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WOD 2014-02-19

Posted by bronick on February 20, 2014
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http://www.norcalcrossfit.com/blog/122/norcal-crossfit-feb-19th-2014

WOD: Every 90 second for 10 rounds…

  • 1 Deadlift
  • 2 Hang Power Cleans
  • 3 Power Cleans

Result: 135#  for all rounds

The goal was to do this as a complex and not let go of the bar, but since I have issues with the front rack and per suggestion from coach Miranda, I only held my grip in the front rack for the 1st hang power clean. The rest I let roll onto my fingertips to get a better rack position and then dropped the bar for the next rep. The weight was a good choice, as I was finishing with just quite not enough rest before the next rounds and the so it keep the intensity up.

Also, we had a guest visit from Mr. Khalipa, Jason that is. And as I remembered he liked to do back in the day…

Post-WOD ass-kicker: 5 min AMRAP

  • 6 wallballs
  • 3 burpees

Result: 5 rounds

Back to it… 2011-11-07 WOD – Back Squats, then row/pullup/wallball

Posted by bronick on November 8, 2011
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Ok, so I haven’t been so good with this stuff as of recently. Its been quite a while since I’ve been into the gym consistently for various legit and not so legit reason, I made it in ONCE over the prior two weeks. But worse than that, I’ve also been eating like crap, and by crap I mean lots of pizza… go figue, isn’t that always my downfall.

Anyway, as of Sunday I started trying to eat cleaner again (i.e. Paleo/Primal) and did good yesterday (Monday) as well. This included hitting up Costco to stock up on a few things so I don’t continue to order pizza. I really really need find some motivation to strict with eating clean.

It was also the first day back to gym… so needless to say, my legs are a little (aka ALOT) sore today.

I went kind of light on the back squats since my back started bothering me during the warm up (ugh). For the metcon, the jumping pull-ups where surprisingly hard… the legs just didn’t want to function. But it felt good to be back.

WOD:

Back Squats: 10 reps, add weight, 8 reps, add weight, 6 reps, add weight, 4 reps, add weight, max reps.

For Time:

  • Row 750 meters
  • 50 Jumping pull ups
  • 50 Wall Ball Shots

RESULTS:

Back Squats – 10@135,  8@155, 6@165,  4@185, 8@205

Metcon –  10:33

Open WOD 11.5

Posted by bronick on April 23, 2011
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Open WOD 11.5:

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 Power cleans (145lbs / 65kg)
  • 10 Toes to bar
  • 15 Wall balls (20lbs to 10′ target)

Results:

6 rounds + 5 cleans

This was not one of my better workouts. I have not been feeling very motivated this week, been eating crap again, and only been to the gym twice. It was the toes-2-bar which got me. I can not get into a rhythm with them and after a few rounds my forearms/grip just won’t work.For the last few rounds I was doing them in sets of 2 and by the last round I was doing them one at a time  releasing from the bar. Even when I was not releasing the bar, I still had to stop myself between them due the swing. When I tried to do more, I ended up with some spectacular dismounts flinging myself across the room.

The wall-ball shots where not as much of as issue as I thought they might be. I did buy a pair of lifting wrist wraps which I was using for the first time. Not sure if they are what did the trick or not. But whatever it was, my right thumb was not bothering me like it was during the Filthy Fifty wall-balls.

Over-all I only had a few missed reps… some half-ass toe-2-bars on which I gave up-halfway and few of the wall-balls where not on target or missed the wall. One more workout to go… Thrusters and Chest-2-bar Pull-ups…

2011-03-14 WOD – Back Squats, Ring Dips, and Wallballs

Posted by bronick on March 14, 2011
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WOD:

Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3-3-3

5 Rounds for time of:

  • 10 Ring Dips
  • 20 Wall Ball Shots

RESULTS:

Low bar 235#
9:09 (w/ band)

So for the back squat again, I worked on the low-bar rack position which I’ve only done once before. Still not comfortable with it, but getting better. However, this time around a big issue was my flexibility. Don’t recall it being an issue last time, but I had a hard time getting my hands narrow enough for the rack. To the point that stopped at 235# I was starting to feel some pinching in my upper arm. I think I had previously tweak something there and this just aggravated it :-(

As for the metcon, I did better than I expected mainly because I started off with the band assisted dips. I’m getting better at unassisted dips, but not when you need to a bunch of them. I also have officially decided that I need to use the old medballs for the wallballs to avoid rouge a ball flying across the gym. It was kinda funny at one point, when using one of the new ones I managed to get the ball to hit me in the head (guess I was too close or threw too hard) and then fell behind me and rolled under another person who sat on it at the bottom of the wallball squat.

2011-02-24 WOD – Max Box Jump and Snatch+Wallballs

Posted by bronick on February 24, 2011
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WOD:

Find your 1 Rep Max Height Box Jump

5 Rounds for Time:

  • 10 Power Snatches 95#’s
  • 20 Wall Ball Shot’s

RESULTS:

39″
10:46 @ 75#

For the box jumps, not a PR as I got 42″  before. But I took at easy because of my little toes which lost chunks a flesh to my hiking boots on Monday. At the gym was the first time I put shoes on this week, been wearing flip-flops as to give toes time to recover. But it was pretty amazing watching some of the other folks go for the high jumps… and when I say high, I’m talking over 60″!! Check out some of the photos on the CFSC Blog here…

As for the couplet… this was a pretty good workout to come back to after a week off. I opted to drop down to 75# as I tend to over estimate the weight I should use. This worked out pretty good, as I finished in a decent time for a change.

2011-01-20 WOD – Split Jerks, 3×33+33, and Pushups

Posted by bronick on January 20, 2011
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WOD:
Split Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1

3 Rounds for Time of:

  • 33 Wall Ball Shots
  • 33 Double Unders

Rest 2 minutes then…..Max Push Up’s in 3 minutes

RESTULS:

185# Split Jerk
6:43 w/ 14# medball and 17 single/double combinations.
52 Push-ups

It seem like its been forever since I did any heavy overhead oly… I did realize one thing was that while I kept hearing “put your had wider will make it easier”, for me, it actually didn’t. I failed at 175# with a wider grip, but when I came back in I got 185#. This was not a PR by any means, but its been a while since I’ve done the movement and also I am trying to truly let the bar rest on my shoulders to get the technique dialed in. I need to get back to the oly classes at some point here.

As for the metcon, I ended up with a 14# medball as it was either that or the 6# one due to the size of the class. For the double-unders, he said we could sub with 33 singles… so I did a mix. Since I can’t get double-double, but I can do single-double… I counted 17 double-unders, which meant that I did at least 17 singles as well.

As for the push-ups, well they just sucked…

2011-01-04 WOD – Front Squats and Maura’s AMRAP

Posted by bronick on January 3, 2011
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WOD:

65 Reps of Front Squats @ 135#’s
These should be fast and intense, break the sets up like we do for speed back squats.

Maura’s One year Anniversary workout at the gym:

As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of:

  • 10 KB Swings @ 1.5 pood
  • 8 Wall Ball Shots
  • 4 Pull Up’s
  • 2 Power Clean @ 225 or whatever is “heavy” for you.

RESULTS:

53 reps @ 135#
5 round @ 165#

Why is it always speed squats when I start back at the gym… I don’t think these ones where quite as bad the back squats the last time, and unfortunately I ran out of time so only completed 53 of 65 reps.

As for the metcon… ugh. I’m really out of it and really sucked at it. First off I tried to go to heavy on the cleans @ 185# and had to drop to 165# after two failed attempts. Worked fine before the workout, but after the pull ups I just couldn’t get it. And once by back started to bother me I think I let it get to more than it should…. you know how it works, once you start thinking about something, it just becomes more and more apparent. This is one of those mental things I haven’t been able to work past, I give up and give into excuses to easily :-(

That being said…. I was still pretty well spent after the workout.

I really need to find some motivation again…

2010-12-15 WOD + 1st Muscle-Up

Posted by bronick on December 15, 2010
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Holy Sh*t!!! I did a muscle up!

The scary part is I really wasn’t trying or expecting to get one… It just kinda happened on the first try and I almost didn’t know what to do… Azad was trying them, I was saying I need to work my false grip, and only really attempted them the other week when Jason had us practice them before the WOD. So when the kip worked and I realized that I was above the rings… I was like “sh*t, what do I do now??”… it wasn’t pretty, but I made it! And of course had to hold up there for few minutes screaming “Somebody get a camera!!!!”

WOD:

Sumo Deadlift – 7 sets of 2

These should be fast and explosive, not as concerned of going for a 2 rep max but you should go heavy (keeping good technique is key here)

You have 10 minutes to complete 7 Rounds of:

  • 7 DL’s @ 225#’s
  • 7 Push Ups

RESULTS:

Sumo Deadlifts – Worked mainly at 245#

4:51 @ 205#
39 Wallballs

First off let me just say, my legs are still dead from the speed squats on Monday. So I knew the wallballs were not going to be pretty. The sumo’s when well. For the metcon, I did drop the weight down a little bit just because of how much my back had bothered me on Monday, I didn’t want to over do it. I think this was a good weight, as Jason said 4min was a good time to aim for and I it was only in the last two rounds that I broke up the deadlifts into 4 and 3.

The wallball shots on the other hand where not pretty as expected. Only getting 39 in 5 minutes isn’t great, but at least I put some effort into them. Several times I went down and my legs just wouldn’t go back up… and I just kind fell on my ass ;-P

But all and all, it was a good day at the gym… did I mention I got a muscle-up? ;-D

2010-12-02 WOD – Pull-ups and Wallballs

Posted by bronick on December 2, 2010
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WOD:
Muscle Up Technique Work

As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
  • 10 Wall Ball Shot’s

RESULTS:

13 rounds + 5 Pull-ups

So Jason finally convinced me to start attempting a muscle-up. I’ve never really attempted them yet since I’m not so good with the ring dips or the false grip. But my false grip is getting better and so are the dips… so I kept raising the rings up until I was actually attempting them… didn’t quite make them, but getting closer.

As for the metcon, chest-to-bar really suck… but I have to say, doing them on a taped bar is so much better for me (aside from the tear of the hand). I was actually able to hold onto the bar without any issues. I switched to a tapped bar towards the end when I was only getting 3 or so pull-ups on a normal bar even with chalk.

2010-11-04 WOD – Cleans and 10 rounds

Posted by bronick on November 4, 2010
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WOD:
Find a new full clean 1 rep Max

10 Rounds or 10 minutes whichever comes first.

  • 10 Box Jumps 24″
  • 10 Wall Ball Shots

RESULTS:

For the cleans, since I had just done clean & jerk yesterday… I decided to just work on my full clean technique because that is what is holding me back. I can power clean more than I can full clean when it should be the other way around. So me another guy just worked on getting under the bar in a full squat at 135# mainly. I tried 185#, but failed twice.

Metcon – 10:40

It was probably more like 10:30… As I was 1/2 around short of completing all ten rounds when we hit the 10min mark and he said done. It was after I laid down that he said you can keep going if you want… so I got back up and finished the wall ball shots.