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Warmup:

200M run w/Med Ball

10 Spider-Man Lunge w/twist

10 Squat2stands

10 Thoracic High Fives

10 over & backs

5 Med ball squats

5 Wall Ball shots

5 Inchworm push ups

2 Wall walks

WOD:

In 8 Min, complete:

15 Handstand Push-Ups

50 Ft Double KB Front Rack Walking Lunge (55/35)

25 Russian Kettlebell Swings (55/35)

100 Ft Bear crawl

25 Wall Balls (20/14)

-Rest 2 Min-

-Repeat for total of 3 sets

Score time for each set separately

Video courtesy of Functional Bodybuilding.

A good load of work to do in 8 minutes each round, but manageable if you keep a steady pace throughout.  Will warn you now, the fatigue will hit your shoulders first and then make its way to your legs by the time you get to the Wall Balls.  Stick with it!

Scaling Options:

HSPUs -> Pike push up off box -> pike push up off floor -> high kneel DB press

KB weight -> 35/25 -> as needed (ELITE: 70/55)

Med Ball -> 14/10 -> as needed

Cool Down:

Couch Stretch – 2 min per side

 

Med ball thoracic stretch – 2 Min

Video courtesy of CrossFit Burgos

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Warmup:

1:00 Ski Erg (easy pace)

8 KB Single-leg RDLs ea side

8 KB Sumo deadlift hi pull

1:00 Ski Erg (med pace)

10 Iron Cross

10 Scorpions

30-sec sprint on Ski Erg

10 Squat2Stands

10 Bow to Bends

Barbell warmup: With an empty bar perform 5 reps of: Good mornings, Kang Squats, move bar to hang and ensure clean grip, and get 5 RDLs, 5 Clean pulls

S/S/S:

Clean Pull

5,4,3,2,1

Increase weight ea set

Video courtesy of Catalyst Athletics.

Final run of Clean Pulls for the cycle.  Today, the goal is to knock out a heavy set of 5, move up in weight, hit a heavy set of 4, move up in weight, hit a heavy set of 3, move up in weight, hit a heavy set of 2, and then finish a little heavier for a good heavy single.  Yes, you should be going much heavier than your Clean 1RM so when you go for that heavy Clean next time, pulling the weight from the ground won’t feel as difficult.

WOD:

For Time:

10 Cal Ski Erg

12 Hang Power Cleans (115/80)

15 Cal Ski Erg

12 Hang Power Cleans

20 Cal Ski Erg

12 Hang Power Cleans

25 Cal Ski Erg

12 Hang Power Cleans

30 Cal Ski Erg

12 Hang Power Cleans

Video courtesy of CrossFit Forrest. Ski erg and Hang Power Clean couplet for your Wednesday enjoyment.  Hang PCs stay at 12 per round, but your cals on the Ski Erg increase. On the hang PCs, aim to catch the bar in the hip after every rep.  This will allow you to re-grip your hands if needed.

Scaling Options:

No ski erg -> Banded ski erg (2 pulls = 1Cal)

Bar weight -> 95/65 -> as needed (ELITE: 135/95)

Cool Down:

Iron Cross – 1 Min per side

 

Banded Bully Stretch – 1 Min per side

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Warmup:

10 Cal Bike

10 Cobra2Downward Dog

10 Alternating V-Ups

10 Hollow Rocks

10 Twisting Push Ups

10 Spider-Man Lunge

10 Bow2Bends

5 Single-arm Ring Rows per side

5 empty bar press

5 push press

5 push jerk

WOD:

For Time:

60 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

50/40 Cal Echo Bike

40 Shoulder to OH (95/65)

30 Supine Ring Rows (Feet elevated)

50 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

40/30 Cal Echo Bike

30 Shoulder to OH

20 Supine Ring Rows

40 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups  

30/20 Cal Echo Bike

20 Shoulder to OH

10 Supine Ring Rows

Video courtesy of Train FTW. Making Tuesday a little interesting with a bit of a Chipper WOD.  Best way to think of this, you are going through 4 movements, and every time you come back to a movement, you have 10 less reps to do that the last time you did it.  For the ring rows, the goal is to make them as challenging as your strength level can take.  If you can elevate your feet on a box or a bench so your body is in a supine position, that is perfect.

Scaling Options:

Ab-mat sit ups -> Feet anchored (ELITE: GHD)

Bar weight -> 75/55 -> as needed (ELITE: 135/95)

Bike Cals -> cut to allow WOD completion in 45 Min

Ring Rows -> Feet on the floor, Step further back to take some tension off (ELITE: Pull Ups)

Cool Down:

Kneeling Lat Stretch – 1Min per side

 

Cobra Pose – 2 Min

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Warmup:

2 Rounds:

10 Box Step overs

5 Box pistol step downs per side – see video below, courtesy of Performance Chiro

10 PVC pass throughs

10 PVC around-the-worlds

10 thoracic high fives

10 PVC OHS

3 PVC snatch balance

Then…

Barbell warmup: With an empty bar, and in snatch grip, per form 3 reps of: dip/shrug, dip/shrug/high elbows, OHS, high hang muscle snatch, hang power snatch, hang Squat Snatch, Low hang (below knee) Squat Snatch, Squat Snatch from mid-shin

S/S/S:

Snatch + Hang Snatch + OHS

4@70%

4@75%

3@80%

Sets start every 5 min

%s based on 11Jan2023 1RM

Video courtesy of The Strength Agenda. Today will be our final run of the current Snatch complex prior to re-testing our 1RM.  %s increase, so dial it in on these reps so your comfortable with the heavier weight in these movements.

WOD:

AMRAP 15:

4 Burpee to Chest2Bar Pull Up

8 Alternating Pistols

12 Box Jump Overs (24″/20″)

Video courtesy of Functional Bodybuilding.  Quick demo for Burpee to Chest2Bar Pull Ups. Looking to get some higher skill movements in on a medium-sized AMRAP.  Not looking to make this a sprint, but the goal should be to only rest when moving from movement to movement.

Scaling Options:

Burpee C2B -> Burpee to kipping pull up -> Burpee to jumping pull up (ELITE: Muscle Ups)

Alt Pistols -> Banded Pistols -> Pistol to box

Video courtesy of WODStar

Box height -> 20/16 -> as needed (ELITE: 30/24)

Cool Down:

Kneeling Shoulder Stretch on box – 2 Min

 

Pigeon Pose on Box – 1 Min per side

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Alright!!! 23.3 has dropped!!!  Time to finish the Open on a high note!!!

Warmup:

5 Min AMRAP:
30 Single Unders/15 Dubs
10 Plank Shoulder Taps + 1 Wall Walk
5 PVC Muscle Snatches
10 OH Alt lunges w/PVC
5 PVC Snatch Grip RDLs

Then…
With empty barbell
3 Hang Power Snatch
3 OHS
3 Hang Snatch
3 Power Snatch from Mid Shin
work up in weight on Snatch, doing 5-7 reps every time

Then…
3 Min Wall Walk practice (make sure you can meet standards)

WOD:

Video courtesy of The CrossFit Games

23.3

Starting with a 6-minute Time Cap, Complete as many Reps as possible of:

5 Wall Walks

50 Double-Unders

15 Snatches (weight 1)

5 Wall Walks

50 Double-Unders

12 Snatches (weight 2)

 

*If completed before the 6-minute time cap, add 3 minutes to the time cap and complete:

20 Strict Handstand Push-Ups

50 Double-Unders

9 Snatches (weight 3)

 

*If completed before the 9-minute time cap, add 3 minutes to the time cap and complete:

20 Strict Handstand Push-Ups

50 Double-Unders

6 Snatches (weight 4)

Bar weight:

Female: 65 lb, 95 lb, 125 lb, 155 lb

Male 95 lb, 135 lb, 185 lb, 225 lb 

For movement standard, floor set-up, all scale options for other ages groups, and score sheets click here

Scaling Options:

Wall Walks -> Scaled Wall Walks (see illustration below)

Double Unders -> Single Unders (50)

Bar weight -> Male: 65/95/115/135 Female: 45/65/75/85

Strict HSPUs -> Hand-release push ups

Cool Down:

1 Min of Calf Pedaling in Downward Dog

 

Scorpion Stretch – 1 Min per side

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Mal vs Danielle

Pic courtesy of The Barbell Spin. The last week of the CrossFit Open will feature Mal O’Brien and Danielle Brandon. The two will go head-to-head after the 23.3 workout is announced from one of the original 50 CrossFit affiliates, CrossFit Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Look for it on the Games website or their YouTube page at 1pm local time on Thursday.

Warmup:

10 Scap Push ups – see video below, courtesy of The Active Life

30’ bear crawl

30’ Heel2Toe

30’ Seal Walk

10 Twisting Push Ups

10 Kneeling Lat Stretch

10 Scorpion Stretch

:15 ring support hold – see video below, courtesy of Functional Bodybuilding

S/S/S:

Close-Grip Bench Press

5X3

Increase weight each set

Video courtesy of Juggernaut Training.

Third go at Close-grip Bench press this cycle. Reps drop to 3 per set, so aim to go even heavier than the 5X5 and 3X5 weeks.

WOD:

36-30-24*:

Cal Ski Erg

Ring Dips

 

* 25′ of Burpee Broad Jumps after every round of Ring Dips

 

Time Cap: 15 Min

Video courtesy of CrossFit.

Spoiler Alert, your shoulders will be smoked at the end of this one.  Try shaking out the arms as you move from one movement to the next.  Unless you are a gymnastics ninja, would suggest taking manageable chunks on the ring dips.  One, it will allow you to recovery quicker to get back on and finish, and two, will keep you from hitting too much fatigue, therefore avoiding a spot where you could injure yourself.

Scaling Options:

Ring Dips -> Stationary dips -> dips off box or bench -> push ups

Cool Down:

Doorway Stretch – 1 Min per side

 

Tricep mash on bar – 1 Min per side

Video courtesy of Rucking Fit

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Warmup:

3 Rounds:

200M jog

8 Alt V-Ups

8 Alt Spider-Man Lunge

8 Hollow Rocks

8 KB deadlifts

8 Russian Swings

WOD:

For Time:

1200M Run

25 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

12 Russian KB Swings (70/55)

800M Run

25 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

12 Russian KB Swings (70/55)

600M Run

25 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

12 Russian KB Swings (70/55)

400M Run

25 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

12 Russian KB Swings (70/55)

200M Run

25 Ab-Mat Sit-Ups

12 Russian KB Swings (70/55)

Video courtesy of CrossFit HQ.  Quick demo on Russian Swings.

Look to begin the runs in the first couple rounds at a steady pace, and then start picking that pace up as the runs get shorter.  Try to go unbroken on the sit ups and Russian swings.

Scaling Options:

Run -> Row 250M for every 200M of running

Ab-mat Sit ups -> feet anchored (Elite – GHD Sit Ups)

KB weight -> 55/35 -> as needed

Cool Down:

Cobra Pose – 2 min

 

Iron Cross – 1 min per side

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Warmup:

2 Sets:

5 Single Leg KB RDLs per side

5 Goblet Squats

5 Single arm Shoulder Press

5 Single arm bent over row

8 box step ups(jumps in round 2)

Then…

Super Squat Hip Sequence – See video below, courtesy of Mobility WOD

Barbell warmup: With an empty bar perform 5 reps of: good morning, back squat, elbow rotations. Move hands to clean grip and perform 3 reps of: dip/shrug, dip/shrug/high elbows, high hang muscle clean, ¼ Front Squat, ½ Front Squat, full Front Squat, Hang Power Clean, Hang Squat Clean, Clean from mid-shin, Press, Push Press, Push Jerk, Split Jerk

S/S/S:

Clean + Hang Clean + Jerk

4@65%

4@70%

3@75%

Sets start every 5 min

%s based on 11Jan2023 1RM

Video courtesy of The Strength Agenda.

Third run of our Clean Complex for the cycle.  %s stay the same but reps per set go up, so our time per set extends as well.  Each set has plenty of time allotted to finish the work on time.  Stay focused and make each rep perfect.

WOD:

12 Min AMRAP:

4 Dual KB Renegade Rows (55/35)

8 Box Jumps (24”/20”)

4 Dual KB Shoulder2OH (55/35)

8 Dual KB Renegade Rows

8 Box Jumps

8 Dual KB Shoulder2OH

etc…

Add 4 reps to Renegade Rows and Shoulder2OH every round. 

Box Jumps stay at 8 the whole time

Video courtesy of ONIT Academy.  Quick demo of the Renegade Row (each time you row with one arm = 1 Rep).

A partial ascending ladder AMRAP to make your Tuesday fly by!! Every round, your Renegade rows and Shoulder2OH will increase by 4, but your box jumps will always be 8 per round.  Don’t forget, on the Renegade Rows, keep the core tight as you row one arm up and keep the other one stable on the ground.

Scaling Options:

KB weight -> 35/25 -> as needed (Elite – (70/55)

Box height -> 20/16 -> as needed

Cool Down:

Kneeling Shoulder Stretch on box – 2 Min

Video courtesy of Train FTW.

 

Kneeling Lat Stretch – 1 Min per side

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6 stages

Pic courtesy of CrossFit Steelhead.  Hope everyone recovered from last week and is ready for the last week of the 2023 CrossFit Open!!!

Warmup:

1:00 Row

50 Single Unders

10 Spider-Man Lunge w/twist

10 Heel2Toe

30 high-jump single unders

20 calf pedals in Downward Dog

10 Kneeling Lat Stretch

1:00 Row

20 Double Unders or 3 attempts

WOD:

For Time:

1000m Row

200 Double Unders

60 Cal Echo Bike

200 Double Unders

1000m Row

 

Time Cap: 30 Min

Looking for a good steady-state pace on today’s WOD.  If you do the quick math, accomplish each section in 6 minutes or less, you’ll make it under the time cap

Scaling Options:

Double Unders -> 400 Single Unders

Cool Down:

Calf Stretch on rig Stretch – 1 Min per side

 

Roll out lats and hips – 1 Min per side per body part

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Warmup:

6 Min AMRAP:

1 Shuttle run (25′ down, 25′ back)

10 alternating lunges

3 Cobra to hip snap

5 empty bar shoulder presses

10 mountain climbers

5 empty barbell thrusters (can add weight as desired)

5 jumps to a pull-up bar

then…

On Rig: 5 scap pull ups, 5 kip swings, 3 jumping pull ups

then..

1 Round:

2 Burpee Pull Ups

2 Shuttle Runs (1 rep = 25′ down + 25′ back)

then…

Spend 5 min working up to starting Thruster weight

Video courtesy of the CrossFit Games  23.2 has dropped!!!

WOD:

23.2A:

Complete as many reps as possible in 15 minutes of:
5 Burpee Pull-Ups*
10 Shuttle Runs (1 rep = 25 ft out/25 ft back)

*Add 5 Burpee Pull-Ups after each round

Immediately following 23.2A …

23.2B:

5 Minutes to Establish:

1-Rep-Max Thruster (from the floor)

For full rules, movement standards, scales, set up, and score sheet, click here

Scaling Options:

Burpee Pull Up -> Burpee (establish the same measurements for height above pull up bar as the RX’d standard, but instead of a pull up, just need to jump and have both hands touch the bar at the same time)

Cool Down:

Couch Stretch – 1 Min per side

 

Doorway Stretch – 1 Min Per side