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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Just Try!

WOD

45 Double Unders
45 Squat Clean
45 Body Weight Rows
45 Double Unders

Sometimes, we feel pretty confident in our desire to fail. Does that mean we shouldn’t even try?

Is there anyone reading this blog at all?

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What is it?

WOD

5 rounds

25 Jumping Jacks
25 Sit Ups
25 Squat Thrusts
25 Supermans

Sometimes, people are doing stuff that won’t necessarily make them any functionally fitter. Like a door that isn’t a door. Walking on a treadmill is fine if your rehabilitating, or if you live in Maine in the winter, and your lungs will freeze if you...

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Riviera Fair

WOD

4 Rounds

5 Squats
5 Burpees
5 Push Ups
400 meters

We all want to be the star at the fair! And some of you were today! If you saw one of the local CrossFit stars, Murphy, & I working out in the middle of the Riviera Fair this weekend, thanks for checking us out!

You can learn a lot more...

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Pain…

WOD
5 rounds
1 Trip up the stairs10 PVC Thrusters10 Med Ball Slams
One of my super-hot lady clients showed up this morning with a headache. Not from a Friday night of too much partying, she’s had it getting worse and worse since Thursday evening. Instead of doing the above workout, she timed out at 3 rounds.
I think...

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Happy Monday

WOD

10 Tuck Jumps
10 Jumping Burpees
10 Box (Bench, Curb, Whatever Jumps

5 rounds

Jumping is good for you. You where built for it. You’ve loved it since you were a kid. Now it’s in your workout. Embrace it. Love it. Be grateful you have those gorgeous legs & JUMP!

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Tires

WOD

20 m Tire Drag
10 Push Ups
20 m Tire Drag
10 Kettlebell Swings

5 rounds, if your really hardcore, do it on the beach!

Ah, the good ol’ tire. When we work out with tires. We’re never rolling them. We’re dragging them, flipping them, or swearing at them. Using resistance like a tire when running pumps up your...

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The Lunge vs Yeoow!!

WOD (Idea thanks to CrossFitSouthBay)

Go from the “Hanging Tree” to the “Pole” & back

2 rounds.

10 Walking Lunges then drop and do
2 Push-Ups.

All the way there… & back. Twice **

We never know when a good lunge will come in handy. I’m sure we all could think of hundreds of examples

Keep...

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Patience

WOD

5 Rounds for Time

10 Wall Ball
50 Sit Up
100 Jump Rope

Be patient and do the work….you’re getting there

(more later)

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Cold is good.

WOD
5 rounds for time
10 Tuck Jumps10 Push Ups10 Sit Ups10 Super Mans10 Pull Ups
Some days, that soreness can be a bit much. Even after a bit of ibuprofen. Ice is a great way to keep the DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) in check. There’s a reason we see pics of NFL guys in an ice...

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Work through the soreness!

WOD
20m Med Ball Throw & Chase25 Partner Plank Claps10m Lunges5 Push Ups10 Overhead Squats
5 rounds
As people who work out like we should, we find that getting up in the morning can be a sore affair. This, to a degree, is good, since that soreness means you tore up a bit of your muscle, and it’s...

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