Month: July 2021

Skill
10×3 Weighted Strict Pull-Ups

Take your time working your way through ten sets of three strict pull-ups. These can be done with a band or even as ring rows if you aren’t quite ready for unassisted pull-ups yet. Whether you’re using a band or not the goal should be to keep things as strict as possible. Try not to use the bounce of the band or a kip from your legs to get your chin over the bar. If three is too many sets of two or even as many singles as you can get through in the time available is a great option to get some good strict work in. As always work through the full range of motion from a full straight arm hang at the bottom to your chin clearly breaking the plain of the bar at the top. If you’re ready for it feel free to make things a bit harder with a weight vest or weight attached to a belt.

Workout of the Day
AMRAP in 12 minutes
9 box jumps
6 one arm alternating devil press

Grab a box you are comfortable jumping to and one dumbbell for today’s workout. The rounds will go by quickly so focus on quick transitions between your box and your dumbbell. The devil press is basically a burpee with a dumbbell snatch at the end. You’ll alternate hands every rep for the snatch so practice the transition from rep to rep so that you don’t have to focus too much on this when you are tired. Have fun and move fast!

standard: 24/20″, 35/20 lb
rx: 24/20″, 50/35 lb
sport: 24/20″, 65/45
overachiever: 30/24″, two arm devil press 50/35 (if DB’s are available)

CFD at home:
Today’s workout can be done with a dumbbell or kettlebell or with no weight at all! The devil press is basically a burpee with a dumbbell or kettlebell snatch at the end. You’ll alternate hands every rep for the snatch so practice the transition from rep to rep so that you don’t have to focus too much on this when you are tired. If you have a dumbbell you can keep your hand on the dumbbell for the burpee but if you are working with a kettlebell just do your burpee next to the kettlebell before bringing your feet up towards the kettlebell for the snatch. If you don’t have a box to jump to you can find something to step up to or something to jump over. Broad jumps are also a great option in place of box jumps! Today’s score will be your total rounds plus any extra reps. See you on the leaderboard!

Workout of the Day
On a clock set for 21 minutes:
7 minutes
wall ball shots
7 minutes
kettlebell swings
7 minutes
double unders

Today we’ll be working on a twenty one minute clock through three separate seven minute AMRAPS. Each seven minutes will only feature one movement and your goal will be to rack up as many reps as possible of that movement. Scaling this workout will most likely come into play when you get to the double unders. Because it’s just an AMRAP don’t feel any pressure to get a lot of reps here. If you are still working on this skill you can use the seven minutes to stay as relaxed as possible and focus on getting a handful of quality attempts in. If you are sure you won’t be successful at any double unders consider grabbing an assault bike and shooting for max calories in seven minutes or singles with a drag rope can be a great option too. Your score for today will be total reps after twenty one minutes of work.

standard: 14/10 lb, 24/16 kg
rx: 20/14lb, 28/20 kg
sport: 30/20 lb, 32/24 kg
overachiever: 30/20 lb, 40/32 kg

CFD at home:
If you have a medicine ball, kettlebell and jumprope you can follow today’s workout as written! If you don’t have those things don’t worry we’ve still got a fun workout for you! The wallballs can be switched to either jumping squats, light thrusters or goblet squats depending on what equipment you have. Kettlebell swings can also be done with a dumbbell or alternating dumbbell hang cleans or snatches are also a great sub here. If you have a jumprope you can spend your final seven minutes working through as many double unders or single unders as possible. If you don’t have a jumprope you can choose from mountain climbers or lateral hops! There is no rest between each seven minutes so take short rests when needed throughout the twenty one minute workout. Your score for today will be total reps. See you on the leaderboard!

Skill
EMOM for 10 minutes
1 push jerk + 1 split jerk

Last week we got some good practice with the split jerk during a workout. This week we’ll break it down a bit as a part of today’s skill work. Every minute on the minute for ten minutes you will be cleaning the bar up to your shoulders and then completing one push jerk and one split jerk. You will bring the bar back down to your shoulders between reps but not all the way back down to the floor. The only difference between a push jerk and a split jerk is the position that you catch the bar in. Focus on a vertical dip and drive before moving your feet into either the power position or a split. While your feet are moving your arms should be quickly punching out straight so that when your feet land your elbows are already fully locked out. Be smart about weight jumps and only go up if you are nailing both lifts!

Workout of the Day
AMRAP in 10 minutes
5 power cleans
15 sit-ups or 10 toes to bar

Lighten your bar a bit after the skill work to get to a good working weight for today’s ten minute AMRAP. Plan to start with a weight that you feel like you could do five touch and go power cleans with. You don’t have to stick with this the whole time but it should be a possibility. For the other part of the workout you will get to choose your own adventure between sit-ups or toes to bar. Toes to bar will make things a bit more difficult when it comes to gripping the bar and the barbell so take that into account if you’re choosing these. Whatever you choose do your best to keep moving and have some fun! Happy Monday!

standard: 115/85 lb.
rx: 135/95 lb.
sport: 135/95 lb.
overachiever: 135/95 lb

CFD at home:
Today’s workout can be done with a barbell, dumbbell or kettlebell. If you have a dumbbell or kettlebell you will most likely want to adjust to power clean reps just a bit to make sure you don’t feel like you’re doing sit-ups for ten minutes. If your dumbbell or kettlebell is pretty light you could do ten alternating reps every round rather than five. If your dumbbell or kettlebell feels heavy today you can just bump up the reps to six to keep things even between your arms. You’ll most likely be doing fifteen sit-ups every round unless you’ve got a spot at home for toes to bar. Either way move fast, have fun and see you on the leaderboard!

Workout of the Day
10 rounds of 30 seconds at each station
thrusters
rest
lateral burpees over the bar
rest

We’ve got a classic combo to start off Sunday. You’ll only need a light barbell for the ten rounds of burpee and thruster intervals. Your bar should be light enough that you feel comfortable doing large sets of thrusters without needing to put the barbell down during your thirty second work period. Get your heart rate up before this workout starts and make sure to try a few reps of both the thruster and the burpee. Keep your burpees as fast as possible and use the thirty second rest period to recover! Your score will be total reps today.

standard: 75/55 lb
rx: 95/65 lb
sport: 115/185 lb
overachiever: 135/95 lb

CFD at home:
This workout can be done with a barbell, dumbbell or kettlebell. If you have a dumbbell or kettlebell you can switch arms every round for the thrusters. If your weight feels a bit heavy for thrusters leave the weight out of it and do jumping squats instead! Burpees can be done in place or add a lateral jump over your dumbbell or kettlebell after each burpee if you want to mix things up. Your score today will be total reps.

Workout of the Day
AMRAP in 20 minutes
3-6-9-12-15 …
squat snatch

200m run after every round

If you like squat snatching get ready for some fun! Choose a medium weight for yourself that you feel comfortable and confident working with for a high rep workout. These reps should be mostly singles or small sets if you’re up for it. Squat snatching is highly technical and demands a lot of mobility so if you aren’t able to safely complete this lift you will want to switch the squat snatches out for power snatches. If you aren’t able to run choose a distance on the bike that takes roughly one minute.

standard: 95/65 lb
rx: 115/85 lb
sport: 155/105 lb
overachiever: 185/135 lb

CFD at home:
This workout can be done with a barbell, dumbbell or kettlebell. If you’re working with a dumbbell or kettlebell you may want to plan for power snatches instead of squat snatches. If you opt for power snatches with your DB or KB you can alternate arms every rep and adjust the rep scheme a bit to keep things even between both arms:
10-20-30-40-50…
If you can do squat snatches with your DB or KB you can keep the rep scheme as written. Your run after each round should take roughly one minute. If you don’t have a place to run you can switch this out for a bike or row distance that takes one minute if you have access to that or choose from the following movements to complete after each set of snatches:
12 broad jumps
20 step ups
30 mountain climbers
7 burpees
Pick your poison! Have fun and see you on the leaderboard!

Skill
EMOM for 10 minute
2 hang power cleans

Spend ten minutes working up in weight for a hang power clean double. Plan to hang on to the bar to complete both reps. The first thing you will do is deadlift the bar up to the hang. Hook grip will go a long way to feel like you have a strong grip on the bar and a strong pull. When you’re ready keep your chest up as you bend your knees, bow forward and then use your legs and hips to send the weight up to your shoulders. You’ll want to make sure to catch each lift in a power position and as always focus on fast elbows!

Workout of the Day
10 rounds for time
10 jumping lunges
4 strict presses

Before starting this workout spend some time testing out a good weight for your strict presses. You’ll want to start with something that you can complete four reps in a row with. If you end up having to break it up towards the end of the workout that is totally fine. The other movement for today will be jumping lunges. These can be tricky so give a few a try and do your best to catch yourself in a bit of a wider stance than you might do a normal lunge while you lower your knee to the floor in a controlled way. This can make it easier to keep your balance going into the next jump. Jumping lunges can always be scaled to normal walking lunges. If you need to scale today’s workout plan to complete seven or eight rounds for time instead of ten.

standard: 75/55 lb
rx: 95/65 lb
sport: 115/185 lb
overachiever: 135/95 lb

CFD at home:
Today’s workout can be done with a barbell, dumbbell or kettlebell. If you are working with a dumbbell or kettlebell you can switch arms every round for the strict presses or do two reps on each arm in each round. Jumping lunges can always be scaled to normal walking lunges and if you need to scale the volume down you can plan to complete seven or eight rounds for time instead of ten. See you on the leaderboard!

Skill
EMOM for 10 minutes
[odd] strict or kipping pull-ups
[even] rest

Choose either strict or kipping pull-ups today and complete as many reps as possible working for one minute and resting for one minute for five sets. You can complete as many sets as you want during your working minute. Definitely don’t be afraid of singles if you are choosing strict pull-ups! If you’re working on kipping pull-ups keep an eye on your hands and break up your sets as needed!

Workout of the Day
AMRAP in 12 minutes
9 box jump overs
6 kettlebell swings
3 push-ups

Grab a box and a kettlebell for today’s twelve minute AMRAP. We’re mixing things up with box jump overs today so spend some time practicing these before the workout starts. You don’t need to stand up on top of the box and it is up to you if you want to step down or jump down after reaching the top of the box. With only six reps per round for the swings this would be a great workout to bump up the weight of your kettlebell if you are feeling ready. The push up reps are also really small today so hold yourself to a VERY high standard with this movement!

standard: 24/20″, 24/16 kg
rx: 24/20″, 28/20 kg
sport: 24/20″, 32/24 kg, SHPSU
overachiever: 30/24″, 40/32 kg, DSHSPU 6/3″

CFD at home:
Today’s workout can be done with a kettlebell, dumbbell and even a medicine ball. You can swing your dumbbell or do alternating hang cleans or sumo deadlifts if you prefer. If you have a medicine ball but not a kettlebell try ball slams instead! The box jump overs can be switched to step overs or step ups depending on what equipment you have available. If you want to stick with jumping find something to jump over for each rep like a bench or small box! Push ups can be scaled as usual but make to try to find the most difficult scaling option possible since the rep sets are quite small today. See you on the leaderboard!

Skill
10×1 Lunge kick to handstand

Have some fun practicing handstands today! If wall space is free you can kick up to the wall or practice some wall walks. if you are ready for it find some open space in the gym and give handstand walking a try. If you’re not ready to get upside down you can try some holds in a pike position with your feet on the ground or on a box.

Workout of the Day
5 rounds of 3 minutes on 1 minute off
1 power clean
1 front squat
1 split jerk

If you like throwing a barbell around you’re gonna have some fun with this one! The goal for this workout should be to work with a weight that is heavier than normal for you. Keeping this in mind it will also be a good plan to choose a weight that allows you to complete the power clean + front squat + split jerk unbroken through most of the workout. Don’t be afraid to challenge yourself today and try out a weight that might be new for you. Your score for this workout will be your total completed rounds plus all extra reps after five rounds of three minutes on and one minute off.

standard: 135/95 lb.
rx: 185/125 lb.
sport: 205/135 lb.
overachiever: 225/155 lb

CFD at home:
Today’s workout is written with a heavy barbell in mind but don’t worry, this workout can definitely be done with a dumbbell or kettlebell! If you are working with a dumbbell or kettlebell you will be working with a slightly different rep scheme:
2 power cleans
2 front squats
2 push jerks
This will keep things a little more even and keep your round count a little closer to what we will see in the gym with barbells. Your score for this workout will be your total completed rounds plus all extra reps after five rounds of three minutes on and one minute off. See you on the leaderboard!

Skill
EMOM for 10 minutes
3 power snatch

You’ll have ten minutes to work up in weight completing three power snatches every minute. This would be a great time to practice touch and go reps at weights that are slightly heavier than you might do in a workout. Practice a smooth transition from rep to rep and don’t forget to punch those arms out fast overhead and drop under the bar for each rep!

Workout of the Day
AMRAP in 10 minutes
10 sit-ups or 5 toes to bar
5 right arm dumbbell snatches
5 left arm dumbbell snatches

For today’s workout you get a choice between sit-ups or toes to bar. If you choose toes to bar you’ll be cutting the reps down to five every round. Those of you doing sit-ups will go for ten reps per round. Everyone will be doing dumbbell snatches but today we won’t be alternating hands every rep. You’ll complete five reps with your right arm and then five with the left to complete the round. Whether you’re doing sit-ups or toes to bar this workout is a pretty simple couplet so do your best to move at a consistent pace and to minimize transition time between movements as much as possible.

standard: 35/20 lb
rx: 50/35 lb
sport: 65/45 lb
overachiever: 70/50 lb

CFD at home:
Unless you have a pull-up bar at home you’ll most likely be completing ten sit-ups and ten snatches with your dumbbell or kettlebell for ten minutes. After the ten sit-ups make your way through five snatches with your right arm and then five snatches with your left arm to complete each round. This workout should feel fairly simple so do your best to move fast and minimize transitions between movements! See you on the leaderboard!

Workout of the Day
AMRAP in 20 minutes
5 burpees
10 air squats
15 double unders
then
10 burpees
20 air squats
30 double unders
then
20 burpees
40 air squats
60 double unders
… and so on, doubling reps each round:)

All you need for today’s workout is a jumprope! We’ll start the twenty minute AMRAP with a small set of burpees, air squats and double unders. The set sizes will double in each round so be ready for things to add up quick. The double unders are the main place to look at scaling. If you need to decrease the set sizes for this skill you could try matching the double under number to either the air squat rep count or the burpee rep count. So your first rounds could go 5-10-10 or 5-10-5 and then 10-20-20 or 10-20-10 and keep following that scheme for the 20 minutes. Single unders are always totally ok as well but try to throw a few double under attempts in to each set as you go.

standard: single unders
rx: speed rope double unders
sport: drag rope double unders
overachiever: drag rope double unders

CFD at home:
If you have a jumprope at home you can complete the workout as written above. Double unders can always be scaled by volume before switching to singles so if you are still working on double unders follow the scaling options written in the workout description. If you don’t have a jumprope at home you can follow the same rep scheme but switch the double unders to either mountain climbers or lateral hops. Have fun! See you on the leaderboard!