Push Jerk
Every minute on the minute x 15 minutes:
1) 7 Push Jerks 155/105
2) 7 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
3) 10 Calorie Row
The barbell comes from the floor (via a Power Clean). The barbell load should be medium-heavy for you, and the reps should be performed unbroken. The Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups may be broken up, but leave at least 15 seconds in the minute to transition to the row. Scale to regular Pull-Ups or Jumping Pull-Ups as needed. Aim to pull the 10 cals in as few strokes as possible.
Post time and Rx to comments.
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For Time:
50 Burpees
Get down, get up
Post time to comments.
Meredith R.’s award-winning desert from Saturday’s CSFBK Community Potluck. More photos from the Potluck will be posted this week!
Register for the 2017 CrossFit Open
Registration for the 2017 CrossFit Open started a couple of weeks ago. We want you to sign up! But why should you? First, as of a couple years ago, the Open includes both Rx’d and Scaled divisions, so don’t fret if you don’t have Muscle-Ups or Handstand Walks yet. Second, registering for the Open is good for the whole CFSBK community. As befits our spirit of inclusiveness, we usually have a big team, and we’d love to have an even bigger team this year. Even if you do only one rep for one of the WODs, it won’t bring the team down. We’re shooting to have 100 CFSBKers register for this year’s Open. The third reason is a little more complicated. What if—like your CFSBK blog Editor—you’re not naturally competitive because you were always large for your age and thus a big, slow target in dodgeball? To answer this last question (or some version of it), we’re reposting Coach Fox’s blog classic “Why Compete?” Enjoy!
Why Compete?
By Chris Fox
Originally posted on 12.1.2012
As a youth I was not very involved in competitive sports, so I can’t speak to that angle on why competition is a healthy aspect of training as an adult. Sure, I’ve played some pick up football, basketball, rugby, baseball, etc… but the consequences were only week to week, never having long lasting meaning to me. As an adult I have found new meaning in what training and testing mean to me. I’ve trained with intention and set performance goals for more than a decade and found CrossFit within the past 6 years. CrossFit was the first time that I had ever really tested my performance in a competition setting. The beauty of Crossfit, and the related fitness sports that go along with it like powerlifting, olympic lifting, strongman/women, adventure races, etc… is that while you are ‘competing’ with the people you’re sharing floor/track/trail/platform space with, you must also compare your performance to your own previous performances. Sometimes the goal may be to only finish an event. First time out? Just get through it with success. Other times it may be to best your previous years placement or possibly to achieve a top place in an event. In my case the goal is to get better as an athlete and to not slip backward as the competitive environment gets more and more, well, competitive.
I have no illusions of winning any powerlifting meets, Olympic meets, the CrossFit Games, or even any of the local throwdown style events. Does that mean that my participation is silly? Hell NO! I get to hang with some cool folks, push my limits, and measure where I lay not only in comparison to my fellow athletes but also in relation to my previous self. As a (very) soon to be 40 year old male, society would have me believe that my best days are behind me. I respond with a resounding “NOT” and strive year after year to be a bit better that the me from the year before. I enjoy the process, the goal setting, and the satisfaction of knowing that I prepared for an event as best as I could. Or, in learning what I might do differently the next go around.
We test ourselves day in, day out at CFSBK. There are metrics to be recorded for sure, and you should be tracking them regularly. I encourage you all, however, to step outside of your comfort zone once in a while and and test your performance in those not so cozy places where the others are. You might find out that you hate it, but you might also find out that it inspires you to be better or at least have some outside of the box fun. At the very least you’ll have learned something about yourself.
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