Build Your Bar

Strength WOD:

1-1-1-1-1
Snatch

Conditioning:

For time:

400m Run
9 Snatch (135#/95#) 
400m Run
6 Snatch (165#/105#)
400m Run
3 Snatch (185#/115#)

* Full squat; change load as you go

Results

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Runs

WOD’s where you get to change the load as you go with the same movement are a change of pace and a challenge that forces concentration and efficiency in your movement. Congrats for those who hit PR’s today and to Spence for his 100th WOD! You earned your 100 WOD Club T-shirt!

The Story in Asia – [video]

Stone Cold Stoneberg

WOD Gone Bad

3 Rounds of max reps of each of the following exercises:

1 Minute of Row for Calories
1 Minute of Burpees
1 Minute of Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#)
1 Minute of Double-Unders
1 Minute Rest

* In this workout you move from each station after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises

** Score total reps/calories per round

Checkout WOD:

For time:
50 Hollow Rocks

Results

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Gone Bad Gone Bad_DU

Not quite the “Ghost” WOD I posted about the other day, but it was almost the same. Four rounds of practicing “breathing hard”. 

Tim McGraw Ripped to Shreds at 47: His Low-Carb Diet & CrossFit Workout examiner.com

In November 2012, CrossFit Toledo owner Joe Lengel was killed in an attempted robbery outside of his gym. On June 12, a judge sentenced the final suspect to life in prison.  

Hang Around

Strength WOD:

1-1-1-1-1
Hang Squat Clean 

Conditioning:

21, 15, 9 Reps of each for time of:

Hang Squat Clean (115#/75#)
Handstand Push-ups

Results

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Plenty of PR’s across the board today!

Sam_Hang Clean

Trapper_Hang Clean

The clean and the snatch are the two most technical weightlifting movements. When they are new there seem to be so many areas to focus on and fix that you can quickly become overwhelmed and even lost as to what to address first. As you improve your setup, jumping, and landing positions and the confidence grows it’s important to understand the footwork, timing and execution of each phase of the lifts to continue to make progress.  Here are two articles below with great tips on improving your clean.  

Catching Cleans by Matt Foreman catalystathletics.com

Improving the Clean through a Better Turnover by Greg Everett catalystathletics.com

The Story in North Central – [video]

Hang Cleans and HSPU

Happy Birthday Mums!

Cindy XXX

Complete as much as possible in 20 minutes of: 
10 Pull-ups
20 Push-ups
30 Squats
15 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
45 Squats
20 Pull-ups
40 Push-ups
60 Squats
25 Pull-ups
50 Push-ups
75 Squats
30 Pull-ups
60 Push-ups
90 Squats

Results

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We even provide the Birthday Clowns:

Mums Bday WOD

Michelle M. wanted a birthday WOD that was a long conditioning bodyweight workout. She listed pull-ups and squats as things she liked and push-ups as her nemesis. Perfect fit to try out the new super-sized version of “Cindy”. Happy Push-up Day!

Natalie Mclain’s 19:21 unbroken Cindy XXX

Evan_Push-up_Cindy XXX

Here’s a new benchmark conditioning WOD we will do. Note the physical change and progress Guerrero has made in 6 months. This WOD is very similar to Fight Gone Bad and looks gross. On second thought never mind. Nothing to see here. Move along.

The Ghost Workout with Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero – video [ipod] [mov] [HD mov]

Robert Guerrero Vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai, June 21st.

CF Games:

Public Release of Reserved Gold Passes Wednesday

Get Back Up

Main Class:

Complete 5 Rounds of 90 seconds each of:

5 Back Squat (as heavy as possible)
Max Reps Box Jumps (24″/20″) 

* Rest 3-4 minutes between intervals

Optional Checkout WOD:

For time:
Max Effort Plank Hold

Advanced RX Class:

Strength WOD:

Every Minute On the Minute for 7 Minutes (EMOM) complete:
2 Snatches (Choose Load)

Conditioning WOD:

Complete 5 Rounds of 90 seconds each of:

5 Back Squat (as heavy as possible)
Max Reps Box Jumps (24″/20″) 

* Rest 3-4 minutes between intervals

Results

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Back Squats_Genevieve

Box Jumps_Jenna Box Jumps_Ben

Fun WOD yesterday; which was a different way of tackling strength and metabolic conditioning at the same time. I first did this WOD back in 2010 when I dropped into District CrossFit in Washington D.C. At the time they had a small space and a couple racks and I found this was a creative way to gettting a large class through while fostering teamwork to load/unload bars with minimal rest. This format will return with a different lift combined with a bodyweight or conditioning movement.

The Games Go Big in the Soccer Stadium 

Age Is Just a Number

Events: 31Heroes Team WOD

Our annual participation in the 31Heroes Memorial Team WOD will be on Saturday, August 9th at 9:30am. 

More Details to come but go register here. This is a fun and challenging team workout in honor of our fallen heroes.

Walking Dead

Strength WOD:

3-3-3-3
Clean Pull

Conditioning:

4 Rounds for time:

7 Muscle-Ups
15 Deadlifts (225#/155#)
30 Walking Lunges

* Sub 2 C2B pull-ups for 1 MU

Results

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Deadlift

Want a muscle-up? Get there through strict ring dips, strict pull-ups, chest-to bar pull-ups, a false grip and a strong kip. Practice the pattern through progressions. Fix mobility and flexibility issues. Skip even one of these components and you will likely not get a true muscle-up. Work on these skills regularly and this will be one of those movements you love.

Spencer hits a PR using the Force:

The Force

The Story in South East – CrossFit Journal video [ipod] [mov] [HD mov]

Strict Focus

Skills WOD:

3-3-3
Weighted Strict Pull-up

or

3-3-3-3-3
Strict Pull-up

Conditioning:

4 Rounds for time of:

5 Squat Snatch (135#/95#)
200m Run 
10 Handstand Push-ups
200m Run 

* Strict HSPU

Results

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Wake Up

They’ve done studies you know. 60% of the time, closing your eyes works every time.

Want to get better at pull-ups or that handstand push-up? Work on your strict pulling and pushing strength. Regularly.

Congrats goes out to Kelby for passing the Advanced RX test tonight! Despite not studying for the written exam he still received a pass by Coach Sean…

The Story in Central East – [video]

"Annie"

Strength WOD:

1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Front Squat

Conditioning WOD:

“Annie”

50/40/30/20/10 reps each of:
Double Unders
AbMat Sit-ups

Optional Checkout:

Max Effort 250m Row or Max Effort 100m Run

Results

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Annie 

Lots of FS PR’s today:

Seth W_Front Squat

Squats, a benchmark and some sprint training make for a good day.

I still remember logging my WOD results to CrossFit.com back in 2007 and waiting everyday as impatient as ever for the next day’s WOD to be posted. Good perspective on how everyone still has their “Good Old Days”.

The New Good Old Days of CrossFit By Darrell “Bingo” White

 
Sprint

Happy Birthday Lynn!

Strength WOD:

2-2-2-2-2
Push Press

Birthday WOD:

For time:

50 Box Jumps (24″/20″)
50 Wall Balls (20#/14#)
50 Burpees
3 Rope Climbs (15 ft.)

Results

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Lynn Bday WOD 

Lynn wanted a birthday WOD so today’s conditioning workout was a mix of things she liked and a bunch of wall balls. No she didn’t turn 50…

Box Jumps and Wall Balls 

The Dip with Coach Burgener – video [ipod] [mov] [HD mov]

“A restaurant doesn’t have to hold thirty tables to be excellent, and a book doesn’t have to be 2,000 pages to be great. What matters is the quality of the experience. Always the quality. Focus on that, whether you’re the member or the trainer, and things will turn out okay.”

~ from Nothing Wrong With a Shoebox by Words with Lisbeth

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