Categories
Workouts

2010-09-25 CrossFit

“Fight Gone Bad”
Three Rounds for Reps, 1 Minute Each:
– Wall Ball (20#/14#)
– SDHP (75#/55#)
– Box Jump (20″)
– Push Press (75#/55#)
– Row for calories
– Rest

SDHP!?!? Aren’t those bad for your shoulders. Possibly, just like most of the movements we perform. They can hurt you if you perform them improperly. Same goes for deadlifts, burpees, squats, running, cleans, and snatches. CrossFit has often been criticized for being too dangerous because we routinely perform complicated movements at high intensity. As we reach the limits of our capacity to do work our form does degrade. Does that mean you should only deadlift, burpee, squat, run, clean, snatch, or SDHP under conditions that don’t challenge us to sustain good form? Of course not. Does that mean you should throw form and execution out of the window and push yourself to the breaking point all the time. Heck no.

What should you do? Perform the SDHP properly by using the hip to generate the power, just as you would with the clean and the snatch. The arms are not the primary movers of any of these movements. If you are going for high repetition, decrease the weight accordingly. Keep the intensity high, but never stop fighting to maintain proper form. If you cannot do a single SDHP with good form, don’t do as many as you can in a minute. Just like any movement you do in CrossFit, learn how to do it once. Then, learn how to do it several times. Then, turn up the intensity until it sucks….in a good way.

🙂

Beyond the Whiteboard

Categories
Community Events Workouts

2010-09-25 Fight Gone Bad 5 Fundraiser/WOD

We’ve raised over $3,500!  “Thank you” to those competing and to our donators!

The Boneyard will open at 9:00 a.m. Those competing need to be there no later than 9:30 a.m. to warm up. If you are not a CrossFit Montgomery member, please arrive between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. so you can warm up and review the exercises with a trainer.

When you arrive, go to the registration table to check in, get your name tags and receive instructions. The “Hello, my name is” name tag is for you and the tags with a gold border are for the names of the persons you are honoring. Place your tags on the back, front, or sleeves of your shirt. There will also be a place on one of our whiteboards where you can write the names of the honorees on the board. FYI – The workouts will be recorded and we’ve hired a photographer.

The Fundraiser kicks off at 10 a.m. We have more than 24 competitors who have signed up to compete! We will have two sets of heats (one heat consists of 5 competitors) going at the same time. Each competitor will be partnered with another competitior. When one is working out, the other is counting reps and cheering for him/her. We will have clip boards and paper for the counter.

The first two heats will begin no later than 10:30 a.m. Everyone is beginning the workout at the wall ball station. We will be calling “rotate” at each station when there is 5 seconds left on the clock. We will have designated on-deck and rest areas. Your towel and water bottle will remain in these area at all times. When the 17 minutes is up, the counter will give the designated person(s) their clipboard. The designated person(s) will calculate the reps and place the scores on one of our whiteboards.

Prizes will be given to the top competitors. Integrity…that is all we are going to say with regard to counting good reps, whether they are yours or someone else’s reps. You know what is a good rep and what doesn’t count. If you don’t know, we’ll cover it with you tomorrow.

We will have apples, bananas, and water (and stretching!) for you to have after the workout. Be sure to hydrate before and after. The prescription for water is half your bodyweight in ounces per day plus an additional 16 ounces for every one hour of physical activity.

It’s not too late to donate! We will be accepting cash and check at the fundraiser. You may also donate online using Rapid Giving. You have until October 1 to donate.

Contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Good luck to the competitors!

Visit our Fight Gone Bad page for more information about the workout and fundraiser. Post questions, comments, or your FGB score to comments.

Categories
Strength Workouts

2010-09-24 Strength

Olympic Strength
1. 10 x 2 Snatch Drill
2. 5 x 5 Front Squat
3. 3 x 10 Back Squat

Categories
Underground Strength Workouts

2010-09-24 UGS

Starting Strength B Day
1. 3 x 5 Deadlift or Power Clean
2. 3 x Max Pullup
3. 3 x 10 GHD Situp/Weighted Situp

Three Rounds
4a. 10 Snatch and Press
4b. 15 KB Row
4c. Max Ring Dips

Categories
CrossFit Workouts

2010-09-23 CrossFit

Deadlift
– 5 x 1

Death by Burpee

Beyond the Whiteboard

Categories
Strength Workouts

2010-09-22 Strength

Olympic Strength
1. 5 x 1 Snatch Balance
2. 5 x 5 Turkish Getup/Windmill/OHS
3. 5 x 10 Hang Clean
4. 5 x 3 Box Jumps

Categories
CrossFit Workouts

2010-09-22 CrossFit

Tabata This
– Tabata Row
– Rest 1 minute
– Tabata Squat
– Rest 1 minute
– Tabata Pullup
– Rest 1 minute
– Tabata Pushup
– Rest 1 minute
– Tabata Situp

Beyond the Whiteboard

Categories
Underground Strength Workouts

2010-09-22 UGS

Starting Strength A Day
1. 3 x 5 Back Squat
2. 3 x 5 Press
3. 3 x 10 Hip Extension or KB Swing

Three Rounds
4a. 10 Clean, Catch, Squat
4b. Max Pushups
4c. 200′ Farmer’s Walk

Categories
CrossFit Workouts

2010-09-21 CrossFit

AMRAP – 12 Minutes
– 7 Hang Clean (95#/65#)
– 5 Push Press (95#/65#)
– 3 Thruster (95#/65#)

Beyond the Whiteboard

Categories
Strength Workouts

2010-09-20 Strength

Olympic Strength
1. 1RM Power Snatch
2. 1RM Squat Clean
3. 3 x 10 Snatch Grip Deadlift