Yay Burpees!

For time:  

70 Burpees 
60 Sit-ups (AbMat) 
50 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)

40 Pull-ups
30 Handstand Push-ups

Results

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10 Fierce Badass Animals, 1 Salmon, and 1 Gopher:

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Picture above from yesterday’s Seattle Affiliate League’s Wk. 2 competition hosted by Jet City CF. Both our teams went and tackled a timed CF Total (weightlifting event of 1RM in Back Squat, Press, Deadlift) for each athlete.  Almost everyone PR’d and had a fun time!

Today’s main site chipper workout is one we have done in reverse order before. It’s been programmed on CrossFit.com both ways several times and I always wondered how it would be starting with burpees vs. finishing with them. Today we flipped it and for me I think starting with 70 burpees and counting down is easier. That said HSPU’S can be rough after all those reps in front. (I also love the picture on the main site from when this was programmed in 2004 where Coach is snatching a Venti Starbucks coffee in the background)

Oh yeah, and back in 2011 Former Games champ Kristen Clever did this WOD in 9:56…

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Notes:

CF Games Open: 

Registration for the Open Begins Jan. 30 

Sign up and have fun participating in the largest CrossFit competition in the UNIVERSE!

Announcing the Online Judges Course

Attention potential judges. If you are going to judge in the Open or potentially judge local events and competitions then consider taking this course. I completed and passed this course in under an hour. It’s a great resource that I think will do a very good job for not only helping judging, but really emphasizes standards and range of motion throughout a variety of movements that all CF’ers should not only know, but should practice in every workout. 

If you want to be a Regionals judge then you are required to pass this course as well as be a CF Level 1 Certificate Holder. This online course will be a record for a pool of judges for all CF Games future events. It also may help with local competition organizers to draw from for helping to judge events.

Teri really just warming up her DL in her first CF competition:

Teri_DL

"Nasty Girls"

Main Class:

As a team of 2 follow the leader and complete 2 rounds each for time of:

20 Calorie Row
20 Manmakers (35#/20#)
20 Up And Over Box Jumps (24″/20″)
20 Toes To Bars
20 Overhead Walking Lunge With Plate (45#/25#)
200m Run

*  Partner 1 will begin and partner 2 will follow. 

** Each athlete completes 2 rds for all reps but Partner 2 cannot move to the next exercise until Partner 1 has finished. (i.e. #1 completes 20 cal row and moves to 20 manmakers then #2 can start rowing for 20 cal)

Advanced RX Class:

Nasty Girls“:

3 Rounds for time:

50 Air Squats 
7 Muscle Ups 
10 Hang Power Cleans (135#/95#)

or

3 Rounds for time:

50 Air Squats 
12 Pull-ups (chest-to-bar)
10 Hang Power Cleans (135#/95#)

Results

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Follow the Leader

I go to the WA Affiliate Owner’s meeting for the day and this is what happens:

Alternate Programming

Welcome to new Adv RX Class member “Lyndsey”! (No relation to Lindsay).

CF Games Open: Announcing the Online Judges Course

Attention potential judges. If you are going to judge in the Open or potentially judge local events and competitions then consider taking this course. If you want to be a Regionals judge then you are required to pass this course as well as be a CF Level 1 Certificate Holder. This online course will be a record for a pool of judges for all CF Games future events. It also may help with local competition organizers to draw from for helping to judge events.

AMRAP "Annie"

Strength WOD:

5/5/5/5/5
Deadlift

* 20 Min. max. Touch and Go with perfect form.

Conditioning WOD:

AMRAP “Annie”

As Many Reps As Possible in 10 Minutes of:

25 Double Unders
25 AbMat Sit-ups

Results 

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DU AbMat SU

Coaching Tips:

  • In the double-under relax the arms and keep the elbows down at your sides while you hold your hands in front of your hips. Jump the same as a single off the balls of the feet (but with more vertical power), keep your eyes up and flick your wrists.
  • In the AbMat sit-up touch the floor behind you with your hands and touch your front of your shoes at the top to ensure full range of motion.

One of the best pilots in our Navy and the world uses CrossFit to stay in shape to fight some serious G-forces in the air.

Being A Blue Angel: CrossFit Community

Belated Birthday

Skills WOD:

Ring Dip practice

* 10 Min. max., instruction on kipping dips

For time:

40 Wall Balls (20#/14#)
40 Snatch (115#/75#)
40 Wall Balls 
40 Ring Dips
40 Wall Balls 

Results 

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Holy Wall Ball Coaching the Coach

Happy birthday to both Coach M and Cathy! Michelle was happy to not repeat her bday workout for the past several years but I couldn’t let her off easy. Brutal Fun at it’s best today. 

Grab n Go

Repost: This is what we worked on today. Timing of the kip is everything in the dip. Knees up then press out of the dip quickly, don’t kick down! If dips are a weakness, work static dips and jump to support holds for strength.

The Kipping Dip” with Doug ChapmanCrossFit Journal video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Read: 

Trident Athletics CrossFit Raises $28,000 for Triple Amputee

The Now of CrossFit by huffingtonpost.com

Helen-ish

Strength WOD:

2/2/2/2/2
Back Squat

* 15 Min. max.

Conditioning WOD:

For time:

1250m Row
–Then 5 Rds. of–
15 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
12 Pull-ups

Results 

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Ass to ankles

Today’s conditioning was a sort of a Rowing + super Helen. There were also a bunch of back squat PR’s continuing the recent trend of hitting PR’s in cleans, jerks, snatches and more. Tomorrow is M’s birthday WOD (Cathy’s too if she didn’t count today as hers). Either way it’ll be balls and snatches.

Day 23 of the Burpee Challenge. It’s also Day 17 of the Stop the Slop Challenge. Stay with it. Retest and weigh-in’s are less than 2 weeks away.

Imitation is flattery. I came across two local affiliates who are friends of ours that have implemented a 100 WOD T shirt and a 250 WOD Club. Pretty awesome! Remember if you have logged your 100th, 250th or 500th WOD then get your SRCF WOD Club t-shirt!

Homework: The Burgener Warm-Up


Happy Birthday Meghann!

5 Rounds for time: 

30 Double Unders
12 Deadlift (155#/105#)
9 Hang Power Clean (155#/105#)
6 Push Jerk (155#/105#)

Results 

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DU_Meghann Hang PC

Meghann requested a birthday WOD and I picked this as it combines something she doesn’t love (DU’s) with what she definitely loves (heavy barbell stuff like the Hero WOD “DT“). Hope you enjoyed this brutal birthday “Double Under DT” combo!

Video:

From the vault (2011):

Annie Thorisdottir (Women’s 2011 CF Games Champion) completes “DT” in 4:49 [wmv] [mov]

Ground to Overhead

Main Class:

As a Team of 2 complete for time: 

800m Run (team runs together)
40 Power Clean and Jerks (135#/95#)
20 Box Jumps (30″/24″ – Games standard)
400m Run (team runs together)
30 Power Clean and Jerks 
30 Box Jumps 
200m Run (team runs together)
20 Power Clean and Jerks 
40 Box Jumps 

* Partner up, share reps, one barbell and box. Box jumps must stand up on top of box

Advanced RX Class:

Strength WOD:

EMOM (Every Minute On The Minute) for 10 minutes complete:
2 Power Clean and Jerks 

Conditioning:

10 Rounds for time:

100m Run 
3 Muscle Ups (Odd Rounds)
3 Power Clean and Jerks (Even Rounds – 155#/105#)

Results

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Clint_CandJ

Day 19 of the Burpee Challenge

Great day for some clean and jerks. If you used the same load for the Stop the Slop Challenge consider this practice with more reps.

Good luck to all of you competing this weekend. We have two teams in the Seattle Affiliate League and Mark is competing in a throwdown at CF Lynnwood.

EMOM

Air Force Guardian Angels by CrossFit Community

“The Guardian Angels, a group of highly-trained elite airmen, use CrossFit to train, so they are ready when summoned for combat rescues. They are called Guardian Angels.”

Amazing story: After the Fall: Chris Stoutenburg by CrossFit Community

“My daily motivation is to just be better and to show other people who have disabilities that you don’t have to be put in a box,” he says. “If you push yourself, you can develop more skills and more abilities than you’ve been told that you could.”

Congrats to our latest group of OnRampers!

OnRamp_Jan

Jeremy's Idea

Strength WOD:

3/3/3
Front Squat

* 12 Min. max. Warm up then use the heaviest weight you can for each set.

Conditioning WOD:

For time:

1000m Row
–Then 3 Rds. of–
15 Push-up (hand release)
15 Jumping Squats (Barbell 45#/33#)
15 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
–Then–
1000m Row

Results

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Jumping Squats_1 Jumping Squats_2

This conditioning WOD is a mean one that Jeremy and Kim did recently except with 25 reps of each exercise. Be glad I cut the reps down! 

Double Day

Strength WOD:

Every Minute On the Minute for 10 Minutes:
2 Snatches @ 70% of 1RM

Conditioning WOD:

15-12-9 Reps of each for time of:
Deadlift (225#/155#)
Med Ball Cleans (20#/14#)
Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups

Results

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Amy_Snatches

Two short but good workouts on tap today. Oh and Happy birthday Greg M. from the SRCF clan!

One awesome “Lumberjack” and CrossFitter and all around human: “Meet Kurtis Bowler” CrossFit Journal video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Nutrition: Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

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