Thursday, September 29, 2011

WOD - "Santa's Sleigh"

Complete 7 Rounds:
- Heavy Deadlift x 3
- Rogue Fitness Sled Push for 90 Yards
- Ring Dips x 5

This event is not for time. It emphasizes small bursts of power - just finish the workout and you're good to go.

NOTE: Weight used for deadlifts was 275 lbs. and 135 lbs. (+ weight of sled) for the sled pushes. Some people dropped weight and used 145 lbs. for the deadlifts and 90 lbs. for the sled pushes.

Happy training.





Wednesday, September 28, 2011

WOD - "Buckeye Gone Bad"

5 rounds, 1 minute at each station:
- Sumo-Deadlift High Pulls (SDHP) w/ 95 lbs.
- Overhead Squats w/ 65 lbs.
- Toes-to-Bar
- Snatch w/ 95 or 65 lbs. (scalable weight)
- Push Press w/ 95 or 65 lbs. (scalable weight)

Once each station is complete, rest for 1 minute prior to starting the next round.

Compare score to June 1, 2011 results.

*Scoring: Add up the total number of repetitions completed during the workout. It is strongly recommended that you do this workout with a partner; one person completes the entire workout (all 5 rounds) while the other counts reps, then switch.

Happy training.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

WOD - "Ben & Jerry's Revenge"

Max rounds in 9 minutes (increase by 3 reps after each round):
- 3 KB Swings w/ 3 Pullups
- 6 KB Swings w/ 6 Pullups
- 9 KB Swings w/ 9 Pullups...

Continue to add 3 reps until time expires. Post number of rounds completed to comments.

Happy training.





Monday, September 26, 2011

Rest Day

Taking today off. Check out this superbad video for motivational purposes:

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Friday, September 23, 2011

WOD - "Vanity Strength Day"

Warm up

3 sets, 8-10 reps of the following:
- Incline Dumbbell Bench
- Preacher Curls
- Flat Dumbbell Bench
- Rope Cable Curls
- Wolverine / Flies w/ Cables
- Dumbbell Hammer Curls

Cool down and Core:
- Decline Bench Situps
- 2 x 30 second "L" Holds

Thursday, September 22, 2011

WOD - "Jerry Swinger"

AMRAP in 12 Minutes:
- 2 Heavy Power Cleans
- 4 Burpees
- 6 Toes-to-bar

Rest for 3 Minutes.

3 x 50 yard Farmer Carry with 1 minute rest between carries.





Wednesday, September 21, 2011

WOD - "Lower Body Strength"

AM Workout: 3 mile boots & utes run followed by 40 strict-pause-pullups & 200 crunches.

PM Workout:

Warm up / Skill work:
- 4 sets of Overhead Squats, gradually increasing weight each set (~5 reps)
- Front Squats

Lower Body Strength / WOD:
- Box Squats, 4 sets, 5 reps
- 24" Box Jumps x 5, 3 sets
- 20 Decline Situps x 20, 3 sets
- 20 Side Bends w/ 45 lbs.
- 20 Medicine Ball Crunches

Stretch.

Happy training.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

WOD - "Upper Body Strength"

3 sets, 8-10 reps of the following exercises:
- Flat Dumbbell Bench
- Incline Dumbbell Bench

- Weighted Dips
- Weighted Pullups

- Seated Rows
- Lat Pull Downs

- Behind the Neck Push-Press
- Trap-bar Shrugs

Core and Cool Down:
- 3 abdominal exercises of your choice; we did floor sweepers, toes-to-bar and rope crunches.

The idea is to lift heavy, but still sticking to the rep range. Happy training.

Monday, September 19, 2011

WOD - "Dr. Kenneth Noisewater"

This was a longer functional fitness WOD - perfect for those of us that like to (over)indulge over the weekend.

- 1 Mile Run
- 77 Situps
- 66 Lateral Jumps (Over Passthrough Parallel Bar)
- 55 Pushups
- 44 Kettlebell Swings (1.5 pood)
- 33 Pullups
- 22 Burpees
- 11 Wall Climbs
- 1 Mile Run

Post times to comments. Happy training.





Friday, September 16, 2011

WOD - "Back and Chest"

Heavy lifting today, post 3 mile run:

Super-set the following exercises:
- Flat Dumbbell Bench x 15, 12, 10, 8, 6
- Pullups x 15, 12, 10, 8, 6

- Incline Dumbbell Bench x 12, 10, 8, 6
- Chin ups x 12, 10, 8, 8

- Flat Dumbbell Flies x 10, 10, 10
- Hammer Pullups x 10, 8, 6

- Cable Flies x 21, 15, 12
- Chest-to-bar Rows x 12, 10, 8

Happy training.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

WOD - "Rock Steady"

For time:
- 800m Sprint
- Pushup / Dip Passthroughs x 12, 9, 6
- Kettlebell Swings x 12, 9, 6
- Situps x 25, 25, 25
- Overhead Barbell Carry for 100m (95 lbs.)
- 800m Sprint

Post times to comments. Happy training.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

WOD - "FRITCH"

Today's WOD is a modified version of the Crossfit "Fran" workout. Instead of doing thrusters, we did snatches.

21-15-9 For Time:
- Snatches, 95 lbs.
- Pullups

Post times to comments. Happy training.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

WOD - "Run and Lift Heavy Things"

4 Mile Run

Rest 1 Hour

Chest & Biceps Complex (8-10 rep range x 3 sets):
- Incline Dumbbell Bench
- Flat Dumbbell Bench
- Wolverine Cable Flies
- Regular Cable Flies
- Easy Bar Curls
- Reverse Cable Curls
- Dumbbell Curls

Core:
- GHD Situps x 15
- Decline Bench Medicine Ball Complex (15 throws, 2 sets)

Monday, September 12, 2011

WOD - "Crossfit.com WOD"

This morning, I whipped on today's Crossfit WOD. The workout is as follows (courtesy of crossfit.com):

Four rounds for time:
- 400m Run
- 15 Thrusters w/ 95 lbs.
- 15 Pullups

Post time to comments. Happy training.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

WOD - "Buckeye Kettlebell 7"

7 Rounds for Time:

- Kettlebell Swings x 7
- Kettlebell Thrusters x 7
- Kettlebell Box Jumps x 7

Post times to comments. Happy training.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

WOD - "The Lunchbox"

AMRAP in 9 minutes of:
- Heavy Deadlift x 3
- Sandbag Sptint for 100m

Rest 3 Minutes

20 Rounds for time:
- Heavy Powerclean x 1
- Burpee x 2 (lateral jumps over the barbell)

Post weights used, number of rounds completed for the AMRAP and time for 20 rounds.

Have a good'un.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

WOD - "Chipper"

Complete for time:
- 10 Wall Climbs
- 20 Overhead Squats (65 lbs)
- 30 Burpees
- 40 Pullups
- 50 Situps
- 40 Sumo-Deadlift High Pulls (SDHPs / 65 lbs)
- 30 Push Press (65 lbs)
- 20 Hand Release Pushups
- 10 Toes-to-bar

Rest

- 4 x 400m Sprints w/ 2 minute rest between intervals.

Post time to comments. Happy training.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Active Recovery

6 mile run. Keep the pace under an 8 minute mile.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

WOD - "Walter Cronchite"

News flash: This hurts.

10 Rounds, 5 Reps:
- Snatches
- Power Cleans
- SDHPs
- Burpees
- Pullups

Post weight used to comments.

Happy training.