Jump rope, double under for two minutes.
(Double under is where the rope passes under the legs twice for each jump)
Lunge forty steps, twenty each leg, alternating right and left.
Bench-press body weight for max reps.
Lunge twenty steps, ten each leg, alternating right and left leg with dumbbells totaling 1/3 your weight.
Bench-press body weight for max reps.
Lunge 10 steps, five each leg, alternating right and left leg with dumbbells totaling ½ your weight.
Bench-press body weight for max reps.
Jump rope, double under for two minutes.
These are walking lunges, not the ineffective ones!
Submit time and bench press reps for ranking.
Today we are swimming. This is a breathing exercise designed to improve
anaerobic performance. We’re taking a bit of a break. Get ready for Monday!!
Swim the entire length of an Olympic Pool underwater.
When able, return surfacing once at about the middle of the pool.
Again, as soon as able cross. This time surfacing only twice, once at
about 1/3 across and again at 2/3 across.
Repeat this pattern 4 times for a total of 5 times or fifteen lengths.
Record your total time to complete the exercise.
Done right, this has much of the feel of drowning. Good luck!
Rankings based on total time to completion. Rest after each pass only as long
as needed to complete the next pass. If you should have to surface more than
the pass requires, rest andrepeat the effort.
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
Today we're on bikes. Find a climb, close to home, of about 1,000 feet.
Tackle this thing with every once of effort you can muster. This is a 100% effort.
Submit/save the time for posterity
The psychological and metabolic benefits of high intensity hill climbing, i.e., competitively
and for time, are enormous. If you don't like it, good. If you think it's fun it's doing you no good.
Be tough, be aggressive.
200 sit-ups no matter how long it takes. Make them nice!
Stretch thoroughly. Used as a rest to slow down pace and come in to the next phase relatively fresh.
Do 50 dips, with or without assistance. This is a 50RM set, i.e., ideally, 51 should be impossible.
Immediately, run for ten minutes on a “windsprint” bike or a stairclimber at max level.
Rest as needed.
Do 35 dips, with or without assistance. This is a 35RM set, i.e., ideally, 36 should be impossible.
Immediately, run for five minutes on a “windsprint” bike or a stairclimber at max level.
Rest as needed.
Do 20 dips, with or without assistance. This is a 20RM set, i.e., ideally, 20 should be impossible.
Immediately, run for five minutes on a “windsprint” bike or a stairclimber at max level.
200 sit-ups no matter how long it takes. Again, make them nice!
Note: Do as many of the dips as you can without assistance on failure jump to Gravitron
(or like) and complete set with minimal assistance. We are exhausting the pushing function
partially with an eye to making the arm supporting contribution on the bike or stairlcimber
very tough
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.
Today we are going to run and deadlift.
This was reported to be a pernicious combination last week,
so here it is again! (Just for you, Garth)
Run 200 meters, then immediately
Deadlift 10 RM load (a load you can lift ten times but not eleven) 10X
Rest as needed
Run 400 meters, then immediately
Deadlift 5 RM load 5X
Rest as needed
Run 600 meters, then immediately
Deadlift 3 RM load 3X
Rest as needed
Run 800 meters, then immediately
Deadlift 1RM load 1X
Done
These are max efforts at each lift. The runs are all-out, no whimping out!
The entire workout must be completed within an hour. No exceptions.
Swim leisurely for thirty minutes. Make this relaxing. If you're not a strong swimmer
this may be more difficult. In that case, you need the exposure.
If you are tempted to do more, either you've been loafing or you're just tuning in.
This is a much-needed break for the athletes in synch with the program.