Fitness: 3×5 Across
Add 5lbs from last weeks Squats.
Performance: 5/3/1 (3 week)
70%x3
80%x3
90%x3+
or 70%x3x3 if you already hit your “3 week”
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Squat e9/12
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7 minute ascending ladder of:
Front Squats 135/95
Toes to Bars
For the rep scheme, start at 3 and 3, then move on to 6 and 6 adding by three reps to the previous round until time expires. Front Squats are taken from the floor. We’ll discuss scaling the T2Bs in class.
Post total reps and Rx to comments.
Brad gets ready for 30 Burpees in 13.1
- If you didn’t sign up for your Murph heat yet and see that they’re basically full. Fear not! You can sign up in the “Coaches Heat” at the end of the day. Check out the events page for all the details.
A Warm-Up Refresher
We’ve been hitting the Standardized Warm-Ups for the last 6 weeks and are pleased to see people working dilligently on their calisthenics. Here are a few points to keep in mind as you continue to make these part of your routine:
Intensity
You shouldn’t be approaching faliure with any these movements. The idea is not to necessarily make it harder each time you do it or test your limits, we want to build a base of sub-maximal volume to gradually build upon. Make it your goal to gradually work closer to Rx’d reps and mature versions of these movements but only after you can perform a submaximal sets or variations wth perfect technique. For example, if you do 10 push-ups as 5-3-2, keep that up until it feels less difficult and then attempt a different rep scheme like 6-2-2 or 5-4-1. Or if you’ve got 1 or 2 strict push-ups, do 2 strict at the top of each round and then finish out with 7 switch push-ups. Play around with how you approach these warm-ups but always keep some gas in the tank.
Movement Tempos
Tempos can be very useful with even the most basic movements. Holding the bottom of your squat for a 1 count not only strengthens the bottom position but helps open up your hips and ankles. Remember that good movement is born out of good initial starting positions. If the top of your push-up is soft then the mechanics of everything that follow it will accordingly suffer. Rushing through these movements can actually be counter productive. You might develop bad habits, reinforce poor posture and overdevelop one part of the movement at the expense of another. For example if your pull-ups are always just barely over the bar you might get great at doing moderate volume pull-ups at 90% of the Range of motion. Very frustrating when you start failing getting over the bar at all during workouts and you can’t figure out why. One little trick is to think about someone taking your picture at the top and bottom of each repetition. What would you want it to look like?
Variations
Here are some ideas on how to vary your movements to better suit your weakness or needs:
- Do you have a problem with your knees caving in during squats? Why not throw one of the green therabands above your knees to help strengthen that aspect of the squat during warm-ups. Have you never tried squatting with a theraband? Throw one on and see how it feels, you might be surprised.
- What if you have trouble hitting depth? maybe grab a 12″ box or a Wall Ball and work on hitting a target. If your knees tend to shoot forward try squatting in front of a bench.
- Do you find that your body type makes it hard to get deep on push-ups? Try using a few bumper plates under your hands so you can get a little deeper. This might also be a good option for folks who struggle with strict push-ups and want a little elevation.
- Are you doing 3 sets of 5-8 pull-ups without thinking twice about it? Why not make it a little more difficult by going chest to bar or doing an L-Sit Pull-Up? You might have to drop the total reps to make these submaximal but you’ll be developing other areas in the process.
- Lunges too easy? Add a bumper held overhead or in front to increase the stress.
- If push-ups are easy you can try a ring push-up or weighted push-up with a bumper plate on your back.
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Jason Khalipa sets a new “Jackie” record at 5:04
FOUR LIFT FRIDAY!!!
Squat: 350×3
Hard, but fine.
Bench: 220x2x3
Better than 215 last week.
Deadlift: 370×5 PR!
Solid. Back looked good.
And to add to the glory since Michele was still going, I then pressed:
Press (Wendler 1/week): 140×6
Pretty good considering my lack of pressing in the last 7 months. One left in tank.
Very happy with this workout and I am psyched to be hitting PR's again. Finally. I then proceeded to eat two beautiful steaks drink two nice bottles of wine with Michele and The Bean. Great way to start the weekend.
FOUR LIFT FRIDAY!!!
Squat: 350×3
Hard, but fine.
Bench: 220x2x3
Better than 215 last week.
Deadlift: 370×5 PR!
Solid. Back looked good.
And to add to the glory since Michele was still going, I then pressed:
Press (Wendler 1/week): 140×6
Pretty good considering my lack of pressing in the last 7 months. One left in tank.
Very happy with this workout and I am psyched to be hitting PR's again. Finally. I then proceeded to eat two beautiful steaks drink two nice bottles of wine with Michele and The Bean. Great way to start the weekend.
FOUR LIFT FRIDAY!!!
Squat: 350×3
Hard, but fine.
Bench: 220x2x3
Better than 215 last week.
Deadlift: 370×5 PR!
Solid. Back looked good.
And to add to the glory since Michele was still going, I then pressed:
Press (Wendler 1/week): 140×6
Pretty good considering my lack of pressing in the last 7 months. One left in tank.
Very happy with this workout and I am psyched to be hitting PR's again. Finally. I then proceeded to eat two beautiful steaks drink two nice bottles of wine with Michele and The Bean. Great way to start the weekend.
Whoa.
Four lift Friday followed by a Four Post Saturday?
That's excitement right there folks.
Dammit– it was suppose to be FOUR posts, not three!
No, seriously, I only hit submit once. I swear.
I did murph at crossfit Pallas in ithaca ny this morning. I did it rx except for ring rows instead of pull-ups – big except! Still protecting my biceps tear – 43:50
When I saw it was gross out I decided to skip my usual Saturday run in favor of squatting, which I got to do with Lauren B. Yay! 140x3x3, no problem.
WOD Rx FSQ, K2E except for the first round, where I actually managed to get my toes to the bar three times (WHEE!).
Much-needed AR followed, with two super cute SBK kids playing to distract us all from the pain.
Recovery squat
235x3x3
WOD–wrist issues prevent front sq, so subbed 95lb OHS, which are painful, but still better than fsq: got to 18 OHS and 8 T2B in that round. The pace caught up to me a bit and my grip was fried.
Looking forward to a day off before Murph. See you all on Monday.
Squats still going:
265x5x3
Accessory WOD @115lbs and strict K2Es: Got the 15 squats in, and then got 5 K2Es.
Squat 255x3x3
WOD Rx'd
12 + 15/6
Hit the A/R as I felt sore and tight as hell. Much more supple after.
Then nooner with McJosh. Rep out 245×9. I almost missed the 2nd rep just being soft. I should be better at squatting by now.
WOD Rx'd: 12 round plus 12 FSQs. Ran outta gas in that 15 round of front squats.
Squats: 3×5 #230
WOD: #115 finished round of 15 plus 11 squats into round of 18.
Went too fast in beginning. Started to hit a wall in the round of 9
Ran the Spring Lake 5 Miler in NJ this morning and finished in 42:29:99. My back felt great during the run – I think making sure to keep my core tight during squats really helped my back. Looking forward to some R&R before Murph!
Squats: 170#x5x3
I am pleasantly surprised that these are still moving as well as they are this late in the cycle. Hoping to hit 175 on Wednesday, if not too sore from Murph.
WOD with 95# on the front squat and pathetic attempts at knees to elbows. More like knees to space-three-inches-away-from-elbows. Got through the 15 squats, and 5 "knee raises with lat activation".