"Jack"

Strength WOD:

3-3-3-1-1-1
Push Press

Conditioning:

Jack

As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 Minutes:

10 Push Press (115#/75#)
10 Kettlebell Swings (53#/35#) 
10 Box Jumps (24″/20″)

Results

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Jack_Aftermath 

Army SSG Jack M. Martin III, 26, of Bethany, OK, assigned to 3rd BN, 1st SF Group, Ft. Lewis WA, died Sept. 29, 2009 in Jolo Island, Phillipines, from the detonation of an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). ~ crossfit.com (He was also a CrossFitter from Rainier CrossFit)

Notes:

Games tickets update: CrossFit Games Passes Released on April 30

CrossFit Games Update: April 22, 2014 – [video]

Masters Qualifier Event 4

Strength WOD:

2-2-2-2-2
Front Squat

Conditioning:

7 Rounds for time of:

10 Wall Balls (20#/14#)
10 Pull-ups

or:

Masters Qualifier Event 4

For time:

100 Pull-ups
100 Wall Balls (20#/14#)

* Masters Event only for those who can RX all 100 pull-ups and Wall Balls; otherwise complete 7 round couplet above

Results

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Wall Balls

The Masters Qualifier Is Over games.crossfit.com 

Masters Qualifier Event 2 "Amanda"

Main class:

As a team of 2 complete for time: 

400m Run as a team
Then 5 Rounds of:
6 Clean and Jerks (135#/95#)
12 Up and Over Box Jumps (24″/20″)
——-
400m Run as a team
Then 5 Rounds of:
6 Clean and Jerks (135#/95#)
12 Up and Over Box Jumps (24″/20″)
——-
400m Run as a team
 
* One bar, one box
** Alternate reps as needed, but run as a team

Advanced RX Class:

Strength WOD:

1-1-1-1-1
Snatch 

Conditioning WOD:

Masters Qualifier Event 2

Amanda

9-7-5 Reps of each for time of:

Muscle-ups
Snatch (135#/95#)

* full squat

Results

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Up and Over and Clean and Jerks:

  Bill_Up and Over Allison_CandJ

“Amanda” is a benchmark and tribute WOD that while low in reps is relatively heavy in load and high in technical skill. Both movements require a high level of concentration and efficiency of technique or you will wind up missing reps. This workout is one of my all time favorite CrossFit workouts and simply “elegant” in it’s combination. 

2014 Masters Qualifier Event 2 video standards

From the vault: 2010 CF Games – “Amanda” Men’s Event 1 Final Heat 

Ben Smith: 166kg/365lb Clean and Jerk 

Masters Qualifier Event 3

Strength WOD:

3-3-3-3
Deadlift

Conditioning:

Masters Qualifier Event 3

3 Rounds for time of:

50 Calorie Row 
15 Handstand Push-ups
50 Double-Unders

Results

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Lou_DL

Today we programmed one of the four Masters Qualifier WOD’s for the CF Games. The top 200 in each age group from the Open have to complete all four of the Masters workouts by this Monday (they were announced yesterday afternoon). Those in the running can do them in any order and as often as they wish, they must video them and then post their score. Upon request they will have to produce the video of any workout to submit for standards verification. The top 20 men and women from each age bracket will be invited to the CrossFit Games.

This Qualifier step is new this year for the Masters and steps up the level of competition prior to the Games. In the men’s age group of 40-44 there are two legends of the 1st CrossFit Games (the 2007 CF Games Men’s Champ and the 2nd Place runner-up from that year). In the women’s age 40-44 group there are three CF Games Women’s individual competitor vets. Each age group has many who are flat out awesome CrossFit athletes. 

Deadlift Sequence with Mark:

Mark N_DL - 1 Mark N_DL - 2 Mark N_DL - 3

Five Rounds of Frowns

5 Rounds for time of:

50 ft. Overhead Walking Lunges w/Plate (45#/25#)
21 Burpees

Results

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Sean_OH Lunge

Curtis_Lunges

Better than the Open: 2014 Masters Qualifier Events Announced

We will do one of these events tomorrow! (Hint: bring your jump rope)

CrossFit Games Update: Masters Qualifier Events – [video]

Stay in your lane!

Stay in your lane

* Note: no CrossFitters were injured in the taking of this photo

Notes:

May On Ramp Schedule:
 
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 10 at 8:30 am
Tuesday, May 13 at 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 17 at 8:30 am
 
Please email us for availability to reserve a spot before you sign up!
 
Info on OnRamp:
 
Go here to pay and sign-up for OnRamp:

Regionals:

Last chance to order your Team Buskas SRCF shirts for Regionals. Printed by our friends at Anfarm these will be red t’s with white and black ink.

Get your shirt to support Mark at the CF Games NW Regionals from May 16-18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Let’s get a posse of red in the stands! Pre-order your size in the gym, or email us or post to the FB group.

Men’s American Apparel 50/50 and Women’s American Apparel 50/50 T’s. Cost: $20 each.

  Team Buskas_comp_041414

"Death by Snatch"

Strength WOD:

5-5-3-3-1-1-1
Snatch (full)

Conditioning:

Choose Power of Full Squat version:

“Death by Power Snatch” or “Death by Snatch”

With a continuously running clock perform 1 Power Snatch (135#/95#) the first minute, 2 Power Snatches the second minute, 3 Power Snatches the third minute, and so on, continuing to add 1 each minute until you cannot complete the required number of reps in the given minute.

Score total rounds and reps in the last round completed.

“Death By Snatch” (full)
* Choose load between 60%-70% of 1RM   

Results

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Team Buskas SRCF shirts for Regionals are a GO! Printed by our friends at Anfarm these will be red t’s with white and black ink.

Get your shirt to support Mark at the CF Games NW Regionals from May 16-18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Let’s get a posse of red in the stands! Pre-order your size in the gym.

Men’s American Apparel 50/50 and Women’s American Apparel 50/50 T’s. Cost: $20 each.

Team Buskas_comp_041414

CrossFit Games Champion Annie Thorisdottir: The Fittest Woman in the World – Vogue

CrossFit Games Update: April 16, 2014 – [video]

Back Uprise Progression with David Durante and Chris Spealler – video [ipod] [mov] [HD mov]

Shrug and Sit

Strength WOD:

3-3-3-1-1-1
Clean (Squat)

Conditioning:

AMRAP in 7 Minutes of:

10 Chest-to-bar Pull-ups
15 Wall Balls (20# to 10 ft./14# to 9 ft.)
100m Run

Results

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Clean_Jon

The Masters Regionals WOD’s are being are being announced on Thursday. Plan to see some of these workouts show up in our gym programming.

Preparing for the Qualifier

Run When You’re 25 For A Sharper Brain When You’re 45 by Maanvi Singh, NPR

Russian Dip with Camille Leblanc-Bazinet – video [ipod] [mov] [HD mov]

"Lumberjack 20"

Main Class:

Team “Lumberjack 20“:

As a team of 2 complete for time:

30 Deadlifts (275#/185#) 
400m Run 
30 Kettlebell Swings (70#/53#) 
400m Run
30 Overhead Squats (115#/85#)
400m Run
30 Burpees 
400m Run
30 Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups 

400m Run
30 Box Jumps (24″/20″) 
400m Run
30 Dumbbell Squat Cleans (45#/30#)

400m Run
 
* Teams of 3 complete 45 reps
** Alternate reps as needed, but run as a team
*** One bar, one KB, one box, one pair of DB’s

Advanced RX Class:

Lumberjack 20

20 Deadlifts (275#/185#) 
400m Run 
20 Kettlebell Swings (70#/53#) 
400m Run
20 Overhead Squats (115#/85#)
400m Run
20 Burpees 
400m Run
20 Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups 

400m Run
20 Box Jumps (24″/20″) 
400m Run
20 Dumbbell Squat Cleans (45#/30#)

400m Run

Results

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Lumberjack 20

On Nov. 5 at 1:34 p.m., a terrorist named Major Nidal Hasan attacked fellow soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood, Texas. When the shooting ended, he had killed 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounded 43 others.

Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tennessee, Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, and Spc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minnesota, along with eleven of the wounded were active CrossFitters in the 20th Engineer Battalion, home to Lumberjack CrossFit.

This workout is in honor of these soldiers, and those killed in the murderous rampage. ~ crossfit.com

  Team Lumberjack 20

Good luck to Jules tomorrow who is competing in the CrossFit Teen Gauntlet at CrossFit Bellevue! If you are interested in going details can be found at the above link and on the Facebook group page. 1st event should start around 9am. There are 5 short scored events throughout the day.

Ground to Overhead

Strength WOD:

EMOM for 7 Minutes
1 Power Clean + 2 Push Press (pick load)

Conditioning WOD:

15-12-9-6-3 Reps of each for time of:

Front Squats (135#/95#)
Handstand Push-ups
Ball Slams (30#/20#)

Results

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Plenty of practice picking things up overhead and putting them down today:

FS and DB Press Slam_Kristi

The Murph Challenge: Sign up now and plan on doing this annual SRCF event for Memorial Day weekend! Registration includes the t-shirt and also benefits the Memorial Foundation.

I was also asked about the Maltz Challenge. We plan to do that one soon.

Tenth in the South East, First in the 40-44: Shawn Ramirez 

Swings and Sprints

Strength WOD:

3-3-3-3-3
Back Squat

Conditioning:

2 Rounds, each for time:

20 Kettlebell Swings (70#/53#)
30 Toes-to-bar
400m Run

* 3 minute rest between rounds

Results

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T2B K2W

This year I was able to compete in the Open Masters category (40-44) against two of the OG’s of CrossFit; James “OPT” Fitzgerald and Brett “AFT” Marshall.  They are both still among the fittest and consistently making it to the next level.

Brett Marshall: The Man Who’s Seen It All games.crossfit.com

Masters Qualifier Nears

From the Update Studio: Inside the Leaderboard – [video]

SNORIDGE CROSSFIT