Month: October 2014

Skill

With a 10 Minute time cap climb the double under ladder as high as you can.

5-10-15-20-25-30 … of
Unbroken Double Unders.

Start with a set of 5 and add 5 every round.  Stop and rest between rounds as needed  The highest round you complete is your score. If you fail a round start over at the same rung of the ladder.  You do not need to start over at 5.

If you are new to double unders start with 1 and increase by 1 every round. 1-2-3 …

WOD

“Nicole“

AMRAP in 20 Minutes
400M run
Max rep Pull-ups

Workout Notes: Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of this classic CrossFit workout. Your score is the number of rounds and pull-ups you complete.  If you are just starting out on pull-ups scale that to 2-3 High intensity sets with the band or ring rows  for a total of about 15 pull-ups in multiple sets if need bee.

Skill

EMOM  for 10 Minutes
3 Power Snatch

Work up to a light weight Snatch and perform 3 repetitions every minute for 10 minutes.  Ideally you choose a weight that allows you to do all three reps in a row.  Be sure to drop under the bar and land in a partial squat for every rep.   If you are going so heavy that this is turning into a metcon drop weight. Focus on technique.

WOD

AMRAP in 12 Minutes

15 Box Jumps 24/20″
20 One Arm Kettlebell Overhead Walking Lunge steps 24/16kg (10 Left, 10 Right)
25 Sit-Ups

Workout Notes: Spend some time working on how you will hold the kettlebell as it is overhead.  The best position is usually to have your palm facing forward with the bulk of  kettlebell behind your hand.  Make sure that your elbow is straight and you are pressing up on the handle while it is overhead.  If you have a shoulder mobility problem and your arm is collapsing try a dumbbell so you can rotate your arm or scale down to front rack lunges.

Skill

Tabata Hollow Rock

Rest 1 Minute

Tabata Handstand Hold

There are many ways to scale the hollow rock. Try to hold the position for each interval and scale by pulling in your arms, one or both legs.  If you are still working on handstands try working only during the 10 second period and resting for 20 seconds.

WOD

“The Chief”

Max rounds in 3 minutes of:

3 Power Cleans 135/95lbs
6 Push-ups
9  Air Squats

Rest 1 minute. Repeat for a total of 5 cycles

Workout notes: A classic CrossFit workout and a CrossFit Davis favorite.  Score each cycle separately and don’t forget to pace yourself! Work on maintaining a steady pace during the first couple of cycles! This workout gets really hard in the later rounds!

Strength

Back Squat 8-5-3-3-2-2-2-2

Work up to a heavy double in the back squat.  The suggested rep scheme is a recommendation for working up to your target weight.  Perform a lot of reps at a light weight after your general warm up and increase in small increments.  Work up to a moderately heavy weight and judge your effort by the strain it takes to achieve the lift. Increase only if your mechanics are sound!

WOD

AMRAP in 10 Minutes

12 Burpee
8 Kettlebell Clean & Jerk 32/24kg
4 Weighted Step Up 32/24kg 24/20″

Workout notes: The burpees will take up a large amount of time in relation to the other reps so move through them quickly but efficiently.  For this kind of workout you’ll want to find a steady and sustainable pace for each movement.  Transition from one movement right into the other if you can. Think of the clean and jerks as “ground-to-shoulder-to-overhead”.  A muscle clean and strict press will seem fast at first but might end up being inefficient.  Work on consistent technique so you can work for 10 minutes without hitting failure.  Perform the reps  in any manner that suits you(4L, 4R…etc) but your KB must at least touch the ground for every rep. For the weighted step ups hold the kettlebell goblet style or in the front rack and don’t let your torso cave forward during that movement. Fight to remain upright!

WOD

For time

Row 1500M

then

21-15-9
Squat Clean 135/95lbs
Toes-To-Bar

Workout notes: Starting with the row will increase the difficulty of the following movements so pace yourself and be sure not to go to failure.  Row at a fairly steady and sustainable rate that doesn’t put you into severe  muscle fatigue.  You’ll probably find grip on the toes-to-bar to be affected significantly by the rowing and barbell work so make sure to be careful on that first set and work through the reps in sustainable numbers.

WOD

15-12-9-6-3

Power Snatch 135/95lbs
Chest To Bar Pull-Up

Workout Notes: Spend some time working on the snatch beforehand.  Even though this is a power snatch make sure that you are not yanking the bar off of the ground but controlling the bar up on the first pull and dropping under it while punching up.  This is a heavy weight with a difficult movement so think about performing a percentage of your 1RM if you are not sure what weight to use.   It should be at least less that 60-70% of your 1RM.

Skill

3 Rounds not for time

1-5 Skin The Cats

Spend a few minutes working on “Skin the Cats”. To fully perform the movement will require a lot of shoulder strength and flexibility.  Perform a manageable number of reps going as deep as you can into your range of motion. Skin the cats can be scaled to 3×5 Knees to Elbows and 3×5 Ring Roll Outs. Alternate each movement if you are unable to perform skin the cats.

WOD

AMRAP in 15 Minutes

4 Strict Press 115/75lbs
8 Russian Kettlebell Swings 32/24kg
12 Alternating One Legged Squats

Workout notes: We have several difficult movements in this workout! Carefully consider the strict press! The movement should be challenging but you’ll want a load that is a bit lighter than what you could push press in a workout.  Going “unbroken” is never a requirement but strict movements can hit failure fast so go with something you are confident you can sustain for several rounds.  The press is paired with a heavy kettelbell swing to eye level and pistol squats.  If you have been swinging the same weight kettlebell for a while make an attempt at graduating to a heavier weight.  Keep in mind this will be pretty tough after the press.  The one legged, or “pistol”, squat can be scaled in many ways.   We often see these start to click mid workout so if things are going well don’t be afraid to ditch your chosen scale and possibly get your first pistol.

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes

3 Turkish Getups Alternating Arms each round

Spend time familiarizing yourself with the Turkish Getup.  Focus on keeping your elbow straight and look up through the object for the entire rep.  Kettlebells work great for this movement but you can also use a dumbbell.  Perform 3 in a row each minute, alternating arms every minute.

WOD

AMRAP in 10 Minutes

10 Double Dumbbell Burpee Deadlift 45/30lbs
Run 200M

Workout notes: This twist on the burpee involves performing the pushup with your hands on the dumbbell and then returning to standing position with your hips and knees open and the dumbbells at your side.  Your best effort will be to work on snapping up from the floor, bringing your feet level with the dumbbells and then standing up. That method will be the fastest of course but very tiring!

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes

[odd] :30 Seconds of Ring Dips followed by :30 Seconds of Double Unders
[even] 1 Minute Rest

Take about 30 seconds to perform as many ring dips as you can in that time.  They don’t need to be an unbroken set but try to stick close to a number you can perform for 5 rounds.  Singles with short rest are fine if that is all you can do! If you aren’t ready or comfortable with the rings you can perform them with a band, on the parallel bars or drop down and do a set of push-ups.  Jump right into double unders for 30 seconds.   It’s okay if you bleed over into the rest minute but be sure to leave some time for yourself to recover.

WOD

5 Rounds for Time
10 Thrusters 95/65lbs
30 Ab mat Sit-ups

Workout notes: Scale this workout to a weight you can perform the thrusters in at least a couple of sets. Thrusters seem to get exponentially harder for every rep so breaking up the sets is totally appropriate as you get fatigued.  Remember to keep your elbows up and your torso vertical for every rep.