2015-09-08

S/S/S:

olympic-lifts-snatch-1024x453pic courtesy of Hookgrip

Snatch

15 min to set 1RM

Time for a periodic test on the skill progressions we have been working with Snatch.  You will see a retest of this down the road.

#progression

 

WOD:

3 Rounds for Time

20 Kettlebell Snatch Left Arm (53/35)

20 Double Unders

20 Kettlebell Snatch Right Arm (53/35)

20 Double Unders

20 Kettlebell Goblet Squats (53/35)

20 Double Unders

 

X-tra:

Pistol practice – 10 min

Video courtesy of Sergio Factuar.  A good progression for those struggling with pistols.

Olympic Wall stretch – 4 min

Video courtesy Paradiso CrossFit.

2015-09-07

NOTE:  Due to Labor Day hours, there won’t be any meeting up at 0530 Monday.  A coach will be there at 1000 for anyone who wants to meet up.

S/S/S:

Back Squat

5×5

Compare to weight used 3Aug.

This is Re-Test Week! Should see an increase per set from 6 weeks ago.

 

WOD:

For Time:

800M run cash in

then…

21-15-9

Deficit Hand Stand Push-Ups (as much as you can handle)

Chest-2-Bar Pull Ups

 

X-tra:

For those looking for extra work after the WOD to increase their skills and build on the work done in the WOD.

Med Ball Russian Twist x 50 Total

Couch stretch – 2 min per leg

Video courtesy of David Hall.  Med ball Russian twists.

 

Video courtesy of Mobility WOD.  Kelly Starrett demonstrating the couch stretch.

 

 

 

2015-09-04

S/S/S:

Jerk (from blocks)

10,9,8,7,6

Increase weight each round

Goal is the last rep of each set should take everything in you (without negating safety) to complete. Make jumps based off feel

 

WOD:

12 Min AMRAP:

8 Overhead Squats (115/85)

16 GHD Sit Ups

24 Lateral Jumps(Length of bar from plate to plate)*

 

*For lateral jumps, stand a foot or so behind your barbell, facing forward, lined up evenly with a plate on the bar(start on either side). Perform a lateral jump(sideways jump) where you land even with the plate on the other end of the bar. Whole time, you are facing forward. Land soft and don’t let the ankle roll.

2015-09-03

Moblity:

Y-T-W-L on Incline bench

Video courtesy of Tom Conner.  This movement is used mainly as a rehab/injury prevention tool.  So, stay light.  Would not go any higher than 5# DBs.

 

WOD:

5 Rounds:

In 2 min complete:

-250M Row

-Remainder of time, max reps Double Unders

 

Rest one minute between rounds

Score = total number of DUs

 

2015-09-02

S/S/S:

Hang Cleans

5×2

Increase weight each set

For Hang, anywhere between crease of hip and mid thigh. Hold onto bar between reps as much as possible.  Oh, and clean=Full Clean

 

WOD:

“Helen”

3 Round For Time:

400m Run

21 Kettlebell Swings (53/35)

12 Pullups

2015-09-01

S/S/S:

Deadlift

10,9,8,7,6

Increase weight per set.

Goal is the last rep of each set should take everything in you (without negating safety) to complete.  Make jumps based off feel.

 

WOD:

For Time:

1000m Row

50 Ring Pushup

750 Row

30 Ring Pushup

Row 500m

20 Ring Pushups

 

Video courtesy of The CrossFit Journal.  This video series provides a fresh look at skill-transfer exercises and midline stability, combining the powers of Kelly Starrett and gymnast Carl Paoli. Both San Francisco CrossFit coaches add their expertise to refine basic CrossFit movements with the aim of improving power output.

2015-08-31

S/S/S:

Hang Snatch

5×2

Increase weight per set

For Hang, anywhere between crease of hip and mid thigh. Hold onto bar between reps as much as possible.

 

WOD:

Death by:

Double Kettlebell or Dumbbell Hang Clean & Jerk

For KB (53/35) for DB (55/35)

 

Video courtesy of Kettlebell Secrets.  For the Kettlebell version, this is the form you will use.  Notice the position of the thumbs as he swings the KBs between his legs.  They are pointing behind him, and they rotate forward as he comes up.  Do likewise.

Video courtesy of Rogue Fitness.  IF you go DBs, you will do the last version Matt Chan demos.

 

So, at GO!…have the DBs or KBs in the hang position, clean to shoulders(power), then jerk overhead. Stand up to full lock out and bring weights back down. Rest until the end of the minute. At the start of the next minute, perform two reps, then rest. At the start of the next minute perform 3 reps,…etc until you can’t finish the number of reps needed for a particular minute (this is where you “die”).

 

2015-08-28

S/S/S:

Back Squat

10,9,8,7,6

Increase weight each set.

So, this starts our higher rep phase. Goal is the last rep of each set should take everything in you (without negating safety) to complete. Make jumps based off feel.

 

WOD:

9 Min AMRAP:

3 Strict Chin Ups

6 Power Cleans (155/105)

9 Lateral Buprees Over Bar

 

For the Strict Chin Ups, start at a dead hang with hands in an underhand grip on the pull up bar.  With no kip, pull up until your chin is above the bar.

Lateral bar over burpees: Stand parallel to the bar, drop down for the burpee, come up, then jump laterally over the bar, land, and go into your next rep. Unless you have a physical limitation, no stepping over the bar.

 

2015-08-27

S/S/S:

Mobility – 15 minutes

Find what hurts and mobilize it.  Not sure what to do or what to work?  This is always a good overall complex, courtesy of Joe Defranco.  The “Limber 11”

 

WOD:

Seated Box Jump:

Find 1RM

Sit on a 20″ box a the start of every jump. 

 

Video courtesy of the CrossFit Journal.  For improving jumping, explosiveness and overall athleticism, Westside Barbell’s Shane Sweatt likes training from the seated or kneeling positions.

During this CrossFit Powerlifting seminar at Integrated Fitness, a CrossFit box that does sport-specific training just outside Pittsburgh, Sweatt begins with seated box jumps. To properly execute the movement, the feet come up and are driven into the ground, the chest stays up, and the arms come back and forward.

“Arms are very important in jumping,” Sweatt notes.

Then it’s on to the kneeling jump, where the hips must fully extend before the legs come through.

“The farther you can extend your hips through, the more height that you’re gonna get on a kneeling jump,” Sweatt explains.

Next, he has the group practice kneeling long jumps, box jumps with a barbell, kneeling cleans, kneeling snatches and even a kneeling split snatch.

“It’s a way to get someone very athletic in movement—something fresh,” he says.

2015-08-26

S/S/S:

Jerks From The Blocks

5×3

Shorter rep range, so goal is to push for higher weight than your sets of five from when you did 5×5 and 3×5.

Video courtesy of Diane Fu.  Footwork is key to developing accuracy in your lifts, and now we’re moving onto to footwork faults as it relates to the split jerk. We’ll start by talking about finding and developing consistency in landing position. For this practice, we’ll utilize the lunge to identify the most ideal landing position for speed, power, and stability.

Drill: Lunges. Use this to establish your stance:
1) Take a piece of chalk and mark out where the lunge position should be when you land.

2) Step forward with your dominant foot and stick it, then inching your dominant foot forward slightly more.

3) There should a partial bend on the back leg, and have your back heel slightly off the floor so that you’re on the balls of your back foot.

4) Your trunk should be upright, stable, and your shoulders stacked.

5) The distance in-between your legs should be just as wide as your squat width.

6) Use the same mark for the stance of your foot for the later drills in this plan. Try to get your feet to be consistent in landing in these same spots.

 

WOD:

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“Fran”

21-15-9

Thruster (95/65)

Pull Up

 

That’s right.  Benchmark day!  For those newer to CrossFit, asking someone’s Fran time is the equivalent of “How much you bench?” in the globo gyms.  Please record your times because you WILL see this WOD again.