Category: Workout of the Day

  • July 07, 2025

    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

  • July 06, 2025

    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

  • July 05, 2025

    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

  • July 04, 2025

    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.

  • July 03, 2025

    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

  • July 02, 2025

    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

  • July 01, 2025

    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

  • June 30, 2025

    Skill

    6 rounds:
    1 minute to complete:
    12 alternating dumbbell power snatches
    Max lateral burpees over dumbbell in remaining time
    90 seconds of rest

    We’ll be on 60 second/90 second interval clock for this skill work. Be smooth and consistent on your dumbbell snatches, then push the pace hard on the lateral burpees. You’ll likely have about 30 seconds to accumulate burpee reps each interval. Add up all your burpees at the end of the skill and record to SugarWOD.

    standard: 35/20
    rx and sport: 50/35

    Workout of the Day

    AMRAP in 9 minutes:
    200 meter run
    16 goblet lunges (one dumbbell)
    12 toes to bar

    Scale the toes to bar so that you can complete the 12 reps in no more than 3 or 4 quick sets. Use the same dumbbell for your goblet lunges that you used for your dumbbell snatches in the skill work. Dial back the intensity on this if you went really hard on the skill.

    standard: 35/20
    rx and sport: 50/35
    metcon: 3×2:30 on, 0:30 off

  • June 29, 2025

    Workout of the Day

    AMRAP in 20 minutes:
    500 meter run
    12 strict pull ups
    24 medicine ball step ups

    Challenge yourself on the strict pull ups today; they should be tough enough that you’re doing a few singles in each round by the end of the workout, but easy enough that you can always start with a small set. Settle into a steady pace on the step ups.

    standard: 12/8 pound ball, 20/12 inch box
    rx: 20/14 pound ball, 24/20 inch box
    sport: same as rx, but bar muscle ups instead of strict pull ups
    metcon: 4×4:00 on, 1:00 off

  • June 28, 2025

    Workout of the Day

    Every 5 minutes for 5 rounds:
    8 push jerks
    16 deadlifts
    400 meter run

    Focus on the push jerks when you’re choosing your weight today; the bar should be light enough that doing all 8 in a single set is possible every round. No need to actually execute on that if it seems like it would be too aggressive of a pace, but it shouldn’t be out of the question. Hang on for the 16 deadlifts after your push jerks, and check your time when you get in from each run. Record the slowest of your 5 times.

    standard: 85/55
    rx: 115/85
    sport: 135/95
    metcon: 5×3:00 on, 2:00 off