Friday, May 7, 2010

Thank God It's Saturday!

Quote of the Day:
"No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."
- Charles Kendall Adams



Team's of 3
 (what else, right?)

To Do List:
*Each member of each time will need to complete each task assigned

Back Squat
5x5
*pick a heavy weight (75-80% 1 RM)

400m Run
*old route (i.e. up hill)

Deadlift
5x5
*pick a heavy weight (75-80% 1RM)

15 Pull-ups (CTB)

The workout today will be a 5 round workout.  Each member will complete 1 set of: Back Squat, 400m run, Deadlift, pull-ups, and then proceed to their 2nd set and so forth.




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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Skills Day

Quote of the Day:
"There is never an absolute answer to everything, except of course that you have to do your squats'


Rest/Make-up/Skills Day

Make-up:
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday

Skills:
Q: What is your weakness?
A: That is what we are working on today!

AB CHALLENGE
Rest Day

"Freak Show"

You may find this appalling and disturbing but it's very true.  Society today has got out of control in the weight gain category.  This wasn't an issue like it is today 20-50+ years ago but we can' t let society continue to go this way.  Read about how in  1860 and obese man was considered a "Freak Show", what does that say about 25% of our population today?

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Rabdomylosis

Quote of the Day:
"Don't wish is was easier, wish you were better!"

"Tabata What?"

OH Squat, #45/65
Tire Flip, #135/250
KB Swing, #26/#44
Push-up

AB CHALLENGE
Complete 3 rounds of:
AMRAP in 1 minute
Leg Raises

AMRAP in 1 minute
"Superman"
*lay on stomach and lift legs and arms up together, then lower together

AMRAP in 1 minute
Sit-ups (anchored)

CrossFit Induced Rhabdo
by Gregg Glassman

As Coaches our job is to assure each of our athletes safety day in and day out.  There are times we scale an athletes workout and that athlete doesn't want to scale simply do to ego.  Regardless of the reason on "why" we are scaling your workout, just trust us becase we have your best in interest.  One of our biggest concerns is the development of "Rabdomylosis".
What is "Rabdomylosis"?

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Snatchtastic!

Quote of the Day:
"Ask your doctor if getting off your ass is good for you"
-Coach Glassman


Strength
Squat Snatch
5-5-5-5-5

"Tabata Penguins"

post total reps

How do you do "Penguins"?
1) Lay on back with knees bent and heels close to your rear
2) With a sideways motion slap each heel with your hands, one at a time
3) Slightly lift chest off ground
*This motion looks what a penguin would look like walking.

The Butter Fly Story

One day a man saw a butterfly shuddering on the sidewalk.
It was locked in a seemingly hopeless struggle to free itself form its now useless cocoon.
Feeling pity, the man took a pocket knife and carefully cut away the cocoon and set the butterfly free.
To his dismay, the butterfly lay on the sidewalk, convulsed weakly for awhile, then it died.
A biologist later told the man, “That was the worst thing you could have done!
A butterfly needs that struggle to develop the muscles to live and fly away.
By robbing him of the struggle you rendered him too weak to live.”
-Author Unknown

This was a refreshing story I had read before that gave me a quick analogy of how it is being a Coach.  Here at StoneWay Crossfit there are many times that a workout comes up and it is very difficult and sometimes what appears unbearing and the only thing we as Coaches want to do is lower the weight or lower the repetitions.  But as your Coaches it is our  job is to make sure you are successful and safe.  If we did lower the weight or lower the repetitions we would not be doing any services you or your fitness.  So when there is a workout that seems unbearing and you are unsure if you can do it, know that your Coaches are here for you to succeed and would not give you a workout prescription you could not complete.

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Monday, February 22, 2010

Leaning Challenge Winners Released!

2/22/10

AMREPAP (as many repetitions as possible) 20 minutes:
7 Jump rope “double-unders”
7 Pull-ups
7 Push-ups
Scored by number of reps completed in 20 minutes

1st "Leaning Challenge" Winners

1st Place-Adam B.
Before
After

2nd Place-Katie B.
Before
After

3rd Place-Terry R.
Before
After

We started our 1st "Leaning Challenge" on December 15th and ended February 1st.  Throughout this whole competition we all kept a food log and we had a forum for everyone to post recipes, daily intake, or simply put down there thoughts for the day.  The 3 winners from our 1st "Leaning Challenge" were very dedicated at doing exactly that.  There were days that were easy and other days that it was a struggle to eat so healthy. 

Adam, Katie and Terry are currrent regular attending members of StoneWay CrossFit who work very hard everytime they show up for the daily WOD.  Adam started training with Corey Mcgee in November 2009 and quickly adopted CrossFit as his workout of choice.  He registered for the CrossFit Journal shortly after starting his training with Corey.  It was there that he started watching past CrossFit games video's and reading their helpful articles.  Katie has been trainining with Corey since August 2009.  She has devoloped so much since the late summer of 2009.  Katie can currently perform 13 pull-ups in a row right now.  She workouts out at StoneWay CrossFit and Mercer Island CrossFit.  Terry has been training with me (Scott Rodriguez) for over 2 years now and has develop so much.  When we started she was only walking.  She currently has lost 57lbs since January 2008 and now runs, jumps, row, olympics lifts, does pull-ups, swings kettlebells and so much more.  She is also currently registered for the Lake Steven Half Ironman in August.  Terry has always logged her food since we started but it was the Paleo/Zone combination that helped her lean down so much more.

Congratulations Adam, Katie and Terry!

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Kids and Weightlifting Part II