Tuesday Apr 7th, 2020

WOD: 5 Rounds of 4 min EMOM: work 40 sec, rest 20

-40s hollow hold or rock

-40s rocking table

-40s double unders

-40s twisting bear

Follow WOD immediately with

-continuous jumprope for 4 consecutive minutes. *

 

Development

3 Rounds

-30 second hold in goblet squat

-5 reps “I”, “Y”, “T”, “W”, and “O”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2I1SFG3kIE

 

*Single unders are fine, but try double unders if you can. Also if you start with double unders, you can switch back and forth to Single unders to avoid having to stop.

 

In rocking table (Thoracic bridge series). Push backwards with scapulae. Shoulders back and away from ears. Push through thumbs side of the hand.

 

In twisting bear (Thoracic bridge series), take time to push strongly through the supporting arm, unpack the shoulder and open the chest.

 

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Monday Apr 6th, 2020

2x:

-20 Jumping Jacks

-10 Air Squats

-10 Push-ups

-10 Sit-ups

-10 Lunges

-20s Handstand hold.

2x:

-5 dislocate Pass Throughs

-2 Overhead squats- :10 s descent + 10 s hold in bottom

-5 Rep Squat Therapy (wall squats-facing the wall) @ 3311

 

WOD

3 sets:

-10 KB/DB Bulgarian split squat @3011

-REST 45s between each leg

3 sets:

-10 Single Leg Romanian Deadlifts @3011

-REST 45s between each leg

 

3x:

-30s each side Front Scale

-30s each side Back Scale

– 1 min Rest

 

Core Finisher

3 Rounds: 30s on/ 15s off

– Side to side (rotating) plank

– V-Sit Slides (raised leg crunches)

– Crossbody Mountain Climbers

– jumping deck squat

 

Cooldown:

-10 Forward fold + exhale (toes elevated)

-10 Forward fold + exhale (heels elevated)

-10s Forward fold + leg squeeze (toes elevated)

-10s Forward fold + leg squeeze (heels elevated)

-10 Slow bootstrappers”

 

DETAILS AND SCALING BELOW

 

 

Any weight you can hold with a handle grip in each hand today is fine.  Milk or laundry soap containers filled with something is good. If you have no weights you can still do the WOD

 

The goal of today’s WOD is to introduce to Rep tempo notation used by bodybuilders and weightlifters.

 

Rep tempo is typically shown as a 3 or 4 digit code that looks something like this: 3-1-3-0. Each number denotes the amount of time in seconds to perform a specific portion of the exercise.

 

The first digit (3) is always the eccentric (‘lowering’ or ‘negative’) portion of the lift. In a lunge, that would be lowering from standing tall to the bottom of the lunge for a count of 3 seconds.

The second digit (1) represents hold time at the mid-point of the lift. Again, in the lunge, you would hold at the bottom of the lunge for 1 second before initiating your stand up.

The third digit (3) would then be the concentric (‘lifting’ or ‘positive’) portion of the lift. This would be the act of standing (rising) from bottom position to top during a count of 3 seconds.

A fourth digit (0), which will not always be used, represents the time at the top of the lift. When there is no fourth number, or in this case with a 0, there is no time spent at the top of the lift (standing position for the lunge).

 

The theory behind tempo reps is that they can

-Improve development of connective tissue

-Improve body awareness and control

-Improve motor control of the lifts

-Improve stability

 

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Sunday Apr 5th, 2020

 
Warm up
 
2R
 
-20 calf raises (deficit if you can)
 
-6 inchworms
 
-20 mountain climbers with front foot flat
 
-1 min jumprope. If you don’t have a jumprope, spin your wrist twice (like double under) for each jump
 
-10 deep lunges
 
 
 
WOD 1 = 12 min EMOM. Every minute, work for 30s then active recovery (jog in place or small circles, bounce etc) for 30s
 
 
1- jmping jacks. Keep arms straight and extend fully at the top.
 
2-lunge or jumping lunges according to ability
 
3-burpees
 
4-mountain climbers
 
5-side lunges (almost like cossack squat, but step toward bent leg instead of thinking of pistol) https://youtu.be/UsURRpVcOpM?t=276
 
6-Plank side step lift (almost like our parallel slide from GB single leg squat series) https://youtu.be/UsURRpVcOpM?t=339
 
7-speed skater jump, or scale to low side step https://youtu.be/UsURRpVcOpM?t=400
 
8-high knee run in place. Stay as dorsiflexed as possible (toes to shins) and use arm drive to adjust speed
 
9-Plank twist (alternating side plank) Scale from knees or elbows according to ability https://youtu.be/UsURRpVcOpM?t=517
 
10-Russian twist . weighted or unweighted according to your choice
 
11-Alternating superman (cross body arch ups)
 
12-weighted squat. Any weight you can move well. You can squat your dog (or child) if they like it for 30 seconds !
 
 
 
 
WOD 2: 5 sets
 
-100 double unders
 
-40 goblet squats 53/35 (or any weight you can manipulate)
 
-Max L-sit (up to 20 s)
 
 
Scale sets, not reps. For example, if you pick a weight that is too heavy for you to do 40 goblet squats, then lighten the weight so you can do 40. If it’s really kicking your butt, then drop to 4 or 3 sets, but still do 40 reps. This is a rehab technique to build posture.
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Saturday Apr 4th, 2020

WOD = 4 rounds of 4 min Tabata jumprope as follows
-single skip
-side to side bunny hop
-forward and back with feet together
-scissor step forward back
-in & out jumping jack style
-high knees
-butt kickers
-cross overs
-double unders
Each exercise is performed for 20s, followed by 10 s of rest

 

Manna progressions for finisher

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Thursday Apr 2nd, 2020

Vaughn shoulder remedials and warm up.

Today we have some gems from US National and Olympic weightlifter Chad Vaughn. These are some of his maintenance routines aimed at (p)rehab and building the functional mobility to snatch, clean and jerk massive amounts of weight.

You need

1) a light weight. A hammer would be heavy for most), a jug with a little bit of water will allow you to adjust weight

 

2) something straight you can lift with even distribution : good examples would be a  pvc pipe, broom stick or barbell.

 

WOD:

– Front Raise (Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEpQwgX6MMI ) – 1 set x 15/arm

– Laying Wiper (Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVV0-VSDFSQ )- 1 set x 15/arm

 

– Overhead Mobility Drill (Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAmp5MTK90) – 1 round

1 round = 5 shoulder rotations + 5 behind neck press and stretch with reverse grip

-See video description for more detail

 

– ARE Squats (Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ2d9Zqq7sE) – 1 round

1 round = 20 total reps w/5 second pause in bottom/rep

-5 air squats with elevated heel

-5 air squats level (usually Oly shoe but can be regular shoe or no shoe)

-5 air squats with elevated toes

-5 air squats level

 

– Overhead Mobility Drill – 1 round

– ARE Squats – 1 round

– Overhead Mobility Drill – 1 round

– Front Raise (Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEpQwgX6MMI ) – 1 set x 15/arm

– Laying Wiper (Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVV0-VSDFSQ )- 1 set x 15/arm

WOD:
21-15-9

Jump Squats/Goblet squats/Air Squats
Chair Dips
Sit ups

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