Thriving on the basics

The training method we employ at our facility is based basic human movement- things like

• squatting - moving from a standing position to a seated position (or visa versa)
• pushing - moving yourself away from something, or pushing something away from you
• pulling - moving yourself closer to something, or moving something closer to you
• bending - closing the big angle of your body (getting your torso closer to you lower body)
• straightening - opening the big angle of your body (moving your torso away from your body)

We practice these movements many times throughout the week so that you may thrive in the activities of your everyday life. Cleaning a barbell then pressing it overhead is definitely different from picking up a heavy object from the ground and putting it on a high shelf, but only if you look at the items. The application of force is the same. Let's practice that and train these inherent movements, not muscles.

Below is a video of one of the greatest boxers that ever lived, who excelled at using the basics:

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WOD

AB's Quarter Century

as far as you can get in 25 minutes:
10 muscle-ups
20 handstand pushups
30 cresent toes-to-bar
40 pistols
50 jumps OVER a box, 24/20"
60 clapping pushups
70 overhead bumper walking lunges, 20/15kg
80 one-arm dumbbell push press, 50/35#
90 one-arm kettlebell swings, 24/16kg
100 burpees