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Friday, June 2 CrossFit Workout of the Day

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Mobility: Lack of mobility in the overhead squat (or any lift/movement) will lead to overcompensation of other areas. To avoid injury, to strengthen your lifts, to improve on technique, mobilize!

Warm up
3 rounds:
5 pass thrus
5 PVC overhead squats
5 band pull aparts
5 superman dislocates
5 alternating groiners

Strength
OVERHEAD SQUAT
Performance: 3RM
Fitness: Mobility and technique

Conditioning
Performance/Fitness
On a 14 minute clock…
7 minutes to complete 3 rounds of:
15 DB thrusters (30/20)
15 toes to bar
At the 7 minute mark:
7 minutes max calorie row

Two scores: time or reps completed for part one, then calories completed for part two.

Thursday, June 1 Workout of the Day

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Mobility: The folks at Invictus have put together the top 5 mobility tools one should have — Coach Alicia agrees.

Complete for time:

100 goblet squats (53/35)*
*Every time you put the KB down, complete one round of “Cindy” (5 pull ups/ring rows, 10 push ups, 15 squats)

50 burpee box jumps

3 rounds of
10 pistols or lunges
20 plate ground to overhead
30 mountain climbers

75 Russian KBS*
*Every time you put the KB down, perform 15 hollow rocks

Wednesday, May 31 CrossFit Workout of the Day

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Mobility: If you’re lacking torque when going overhead, this is the video for you. That KStarr really knows his stuff!

Warm up
2 rounds:
10 seated DB press
10-10-10 shoulder Is-Ys-Ts
10 hollow rocks

Strength
STRICT PRESS
Performance: 80%, 4×5
Fitness: 4×3, across

Conditioning
Performance
Every 5 minutes for 20 minutes:
30 double unders
Then, 5-3-1 reps of
Power clean (185/125)
Hspu

Fitness
Every 5 minutes for 20 minutes:
20 lateral hops over bar
Then, 5-3-1 reps of
Hang power clean
Push press

Score is slowest round.

Tuesday, May 30 CrossFit Workout of the Day

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Mobility: Mobility prep for the clean and jerk, lower half. It’s not always about the front rack positioning.

Warm up
3 rounds:
2 clean pulls
2 muscle cleans
2 front squats
2 push press
2 jerks
2 clean & jerks

Strength
Performance
CLEAN + FRONT SQUAT + JERK
80% x 3 sets (1+1+1)
85% x 2 sets (1+1+1)

Fitness
HANG POWER CLEAN + PUSH JERK
5 sets, across or ascending (2+1)
Heavier than week 1 if possible

Conditioning
Performance/Fitness
4 rounds for time:
12/10 calorie row
15 deadlifts (155/105)
20 v-ups

*10-minute time cap

Friday, May 26 CrossFit Workout of the Day

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Mobility: We have to learn to walk before we can run. If handstand push-ups are a goal of yours, but you’re struggling to get your arms overheard or it hurts to be inverted, you might be lacking some crucial mobility needed to get the HSPU’s. Here are a few to get you started.

Warm up
Coach’s choice

Skill
Handstands/handstand push ups

10-minute EMOM
Level 1: 30-40 second handstand holds or 3-5 negative handstand push ups
Level 2: 3-5 strict or kipping handstand push ups
Level 3: 5-7 deficit or parallette handstand push ups

Conditioning
Performance
3 rounds, each for time:
500m row
10 DB squat snatch (40/30 – 5/arm)
7 handstand push ups

Rest 2 minutes between rounds

Fitness
3 rounds, each for time:
500m row
10 DB power snatch
7 DB strict press

Rest 2 minutes between rounds.

Score is total time, minus rest.

Thursday, May 25 Workout of the Day

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Mobility: There are hundreds of sites out there that can give you mobility help, but Mobilitymastery.com offers information on what and why as well as how to help when it comes to a better body.

In 40 minutes:

21-15-9 reps of
DB push press
Box jump overs

Row 500m

21-15-9 reps of
Burpees
Mountain climbers (x2)

Run 400m

21-15-9 reps of
Goblet squats
Overhead plate lunges

Row 500m

21-15-9 reps of
Weighted sit ups
Push ups

Run 400m

21-15-9 reps of
Med ball cleans
KB snatch

Wednesday, May 24 CrossFit Workout of the Day

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Mobility: Common faults of the strict press and how to test/fix them.

Warm up
2 rounds:
10 KB shoulder press
10 walking lunges
5 PVC dislocates
1 wall climb to :30 wall-facing handstand

Strength
STRICT PRESS
Performance: 75%, 4×8
Fitness: 4×3, across

Conditioning
Performance
3 rounds for time:
50 air squats
25 power cleans (75/55)

Fitness
3 rounds for time:
50 air squats
25 hang power cleans

*12-minute time cap