The 4th Quarter is Ours

Today's WOD from the CrossFit Football archives:

The 4th Quarter is Ours

5 rounds:
bear crawl 20 yards - out 10 yards and turn around
5 deadlift - 315lbs
10 burpees

I am not cleared to deadlift much right now, so I dropped that down to 225lbs.

I did, however, throw my 20lb vest on. Bear crawls with the vest were pretty delightful! BRING IT.

Out.

WOD 4.19.2011

A little run WOD for today. Running inside, I gradually increased the speed on the treadmill, was a lung burner the last 2 rounds.

4 rounds:
200m run
20 back extensions
20 games style pushups
200m run
20 GHD situps
20 squats

WOD for 4.11.11

With 20lb vest on:
4 rounds:
10 dumbbell burpees, 60lb dbs
20 box jumps, 20in
15 GHD situps

Pretty solid WOD.

WOD for 4.4.2011

First WOD with the BOX weighted vest on today, had 20lbs in it.

4 rounds:
400m run
15 GHD situps
10 deadlifts - 225lbs
5 burpees

Good times were had by all, OK, it was just me, but good times were had. The vest does add another dimenion. I think I need to have it a bit tighter, but I was concerned about being able to breath, so I didn't make it all that tight.

WOD for 3/29

Lung Buster:

4 rounds for time

350m row
12 dumbbell burpees - 50lb db
21 lateral jump over bench

23:50

Felt sluggish, but got it done.

400m Plus

Pretty solid WOD this morning, it was originally a CrossFit Football WOD that I added a 400m run to for more metabolic impact.

3 Rounds of:
400m run, then
3 subrounds of:
3 - Deadlift, 275lbs (still keeping it light, could probably go up, but will take it easy)
5 - clapping pushups
7 GHD situps

So, one round was the 400m and then I cycled through 3 rounds of the other movements.

Workin' Though It....

Haven't posted in a bit. With my bicep and shoulder issues, my WODs haven't been all that exciting...in fact, quite boring. At this point, I don't like to be bored, it impacts my motivation. I've been training long enough that I don't want to do boring stuff, boring stuff sucks. I've got maybe 5-6 different things I can do, throw'em into a hat and mix it up, you only get so many combinations.

That's what draws me to CrossFit...the variety, the randomness of it all. Of course you have the ladies, and the heros, but those aside....man, you can do whatever your mind can put together (and my mind does wander). It's funny, all the stuff I hated in high school and college, I am having so much fun with now...power cleans, box jumps, sprinting, bear crawls, burpees.....

Anyway, just trying to work through this little low spot due to the bicep/shoulder issues. Today was the first in a while I was able to hook up with my man Brad for a WOD, it was good.

3 rounds:
400m run
25 squats
20 GHDs
15 burpees
10 DU's

That's all.

PS - I just made a phone call about a tire.....hehehe

New Surly Long Haul Trucker

I finally picked up my new Surly Long Haul Trucker from Spin Bike Shop. I'd been researching and put a custom build together, Spin got everything around and built it up for me (couldn't pass up the deal to build it - and I am short a few tools anyway).

Here's the build info:

Frame/Fork (framesaver'd): Surly Long Haul Trucker 56cm
Headset: Chris King Silver Sotto Vocce (looks like the regular King)
Bar: FSA Omega Compact
Stem: Thomson X4 31.8
Brake Levers: Cane Creek Drop V
Seatpost: Thomson Elite
Saddle: Brooks B17 Standard - Antique Brown
Shifters: Dia Compe Bar ends from Velo-Orange
Front Der: Shimano 105
Rear Der: Ultegra 9sp
Cranks/BB: Ultegra
Brakes: Paul Components Motolite (drool) V Brake
Rims: Salsa Delgado Cross, 36h
Hubs: White Industries MI5, 36h
(wheelset built by Bryan at Spin, butted spokes, brass nipples)
Skewers: Salsa
Tires: Continental Contact 700x37
Finders: SKS P-45
Rack: Hebie (great price from Clever Cycles)
Bottle Cage: King Cage

Not exactly sure on pedals, may grab some new Time ATAC XS's, but will use an old pair for now. I don't have a functioning digital camera, so the iPhone will have to do for now.
















No more noodle madness, check out how the Paul's disconnects to remove the wheel! That piece with the hook connects to the top of the brake arm...sweet..

The Anvil

Today's WOD was a few sets of light squats...5-5-5-5

then,

"The Anvil" ....from The Savage Society

50 Double Unders
Dumbbell Bear Complex (40lb DB)
40 Double Unders
Dumbbell Bear Complex (40lb DB)
30 Double Unders
Dumbbell Bear Complex (40lb DB)
20 Double Unders
Dumbbell Bear Complex (40lb DB)
10 Double Unders
Dumbbell Bear Complex (40lb DB)

Dumbbell Bear Complex: Dumbbell burpee to stand up, dumbbell hang clean, dumbbell front squat to dumbbell press....7 reps of that.

Time: Too Long

Bench and Deads

Today's WOD was an old favorite that I haven't done in a while:

Bench Press (I do incline, easier on my shoulder)
Deadlift

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Bench: 225lbs
Deadlift: 295lbs

12:01:12

Sprint to Burp to Clean to KTE

One of my favorite kinds of WODs, complex heavy-ish oly move with other stuff! From Welbourn's cronies at CrossFitFootball:

5 rounds:
40 yard sprint with a burpee every 10 yards
6 power cleans - 185lbs
12 knees to elbows

Giddy up. 12:17:93

Back to School Special

A WOD from the crazies at CrossFit New Hampshire:

3 Rounds
5 minute running clock
5 minutes on, 1 minute off
500m row, then, in the remaining time do:
1 handstand pushup, 1 deadhang pullup, 2 handstand pushups, 2 deadhang pullups, etc until the 5 minutes are up.

Use a rope for pullups, or a narrow grip. I used a narrow grip.

Good, different WOD.

3 rounds of HSPU and DHPU for the first 2 rounds, 3.5 rounds on the last segment.

WOD for 2.9.2011

800m run
21 pullups
21 55lb db swing
21 GHD situps
800m run
15 pullups
15 55lb db swing
15 GHD situps
800m run
9 pullups
9 55lb db swing
9 GHD situps

Grip Training Equipment

Here's what I have in the Grip Garage:

Ironmind CoC Grippers:
T, 1, 2, 2.5, 3

Ironmind Rolling Thunder - 2
Ironmind Blockbuster
Ironmind Pinch Hub (I use a carabiner and chain with some plates, more range of motion than loading pin)
Ironmind Loading Pin

About 220lbs of weights
Sledgehammer - 8lbs, for finger walks and wrist curls
Plastic tub with some weight in it (stick hand inside, spread fingers and lift - got this from Jedd Johnson)
Inverted 20lb kettlebell - will toss that in the air and punch grab it, tossing hand to hand tapping the handle in the floor, I've also hooke the chain to it and done heavier lifts with it

I will also use 16kg kettlebells for wrist curls

I really want a grip machine, and if I can unload some bike stuff, I will get the Ironmind Go Really Grip to add to the Grip Garage!

Bear Complex

Today was my first go around with the bear complex. I am not sure how this little gem got missed in my 3+ years of CrossFitting, but it did. For those not familiar with the bear complex, you can check it out here.

I did what I think was a pretty standard approach to doing the movement.

Bear Complex
95lbs
5 rounds
7 reps

I started with 95lbs, and was doing about 1-2 minutes of rest between rounds. First round was not bad at all, 2nd round had me breathing a bit heavier, 3 round I was feeling it pretty good. Then, on the 4th round, after 4 reps, I had to drop the bar. I was a little pissed as I do a fair amount of grip training and feel mine is a good bit better than most (reminder that I suck - that I can always be better, and that I need to test grip in many scenarios before I say I have good grip). After a short rest, knocked out the other 3 reps. I took a slightly longer rest before the last set, and knocked that out unbroken.

That was a good WOD.

Stairway to Seven WOD

I put together a little Stairway to Seven WOD today.

3 rounds:
70 sec run
7 - thrusters, 115lbs
7 - toes to bar
70 sec run
7 - deadlifts, 245lbs
7 - burpees
70 sec run
7 - KB swings, 2 pood
7 clapping pushups

I'm a slow runner, did the runs at 7.0 on the treadmill.

Finished in 27:55

Cooldown - walk for 7 min.

HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!!

Box Fun

As I was warming up today, I had 2 WODs in mind and was thinking about how I would sequence some of the movements, rep scheme, rounds, etc....I starting getting my shoulders warmed up and getting ready for some pullups. I wanted to include some jumping of some sort. Not sure why, been in a jumpy mood this week. So, I went over to the big aerobic room (I'm in a corporate globo) and started messing around with some aerobic steps. I ended up just setting up a step that was 30" high. The thing was a little sketchy, but I liked it, it forced me to have good form and to make sure to land on top, otherwise, there'd be a funniest video moment and we wouldn't want that. After setting the height here's what I did:

4 rounds:
10 box jumps - 30"
6 dead hang pullups
10 db swings* - 55lb db
*at the top of the swing, I flipped the db and caught it in the air, excellent grip work, punching at the db and squeezing it in the air.

Good times.

Wrist Flex - Hang Cleans, Over Bench Jumps

So...Been trying to work in a skills component to the WODs, like most boxes do. I thought I would focus on my wrist flexibility today. After warmup, I did some light-ish hang cleans, focusing on explosion and then landing it at the top. I then held it for a bit, then did a nice deep front squat. I did a number of these, focusing on form and getting the bar in the correct position, as best I can with my poor wrist flexibility.

After that skill work, I added a little more weight to the hand cleans and did this:

5 Rounds:
10 jumps over bench
5 hang cleans - 155lbs

Nothing crazy, was an easier/lighter weight day. After back to back running WODs, I needed it....

Hang Cleans, Bear Crawls, Push Press

Wanted to keep the reps low today after yesteday's Dirty Thirty action, so I setup this WOD.

Hang Clean
5x5x5x5 - 155, 165, 175, 185
20 yd bear crawl between sets

Push Press
3x3x3x3 - 185, 185, 185, 205

800m Row on the backend.

Dirty Thirty III

From the animals at CrossFit New Hampshire..a little chippety chip chipper for ya...

Dirty Thirty III
30 Double Unders
30 Pullups
30 Dips
30 GHD situps
30 wallball (20/14)
30 KB swings (32/24kg)
30 box jumps (24/20)
30 Medicine Ball Cleans (20/14)
30 Knees to elbows
30 burpees
30 walking lunges

26:32

Not a stellar time, but worked it pretty good, these are not in my wheel house, but I was hankerin' for a chipper after a lot of AMRAPs last week.

Christina

Christina was in the house today....she's pretty mean...

AMRAP 20 min
9 pullups
9 squat clean (135/95)
9 KB swings (used 55lb DB)
9 Toes to bar
9 Push press (135/95)
9 burpees

We swapped clapping pushups in for the pullups since we did a bunch of pullups yesterday. Forgot we'd be going from burpess into the pushups...oops.

I got through 2 rounds, plus another 4/6 of a round. This thing sucked, mostly because I suck.

Hats off to Mr. Jochems who got through 3 rounds and into the squat cleans on his 4th...wearing a 10lb vest...nice work Rich.

Nicole Plus Some Snatch Work

Today's WOD:

Skill work on hang snatch....then added some light low rep hang snatches to "Nicole".

AMRAP 20 min
400m run
4 hang snatch - 95lb
Max effort pullups

I am working my legs back into running condition, speeds are slow. I got through 4 rounds plus another 400. For pullups: 11,10,10,10

WOD for 1.15.2011

Today's WOD

7 rounds:
200m row
12 single hand sumo deadlift, 32kg KB, L+R
9 KB clean, L+R
6 single arm KB swing, 24kg L+R

Do over.

My posts on here tend to be about CrossFit and the workouts I do. It's largely a mechanism to share what I've done, and I can go back and check to see what I was doing (I am terrible at tracking my WOD times/weights).

Anyway, today is about how much I suck. Over the Holidays, I was sick a few days, and took some rest and didn't do much. I thought I was playing it safe and easing back into some WODs, in fact, I know that's what I was doing. I haven't pushed any heavy weights that I normally would, or done any WODs where I really pushed it. And, up until last week, things were fine.

This past Sunday, I am running down the snow covered sidewalk, pulling my daughter in the sled. I was sprinting or anything like that, and I pull my left hamstring a bit at the ham/glute tie in. OK, well that stinks. I do some weighted pullups on Monday. On Tuesday, hamstring feels better and decide to test the waters with some weighted lunges, hamstring is doing fine, cool. However, on the 5th round of the WOD, I pull something in my right quad, on the inside, from the tear drop up to my groin. OK, well that double stinks. I guess my right leg was feeling lonely.

These aren't what I would call bad pulls, but it's keeping me from pushing it. So, today, we line up a WOD 'Juggernaut' which is 400m runs, deadlifts, and GHDs. I warm up, try some deads, things feel 'OK' staying at 225. I do one round, no problem running or with the other moves. Hop on for my second round and pull my right hamstring a bit down at my knee. OK, this is getting ridiculous. What am I doing here? Self destructing is what.

Not sure what is going on, I don't recall ever having 3 slight pulls in 3 different muscles. It's almost funny, but I am not laughing.....

I want a do over.

Burp Lateral

Today's happy time WOD:

15 pushups - Games style (chest to floor, hands off the floor at bottom)
15 back extensions
10 toes to bar
10 burpee - lateral jump over a bench - burpee (10 total burpees)

3 rounds, Mr RJOCHEMS3 came in around 12 min, he kicked it off first so we wouldn't get jammed up on the pullup bar...so guessing I was about the same time.

This thing turned out to be a good one, after pre-exhausting your chest, back, and abs, the burpee and lateral jump used the components you just exhausted from the previous movements....Cool stuff.