2016-06-30

S/S/S:

Snatch from blocks (top of knee)

2X2 @ 75%

1X2 @ 80%

 

Use 1RM set 15Jun

Video courtesy of CrossFit HQ.  Level One Seminar Instructor and all around great coach, Doug Chapman, going over the benefits of snatching from the blocks.

WOD:

12 Min AMRAP

 3 Power Snatch 155/95

15 Wall Ball 20/14

30 Double Unders

 

Scaling Options:

Power Snatch – 80% of 1RM

WB – 14/12

DU – 3:1 SU ratio

 

X-tra:

HS Walk – 10 min to set a PR on distance

 

Banded shoulder stretch – 3 min per

2016-06-29

S/S/S:

Front Squat w/ 3 Sec Pause

3X5

 

Increase weight ea set

WOD:

“Elizabeth”

21-15-9

Power Clean (135/95)

Ring Dip

Benchmark Day!  Speed is your friend today, but don’t lose form.  That said, Kipping Ring Dips may be your friend today…

Video courtesy of Rogue Fitness

 

Scaling Options:

Power Cleans – Shoot for 70% of 1RM

Ring Dips – stationary/ box dip

 

X-tra:

Door stretch x 2 min per

 

Tricep mash x 3 min per

2016-06-28

S/S/S:

Prep For…

WOD:

“Bruck”

4 Rounds For time:

400m Run

24 Back Squats (185/125)

24 Jerks (135/95)

Bruck

Pick courtesy of CrossFit HQ.  U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, of Smithtown, New York, assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, Law Enforcement Detachment 403, based at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Florida, was killed on April 24, 2004, at the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq when a boat that he and his team intercepted near the terminal exploded. He is survived by his wife Pattie, daughter Harper, born after his death, father Eric, mother Laurie Bullock, and sister Noabeth.

 

Scaling Options:

Run – 500m row
Back Squat – shoot for 50% of 1RM
Jerk – shoot for 50% of 1RM

 

X-tra:

Tabata Roll Out – whole body

 

Banded hamstring stretch x 2 min per

2016-06-27

S/S/S:

Jerk from blocks

5X5

 

Increase weight ea set

video courtesy of Rogue Fitness.  Matt Chan going over the finer tips of doing Jerk from Blocks.  The Fitness Center paid good money for our Jerk Block sets.  Let’s make good use of them!

WOD:

 3 Rounds For Time:

10 Deadlift 225/155

10 Cal Row

10 Burpee over Bar

 

Scaling Options:

Deadlift – Shoot for 70% of your 1RM

 

X-tra:

Goat work – Pick a goat and spend 15 min on it.

 

Hang from pull up bar – accumulate 4 min of hang time

2016-06-24

S/S/S:

Clean from blocks (top of knee)

2X2@ 70%, 1X2@ 75%

 

Use 1RM set 15Jun

Video courtesy of Catalyst Athletics.

Execution: The block clean should be performed identically to the clean except that the bar begins resting on blocks instead of the floor. The most common block heights are knee and below the knee.
Notes: When lifting from the blocks, the pressure on the feet prior to the bar being separated from the blocks will need to be farther back toward the heels than it would be during a lift from the floor when the barbell is at the same height, or in the starting position of a hang power clean from the same starting height.
Purpose: The block clean will force the lifter to accelerate the bar more rapidly because of the limited distance available to accelerate, and because it’s beginning from a dead stop with no prior stretch or tensioning of the lifting muscles as would occur from a hang position. This means it can be a good choice for training speed and rate of force development. It can also be used during periods of time when the loading on the back and legs needs to be reduced somewhat. Additionally, lifting from the blocks rather than from the floor reduces the loading on the back and legs, meaning that it’s less taxing on the lifter.

WOD:

5 min AMRAP of

Double-unders

 

1 min rest, then…

 

5 min AMRAP of:

-5 Pull ups

-5 Ring Dips

 

Scaling Options:

None for double-unders

Pull Ups – Ring rows

Ring Dips – Stationary Dips, if that won’t work, go to box dips, then bench dips

 

X-tra:

3 x 5 strict pull ups

LAX ball to upper back (2 min)

2016-06-23

S/S/S:

Deficit deadlift (3″ block or plate)

5X5

Increase weight ea set

video courtesy of Rogue Fitness.  The point of the deficit dead is to build power at the bottom of your dead, where a lot of folks hit a sticking point. For the first set, you may not want to go touch-and-go, but rather reset the back each time to feel the position better.

WOD:

EMOM x 15

 Min 1:  10 Alt KB Snatch (53/35)

 Min 2:  :40 sec Hollow Hold

 Min 3:  10 Strict TTB

 

Scaling Options:

KB – As needed

T2B- K2E, but still strict

 

X-tra:

5 x 3 deadlift pulls from the rack/jerk blocks (or stack 45’s).

Put bar just below the knee, and complete a deadlift.

2016-06-22

S/S/S:

Snatch from blocks (top of knee)

2X2@ 70%, 1X2@ 75%

 

Use 1RM set 15Jun

video courtesy of Catalyst Athletics.

Execution: The block snatch should be performed identically to the snatch except that the bar begins resting on blocks instead of the floor. The most common block heights are knee and below the knee.
Notes: When lifting from the blocks, the pressure on the feet prior to the bar being separated from the blocks will need to be farther back toward the heels than it would be during a lift from the floor when the barbell is at the same height, or in the starting position of a hang power snatch from the same starting height.
Purpose: The block snatch will force the lifter to accelerate the bar more rapidly because of the limited distance available to accelerate, and because it’s beginning from a dead stop with no prior stretch or tensioning of the lifting muscles as would occur from a hang position. This means it can be a good choice for training speed and rate of force development. It can also be used during periods of time when the loading on the back and legs needs to be reduced somewhat. Additionally, lifting from the blocks rather than from the floor reduces the loading on the back and legs, meaning that it’s less taxing on the lifter.

 

WOD:

EMOM for 10 Min:

Odd: 1 Snatch @ 80% of 1RM

Even: 2 Clean & Jerks with same weight

 

Scaling Options:

Use 75% of Snatch 1RM

 

X-tra:

50 hollow rocks

50 back extensions (Break up as needed)

Oly Wall Stretch x 5 min

EMOM during – straighten legs for 5 seconds

2016-06-21

S/S/S:

Prep for…

WOD:

“Alexander”

5 Rounds:

31 Back Squats (135/95)

12 Power Cleans (185/130)

alexander-wod

pic courtesy of CrossFit HQ.
Staff Sgt. Alexander G. Povilaitis, 47, of Dawsonville, GA, assigned to the 570th Sapper Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Brigade, was killed in action on May 31, 2012 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.  He is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and two sons, Alexander Blaine and Danny.

 

Scaling Options:

Weight as needed

 

X-tra:

Roll out what hurts

2016-06-20

S/S/S:

Front Squat w/ 3 Sec Pause at Bottom

5X5

 

Increase weight ea set

So starts our new cycle and last variation on pause squats…for now.  Keep a tight core at the bottom, don’t lose tension and check your elbows at the bottom.  If they are not high, adjust before coming up.

WOD:

2 x 2000m Row

Use the below stroke per minute(spm) parameters:

1000m @ 24spm

500m @ 26spm

250m @ 28 spm

250m @ 30 spm

 

Rest 2 min between 2K rows

video courtesy of DecentRowing.com

Just a quick reminder on technique

 

X-tra:

5 Rounds, Not For Time:

5 Strict C2B pull ups

15 GHD Sit Ups

 

2016-06-17

S/S/S:

Push Press

5X5

 

Compare to 16May

Looking to see some good hip drive to move that weight!  Make it better than it was 16May.

WOD:

16 Min EMOM:

Odd – 10 pull ups

Even – 20 Double Unders

 

Scaling Options:

Pull Ups – Ring Rows

DUS: 10 -15 DU attempts

 

X-tra:

3 Rounds for quality:

25 DB Stiff leg Deadlift 50/30

10 Ab mat Situps

 

 

Hang from Pull up rig – 3 min