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THROWDOWN SERIES

091107 Saturday “Run For Your Legs”

WOD

With a continuous running clock Run 1 mile for time while completing 20 squats every two minutes. 

Post overall time and total number of squats to comments.  

REMINDER:  The Saturday 9am is cancelled.   Get this one in on your own.

FYI 4 laps of a track equals [...]

091106 Friday “Overhead Power”

Strength/Skill Work:  Turkish Get-up

WOD

3 rounds of

5 hang power snatch (70% of your snatch or OHS weight not to exceed 95/65lbs)

5 overhead squats

1 minute rest

3 rounds of

5 hang power clean (70% of HPC or push-press weight not to exceed 115/75) 

5 push-press

2 minutes rest

3 rounds of

5 hang squat cleans (70% of your power clean weight/push jerk not to exceed 135/95)

5 [...]

091105 Thursday “Believe”

Strength/Skill Work:  Front squat

WOD

10,9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

ring push-ups

knees-to-elbows

squats

For time. 

If you normally do push-ups from your knees do as many as possible (if not all) from your toes.  If you can do 20 push-ups from your toes then it is time to hit up some ring push-ups!

 

 

***CrossFit Asheville will be closed for [...]

091104 Wednesday “Tee Time”

Strength/Skill Work:  Hang Power Snatch

WOD

5 Rounds of:

50 or 30 meters of line sprints

20 kettlebell swings (1.5 pood, 1 pood)

For time. 

Sprint drills are also known as suicide drills.  Put a cone every 10 meters from a starting line.  Run to the first, back to the start, 20m mark and back, 30m mark and back, etc.  The line [...]

091103 Tuesday “A Moment in Time”

Strength/Skill Work: Push Press

WOD
In 3 minutes complete the following:
400m run
Immediately followed by max rep clean and jerks
1 minute rest.
Repeat for 5 total rounds.

For the clean and jerk use 70% of today’s push press weight not to exceed 135lbs/95lbs.

Compare [...]

091102 Monday “Fran”

Strength/Skill Work:  Overhead squat

WOD

“Fran”

21-15-9

Thrusters

Pull-ups

For time. 

Use ~70% of your max thruster weight not to [...]

Sunday Discussion – Does your stress reliever… relieve stress?

I do it to “calm my nerves”, to “ease my mind”, or to “relax”.

We all have that vice that lets us blow off some stream.  We smoke tobacco, drink alcohol, eat brownies, enjoy fast food, or any number of other vices.  However, none of them truly reduce your stress and in fact increase it.

Physiological stress is [...]