You most likely did a push-up at some stage in your life before beginning CrossFit, but you may not have done the full spectrum of motion pushups we use in CrossFit. Your arms should be absolutely straight at the top, and your chest should be in touch with the ground at the bottom.
You've got 20 minutes to do as many pull-ups, squats (free-squat, or air squat),
push-ups, and sit-ups and back extensions as possible. There's one rule; the total
number of reps must include equal counts of each exercise. Work hard and fast.
(I'd suggest you try reps of five of each and see if you can move continuously for the thirty minutes.)
Today: Find your way to a track with a place for pull-ups.
Often, there will be parallel bars as well as a pull-up bar.
Run 400 meters (once around for those new to the track)
Do 50 pull-ups in as many sets as required
(if you don't have 10 pull-ups, do 200 jumping pull-ups)
Run 400 meters
Do 50 dips or 75 push-ups in as many sets as required
Run 400 meters
Do 75 air squats
Run 400 meters
Start with a calisthenic, whole body, single set per exercise mini-routine.
We will explore dozens of these "mini workout warm-ups". They all contain
elements of hip/trunk flexion & extension, pushing and pulling.
Stretch (hips, legs, back, chest, and shoulders)
Sit-ups
Back extensions
Squats
Rope climb or pull-ups
Dips or push-ups
Clean and Jerk 15,12, and 9 reps (If you need help with this movement contact us.
We offer regular free seminars in the Olympic lifts)
Finish with the same effort coming in.
Sit-ups
Back extensions
Squats
Rope Climb or pull-ups
Dips or Push-ups
Stretch
No metabolic conditioning today. That suggests something about tomorrow to those
of you who are paying attention.
Here we go again!!
We're returning to the "CrossFit Challenge":
Apply the "Tabata Interval"
(20 secs of work followed by 10 secs of rest repeated 8 times) to:
Rowing
Squatting
Pull-ups
Push-ups
Sit-ups
For the Rowing record the number of meters you complete in each interval.
For the other exercises record the number of reps you complete in each interval.
You get a minute break between each exercise.
The lowest numbers from each exercise are added for a total score.
This is an extremely challenging workout. It takes exactly 24 minutes to completion.
Your final score is an excellent measure of your total fitness
This is an amazingly complete workout in only twenty-four minutes.
Set-up the rower for intervals of twenty seconds work and ten seconds rest.
Set the rower to display meters in the lower window. Go all out on the first effort.
On subsequent efforts work to capture as many meters as in the first effort.
In the same interval pattern, 20on/10off X 8,
Squat (air squat).
Same interval pull-ups.
Same interval push-ups.
Same interval sit-ups.
If you transition from one exercise to the next in ten seconds, this is a
twenty-minute workout. For all but the best athletes this will be all but impossible.
Transition from one exercise to the next as quickly as you can. One-minute maximum
transition break! No ranking will be considered for total time that exceeds twenty-four minutes.
Ranking is based on least number of meters in each of eight rowing intervals, and least
reps in each of eight intervals for each of the other four exercises.
Submission includes five numbers: least number of meters in rowing, least number of squats,
least number of pull-ups, least number of push-ups, and least number of sit-ups.
We are due for a little circuit work. Circuit training is an excellent test
of your overall fitness. At CrossFit intensities it becomes debilitating.
We use it sparingly and go all out! This is "combat" or "getting out of
the burning building" fitness.
Decide loads and assistance (if absolutely necessary to get ALL reps)
before starting. Be smart, shelve your ego and shoot for rapid completion
with NO rest. Submit record of total time, weights for each lift, and
assistance (if needed on pull-ups and dips). Set up recording sheet
ahead of time. Rip!!
Bike for 3 miles
Twenty ball-squats (20 lb. Med ball)
Twenty push-ups
Twenty pull-ups
Row 500 meters
Box step up (20") with dumbbells, 25 right , 25 left
Bench-press 15 reps
Rope climb
How far can you continue this sequence within one hour?
If you can't do the push-ups, do them from the knees.
If you can't do the pull-ups, do them with half your body weight as assistance.
Rankings are separate for those doing either assisted pull-ups or push-ups from the knees.
Rope climb and do push-ups non-stop for 30 minutes.
The objective here is to climb and push until you can do neither.
Thoroughly exhaust both functions within 30 minutes.
Report the details of the experience both today and the effects tomorrow.
Count the number of trips up the rope (the CrossFit rope is a 13' "shorty")
and the number of push-ups within the half hour. Remember the CrossFit
push-up is a very rigid body, deep, controlled movement.
No cheating on the push-up!!
Find a swimming hole/pool and pound out 15 fast laps!!