Entries from December 2007

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Lesson learned

(quick reminder: SPINE WORKSHOP this weekend!!)
This blog world is full of people who actually WRITE stuff, important stuff, and network with other blogs with viral efficiency, creating an elaborate web, almost world-wide some would say, of information and darn good reading. But I just post workouts. Perhaps this hot tub has room for one more, […]

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Where is everyone?

Mondays are traditionally squat nights, especially for our team. But…ahem…where was everyone last night?!
So, for those of us who were here (hi Marie), we’re gonna start playing with our bench today. Our next competition features an overhead press instead of a bench press, but first we’re going to see where our bench is dwelling […]

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Let’s get heavy!

It is time to start shifting the training towards the heavy stuff a bit more. The upcoming CrossFit Total meet will be here in February and our next APA meet in March, so let’s crank of the max force development.  We won’t ignore GPP, as we want to continue to increase our work capacity substantially […]

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Singles Party III

It’s Friday, which means Fun with Singles.
I’m aiming for a 2-hands Anyhow max again, with a barbell and KB.
Turkish Get Up heavy singles. If this day looks familiar so far, it’s because we did it about two weeks ago. See it here: Singles Party 1
Bodytribe monster Brent has introduced us to some movement drills […]

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Press Club again

Our last cycle through this grueling workout. Although it is a combination of sub-max work for reps and a very challenging GPP combo, the overall benefits ot our workload capacity and max lifting will be huge.  As we start to slip more into heavier work in the upcoming weeks, we’ll be able to take on […]

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Front squats and ‘Helen’

We’re still cranking up the conditioning, but only for another 2 weeks.  Then, although not ignoring GPP, we’ll start getting a little more specific, focusing on the two upcoming meets in February and March.
So, for today:
Front squats.  20 reps with a 10 rep weight.  Yikes.  Have fun.
Let’s attack a CrossFit WOD today.  “Helen” is today’s […]

Friday, November 9th, 2007

First Saturday Workshop Series: Spine Strength

[ December 15, 2007; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 15TH!!!

Spine Strength: more than just the ‘core.’

Saturday, Dec 1st. 11am -2 pm POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 15TH!!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!

A wise person once said that the definition of insanity is doing the identical task repeatedly expecting a different results. Let’s review the anatomy of the spine and within seconds you’ll understand […]