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Ready, set, row!

For Time:

1000m Row

21 Dumbbell Thrusters

21 AbMat Sit-ups

750m Row

15 Dumbbell Thrusters

15 AbMat Sit-ups

500m Row

9 Dumbbell Thrusters

9 AbMat Sit-ups

“It’s all downhill from here. Okay not really. It’s a little more uphill but you’re almost done.” ~ Jim cheering on Jorge.

Notes:

Here’s a good local news video on CrossFit and CrossFit LA. I like the T-Shirt at the end that says “If I don’t fear my workout it isn’t hard enough.”

Here’s progress. Travis told me today he’s down two waist sizes since he started CrossFitting two months ago!

Reminder that the gym is closed Friday. We will be at the CF Games spectating for time.

Hanging a-Round

3 Rounds for Time:

50 Squats

15 Pull-ups

10 Hang Clean (135#/95#)

This is a variation on the WOD Nasty Girls (which has 7 muscle-ups per round rather than 15 pull-ups). We wanted a workout that would be a high power, sub 10 to 15 minute range. We wanted you all working on a new barbell lift and working pull-ups. Mission accomplished.

All of you are picking up the subtleties to how technique effects the amount of load you can effectively clean. Finding that working load is key to helping magnify faults in your form. Not heavy to the point of unsafe, but too light and you can’t feel why the elbows need to come around or why the shrug and pull needs to be explosive. For hang cleans, power cleans, squat cleans, or even med ball cleans, the technique follows the same basic movement pattern.

Deadlift in the first pull off the floor, then explosive up shrug and pull on the load in the second pull followed by an aggressive commitment to pulling under the weight to the rack position with the elbows through (like Sherry and Jim above).

Oh and two of our number are moving up on banded pull-ups in WOD’s. Nice work Sherry and Travis!

Notes:

Friday the gym will be closed. If you are scheduled for class we will work with you on an alternate make-up slot.

Shirts came in (black, pink and white designs) so if you want one let us know. They are $20 each.

Facelift

The gym facelift is complete! A little fresh paint goes a long way.

Fireworks

Kind of what all of you felt like were going off in your chest at round 4.

In teams of 2 complete the following relay race for time.

Perform 7 rounds of a 40 yard long shuttle run that consists of the following exercises:

Sprint to 10 yard line and back,

Sprint to 20 yard line and do 5 burpees and back,

Sprint to 30 yard line and do 7 kettlebell swings and back,

Sprint to 40 yard line and do 10 PVC Overhead Squats and back.

Tag up with your partner.

* One partner goes while the other rests.

The morning class got together at Swenson Park for today’s WOD. We put this together with a few goals in mind. The weather is great and we wanted to get outside, we haven’t done a team WOD, and we needed one that allowed rest cycles after max effort. The shuttle sprints were new and there to help increase the cardio-respiratory endurance. The other goal was to pilot a test run at the park so that we can try to have a couple Saturday WOD’s for everyone this summer.

It was a close race but the team of Dan and Michelle just beat out the other two teams. It was also great to have all the kids running around and practicing burpees, sprints and frog hops. It’s rubbing off!

Happy 4th! Remember to honor our country, fly the flag and stay safe!

"The Bear Complex"

Perform 5 sets of 7 sequences (complexes) of the following exercises:

Power Clean

Front Squat

Push Press

Back Squat

Push Press

Rules:

Bar must touch the ground each sequence but cannot rest on the ground or it terminates the set.
Goal is to increase loads each round to complete “The Bear” with max load.
Rest as needed between sets.
You must power clean the bar to full standing position before squatting the weight.

First I want to apologize for not having a picture of Amanda. Michelle got the pics of everyone else today doing “The Bear” but I got so caught up with the WOD tonight and the camera stayed on the countertop.

That said, tonight was really cool and watching Amanda learn to power clean, then push and convince herself she could complete this WOD and add some weight was inspiring. My favorite moment was in the middle of the 4th round when she looked at me after two complexes and said with a smile “I never thought I would be working out with barbells and in a garage” and then proceeded to grind it out.

A few observations:

As you all added weight through this WOD it became apparent to all of you why the dip and drive of the push press is more efficient than just trying to press it up. Muscle memory started kicking in and confidence with the movement techniques grew each round.

Both of us saw powercleans improving. Keep that barbell close to the body, remember it’s explosive, incorporate that shrug and keep it close to the body as you rotate your elbows around. Avoid the reverse curl impulse. We will also plan to coach the barbell back squat more in pre-WOD Elements as the low bar back squat will be new to all of you.

Video demo from the CrossFit main site of “The Bear” WOD:

Quicktime click here

Windows Media Player click here

Hip, Hop, Hooray…

Deadlift

3×3

Warm-up then work to three rep max deadlift. Then perform the following WOD.

21-15-9 for time:

Deadlift (Bodyweight)

Wallball (20#/14#)

Box Jumps (24″/20″)

Pick your poison. Each of these exercises is opening or closing the hip. Put them together and it’s a challenge to go from one exercise to the next. Short but effective. Just what we wanted after a long WOD yesterday.

Welcome to Lucy and Jorge who started Elements with us today. Everyone narrowly missed a burpee penalty by introducing themselves to our newcomers to make them feel welcome. Nice!

Notes:

Thank you everyone for parking today off the cul-de-sac when it was crowded. I guess it means you all read the website!

Oh and here is Part 2 of the Kipping Pull-up by Robb Wolf and Nadia Shatila on Again Faster. Part 1 can be found here. Practice your kipping motion in movement prep and also post WOD if you have some time and energy.

The Kipping Pullup – Part Two from Jon Gilson on Vimeo.

Rowing with Robin

Robin recently joined us and brings a wealth of rowing experience with him. A former competitive rower over the “pond” in England, he and wife Lucy are beginning their CrossFit journey and no doubt the rower will be a strength for both of them. I was able to get a little video of him warming up on the rower and ask some questions around technique and coaching tips.

Here’s a short video and demo:

Ashley rowing hard!

"This is hard"

or “that was Hell” or our favorite, in response to asking Greg if he was ready to try 95 pounds: “I should’ve kept my big mouth shut.” All quotes of the day. All six of you had similar observations. Remember hard work produces results.

4 Rounds for Time:

10 Sumo Deadlift High Pull (95#/65#)

15 Pull-ups

30 Squats

We have a some shout outs today for a couple friends. First off Alexandra Seal from CF No Limits completed her CrossFit Level 1 Certification this weekend down in Aromas, CA. She is front and center on the left side of the barbell. Congrats Alex!

Our good friend Derek from high school was in town visiting for the weekend and we got to throw down a few WOD’s and several PR’s. He’s been CrossFitting since January and has drunk the Kool-Aid. While here he completed Fran as RX’d and a CF Total. He also managed to nail his kipping pull-ups, learn handstand push-ups, power cleans, deadlifts, and most importantly got his first muscle-up! Then he strung a few together for good measure. Here’s a pic and video of that accomplishment. Great effort Derek!

Derek First Muscle-Up Video:

Foam Rolling and Stretching

Why stretch? What is a foam roll? Watch this video from Again Faster. You can pick up a foam roller for little over $20 at Target in their exercise equipment section. This little thing is money well spent to helping roll out the tightness you feel in legs, knees, glutes, back etc. If you have joint issues, IT band problems, adhesions, tight hamstrings, lower back soreness and so on, give this a try in addition to stretching to increase your flexibility and decrease your pain. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow.

Foam Rolling: Part I from Patrick Cummings on Vimeo.

Clean Up

For Time:

Alternate the following exercises in a ladder format.

15, 12, 9, 6, 3 of Pull-ups

3, 6, 9, 12, 15 of Power Cleans (115#/85#)

* For extra credit do chest to bar pull-ups and 155# power cleans.

Derek is a close friend of ours and fellow CrossFitter that is visiting us from the east coast for the weekend. He wanted to get some work in on cleans and kipping pull-ups so after some instruction we all threw down this WOD together.

We just introduced the double under in yesterday’s WOD. For those that this is new territory, it’s a skill that takes practice and patience. Here are some good techniques to help you learn in this video on Double Unders from Again Faster.

Double Unders from Patrick Cummings on Vimeo.

Notes:

Good luck to Travis who is running in the Mt. Hood 10k Scramble Race tomorrow! Don’t get stuck on the mountain!