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Pushups, Situps, Pullups and Squats then DUs, Kneel-Stand and Russian Twists

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Back from vacation… went for a short 4k run yesterday, now some basic strength building to get into the swing of things again.

Every 30 seconds for 20 minutes move through each of the following stations (30 seconds per station, 10 rounds per station)

  • Station 1:  4 x Strict Pullups
  • Station 2: 8 x Pushups
  • Station 3: 12 x Situps
  • Station 4: 16 x Air Squats

Then 2 rounds (inspired by Fit2Day)

  • 50 x Double Unders
  • 10 x Kneel-Stand with 30lbs Sandbag on shoulder, switch shoulder per rep (down/up-left+ down/up-right is one rep)
  • 10 x Russian Twist (left+right is one rep)

Results:  Not one of the more exciting workouts but a good start.  Double unders went better than I thought they would after such a long break, first round missed at 34 reps, second round unbroken.

Back Squats, Pullups and Pike Press then Pullups, DB Snatch, Goblet Squats and T2B

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5 rounds of

  • 3 x Back Squats
  • Rest 30 seconds
  • 5 x Strict Pullups
  • 10 x Pike Press
  • Rest 2 minutes

Then 4 rounds for time

  • 8 x Pullups
  • 8 x Dumbbell Snatch @ 21kg

Rest 2 minutes, then 4 rounds for time

  • 8 x Goblet Squats
  • 8 x Toes to Bar

Results: Back Squats 135-165-185-210-220lbs/100kg.  Metcons 3:45 and 3:35.

Goat Day

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This is the standard quote everyone uses to explain the Goat day…

“Goat” is CrossFit slang for a movement that challenges us. Examples: Double-unders, Ring Dips, Overhead Squats. These are the best days to turn perceived “weaknesses” into “strengths.” No better way to do that than today.

We don’t improve our technique with a high heart rate–that’s what we refer to as “training”. Today is geared towards “practice,” dialing in our mechanics with a controlled heart rate. As an example, to improve the technique of double-unders, we want to practice at a low-intensity where we can really focus on the mechanics of the hands and the timing of the jump.

When we couple “training” with “practice” throughout the week in the right doses, we set ourselves on the fast track to results. Choose two “Goats” to work on, and alternate between them on each minute.

Take 15-20 minutes to warmup for the two chosen movements.

EMOM for 20 minutes

  • Even Minute – Movement 1
  • Odd Minute – Movement 2

Results:  Picked overhead squats/squat snatches and muscle up transitions.  I modified the workout and focused only on overhead squats/squat snatches with an empty bar for the full 20 minutes.  Started with just 2 overhead squats each round, then about half way through changed to 2 hanging squat snatches each round.  Then I did another 10 minute EMOM of muscle up transitions.

Crossfit Open WOD 18.2

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In 12 minutes complete the following

Part A: For time do an ascending ladder 1-2-3-4…8-9-10 of

  • Dumbbell Squats @ 20kg (Rx is 22.5kg)
  • Bar Facing Burpees

Then in the remaining time

  • 1 RM Cleans

Results:  Part A completed in 9:30.  Part B 155lbs.  Here it is in 5x speed… turns out I still can’t count so I ended up doing 7 squats for round 6 and 6 for round 7 and some other mistakes.  I think it came to a total of 112 reps :-P.