complete the following 2 Minute Challenges:

2 Minute Max Effort Box Jumps (24″/20″)
Rest 3 Minutes
2 Minute Max Effort Deadlifts (225#/155#)
Rest 3 Minutes
2 Minute Max Effort Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
Rest 3 Minutes
2 Minute Max Effort 10m Crabwalk

Results

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Swings and Deads:

Not too crabby:

We have found a way to add even more space to the box…

Saturday funday! Good class yesterday tackling some max rep outputs for 2 minutes a pop.

Read Dear CrossFit by CrossFit Lisbeth

Notes:

We are SOLD OUT!!!

No spots remain for CF Kids Session 1!

Session 1 will begin on Saturday April 23rd and run every Saturday through May 21st

Includes:

Space is LIMITED! 9 available slots per session (Once they are full the session will be sold out)
Sign up online now at MindBody to purchase a spot
- Log In to your account
- Select Series and Memberships, then CrossFit Kids to purchase a session

"Power Clean Cindy"

Strength WOD:

Power Clean
3/3/3

Checkout WOD:

For Time:

10 Power Cleans (135#/95#)
5 Rounds of Cindy
10 Power Cleans
5 Rounds of Cindy
10 Power Cleans

* 1 Round of “Cindy” =
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats

Results

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Heidi Cleans:

Erin ready, set, and … PULL:

That is OUTSTANDING Triple Extension!

Power Clean [wmv][mov]

Read: CrossFit Lisbeth: Layin’ It On the Line

Friday night after the 6pm class we will be judging a bunch of peeps through the CF Games Open WOD 11.4. If you want to come cheer please feel free!

Notes:

CrossFit Kids Session 1 sign-up info will be posted Friday night. Stay tuned!

Events:

On Saturday May 7th from 8:30am to 5pm CrossFit Marysville will be hosting a Throwdown that is open to all. This will benefit the Child United charity and looks to be a really good time. There will be 3 WOD’s that day and prizes will go to the top 3 men and 3 women. Cost is $35 and WOD’s will be posted one week in advance. We plan to attend and help with judging and a few have expressed interest in competing.

See here for Throwdown Details and to register online. All competitors get a really cool shirt!

CrossFit Games Open 11.4

CrossFit Games Open 11.4:

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees
30 Overhead squat (120#/90#)
10 Muscle-ups

WOD Instructions

* For this WOD scale 3 Pull-ups and 3 Dips per Muscle-Up

Results

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Bar Facing Burpee Action:

WOD Demo with Cherie Chan – video [wmv] [mov]

Who would have thought there would be an AMRAP where you post 0 rounds yet still get your butt kicked? This is the one. Throwing a curveball with a burpee where you face the barbell slows down the movement. Following it up with heavy overhead squats and then muscle-ups soaks up the time.

Today the overhead squats were meant to be heavy. A few asked the good question of “how heavy” today. Our answer? Heavier than you have done before but not so heavy where you are risking injury by performing like you are on “Dancing With The Stars” with the barbell around the gym!

Getting into a proper overhead squat position takes practice and demands strength, balance, flexibility, and coordination. As in all movements in our box, we want you to take the time to focus on technique rather than weight. Master the technique then focus on getting stronger. While it’s true that you get strong by picking heavy sh*t up, you also get injured by picking up heavy sh*t incorrectly. Scaling is always the smart move if your form suffers or your position is incorrect. If you have good movement then push yourself and raise the load, that will make you stronger and able to move faster; translating to an increased fitness level. However if you know the load will sacrifice that form to a point of being reckless, then ask yourself if the “RX” next to your name is more important than the potential to miss a ton of WOD’s while rehabbing something.

Ask your coaches, we will check your form, then your bar and then let you decide if you need to check yourself. Oh and if you’re sandbagging, we will let you know that too. By adding more weight. 😉

Notes:

Congrats to all who PR’d their overhead squats today, as well as to Mark, Nan, Rona, Josh and Pat who were able to complete the WOD today and stay in the running for the Open. Having people stick around to cheer and motivate was huge for all the competitors and makes a big difference to everyone involved.

Please feel free to come and cheer over the next 3 weeks that remain in the Open. We plan to make the last WOD a box event by hosting a BBQ on the final Saturday in April for WOD 11.6!

Read: Eat, drink, pee: Basic life functions we screw up – MSNBC

Justin Overhead Squats:

Push It

For Time:

400m Run
21 Push Press (115#/75#)
400m Run
18 Push Press
400m Run
15 Push Press
400m Run
12 Push Press

Results

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Eric takes in the mountains (Remember knuckles to the sky!):

Rob got his first Muscle-Up today and then knocked out a few more!

Congrats to Rob. That is a seriously big PR! Especially since the Open WOD this week has muscle-ups in it. Just in the nick of time!

Speaking of, here is the WOD for Wednesday (CrossFit Games Open 11.4):

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees
30 Overhead squat (120#/90#)
10 Muscle-ups

WOD Instructions

* For this WOD scale 3 Pull-ups and 3 Dips per Muscle-Up

CrossFit SportsCenter Update: Update on the Open: Week 3.

Adaptation

For time:

100ft. Walking Lunges
21 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
21 AbMat Sit-ups
100ft. Walking Lunges
15 Kettlebell Swings
15 AbMat Sit-ups
100ft. Walking Lunges
12 Kettlebell Swings
12 AbMat Sit-ups
100ft. Walking Lunges
9 Kettlebell Swings
9 AbMat Sit-ups
100ft. Walking Lunges
6 Kettlebell Swings
6 AbMat Sit-ups

Results

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Cristin and Jeff demo a good walking lunge and kettlebell swing overhead position:

CF Games Open Update: Team Squatch is in 23rd place in our Region and that’s with not all of our best scores entered yet! Let’s hope we climb and stay in the Top 30.

More importantly is everyone was able to complete the WOD as RX’d this week from our team with several rounds! (We are bummed that Lucy is unable to complete WOD 11.3 due to being on an island vacation with no access to a barbell thus will not be able to continue “in the running” for the Open.)

Considering for many that one rep of the men’s 165lb. or women’s 110 lb. clean and jerk is at or over their previous max that alone is a huge PR. The determination, positive thinking and junkyard dog effort was inspiring this week. Today we saw several of our competitors push their fears aside and attack this WOD with confidence and technique. This resulted in new PR’s, lots of rounds, and a belief that you can all put more weight overhead with more practice on either those cleans or jerks!

Also thanks to Petra from lululemon athletica Bellevue Square for coming out and conducting a goal setting seminar for several people tonight. Forming realistic goals that are near, medium and long term will allow you to weave them together while working towards a career, health and personal/family life balance. Having specific, measurable, achievable, results oriented, and time dependent goals are required to making sure your journey has an end point; and is not just a drive down a wandering road. We hope you all got something out of it and would love to see you share your health goals in the box with us. We are here to help you achieve them.

Pics of some of our athletes who tackled the CF Games Open WOD 11.3 today:

Quote of the Day: “The greatest adaptation in CrossFit is between the ears.” ~ Coach Greg Glassman

One athlete who best portrays and explains how he has adapted between the ears from CrossFit is Chris Spealler. The 3rd place 2010 CF Games finisher and winner of the Spirit of the Games Award sat down for a video interview with SicFit about his experiences in the past few Games and how he has changed his mental approach to believe in his ability, not define himself through his numbers or performances, and be content with his effort and desire to better himself both mentally, physically, and spiritually. Videos below.

Excerpt below from The Fire Inside by Web Smith on the CrossFit Journal

“The Spealler interview, he takes us through the reflection and perspectives that helped him finally achieve his podium finish in 2010. What you will see is an athlete with laser focus and unparalleled humility. A Christian from an early age, Spealler discusses how this past year he was finally able to be at peace with his ability. At the CrossFit-USAW Open, I was able to closely observe his pre-competitive ritual, and that inner peace was apparent. There was no adrenaline boost or an outward showing of emotion. Rather, he glanced at his wife and newborn, smiled and carried on. Consistently, they were reminders of his peace. And just as consistently, Spealler got the weight overhead.”

Chris Spealler Interview with SicFit:

"Nicole"

As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 Minutes:
400m Run
Max Rep Pull-ups

Run first then perform max rep pull-ups. Touching the ground or contact with a box (if performing assisted pull-ups) terminates the round and starts the next run.

Results

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Laura takes a sunset spin:

Quote of the Day #1: “What kind of penalty is this?” ~ Cristin unhappy after running a 400m lap during “Nicole”

Quote of the Day #2: “You are going to have to over do it once in awhile. You WILL meet the honey badger. He WILL destroy you if you don’t have a plan.” ~ Kelly Starrett

“Nicole” is a benchmark WOD that crushes the forearms and makes it feel like you are running with two tree trunks tied to your shoulders. As your grip fails and the mind keeps racing the clock, you wonder how you are possibly going to get the next round of pull-ups without falling off the bar. The run is truly a penalty as it either sucks away time or forces you to run so fast that the heart is beating out of your chest as you come back to the bar. Do you practice your math skills while you run the 400m, constantly trying to pick what to target each round to get to your goal? What pull-up strategy do you use in this one? Do you hang on for dear life and eke out rep after rep? Or once you get to fatigue do you choose to drop and run fast? Whatever method you chose today, remember it and next time try the opposite.

CF Games Open Update:

Friday night at 5pm and 7pm and Saturday at 11am we will have judges available for the Open 11.3 WOD. Plan accordingly for a time to crush this WOD for the first time or want another go at it!

Prep for the Open with these Mobility WOD’s:

“Khalipa’s History with the Heavy Squat Clean Thruster” with Open Workout 11.3 – video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov – Download Only]

CrossFit Games Open WOD 11.3

CrossFit Games Open 11.3

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 5 minutes of:
Squat clean (165#/110#)
Jerk, Push or Split (165#/110#)

Results

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Movement Standards for the WOD:

Squat clean and Jerk
In this movement, the barbell goes from ground to overhead with the athlete passing through a full squat position while the barbell is racked on the shoulders. This can be a full-squat-clean-thruster, a power-clean-front-squat-split-jerk, or anything in between as long as the three key positions are reached. The barbell begins on the ground. Touch and go is permitted. No bouncing. The athlete must pass through a full squat with hips below knees. The barbell must come to full lockout overhead with the hips, knees and arms fully extended, and the bar directly over the heels.

WOD Demo with Pat Sherwood and Heather Bergeron – video [wmv] [mov]

For the CF Games Open this WOD is heavy. It’s technical in it’s strictest form. At the same time it’s also not completely unforgiving. By allowing each rep of the clean or the jerk to count, this allows people to get at least one rep done and stay in the competition. It also allows for some alternatives like a power clean to front squat, thruster, or split jerk. If this is anyone’s close to 1RM in any of the movements, then it becomes a 5 minute strength WOD to establish that one rep and stay in the game, if it isn’t then it’s go like Hell and keep the rounds piling up.

Jill and Laura locked out:

Rob, Moe and Matt celebrating the completion of another Open WOD:

Notes:

Modifying and scaling is all part of CrossFit. Besides just lowering the load or limiting a movement due to strength or skill limitations, there are other purposes for which scaling or modifying a movement is called for. One example is a limitation from a physical injury. Part of what we do is modify workouts for any athlete in need. Don is one example; recently having had a plate from a long ago injury removed from his wrist his WOD’s are modified until he is fully healed.

Don and the one handed suitcase deadlift: