Category: Workout of the Day

SKILL

Deadlift
2-2-2-2-2

Work up to a strong effort set of two deadlifts.  This doesn’t necessarily mean you go up to max effort, but work up in weight as you feel comfortable. Judge your effort by the strain it takes you to achieve each lift.  New lifters should keep the load light and work on proper body mechanics as they increase in weight.  Start with a light weight and make sure that you have established a straight back and an  appropriate setup as you address the bar.  Be sure to maintain your posture as you progress through each set and as you increase in weight.

WOD

7 Rounds with one minute on each station

Wall ball shots 20/14 lb
Power cleans 135/95 lb

Workout notes

We’ll have a clock set for fourteen minutes for this seven round workout.  In each round you’ll spend one minute working on wall ball shots before transitioning to power cleans for another minute of work.  There is no rest between rounds so treat this similar to a longer AMRAP where you don’t have prescribed rest.  Add rest strategically so you can work continuously for the entire workout.

Skill

With a 5 Minute time cap climb the double under ladder as high as you can.

5-10-15-20-25-30 … of
Unbroken drag rope 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 use a speed rope and start with 1 or 2 and increase by 1 or 2 every round rather than trying to go big with the drag rope.

WOD

AMRAP in 20 Minutes

400M Run
50 Sit-up
10 Burpee pull-ups

Workout notes

If you were able to participate yesterday you know we were challenged with a short workout with three lifting movement.  Today’s workout comes in on the other end of the spectrum.  We have a twenty minute workout with three complimentary bodyweight movements and not a barbell in sight.  The run and large set of sit-ups will take up most of your time but the most challenging part of the workout is probably going to be the burpee pull-ups.  In the burpee pull-up you start the rep like any other burpee but finish with your chin over the bar at the top of a pull-up.  Ideally you are passing through some portion of a strict pull-up by jumping as high as possible and catching the pull-up bar with your arms slightly bent.  There’s no requirement for passing through a hanging position so scale by finding a pull-up bar that is outside of your reach or stacking a couple of plates to jump off of.  If you are using plates to raise the floor, remember that you shouldn’t be kipping to get those pull-ups.  Jump straight up and down so you land right where you took off from.

Skill

Front Squat
3-3-3-3-3

Work up to a strong effort three rep front squat.  Start light and increase the weight for each set. The focus here should be keeping your torso upright and tracking your knees over your feet. Your elbows should be pointing outward with your chest up.  Actively push your knees out if you feel them caving in so you can reinforce good mechanics.

WOD

AMRAP in 8 Minutes

10 Deadlifts 155/105 lb
7 Push jerks 155/105 lb
4 Front rack walking lunge steps 155/105 lb

Workout notes

Today’s workout is all about the barbell! You’ll want to warm up all three movements and throughly test them to decide what weight to use.  Scale your weight based on the most difficult of the three.  That will probably be the push jerk or the lunge.  The benchmark load on the bar is a little bit on the heavy side, especially for push jerks and lunges so consider that when choosing your weight.

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes
1 power clean with pause at the knees + hang power clean

We have ten opportunities to work on a two position clean for today’s skill work.  You’ll start by pulling the bar from the floor under control and pausing at the knees momentarily before finishing the rep.  Focus on keeping your hips low and chest angle angle mostly upright during that first pull.  As you restart the pull after the pause, aggressively open the hips to catch the bar in your front rack with a partial squat.  The second rep in the complex is from the hang,  reset your grip and stance if needed and lower the bar into the hang by bending at the knees and then hips before you start your second lift.

WOD

AMRAP in 10 Minutes *
Push-ups

* 8 kettlebell swings 32/24 kg EMOM

Workout notes

You’ll have ten minutes on the clock today to score as many reps as possible of push-ups.  Push-ups tend to fall off fast so break them up early and often if needed.  Ideally you should be using a standard that you can maintain for all ten minutes.  If that means going from the knees or a box scale before the workout rather than hitting failure and having to progressively scale.  You will have a buy-in of eight kettlebell swings every minute starting from 0:00.  Use a kettlebell weight you are certain you can hit all eight in one set for most of the rounds.  You don’t want to get stuck spending the whole minute doing kettlebell swings!

Skill

10×3
Strict Pull-Up with pause at top of pull-up

Spend some time today focusing on strict pull-up strength.  Hold your chin over the bar momentarily after you reach the top of your pull-up and then practice a controlled descent for every rep. Don’t worry about pausing for an extended amount of time but just make sure you get your chin over the bar without straining your neck and dropping off of the bar without control.   If you are using a band choose one that makes the three reps challenging and try to implement the pause at the top.  If you are doing ring rows, pause momentarily with the rings in contact with your chest for each rep and consider upping the rep count to 5 or 7.  If you can do strict pull-ups but three reps is too much of a challenge, choose a number that you can repeat for ten sets or around 20-30 total reps. If you are an expert at pull-ups add some weight or give the peg-board a try.

WOD

10 Rounds of 30 seconds on each station

Two arm Burpee dumbbell deadlifts 50/35 lb
Rest
Sandbag squats 100/70 lb
Rest

Workout notes

Today’s workout is a long duration interval style metcon with fairly short work and rest periods.  You have thirty seconds at each of two stations with an equal amount of rest to recover and transition between movements. The total workout time is just under twenty minutes so even though each effort is short you will be on the clock for a significant amount of time.   In a workout like this you can attempt to keep the intensity higher than you might in a longer workout without prescribed rest.    For larger classes we’ll get into groups of up to four people and share equipment.  In the end your score will be the total number of squats and burpee dumbbell deadlifts you complete.

WOD

2 Rounds for time

1000M Run
30 Clean & jerks 135/95 lb

Workout notes

Today’s workout is a simple couplet with 2K of running and an opportunity to attack “Grace” twice.   Start each round with a run down to the Cantrill sign and back.  When you return to the gym you’ll be tackling thirty clean and jerks.  As usual both movements can be scaled.  If distance troubles you when it comes to running 2x400M or even 2x300M in each round would be a good substitute. Choose a distance that allows you to keep the intensity high for both rounds.  When it comes to the clean and jerks you will want to use a weight with which you can complete fast, single repetitions without much rest between each rep.

WOD

10 rounds of 90s on 90s off

9 Toe to-bar
12 Power snatch 75/55 lb
Max reps burpees over the bar

Workout notes

We have an interval style workout on the menu today.  The workout is ten rounds of ninety seconds of work and ninety seconds of rest.  Each round starts with a small set of toe to bar and barbell snatches before you finish out by accumulating as many burpees as possible in your remaining rounds.  The numbers might seem small when you look at each round but after ten rounds work you are looking at a heavy dose of all three movements.  Scaling the movements and the volume as well will be important.  Ideally you’ll finish the toe-to-bar and snatches under the sixty second mark so you have plenty of time to score burpees. If you have toe-to-bar but you’re worried about the total number of reps just scale the quantity to a number that makes sense for you.  As far as he snatches go, the benchmark load is very light and most of us might want to go even lighter in order to finish the snatches in at most two sets.  In the end your score will be the total number burpees you complete so make sure you get there in each round!

Skill

Every 90s for 10 rounds

20 seconds of drag rope double unders then 1 squat clean & jerk

Today we have odd timing setup for our barbell work.  We’ll use a ninety second interval timer and you will have ten opportunities to work up to a strong effort clean & jerk. Be  Before each lift, give yourself about twenty seconds to work on double unders.  If you are new to the movement you might try to get one or two reps every round.  You are up for a challenge try out the drag rope!

WOD

AMRAP in 10 Minutes
4 thrusters 95/65 lb
6 kettlebell snatch 24/16 kg
8 front rack walking lunge steps 95/65 lb

Workout notes

We’ll have ten minutes on the clock for today’s workout.   You’ll need a barbell and a lighter than usual kettlebell.  Each round starts with a small set of thrusters and ends with a large set of walking lunge steps. Sandwiched between those barbell movements is a set of six kettlebell snatches. The snatch will be the most technically challenging movement in today’s workout so make sure you dial in what weight you want to use prior to the workout.  Most of us will want to use a weight that is slightly lower than what you might use in a workout with kettlebell swings.

Skill

8 Rounds of
20 Seconds arch hold
10 seconds hollow hold

We are using the Tabata clock today for a short but high intensity bout of midline strength work. You will have four minutes to alternate between the arch and hollow hold at a 2:1 split.  In the arch, or superman, you should try reach full extension of your core by keeping your arms and legs off of the floor and holding that position.  The same rules apply to the hollow hold but you will flex your midline so that only your lower back makes contact with the floor.   Both of these movements can be scaled by bringing your arms and/or legs in closer to your center of mass rather than locking them out at full extension.   Try to establish a sustainable position and hold that for all eight rounds.

WOD

AMRAP in 20 Minutes

400M Run
21 Kettlebell Swings 32/24 kg
12 Chest to bar pull-ups

Workout notes

Today’s workout is similar to the classic CrossFit workout “Helen” but the benchmark is scaled up a little bit.  We’re pairing the grip intensive kettlebell swing and pull-up with a short run.  Twelve chest to bar pull-ups is a fairly small set but they will be tough after the swings  so break them up early or switch to chin-over bar pull-ups if needed.  If you’ve ever tried Helen you know that the run makes up a large part of your time.  Let your arms recover but do your best to keep those feet moving quickly and keep the intensity high.

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes

1 Hang power clean from above the knees + 1 hang power clean from below the knees

We have a fun barbell complex on the menu today.  You will have ten opportunities to attempt a two position hang power clean complex.  Start by deadlifting the bar to the hang and then lowering it until it rests just above your knees. From there you will want to drive the bar upward by aggressively opening the hips. After you catch the bar in your front rack bring it back down to the hang and this time descend until the bar is below the knees.  Repeat the hang power clean but this time you will get the benefit of a short pull upwards as you bring the bar to the thighs.  If you are not practicing using the hook grip, now is the time to start!

WOD

for time

100, 75 or 50 alternating one arm devil press 50/35 lb

Workout notes

This marks the second time we’re seeing the alternating devil press in a workout.  Essentially you are performing a burpee with the dumbbell on the ground and finishing with it overhead.  Either a snatch or clean & jerk are totally acceptable movement standards so use whichever you feel is most efficient.  The workout essentially consists of single element which can ramp up the difficulty of movements quite a bit when compared to couplets or triplets where you get some recovery between stations.  For that reason choose a total number of reps that is within your capabilities.  Ideally you should choose a number of reps low enough that you can maintain a strong intensity level throughout each rep.