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Operation Phoenix Widget

THROWDOWN SERIES

091031 Saturday “Clean Your Partner’s Knees”

 

Strength/Skill Work:  Spend 10 minutes jumping rope working towards double unders.  Have your double unders?  How many can you do consecutively?

WOD

This is a partner work-out. 

One partner completes 20 power cleans (70% power clean 1 rep max)

While the other partner performs as many knees to elbows as possible until their partner completes the power cleans. 

Switch  positions.

Then, each [...]

091030 Friday “Sit ‘n Slam”

Strength/Skill Work:Deadlift

WOD

As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:

4 sit-ups

4 ball slams

200 OR 100m sprint

8 sit-ups

8 ball slams

200 OR 100m sprint

12 sit-ups

12 ball slams

200 OR 100m sprint

16 sit-ups

16 ball slams

200 OR 100m sprint…

So, just to clarify you are adding to the sit-ups and ball slams by 4 each round while the run stays the same.  [...]

091029 Thursday “400m Time Trial, Pull-ups”

 

Strength/Skill Work:  Sprint Drills

WOD

400m time trial

Full recovery then…

With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute,  two pull-ups the second minute, three  pull-ups the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Sets may be broken during the minute.  The WOD is completed once you are unable to complete the designated number of pull-ups within [...]

091028 Wednesday Push Jerk, Push

Strength/Skbaill Work:  Push Jerk

WOD

7 Rounds of

5 Push Jerks

15 Back squats

For time. 

Use 50% of your 5 rep max push jerk.  No racks for this work-out.  Take the bar onto your back after the 5th push jerk.  The push jerk off your back once you finish the back squat may count as the first rep of the next [...]

091027 Tuesday “Jump Ball”

 

Strength/Skill Work: Hang Power Clean

WOD

21-18-15-12-9-6-3

3-6-9-12-15-18-21

Kettlebell swings (1.5/1 pood)

Box jumps [...]

091026 Monday “Brutal”

Strength/Skill Work:  Thruster

WOD

~600m run (1 block around building)

20 overhead squats (M-95lbs, W-65lbs)

35 double-unders (105 singles if unable to do DUs)

20 push-press (M-95lbs, W-65lbs)

35 push-ups

20 thrusters (M-95lbs, W-65lbs)

600m run

For time.

Use ~60% of today’s thruster OR your max overhead squat weight, whichever is your limiting factor.  This work-out is meant to use the same weight for all lifts.  [...]

091024 Saturday “Griff”

Weekend WOD:

“Griff”

800m run

400m run backwards

800m run

400m run backwards

For time.

I highly recommend finding a track for this one.  Be sure you are picking your feet up when running backwards.  (Not that you should neglect this with forward running.)  Whether you consider yourself a “runner” or not, this is a work-out that should not be ridiculed until you [...]

091023 Friday “Grace”

 

We miss you Laura! Hope all is well in TX!

 

 

Strength/Skill Work:  Handstands

WOD

“Grace”

30 reps of clean and jerk

for time.

Use 65-70% of your max jerk not to exceed 135/95lbs. 

Weekend Closing Alert: ***CFA will be closed for the 5:30pm and 6:30pm sessions this Friday, October 23rd as well as all sessions on Saturday October 24th.  Not to [...]

091022 Thursday “Daniel”

Happy Birthday Daniel and congrats on all the progress you've made in 8 months!

Strength/Skill Work:  Power Snatch

WOD

“Daniel”

50 pull-ups

400m run

21 thrusters (95lbs)

800m run

21 thrusters (95lbs)

400m run

50 pull-ups

For time. 

“Daniel” is a CrossFit Hero WOD in dedicated to Army Sgt 1st Class Daniel Crabtree who was killed in Iraq June 8th, 2006. 

Today is Daniel Smith’s birthday and [...]

091021 Wednesday “Jeremy”

Strength/Skill Work: Push press

WOD

21-15-9

Overhead squats

Burpees

For time. 

Use 50-60% of your max OHS weight not to exceed 95/65lbs. 

***CFA will be closed for the 5:30pm and 6:30pm sessions this Friday, October 23rd as well as all sessions on Saturday October 24th.  Not to worry supplemental work-outs for at home fun will [...]