Posts during December 2011

12.31.11 Daily WOD

Kalsu

On the minute:

Complete 5 burpees and perform max rep 135 lbs thrusters on the minute.

The goal is to complete 100 total thrusters.

*At the beginning of every minute perform 5 burpees, for the rest of the minute perform as many thrusters as you can during that minute. At the beginning of the next minute perform 5 burpees and then max rep thrusters and so on until you reach 100 total thrusters.

Post the total number of minutes it took to reach 100 thrusters.

Robert James Kalsu (April 13, 1945 - July 21, 1970) was selected as an Oklahoma Sooner All-American Tackle in 1967. As an eighth-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 1968, he started eight games at Guard and was voted the team's top rookie in 1968. He began fulfilling his ROTC obligation with the US Army following the '68 season and started his tour of duty in Vietnam in November of 1969, where he served with Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery, 101st Airborne Division. His MOS was 1193-Field Artillery Unit Commander. LT Kalsu was killed by mortar fire on July 21,1970 at Firebase Ripcord near the Ashau Valley.

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12.30.11 Daily WOD

Complete 5 rounds:

3 Power Snatches
3 Snatch Pulls
3 Power Snatches

*Rest 2-3 minutes between sets.

*Do not drop the weight during the round. Stay connected through the round. 
*If weight is dropped, count number of drops and perform an equal amount of burpees as a penalty.
*Work up the heaviest set possible with staying connected. 

Post weights used and number of drops to comments.

Benji Ehlers - Fairbanks, AK

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12.29.11 Daily WOD

Complete 4-6 efforts:

60 Yard Pro Long Shuttle

*Long Shuttle: From a starting line, a player runs 5 yards straigh ahead and back pedals to the starting line, then 10 yards and back, then 15 yards and back. He must bend down and touch the line at each 5, 10, 15 yard intervals. You end up with a total of 6 touches and 60 yards.

*Warm up as needed and you have 4-6 efforts to find your fastest pro long shuttle.

Post fastest times to comments.

Joshua Roberts - Artic CrossFit

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12.28.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Prowler Suicides by Trose

Out of thin air - Prospect

Drew Brees vs Dan Marino - Washington Post

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12.27.11 Daily WOD

Complete 5 rounds:

5 one arm DB power snatch RT - 50 lbs
5 one arm DB overhead squats RT - 50 lbs
5 one arm DB power snatch LT - 50 lbs
5 one arm DB overhead squats LT - 50 lbs
Max Rep Weighed Pull Up w/ 50 lbs

Post total weighed pull ups to comments. 

Canterbury, New Zealand

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12.26.11 Daily WOD

Complete:

8 Prowler Suicides

*Push the prowler, sled or flip a heavy tire for 25 yards. Touch and sprint back to the starting line. You have 60 seconds to walk about the prowler, sled or tire.

*Go as heavy as possible. 

Post impliment and loads used to comments. 

Remember, if you don't have a prowler or sled be creative.

Like John on Facebook

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12.25.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Vani Kalapčiev: Koper Pirates - Slovenia, Europe

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GMO Corn and Mammallian Health - International Journal of Biological Science

Food Freedom

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12.24.11 Daily WOD

Complete as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes:

21 Sledge Hammer Strikes Right Side
21 Sledge Hammer Strikes Left Side
One Arm Overhead Walk RT 20 yards 
One Arm Overhead Walk LT 20 yards

Post loads used and rounds completed to comments.

*Use a sledge hammer weighing between 12 - 20 lbs.
*Striking into a tire, sand bag or something. Be creative. 
*Make sure you reach full extension on your strikes.
*You can sub ball slams, plate slams or dumbbell slams. Be creative.
*You can use a KB or DB or get creative.
*Extend your arm above you head and start walking. 

Korey Bawden

Ave Cesar, morituri te salutant. - TTMJ

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12.23.11 Daily WOD

On the minute

Complete the following on the minute for 12 minutes:

1 Power Clean @ 3 RM
5 CTB Pull Ups

*CTB = Chest to Bar

Post loads used and rounds completed to comments. 

#OccupyStrength

2011 Recap - TTMJ

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12.22.11 Daily WOD

Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes:

5 Any Way Overhead - 185 lbs
7 Ball Slams 40 lbs
9 Push Ups 

*Any Way Overhead means just that. You can press, push press, push jerk, split jerk, rack jerk or any other way overhead. You can start and finish in a rack.

Post rounds completed to comments.

#OccupyStrength - CFFB Events

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12.21.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Trent Brown

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12.20.11 Daily WOD

Complete:

Max Handstand Push Ups in 5 minutes
Max Pull Ups in 4 minutes
Max Push Ups in 3 minutes
Max Supine Ring Pull Ups in 2 minutes
Max Dips in 1 minute

*Set the clock for 15 minutes, complete max reps of each movement for the designated time. 

Post total reps to comments. 

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12.19.11 Daily WOD

Complete:

Find Rack Jerk - 1 RM

*You have 15 minutes to find your 1 RM

then....

Fastest 20 yard Pro Short Shuttle

*You get 5-7 efforts to find your fastest time.
*Rest as needed between efforts. 

Demo of the 20 yard Pro Short Shuttle click here

CFFB Trainer Seminar: CrossFit Del Mar - San Diego, CA

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12.18.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

14" Cambered Bar

Why the NFL fears technology - WSJ

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12.17.11 Daily WOD

Complete 2 rounds:

DB Thrusters 50 lbs for 1 minute 
Rest 1 minute
Dynamic Push Ups for 1 minute
Rest 1 minute
Ball Slams for 1 minute (40 lbs)
Rest 1 minute
Burpee Box Jumps for 1 minute (20" box)
Rest 1 minute

*Keep Score by Total Number of Reps Per Round

Post total score to comments.

Heavy Metal S&C

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12.16.11 Daily WOD

One Minute On...One Minute Off...for 10 minutes.

30 KB Swings - 2 pood

*You have 1 minute to get 30 KB swings. If you do not get 30 KB Swings in 1 minute, count a penalty. 
*Perform this workout one minute on and one minute off. Total time is 10 minutes. 

*CFFB KBS Standard = Russian Swing

*For every penalty counted, perform a 1000 meter row. 

Post rounds completed and penalties to comments.

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12.15.11 Daily WOD

The Volkswagen

21, 15, 9 reps of:

Bench Press @ Body Weight
Pull Ups

Post times to comments.

Jeff Kidd

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12.14.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Tebowing - Erin Walen

Guys don't report concussions - PFT

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12.13.11 Daily WOD

On the minute

Complete the following on the minute for 10 minutes:

3 Weighted Pull Ups - 50 lbs
Max Rep Power Cleans 65-70% of 1 RM

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Southern Maryland CrossFit 

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12.12.11 Daily WOD

Complete 8 rounds:

3 Box Jumps - 75% of 1 RM Box Jump  done on 12-5-11
Sprint 50 yards

*Rest 2 minutes between rounds

Post heights used and fastest sprint times to comments. 

CFFB Trainer Seminar - Tampa, FL

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12.11.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Cooked Bone Marrow

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12.10.11 Daily WOD

Complete 3 rounds:

One Arm Farmer Walk (RT) 40 yards - 1/3 body weight
One Arm Farmer Walk (LT) 40 yards - 1/3 body weight
Max Rep Strict Chin Ups - 2 sec hold at the top of each rep

Post loads used and total chin ups to comments.

Repost: 12-17-10 Thomi Gill - CrossFit VB

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12.09.11 Daily WOD

CF Football Total

Power Clean 1 Rep
Squat 1 Rep
Bench 1 Rep
Deadlift 1 Rep

*Perform a singal maximal effort for the lifts listed above. 
*After warm-ups, 3 attempts are allowed.
*Total must be done in the specified order.
*Combine all 4 lifts to create CF Football Total

Post total to comments.

Freddy Camacho - CrossFit One World

VOD: An Excerpt from the Programming Lecture of the CFFB Seminar

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12.08.11 Daily WOD

Sprints

Complete 4-6 max efforts:

Sprint 40 yards

*Rest as needed between efforts.
*Warm-up as needed

Post fasteset time to comments. 

"Lord of the Program: One program to rule them all" - Nate Austin

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12.07.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Monrovia High School - Team CrossFit Academy

VOD: The Athletic Position

Soy & Semen - Oxford Journal

Weiner Punch by Jared Allen

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12.06.11 Daily WOD

4th Quarter is Ours

Complete 5 rounds for time:

20 yd Bear Crawl - Crawl 10 yds turn and crawl back 10 yds
5 Deadlifts - 315 lbs
10 Burpees

Post times to comments. 

Drew Canavero

VOD: Ben and Luke talk about Gymnastics

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12.05.11 Daily WOD

Death By Pull Up

Complete:

1 pull up the first minute, two pull ups the second minute, three pull ups the third minute and so on...

Post total minutes completed to comments.

Death By Pull Up - CrossFit Balboa

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12.04.11 Daily WOD

Rest Day

Judass - GFY Crew

Should science be limited to professionals? - WSJ

What Tebow can't do - WSJ

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12.03.11 Daily WOD

Complete 5 rounds:

10 Lateral KB Swing RT - 2 pood
40 yard Shuttle Run
10 Lateral KB Swing LT - 2 pood
40 yard Shuttle Run

*Rest 60 seconds between efforts. 
*For shuttle runs set a mark at 20 yards. Immediately after finishing lateral KB swing, sprint 20 yards, touch and sprint back. 

Post fastes rounds to comments. 

Alan Siebuhr

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12.02.11 Daily WOD

Every 30 seconds:

Perform 1 Power Clean and 5 Ball Slams every 30 seconds for 8 minutes.

*Complete Power Cleans at 70-75% of 1 RM
*Ball Slam use 40 lbs
*For every rep not completed perform 1 handstand push up.

Post loads and amount of reps not completed to comments.

Josh

Dazed and Confused - TTMJ

A Deadlift PR at the CrossFit Football Strength Lab

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12.01.11 Daily WOD

Complete 5 rounds:

Max Reps Dynamic Push Ups
50 yard Farmer's Walk - AHAP

*Rest 60 seconds between rounds
*AHAP = As Heavy As Possible

Post loads used and total reps to comments. 

Cassidy Hilton

In-Season vs Off-Season - TTMJ

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