Category: Workout of the Day

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes
Straight set of Kipping pull-ups

For this skill work you will be working on maintaining a set of kipping pull-ups for 10 rounds(:30 seconds max). If you are new to the skill you should be working the cadence and timing of your swing so you can link repetitions together.  That usually means working on small sets of 2-5 for each round. Leave yourself plenty of rest so you can lower the intensity and keep this as skill work.   If you are still working on building the strength to support kipping swings and pull-ups work for about 30 seconds performing jumping pull-ups with a slow lower down. If you are able to string together 10 or so c-kip pull-ups talk to a coach about learning the butterfly pull-up! Advanced athletes should be working on stringing together sets of chest-to-bar pull-ups and testing your work capacity for this skill.

WOD

for time

10-1 *
Front squat 155/105 lb

* 15 Sit-ups after every round

Workout notes

We have two elements in today’s workout.  Your score will be the time it takes you to complete all fifty-five front squats and ten sets of fifteen sit-ups.  The front squat set size is descending which should help you to keep the intensity high as the movement increases in difficulty as you get fatigued.  The sit-ups however come in ten straight sets so the volume will be back loaded during the last few sets where you have only a few squats in each round.  Choose a weight on your barbell that allows you to complete your first 10 squats unbroken even if it’s difficult.

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes
Push Jerk + Split Jerk

Today we’re working on a jerk complex and starting with the simpler push jerk and immediately following that with  the more complex split jerk. For this skill work your load should be light enough that you can power clean the bar and complete both jerks in succession. If you are familiar with the lifts consider a moderate load for the duration of the workout and increase slowly if your technique is sound.  You’ll need to keep the load light enough that you can safely lower the bar down to your shoulders after completing the push jerk. Remember that lowering a heavy bar from overhead is a skill in itself so practice using soft knees to catch the bar at the shoulders rather than letting it crash down.  New lifters should keep the load light and practice perfect technique for each lift.  Both movements are complex so practice perfect mechanics before you increase the weight.

WOD

AMRAP in 15 Minutes

50 Lateral burpee over the bar
25 Hang power clean 115/85 lb

Workout notes

Today’s workout is a long duration couplet with two high rep sets of some familiar movements.  Start the workout by moving through your first set of fifty burpees at a steady and sustainable pace.   Sprinting from the outset is likely not going to end up paying off in the long run.  The benchmark load should be a medium weight for the hang power cleans so we’re looking for a weight with which you could knock out sets of 5-8 to get through the twenty-five reps in each round.

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes

1 slow pull squat snatch

Today’s skill work again focuses on positional accuracy in one of our most difficult lifts. Start by pulling the bar from the floor keeping your hips low and back upright and practice accelerating from the floor in a slow and controlled fashion. As the bar passes your knees, violently open the hips to create vertical drive and quickly drop into a full squat receiving the bar overhead.  This is technique work so use a challenging weight but remember that you should be below maximal effort. Try using the first few minutes to work up to moderate effort weight and then hold that load across all of your remaining reps.

WOD

AMRAP in 10 Minutes
30 double under
10 push-up

Workout notes

This workout serves up a healthy dose of shoulder strength and stamina as well as testing your coordination with small sets of double unders.  Double unders are a difficult skill to master but far more effective than single unders as a training tool.  If you have them but are worried about tackling 30 every round scale the volume to a number you could reasonably complete in about 30-45 seconds.  The push up volume will add up over 10 minutes so scale to a movement with which you can maintain when you get fatigued.  Push-ups will inevitably increase in difficulty as the workout goes on.  Just add more rest and break up each round into smaller sets rather than progressively scaling throughout the workout.

Skill

EMOM for 10 Minutes

squat clean with pause in bottom of front squat + hang squat clean

We’ll have ten opportunities to work on a difficult barbell complex in today’s skill work.  You will be working on the barbell clean in two different ways in each minute. Start by taking the bar from the floor and dropping into a full squat as you receive the bar in the front rack.  On this first rep make a conscious effort to pause in the bottom of your squat by coming to a dead stop and holding for a second.  Make a quick assessment of your squat positioning.  Your heels should be on the floor with your chest and elbows up.  The squat should feel a little harder by adding that pause in. Stand up to finish your first rep then reset your grip and stance if needed and lower the bar down to the hang position.  From here you’ll need an aggressive hip drive to give the bar some momentum in order to drop under it for the second rep of the complex.  No need to pause on the second rep but remember to hit all of the same positions!

WOD

for time

21-18-15-12-9-6-3
Kettlebell swing 32/24 kg
Wall ball shot 20/14 lb 10/9′

Workout notes

Today’s workout has a descending rep scheme and two familiar conditioning movements.  This workout is seven rounds long and the drop sets are there to help you keep the intensity high as you progress through each set.  The set sizes in this workout start out fairly moderate and end up being pretty small in the end but don’t be fooled by those last few small numbers! Almost half of the repetitions are accumulated in the first two rounds so fatigue will set in pretty quickly. Remember you are over halfway through during that round of fifteen so try to transition quickly and get through the smaller sets as fast as possible.

Skill

8 Rounds of

20 seconds hollow hold
10 seconds arch hold

The timing for this skill work is a twist on the familiar Tabata interval.  We’ve also seen a similar version of this a few weeks ago where we used the same movements but with opposite timing.  Today we’re going to step up the difficulty quite a bit by doubling the time during the hollow hold work period.  Remember that the hollow hold isn’t just about raising your legs and arms off of the floor.  Focus on contracting your midline so your low back makes steady contact with the floor. Scale by pulling in your arms or your legs if needed but do your best to hold that position. Your total work time is four minutes but don’t be fooled into thinking the benchmark for this skill work will be easy.  We’re essentially doing four straight minutes of core work which is a hard task for anyone. Most of us will need to scale by holding the movements for as long as possible and adding in some rest to get through all eight rounds. Do your best to hold the same standard in all eight rounds.

WOD

10 rounds of 30 seconds at each station

two arm dumbbell clean & jerk 50/35lb
rest
row for calories
rest

Workout notes

Today we have an interval style workout spanning a total of twenty minutes.  You will work for thirty seconds at each of two stations with thirty seconds rest so each “round” is two minutes long.  For the dumbbell clean and jerk you should be using a weight light enough that you can work for most of the thirty second work period by completing a few large sets.  On the rower we have a very short sprint so try to wind up the flywheel as quickly as possible and keep your pace a little bit higher than you would in an average metcon. If classes are large and rowers and being shared make sure to practice fast transitions both in and out of the rower before the workout begins.

WOD

“Cindy”
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats

WORKOUT NOTES

Today’s workout is a classic CrossFit triplet with three fundamental bodyweight movements. The set size for each movement is small so the priority should be moving quickly from movement to movement and choosing a sustainable pace with the more difficult pull-ups and push-ups.  Scale the push-ups by working from the knees or using a box to elevate your hands.  Perform banded, jumping pull-ups or ring rows if you are still working on getting an unassisted pull-up. The total round count could will be fairly high so scale accordingly.

If you are participating in the Open, we’ll be kicking off heats for 19.2 shortly after 10:30AM

WOD

4 Rounds of 1 minute on each station

One arm kettlebell snatch 24/16 kg
Broad jump 6’/4′
Two arm dumbbell strict press 35/20 lb
Toe-To-bar
Rest

Workout notes

This workout is a four round interval workout that will be scored as you would score the workout “fight gone bad”.  When all four rounds are completed you should end up with one large number.  We have a few movements in this workout that might be a bit unfamiliar.  The kettlebell snatch is a little different than a dumbbell snatch in that you need to rotate the kettlebell around your wrist as you punch up overhead.  For the broad jumps you will use a stall mat and jump across it on either the long side or the short side which are six and four feet respectively.  You will also need two light dumbbells that you’ll use to press overhead.  We’re specifically calling for a strict press in this workout. That means you’ll lock the hips and knees and press overhead with just your arms.  Each round will finish off with the technically difficult toe-to-bar so pace yourself as you go![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

SKILL

10×1 Lunge Kick to Freestanding handstand OR Handstand Walk practice

Hooray for handstand day!  Bodyweight skills are just as important as weightlifting if you are looking to be a well rounded CrossFitter.   If you are new to this skill start by gently kicking up to a wall or practice wall walks to build the upper body strength and midline positioning that this skill requires. If you are comfortable in a handstand start by gently rocking up onto your hands increase the height of your legs with each attempt.  Save yourself from a crash and burn by being conservative and trying to find a vertical balance point before you start barreling across the gym.  You will need to be able to hang out upside down with locked out arms and so a bail out plan or partner assist in place if this is new to you.  If you are comfortable kicking in to a freestanding handstand on your own spend today practicing walking on your hands or try tackling an obstacle or two!

WOD

AMRAP in 20 Minutes

40 Wall ball shots 20/14 lb 10/9′
20 Burpees
400M Run

Workout notes

This workout is a long duration triplet with two moderate sized sets of CrossFit conditioning movements in each round.  All three movements will get you breathing fairly hard so the best advice for this workout would be to moderate your tempo so that you can keep a steady intensity level for all twenty minutes. In this workout the run constitutes a fairly large part of the workout so staying conservative while you are inside will allow you to push the pace a little bit on the run.

SKILL

EMOM for 10 Minutes

2 Thrusters
We often see thrusters in workouts with light weights and high reps. For today’s skill work you will be completing 2 thrusters every minute with a chance to add some weight to the bar.  The most efficient way to start each set will be to take the bar from the floor directly into a squat clean, as you come out of the clean make sure to make an explosive jump to send the bar overhead in one smooth motion.   As you bring the bar from overhead back to your shoulders try to move as seamlessly as possible into your second rep.

WOD

for time
50 Alternating dumbbell snatches 50/35 lb
50 Box Jumps 24/20″
50 Alternating dumbbell snatches 50/35 lb

workout notes

Another “for time” workout is on the menu today. Both movements will require explosiveness so pace yourself through all 150 reps rather than going out too fast and burning out. Choose a dumbbell weight that allows you to complete large sets throughout the workout and don’t forget to drop under that dumbbell just a bit to make things easier as you get tired.

Skill

Deadlift
1-1-1-1-1

Work up to a heavy single deadlift today.  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 increase in weight.  Warm up with multiple reps as you build in weight and when the bar starts to feel heavy drop to singles until you’ve hit your max for the day.

WOD

5 Rounds for time
21 Sit-ups
15 Medicine Ball Cleans 20/14 lb
9 Sumo deadlift high pull 95/65 lb

Workout notes

Today’s workout is a five round triplet with a few of our fundamental movements.  Medicine ball cleans are performed with a light weight so you can focus on working on the mechanics of a squat clean. For each rep you should take the ball from the floor, open up your hips all the way and then drop into a full depth squat prior to standing up and finishing the rep.  The sumo deadlift high pull can feel like an upper body/arm movement but ideally it is mostly a posterior chain movement.  Use a wide stance with your feet far outside of your hips and your toes pointed out.  As you pull the bar from the floor drive the bar upward by creating vertical momentum with your hips.