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Archive
Hang Cleans - Push Press
Monday, July 12, 2010WOD
Hang Cleans 3-3-3-3-3
Push Press 1-1-1-1-1
100 Double Unders for time
"This On-Ramp stuff is supposed to be easy, right?"
Only 5 days left until the start of the games! If you have not registered yet, let us know asap that you will be competing this weekend. Thanks Coach Tina for the programming!
Clean-Run-KB
Thursday, July 01, 2010WOD
Four rounds for time of
Hang Cleans 12 reps 95/65
Run 400 meters
KB Swings 24 reps 1.5/1 pood
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Box Games Hint # 2 - Clean up your act!
If you were signed up for the Mud Run in November, you need to register your team or as an individual. Also, we have changed the Calendar of Events Section to the left, check it out! Mouse over the Calendar of Events title to see the box calendar.
Clean & Jerk
Monday, June 28, 2010WOD
Clean & Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1
Rest
50 Double Unders for time / 50 HSPU for time
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Fighting through the pain!
Metcon
Tuesday, June 22, 2010WOD
Five rounds for time of
Farmer's Walk 100 ft (scale weight to individual capacity)
Sprint 200 meters
Hang Cleans (squat) 8 reps 135/95
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Why do you CrossFit? Let us know...our own, Athena!
Clean Deadlifts
Friday, June 18, 2010WOD
Clean Deadlifts 5x5
"Death by Toes to Bar" - Perform toes to bar on the minute for every minute, 1 the first minute, 2 the second, 3 the third, etc....until you can no longer complete the toes to bar in the time allowed. Scoring is based off of the maximum number of minutes completed.
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"It's all about form." Movement is predicated by mobility, flexibility, strength, awareness, and repetition. Good movement is the product of a balanced prospective on training, time, effort and attention to the details. When it all comes together, the feeling you get and the improved performance is the reward...
Power Cleans
Friday, June 11, 2010WOD
Power Cleans 3x5
Weighted lunges to max 3x10 (ea leg)
Max L-Sits x 3
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Coach Matt doing heavy pull-ups!
"It is resistance that creates freedom of movement...think about it"
Cleans
Wednesday, May 19, 2010WOD
Hang Cleans 3x5 (work fast elbows and getting under the bar)
RDL 3x10
Rest
Double Under Skill Work
Metcon
Friday, May 07, 2010WOD
Five rounds for time of;
HSPU 10 reps (scale to capacity, maintain as much vertical trunk alignment as possible)
100 ft of Long Jump Squats
Hang Cleans 5 reps 135/95
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"The greatest teachers are the best students..."
Coach Clayton doing "The Chipper," 2009 Games WOD
Finding the balance in Your Zoi (greek for LIFE)!
CrossFit is great at helping expose our weaknesses and lack of balance. The more we train I think we find out what works for us. I have been focusing more on mobility lately and have seen a significant improvement in capacity. Most athletes, including myself at one point in my training, give very little regard for time spent on dynamic, static mobility, nutrition, rest and recovery, and spiritual development.
We just "train" thinking that "training-the act of exercising" is training. In other words, we don't view the other stuff as important. After years of experimenting with this, I have come to the realization that this is the greatest weakness most athletes have. There is a "balanced perspective" that requires thought, discussion and review. We all want to get in, get out and be done! But, real Zoi-fitness does take time and commitment.
So here is my recommendation for everyone who wants to be "Zoi-FIT!" Find a balance in devoting time to each aspect of fitness. Decide how much time per day you can devote to your fitness which involves exercise, stretching, healthy eating and nutrition, recovery, sleep and spiritual development.
If you are going to CrossFit, which involves high intensity functional movement, you need to devote time to all the other facets of fitness. Stretch on your off days to promote mobility and before and after WOD's. When you are the most sore is when you should be stretching. This is the contractile phase of healing tissue. In other words, your connective tissue is shrinking in length and mobility.
Eat a paleo or zone friendly diet of nutrition and be accountable to someone else. Rest and sleep! Sleep a minimum of 7-8 hours a day. This needs to be uninterrupted sleep! And lastly, but most importantly, develop spiritually. Spend time reading a good book on spiritual development, meditating, praying and developing accountability to a spiritual mentor for the, "sharpening of iron...."
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Cleans
Wednesday, April 14, 2010WOD
Cleans 3x5
RDL 3x10
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Excellent article and Link on Body Weight Training and Building an Olympic Body!
http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/229
It is important that every athlete recognize the value of all aspects of training. This includes mobility, trainining, rest/recovery and nutrition. Don't neglect stretching and mobility! For some of our athletes, they could be stronger with better work capacity, if they had better available ROM (range of motion). Here is an example, sit on the floor with your legs out straight in front of you, knees not bent. If you find yourself wanting to reach behind you for support after less than 1-2 minutes, then you have a tight posterior chain. Most likely, it is your hamstrings. So any movement that requires your hips and knees to bend and your back stay straight (i.e./ an air squat), your body will be fighting this lack of mobility. This will affect your body above and below the area of poor mobility. Imbalances in mobility also affect joint alignment which can cause increased wear and tension in areas not needed.
Today, we will look at every athlete's hamstring flexibility in the box. So, get ready to get stretched!
Cleans
Tuesday, April 06, 2010WOD
Cleans 3x5
Romanian Deadlifts 3x5 (Heavier Progression than last week but maintain proper form at all times)
Rest
Row 4x100 meter sprints with 1-2 min rest intervals (all out max effort)
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Pull Up Frenzy!
Scalability- The ability to modify an exercise or movement to the appropriate individual needs of an athlete to achieve the optimum results.
Intensity-A Relative value of perceived exertion based on the severity of the exercise intervention.
These two terms speak to the value of CrossFit and the knowledge that we have as educated athletes! Our goal should be to scale the exercise to our level to develop the highest level of intensity to produce the greatest results or return on investment.
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