Category: Workout of the Day

Skill

EMOM for 10 minutes:
Slow pull power clean plus split jerk

Keep the pull from the floor to above the knees nice and slow today, just like you did with the power snatches on Tuesday. Find your power above the knees, and load up the weight as long as the cadence doesn’t suffer.

Workout of the Day

AMRAP in 12 minutes:
60 drag rope single unders
12 toes to bar
12 devil presses

Modify the range of motion on the toes to bar so that you can finish the 12 reps in no more than 3 or 4 quick sets. Use a comfortable snatching weight on the devil presses, and try not to slow down too much there. If you’re able to keep all of the movements unbroken, then focus on eliminating any transition time between movements before you try to speed up your reps.

standard: 35/20
rx: 50/35
sport: 50/35, 6 bar muscle ups instead of 12 toes to bar

Skill

Front Squat
6 sets of 3 reps

Target about 70% of your max

Hold the same weight across all 6 sets, and leave room to grow; we’re doing the same 4 week linear progression with the front squat that we did with the deadlift last month.

Workout of the Day

3 rounds for time:
400 meter run
16 dumbbell push jerks (one DB)
16 dumbbell overhead lunges (one DB)

Switch arms after 8 reps on both dumbbell movements

16 minute time cap

Use a dumbbell weight that’s manageable for 8 unbroken overhead lunges per arm when you’re fresh; that movement will be the limiting factor for most people and it degrades quite quickly, so make sure it feels strong going into the workout.

standard: 35/20
rx: 50/35
sport: 50/35, 24 reps per movement
metcon: 3×3:00 on, 1:00 off

Skill

EMOM for 10 minutes:
Slow pull power snatch

It should take you about 3 seconds before your barbell is above the knees with the slow pull variant of the power snatch. The focus here is on good positioning and developing your power higher up in the movement. Feel free to go heavy as long as the slow pull cadence doesn’t suffer.

Workout of the Day

5 rounds for time:
15 kettlebell swings
45 double unders

10 minute time cap

Use a kettlebell weight light enough that any individual round unbroken wouldn’t be too much of a problem. 5 rounds may start to stack up though. Modify the volume and difficulty of the jump rope to take no more than about 45 seconds to a minute, even when you’re tired.

standard: 16/12
rx: 24/16
sport: 28/20, drag rope double unders
metcon: 5×1:00 on, 0:30 off

Skill

5 rounds, 1 minute on, 2 minutes off:
8/6 calorie assault bike sprint
Max burpee box jump overs in remainder of the minute

Hit the bike sprint hard, and then settle into a safe cadence on the burpee box jump overs; your legs might be a bit fried, so make sure that you aren’t going so quick that you risk losing your footing on a jump. Record the total number of burpee box jump overs accumulated across all 5 rounds.

Workout of the Day

AMRAP in 12 minutes:
10 power cleans
20 sit ups
200 meter run

Use a barbell that has you doing steady singles on the power cleans. If you’re still feeling strong after the skill work, then pick up the pace for some touch and go sets.

standard: 95/65
rx: 135/95
sport: 155/105
metcon: 6×1:30 on, 0:30 off

Workout of the Day

5 rounds:
1 minute of sandbag cleans
1 minute of strict pull ups
1 minute of strict ring dips
1 minute of calories
1 minute of rest

The sandbag cleans, pull ups, and ring dips are very tough movements and will all have relatively low rep counts per minute. Challenge yourself so that you’re working for each of those reps.

standard: 70/45
rx: 100/70
sport: 150/100
metcon: 5×4:00 on, 1:00 off

Workout of the Day

AMRAP in 20 minutes:
10-15-20-25-30-35… etc
Hang power snatch
Lateral burpee

After every complete round, run 400 meters

Use a barbell weight that lets you hang on to very consistent sets of at least 5. The round sizes will escalate very quickly today, shifting the working from being dominated by the run in the first few rounds to dominated by the snatches and burpees towards the end. Don’t start up at too quick of a pace just because the round sizes are small.

standard: 55/45
rx: 75/55
sport: 95/65
metcon: 5×3:00 on, 1:00 off

Workout of the Day

Just one class at 9 am today, with open gym from 10-11!

Workout of the Day:
AMRAP in 24 minutes, with a partner:
500 meter medicine ball carry, switching any time
35 synchro squats, one partner holding the ball, switch any time
2 minute total plank, switching any time

Use a medicine ball that both you and your partner are comfortable working with; you’ll be passing the ball back and forth whenever you need to on both the run and the synchro squats, so make sure it’s a good weight! Alternate who’s planking and who’s resting until you’ve accumulated a total of 2 minutes as a pair, then proceed to the next round.

Skill

Every 45 seconds for 10 rounds:
Power clean plus front squat plus split jerk

This is a lot of work to get done on a 45 second clock, so be conservative with your loading for the first half of the interval. One you get through 5 rounds of the complex, start bumping the weight up a little more if it’s feeling strong!

Workout of the Day

5 rounds for time:
12 deadlifts
9 hang power cleans
6 push jerks

Time cap: 15 minutes

Happy Birthday, Liane! We’re doing a repeat of her birthday workout from last year, a variation on a classic benchmark. You should use a barbell light enough that you could complete one round unbroken. That won’t be a great plan for everyone, but for folks who are strong on the lifts it might not be a bad idea.

standard: 65/45
rx: 95/65
sport: 115/85
metcon: 5×1:30 on, 0:30 off

Skill

Deadlift
6 sets of 3 reps

Targret about 70% of your max, or add 5-10 pounds from last week’s effort.

Hold the same weight across the board on all 6 sets. This is our last week of this deadlift progression, so push the weight a bit if your think you can.

Workout of the Day

5 rounds:
45 seconds to complete 12 wall balls
15 seconds of rest
45 seconds of calories
15 seconds of rest

The wall ball interval in this workout is a fixed number, and once you reach it you get to rest for the remainder of the workout. Try to hang on for a single unbroken set of 12. When you get to the machine, push the pace hard; the sum of all of your accumulated calories will be your score for today.

standard: 12/8
rx: 20/14
sport: 20/14, complete 16 wall balls instead of 12
metcon: 10×0:45 on, 0:15 off

Skill

Every 45 seconds for 10 rounds:
Power snatch

Focus on landing with your feet in a regular squat stance; it’s easy to let the feet kick wide into a sumo position on the power movements, so do your best not to let that happen today.

Workout of the Day

3 rounds for time:
16 push ups
24 box jump overs
24 kettlebell swings

16 minute time cap

Choose a push up difficulty that never has you reduced to doing one at a time. Stay steady and focused on the box jump overs, and then try to hang on to slightly larger sets than you might otherwise on the kettlebell swings; the rx weight isn’t too heavy today, so push the volume a bit.

standard: 20/12 inch box, 16/12 kg KB
rx: 24/20 inch box, 24/16 kg KB
sport: 24/20 inch box, 28/20 kg KB
metcon: 3×3:00 on, 1:00 off