Saturday 151031
For time:
15-foot L-sit rope climb, 4 ascents
15-foot legless rope climb, 8 ascents
15-foot rope climb, 12 ascents
Post time to comments.
Compare to 150209.
"Arch Rocks" from the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course - [video]
Friday 151030
Tabata Something Else
Tabata pull-ups
Tabata push-ups
Tabata sit-ups
Tabata squats
The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals. There is no rest between exercises.
Post total reps from all 32 intervals to comments.
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"Aging, Performance and Health" - CrossFit Journal [article]
Thursday 151029
5 rounds for time of:
30 hip extensions
Handstand walk 50 feet
Lunge 150 feet
Post time to comments.
"The AbMat Sit-up" - [video]
Wednesday 151028
Rest Day
"Culture Club" - CrossFit Journal [article]
"Cutting Sugar Improves Children's Health in Just 10 Days," The New York Times.
Post thoughts to comments.
Tuesday 151027
5 2-minute rounds of:
5 muscle-ups
150-yard shuttle sprint (25 yards there and back, 3 times)
Max reps 135-lb. thrusters
Rest 3 minutes between rounds. Post number of thrusters completed each round to comments.
"The Keg: How to Clean and Press" from the CrossFit Strongman Trainer Course - [video]
Monday 151026
In front of a clock set for 12 minutes:
1 minute of 30-inch box jumps
1 minute of 115-lb. sumo deadlift high pulls
2 minutes of 30-inch box jumps
2 minutes of 115-lb. sumo deadlift high pulls
3 minutes of 30-inch box jumps
3 minutes of 115-lb. sumo deadlift high pulls
Post reps for each set to comments.
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Sunday 151025
15-12-9 reps for time of:
135-lb. clean and jerks
Chest-to-bar pull-ups
Post time to comments.
"Provide Specific Cues" from the CrossFit Level 2 Trainer Course - [video]
Saturday 151024
Rest Day
"Soda War" - CrossFit Journal [article]
Post thoughts to comments.
Friday 151023
21-18-15-12-9-6-3 reps for time of:
Ring dips
115-lb. overhead squats
Post time to comments.
"Restricted Success" - CrossFit Journal [article]
Thursday 151022
Sumo deadlift 5-5-5-5-5 reps
Bench press 5-5-5-5-5 reps
Post loads to comments.
"Band-Assisted Back Lever" from the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course - [video]
Wednesday 151021
3 rounds for time of:
Row 500 meters
21 burpees
95-lb. thrusters, 12 reps
Post time to comments.
"Asking the Best From Your Athletes" from the CrossFit Level 2 Trainer Course - [video]
Tuesday 151020
Rest Day
"Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman?" - CrossFit Journal [article]
"Coca-Cola's sneaky, evil politics: How Big Soda twisted race and used the Koch Brothers to fight a tax" by Tom Farley, Salon.
Post thoughts to comments.
Monday 151019
For time:
10 box jumps, 42-inch box
10 bar muscle-ups
20 kettlebell snatches, 1.5 pood
20 one-legged squats, alternating
30 toes-to-bars
30 overhead squats, 75-lb. barbell
40 GHD sit-ups
40 medicine-ball cleans, 20-lb. ball
50 burpees
50 triple-unders
Post time to comments.
"Cueing the Thruster" from the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course - [video]
Sunday 151018
"The Dragonfly and How to Modify" from the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course - [video]
Saturday 151017
"Never Miss the Jerk" - CrossFit Journal [article]
Friday 151016
Rest Day
"Cystic Fibrosis: An Athlete's Story" - CrossFit Journal [video]
2015 Reebok CrossFit Games to air on television, starting tonight from 5-8 p.m. PT.
Thursday 151015
Scooter
On a 35-minute clock with a partner:
Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes of:
30 double-unders
15 pull-ups
15 push-ups
100-meter sprint
Then, 5 minutes to find a 1-rep-max partner deadlift
For the AMRAP, have one partner work while the other rests, switching after a full round is completed. If you're performing without a partner, rest 60 seconds between each round, and find a regular 1-rep-max deadlift.
Wednesday 151014
5 rounds for time of:
45-lb. barbell overhead walking lunges, 50 feet
21 burpees
Let trailing knee gently kiss the ground on each lunge.
Post time to comments.
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"Dissecting the Squat" - CrossFit Journal [article]
Tuesday 151013
5 rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
205-lb. bench presses, 10 reps
45-lb. weighted pull-ups, 10 reps
Post time to comments.
"Arch Holds" from the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course - [video]
Monday 151012
Rest Day
"Follow Your Heart" - [video]
"Barbells for Boobs: Whitney's Story" - [video]
Sunday 151011
5 rounds for time of:
225-lb. deadlifts, 10 reps
75-lb. snatches, 10 reps
10 handstand push-ups
75-lb. snatches, 10 reps
Post time to comments, or find a team and complete Team Series Event 5.
"VO2 Max-Effort Lift" - CrossFit Journal [article]
17-year-old Fraer Morrow of CrossFit Doncaster snatches 156 lb. (71 kg) [video] and clean and jerks 176 lb. (80 kg) [video] at 116-lb. body weight.
Saturday 151010
Horton
9 rounds for time with a partner of:
9 bar muscle-ups
11 clean and jerks, 155 lb.
50-yard buddy carry
Share the work with your partner however you choose with only one person working at a time. If you can't find a partner, perform 5 reps of each exercise per round and find a heavy sandbag to carry.
Friday 151009
Front squat 7-7-7-7-7 reps
Post loads to comments, or find a team and complete Team Series Event 7.
"The Yoke" from the CrossFit Strongman Trainer Course - [video]
Thursday 151008
Rest Day
"Virtuosity 11: Dig In" - CrossFit Journal [article]
"Researchers have discovered a surprisingly simple way to get kids to eat more veggies," The Washington Post.
Post thoughts to comments.
Wednesday 151007
For time:
185-lb. deadlifts, 30 reps
Row 30 calories
95-lb. overhead squats, 30 reps
Post time to comments, or find a team and complete Team Series Event 6.
"Neutral Spine" from the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course - [video]
Monday 151005
Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes of:
12 walking-lunge steps
15 GHD sit-ups
15 hip extensions
5 muscle-ups
Post rounds completed to comments.
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"Squat Stance" from the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course - [video]
Sunday 151004
Rest Day
"Meet Morgana" - [video]
Saturday 151003
Helton
3 rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50-lb. dumbbell squat cleans, 30 reps
30 burpees
Post time to comments.
Compare to 140513.
"Developing the Front Lever" from the CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course - [video]
Friday 151002
Following the pattern of 2-4-6-8, etc. reps, complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes of:
225-lb. deadlifts
Strict handstand push-ups
Rest 5 minutes
Then, following the pattern of 2-4-6-8, etc. reps, complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes of:
155-lb. power cleans
One-legged squats
Post reps completed for each couplet to comments.
Rich Froning, 14s + 22, then 14s + 1 - [video]
"Froning: The Fittest Man in History" is now available on iTunes.
"American Academy of Pediatrics decides relationship with Coke is not so sweet," PBS News.
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