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Wednesday Watch It Pour 1/20 – WOD

January 20th, 2010

Inside thinking about going out?  Not going out?

Grab your heaviest bell and do the following:

2 rounds:

  • 20 swings
  • 1:00 rest
  • 20 Sumo deadlift high-pulls
  • 1:00 rest
  • 20 Bottom-up front squats

Have fun!

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WOD 6/22:

June 22nd, 2009

New WOD!  I have a feeling it’s going to be much harder than it looks…

Warm-up:

  • 3 rounds:
    • 12 double-unders
    • 8 pull-ups
    • 4 pistols (switch legs each rep)

Main – 20 minutes, as many rounds as possible:

  • 30 KB Swings (20kg – Russian swing)
  • 200 m run

Follow-through:

  • Fold-over hamstring stretch – (PNF)
  • Pigeon-pose – each side
  • Shoulder stretch

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Nugent WOD

June 17th, 2009

Warm-up:

  • 400 yd run
  • 20 TGU’s

20 minutes AMRAP:

  • 20 Back extensions (or TRX Hamstring crunches with hip lift)
  • 100 yd run
  • 20 Pull-ups (or TRX body row)
  • 100 yd run
  • 20 Squat Jumps
  • 100 yd run
  • 20 KB Swings (russian style)

Average count is 3 rounds.  If you push hard you can get4 rounds.  But you have to be willing to LIVE in the pain cave for nearly all of those 20 minutes…

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WOD 6/1 – WOD’rs Block

June 1st, 2009

Here it is:

Warm-up: ~10 minutes – get sweaty

500 m row or 400 yd run
21-18-15 reps of:

  • Dumbbell Burpee to Clean To Push Press
  • Pull-ups

500 m row or 400 yd run

12-9-6 reps of 

  • Dumbbell Burpee to Clean to Push Press
  • Pull-ups

500 m row or 400 yd run

Stretch

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Ignore the Trainer Crawling Away in the Sweat Trail

May 18th, 2009

I like creating things.  I don’t always like what I create, but it’s the process, the refinement that brings me satisfaction as a coach and trainer.

Today I came up with a CrossFit variant that I felt had good balance between leg and upperbody metabolic conditioning. 

4 rounds for time:

  • 20 Handstand Push-ups
  • 20 Kettlebell (24kg) Squat Cleans
  • 20 Ring Dips
  • 20 18″ Box Jumps

Couple notes about me – I can barely do one real HSPU, maybe two.  I pulled out the blue band for assists.

Ring dips, now I can do a set of 20, then I’m done – for the day.  I pulled out the blue band on this as well.

Everything was OK.  Until the end of the first round.  Then it just got ugly.

final time was 29:53

First round was finished in 4:30.  Subsequent rounds languished with me stumbling around mumbling and dripping sweat.  The last round I seemed to have pulled myself together to finish it in 4 minutes.

Now it was also warm outside and I did run a mile to CrossFitSanJose, and back.   The workout was definitely outside my comfort zone…

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