Friday 26 December 2014
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Monday 22 December 2014
Mobility - Key focus on todays WOD is over head position so spend time on lats, the more mobile you are the more reps you do the harder the WOD becomes.
Metcon - 7 min Ladder
3 thruster
3 CTB
>3 reps each round
Oly - 20 RM Power clean - looking around 50-70%,
Strength - 3 x 2 Front Squat across - pick a heavy load
Friday 19 December 2014
Thursday 18 December 2014
Wednesday 17 December 2014
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Monday 15 December 2014
Mobility - spend time looking at your Ankles and hips will post extra mobility focus for you guys
Met-con - 3 rounds
500m Run
21 Wall Ball
12 TTB
Oly - 1RM Snatch
Prob wanna start about 50% of previous 1RM 5-7 lifts
Strength - 1RM Back Squat
yet again start heavy get up to your previous weight quick then rest longer before your heavy last 3
Friday 12 December 2014
If you dont have your own rope yet buy one or ask santa as you will be doing a lot of double under practice
Metcon - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
Jerk 70/50
2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16 - 18 - 20
Pull ups
Skill - 300 double unders
20 vups every time you break
Strength - 10 x 3 Back squat
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Monday 8 December 2014
New programming
Friday 5 December 2014
Thursday 4 December 2014
Programming Philosophy
Whilst
playing rugby at a high level and gaining a degree in Sport Studies, I have since
completed several other qualifications in strength and conditioning and various
CrossFit courses.
However, my
communication skills on programming aren’t the best; so here it goes.
After
gaining some feedback from members and watching how classes run these past 4
years, I thought it would be best to give you an insight into the head of coach
FON.
As we all
know and love CrossFit, it tests our strengths and weaknesses and makes you
want to come back for more. We have all been there, looking for that extra
5-10kg PB on our lifts because it makes us feel like we are getting better. But,
have we ever thought that a PB has come from an increase in mobility or the
ability to squat or press efficiently… that has lead to the increase in a 1rm
snatch or clean & jerk.
Past 6 months
Since the
last open WODs back in march I have made it my mission to increase basic
strength through programming strength on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. I have
also tried to program in
gymnastic strength work on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays to enable a
higher amount of reps during WODs through the help of kipping. With the
endurance classes on Tuesday and Thursday those that want do well in CrossFit
needed to build work capacity, that comes from hours spent building an engine
to move for a set amount of time and work outside you’re comfort zone.
Those of you
who struggle with gymnastic based movements like Pull ups, HSPU, dips and TTB
have had a gymnastic class there to improve such skills.
3 Headed Monster within CrossFit
When looking
at yourself ask your self this; if I was a three-headed monster would all three
of my heads be the same size?
The
conditioning head – Fitness is a measurement of work capacity, the ability to
move any load for a set duration of time i.e. 4-20mins.
The skill
head – No matter how strong or fit you are, can you perform high volume of
unbroken reps of the following – Muscle ups, pull ups, CTB, ring dips, HSPU,
double unders?
The Strength
head – Assuming you have a good work capacity and a good skill set, you’ll do
well at competitions through having a good 1RM. But remember, you need to get
to there first!
If we now
add 2 more aspects of fitness to our monster and say you need;
Mobility – Enables
you to move efficiently and fast with minimal risk of injury, thus
allowing for an increase in volume. But it’s down to YOU
Mental grit
– This is developed everyday just by turning up, your beating that choice to go
home and chill and avoid a movement that you hate.
Instead you
are choosing to develop a poor skill, increase mobility and become a better
person.
Now look
back on the past 6 months and think to yourself; have I followed the white
board, could I have done more mobility, could I have focused on getting lower
in squat and moving better? If so, would I be a better athlete now.
I ask myself
this question after every qualifier I do and the answer is always the same. Stop
working on strength and develop my engine and skill set.
All that
being said we are now going into a new phase come January.
December is
a tough month to make changes with Christmas parties etc but I will give you a
feel for it over the next few weeks.
The new
phase will look something like this below:
Monday – Metcon
Olympic Lifting (heavy)
Strength
Tuesday - Metcon
Skill
Wednesday - Metcon
Strength
Thursday - Olympic Lifting Technique
Recovery
Friday - Metcon
Skill
Strength
Saturday - Team Metcon
Olympic Lifting (heavy)
Gymnastic
classes will no longer run, with the coaching in class taking over on skilled
movements/gymnastics.
Endurance
will still be posted for those that want to carry on working their engine.
Break down on the above meanings;
Met-con – Development of our engine is the number 1
goal for everyone. Met-cons will always come first, but will now start earlier
to allow for coaching on skills, Oly and strength movements. Due to the nature
of the competitions, we are tested on met-cons not 1RM.
Olympic Lifting - You’ll see heavy and technique, that’ll be the
focus on that particular day. Both are just as important as one another, with
focus on safety of the lift against 1RM.
Strength – You don’t need to be super strong to compete
and do well in competitions. I’ve learnt this the hard way… Most events have
moderate load, so improving strength at the loss of fitness isn’t a good idea.
Skill – Developing particular movements is key; box
jumps, pull ups, double unders, muscle ups and TTB. These always come up in
competitions, but they also help to improve general fitness.
Volume Vs Intensity – To improve focus on intensity and quality of
training, rather than increasing volume to decrease the quality of movements, which
builds bad muscle memory.
Wednesday 3 December 2014
strength - Press
3 x 10
gymnastics - ring dips
5 x 5 weighted
5 x 5 weighted
WOD - Partner wod
15 - 12 - 9
box facing burpee box jumps overs
200m run
- then partner runs
12 - 9 - 6
box facing burpee box jumps overs
200m run
- then partner runs
9 - 6 - 3
box facing burpee box jumps overs
200m run
- then partner runs
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Monday 1 December 2014
Friday 28 November 2014
With people doing there final qualifiers please perform the below warm up, be aware of people being filmed also when entering the gym. Thank you
Warm Up - 3 rounds (not for time)
15 push ups
15 sit ups
15 back extensions
15 squats
15 lunges per leg
10 mins Mobility
WOD - 4 rounds
50 lunges
30 hollow rocks
20 thrusters
10 down ups
Extras - 3 rounds
10 Pull ups
Strength - Deadlifts
5 x 5 + 2.5kg
Thursday 27 November 2014
Wednesday 26 November 2014
Tuesday 25 November 2014
Monday 24 November 2014
Friday 21 November 2014
Thursday 20 November 2014
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Monday 17 November 2014
Will this face appear again
You should all be entered into the athlete games as a test of your individual fitness levels
Strength - Back Squats
5 x 5 @75% +2.5kg
WOD - For time
16 DHSPU
11 cleans @80%1rm
19 Pistols E/L
79 push ups
Gymnastics - 30 pull ups
3 x Max Effort Muscle ups
100 burpees over rowing machine
Friday 14 November 2014
Thursday 13 November 2014
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Monday 10 November 2014
Thursday 6 November 2014
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Monday 3 November 2014
Big big thanks to everyone that took part in Saturdays in house comp, so many mixed abilities taking part which was great to see. Lots of PBs being smashed on the clean WOD just shows how far you have come and when put under pressure you lift more. You should all be really happy with your performances and those that helped out with judging now know how hard it is to say "No Rep" lol
Keep up the good work and keep pushing gang you've all come so far
WOD - For time
9 - 7 - 5 - 3
Snatch
50 Double unders
Gymnastic - 3 rounds
1 min Max effort pull ups
1 min Rest
Strength - Back squat
5 x 5 @ 75% new 1RM if not find a 1rm
Friday 31 October 2014
Thursday 30 October 2014
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Monday 27 October 2014
happy monday
Great work last night gang, smash the WOD time to prep
We will be retesting our CrossFit totals tomorrow, so chill work some gymnastic tekkers.
WOD - For Time
1000m Row
50 DB Snatch alt arm
30 push ups
Gymnastic - 3 min plank every time you break 5 strict HSPU
Strength - rest until tomorrow, mobilise and work basic movements to decrease mobility issues esp over head
Friday 24 October 2014
Thursday 23 October 2014
Work your endurance
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