Showing posts with label Barbell Shrugged. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbell Shrugged. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Weightlifting Tuesday

Isaac M
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Upcoming Events:

- RUN CLUB: Wednesday 5/14 at FCF. 7:30pm. Wear brights/reflectives.
- CrossFit Total Nights - Friday 5/16 at CrossFit SLU. 5pm to 8pm.
- VERSUS IV: The Reckoning - Sunday 5/25.
- Memorial Day Murph - Monday 5/26 at both FCF and CFSLU.

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WOD for Test Week Monday 5/12

STRENGTH

15 minutes to establish a heavy snatch
15 minutes to establish a heavy clean & jerk

CONDITIONING

"ISABEL"

for time: 30 snatches, 61/43kg

or

"GRACE"

for time: 30 clean & jerks, 61/43kg

If scaling, use about 60% of your 1RM.

Compare to . Post barbell load and time to whiteboard/the Cody app.

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

How's Your Pulling Strength?

Colin F prepping his rings

Let's work one of the Golden Eggs of CrossFit: the muscle-up.

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Upcoming Events:
  • The Finale: CGO 14.5 - Saturday 3/29 at FCF. 11am to 2pm with BBQ to follow!
  • CrossFit Total - Saturday 4/5 at CFSLU. 9am to 12pm.
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WOD for Skill Week Thursday 3/27

30 muscle-ups for time

or

100 pullups for time

Post time to whiteboard/the Cody app.

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The National Pro Fitness League is coming. Good for the CrossFit community and more?



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Friday, March 7, 2014

How are your OHS and C2B?

BCS demonstrating lockout of an overhead squat
Ready for CGO 14.2?!
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Upcoming Events:
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WOD for Friday 3/7

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Today is the day to prepare and practice for Sunday's CGO 14.2

Unless you're not participating at VERSUS III in which case you'll do the workout today!

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The FCFCFSLU Warmup for CGO 14.2
  • This should take at least 20 minutes!
  • 40-stroke warmup row + 2 minutes of medium effort
  • Ido's Squat Routine. 10 reps each.
  • T-Spine roll, Messiah Stretch (find a partner), and/or Keg Stretch for 2 minutes
  • Banded Scap Flow. 10 reps each.
  • Sink stretch for 90 seconds or so
  • 3 rounds of 10 goblet squats and 10 ring rows and 10 Sotts presses
  • 3 minutes of medium-hard effort cardio (row, run, JR, AD)
  • 3 sets of 8 strict ring rows. Warmup your kip and chest-to-bar pull-up as well.
  • Warmup the weight and pace of execution of your overhead squat to 45/30kg
  • Cool out for at least 5-10 minutes before your performance.
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Other selected strategies from around the internets:




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Friday, February 28, 2014

14.1 is 11.1

To reserve your heat for the CGO 14.1 event on Saturday 3/1/2013, visit the SLU Zen Planner March calendar and follow our helpful step by step registration below.

Notes:
  • Sign up to be a judge here.
  • There are limited spaces in each heat since there is a 1:1 ratio of judge:athlete. If a heat is full, please select another one.
  • If an emergency comes up and you cannot come to your registered heat, please send an email to info@crossfitslu.com with the subject titled "CANCEL HEAT" so that another athlete can compete in your place.
  • You will be responsible for showing up early enough to get your own warmup in.
  • If you are not registered for the CrossFit Games Open, you do not need to register for a heat. You are welcome to show up and compete in any of the heats since you do not require an official judge.
(click to enlarge)



GOOD LUCK!

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Upcoming Events:
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WOD for Friday 2/28

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Let's get prepared for CGO 14.1 tomorrow at CrossFit SLU- time to mobilize your sticky spots, dial in the technique you need, and game plan your workout!

If you're not participating in the open: heavy farmers walks and yokes. For real. Because that's what you get.

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14.1 Quick and Effective Warmup - The Movement Fix

CGO 14.1 WOD Strategy Tips for Snatches and Double Unders - Barbell Shrugged

The official FCFCFSLU warmup will be listed tomorrow.

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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Kettlebell Saturday, CompEx Program news.

Teddy B

CompEx orientation/meeting tomorrow. 10am at CrossFit SLU.

If you're interested in participating in the January program you need to be in attendance. We'll be discussing goals and programs.

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WOD for Saturday 1/4
No prescribed weights- we value the technique before load or speed.

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Friday, December 20, 2013

Carry On Tradition.

Mmm burpees.

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The holiday tradition continues!

WOD for Champagne Friday 12/20

"The 12 Days of CrossFit"

perform the following in "Cumulative Song" format, for time:
  • 100m run
  • 2 bear crawls, 25'
  • 3 sec handstand
  • 4 clean & jerk, 45/30kg
  • 5 dive-bomber pushups
  • 6 knees-to-elbows
  • 7 kettlebell swings, 24/16kg
  • 8 toes-to-bar
  • 9 dips
  • 10 squat thrusts
  • 11 pullups
  • 12 rocking pistols
40 minute time limit. Compare to 02AUG2013, 26FEB2013, 12JAN2013, 21DEC2012.

Post time to whiteboard/your journal/comments/the Cody app.

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Generation X is Sick of Your Bullshit - Gizmodo

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Team Photoshoot

Zeb, Blair, Cheryl, Andrew, Colin
Pao, Tony, Jared, Leslie, Sheena

Our friend and talented photographer Mark Malijan came in and a handful of trainers for his portfolio! Unfortunately we couldn't capture everyone, but we had a pretty epic time.

Check the rest of his work, including a nice taste of our set here!

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  • There will be a Comp Ex Program meeting this Saturday at 11am at CFSLU.
  • VERSUS II: Electric Boogaloo is happening this Sunday 11/24 here at FCF from 10am to 2pm! We will have a BBQ Potluck after and everyone's invited to join us!
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WOD for Deload Thursday 11/21

STRENGTH

front squat 3x10

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Trainer's Choice, but I may have influenced them to work on weighted burpee box jumps. Or mobilizing. Or mobilizing WHILST doing weighted burpee box jumps. In the dark.

Post results to your journal/Cody.

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Skill Intensives?

Ann Marie D working butterfly pullups

Would anyone be up for some regularly-scheduled skill intensive workshops?

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WOD for Thursday 11/14

STRENGTH

front squat 3x10

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Trainer's Choice!

Post results to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Hip-Halfway-Drop

Aimee P listens to Mark B as he explains the movement

One of the many ways to execute the front squat is to:
  • unlock the HIP back
  • squat down HALFWAY, or somewhere just above parallel
  • then DROP into "the hole" to find and utilize the stretch reflex
This is, of course, only if you have a sound and completely controlled front squat.

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WOD for HALLOWEEN Thursday 10/31

STRENGTH

establish within 15 minutes:
front squat 3RM

then

a heavy TGU

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Trainer's Choice!

Post front squat to whiteboard/Cody.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Full Range of Motion is the Only Healthy Range of Motion

M. Thompson sits "in the hole"

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WOD for Thursday 10/10

STRENGTH

front squat 5x3

CONDITIONING

5 rounds for time:
10 power cleans, 35/20kg
25 situps

Post time to whiteboard/comments/Cody.
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He'll be visiting at the end of the month! Reserve your spot now!

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Shoulders Need Prep Before This

Banded Scap Flow

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WOD for Champagne Friday 10/4 Roger Roger

CGO 13.4

as far as possible in 7 minutes:
3 clean & jerks, 61/45kg
3 toes-to-bar
6 clean & jerks, 61/45kg
6 toes-to-bar
9 clean & jerks, 61/45kg
9 toes-to-bar
12 clean & jerks, 61/45kg
12 toes-to-bar
15 clean & jerks, 61/45kg
15 toes-to-bar
etc.

Compare to 03JUN2013. Post results to whiteboard/comments/Cody.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Perfectly-Vertical KBS

Donovan N

Squeezing the glutes and keeping the abs tight allow shoulders, that have the proper range of motion, to complete a perfectly-vertical overhead kettlebell swing.

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WOD for Volume Week Monday 9/16

STRENGTH

back squat 3x5

rest no more than 2 minutes between sets

CONDITIONING

as many reps as possible in 20 minutes:
15 burpees
10 kb swings, 24/16kg
5 pullups

Post total reps to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Enjoy Your Day Elias!

the doc prescribes power snatches

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WOD for Wednesday 8/28

STRENGTH

bench press 3x5

CONDITIONING

play with turkish get-up iterations for 20 minutes

Post attendance to whiteboard/comments/Cody.


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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Barbell Club: Coming Soon

C. Tanghe

We will have another CrossFit Total on Saturday, September 14th. We'll start at 2pm. IF everything goes right, we'll be able to get a lift in per 40 minutes:
  1. Back squat
  2. Press
  3. Deadlift
Then we'll barbeque after because I'm sure we'll all be hungry. Bring something to share/grill and we'll have a grand ol' time.

An RSVP system will be announced sometime next week.

Then I'd like to do another Weightlifting Total (Snatch, Clean & Jerk) sooner than later. 9/21 at 2pm?

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WOD for Thursday 8/15

STRENGTH

play with bar muscle-up progressions for 15 minutes

SKILLS

7 rounds:
10 turkish get-ups
15 wavings

Post results to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Kendrick opens the podcast talking about his ISABEL performance we talked about a while ago: "PROPER FORM ONLY!"
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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Jump For Joy (Again)

Brian C

VERSUS I is this Saturday. At the moment we have about 51 athletes signed up (through our facebook event), but we need more FCFers!

Event 1 was announced on facebook yesterday. Maybe Event 2 will be announced tonight...

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WOD for Silent Week Thursday 8/8

STRENGTH

play with still rings for 15 minutes. link 20 consecutive elements minimum.

CONDITIONING

Complete each of the following:
  • 1 minute max calories on the AirDyne
  • 2k row for time
  • 30 hspu for time
  • 4 minutes to establish a max length broad jump
Rest as needed between events. Post results to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Growth: A Farewell Party Tonight


Our days are coming to an end here at Foundation CrossFit v3.0. We (well, really all of you) have been kicking serious ass here for four years.


2009

Our new location is still on The Hill. It is pretty close to our current location. (If you weren't given the tour yet) It might be on the same block. It might even be the first entrance south of our current entrance.



2010


While we aren't moving far, we have many things to celebrate and commemorate. So come sweat with us and have a drink (there will be a keg or two) post-workout.


2011


The last workout* at FCF will be Friday at 6:30pm. COME POUR ONE OUT FOR FCF!


2012

* Please note that this is not actually the last workout held at FCF. We will be moving equipment over starting the end of next week, and these are the last few days we know the gym will look as it does now...

2013

2013+

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WOD for Summer Solstice Friday 6/21

"FIGHT GONE BAD"

3 rounds for max total reps:
  • wall ball, 20/14 @ 10/9'
  • SDHP, 35/25kg
  • box jump, 20/18"
  • push press, 35/25kg
  • row (calories)
1 minute stations, with a 1 minute rest to end each round.

from CrossFit.com: "This is our famous "Fight Gone Bad" workout. It has been used extensively to prep fighters for the UFC. In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. We've used this in 3 and 5 round versions. Today is 3 rounds. The stations are: Wall-ball - 20 pound ball, 10 ft target. (Reps) Sumo deadlift high-pull 75 pounds (Reps) Box Jump - 20" box (Reps) Push-press 75 pounds (Reps) Row (Calories) The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On call of "rotate," the athlete/s must move to next station immediately for good score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point."

Compare to 08DEC2012. Post total score to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Episode 67 of Barbell Shrugged featuring CJ Martin:

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Friday, March 1, 2013

CGO 11.1


The Rundown with The 2013 CrossFit Games Open
  • We'll program the CGO workout for Thursday every week.
  • For those officially participating we'll have our competition day on Friday nights and Saturdays: flip flopping between both weekly (dates/times TBA).
  • This will allow everyone a time to prep physically and mentally. Official participants are encouraged to come do an active rest day on Thursdays during classes to watch how it's being down and practicing mobility and movement patterns to prep for competition.
  • It will also provide those using the Online Judges Course an avenue to practice counting and no-repping individuals in a proper environment.
  • Participants should expect to surprise themselves.
Any and questions need to be sent to andrew@foundationcrossfit.com.

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WOD for Champagne Friday 3/1

CGO 11.1

as many reps as possible in 10 minutes:
30 double unders
15 power snatches, 35/25kg

The requirement is ground-to-overhead if you cannot snatch, you may also do a clean & jerk/push press/press. There is no scaling the double under today. Time to practice as they'll probably show up in the 2013 Open.

Compare to 05JUN2012. Post results to comments!

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Barbell Shrugged: Episode 49 - Nutrition, Training Mistakes, and Competition Prep


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Friday, February 22, 2013

Our Girl Madge


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WOD for Champagne Friday 2/22

"JACKIE"

for time:
1000m row
50 thrusters, 20/15kg
30 pullups

Compare to 15SEP2011. Post results to whiteboard!

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Jordan Lee's birthday tomorrow! I'll post up the workout tomorrow evening!

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Episode 48 of Barbell Shrugged: Live at the Garage Games One CrossFit Competition
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

BBShrugged, Back Levers, Cardio, and EA

Enjoy Episode 47 of Barbell Shrugged: How To Prepare for the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games and When to Peak For Competition

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WOD for Valentine's Day 2/14

STRENGTH

play with the back lever for 10 minutes

hang clean 12x2

CONDITIONING

3 rounds:
  • 500m row for time
  • 2 min max calories on AirDyne
  • 800m run for time
  • 30 sec max burpees
2:1 rest after each effort. Example: you row a 1:30 500m, you rest for 3:00 before attempting 2 minutes on the AD. You'll always rest 4 minutes after the AD. So on and so forth.

Post hang clean to whiteboard.

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I'm Not Trying to be That Diesel - Elizabeth Akinwale

via King CF

I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Akinwale this past weekend at the Outlaw Camp!

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Friday, February 8, 2013

Muscle-Up Club: Congrats Chris


Another one joins the muscle-up club!

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WOD for Champagne Friday 2/8

"LYNNE"

5 rounds for max reps:
bench press, BW/.7BW
pullups

compare to 23NOV2012. Post results to whiteboard.

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Weekend Reading/Watching:

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