Up Front

Strength WOD:

2/2/2/2/2
Front Squat (Find your 2RM “Rep Max”)

Checkout WOD:

AMRAP in 10 Minutes of:

25 Double-Unders
5 Handstand Push-ups

Results

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Amy_Front Squat

Front Squat points of performance (demo by Amy N.):

  1. Feet slightly wider than hips / shoulder width
  2. Toes angled out 30 degrees
  3. Hips back and squat below parallel or top of knee (Go deep!)
  4. Squat with knees out. Always.
  5. Chest Up
  6. Barbell on front of shoulders/clavicle
  7. Tight Lats (Squeeze your “wings”)
  8. Elbows up and pointing forward
  9. Loose fingers to allow wrists to bend
  10. Neutral head (Look forward)
  11. Don’t sit! DRIVE UP!

Normal Saturday class times. Group warm-up and team WOD for the Main Class (0930), then CF Kids (0945) and Advanced RX Class (1045).

Front Squat 5×2 WOD Demo with Miranda Oldroyd and Pat Sherwood – video [wmv] [mov]

Handstand Push-up Scaling with Heidi and Caryn (Gotta love Heidi’s inverted smile):

Heidi_Inverted Smiles Caryn_Pike Push-up