Quarterly Progress Checks

Next week 2/16-2/22 is the 1st quarterly progress check of 2015. There will be benchmark WODs and lifts every day. Expect Oly Total Monday, Baseline, and Friday Fran. Saturday will be a benchmark team WOD.

Is this your first Quarterly Check-In Week?

Here’s what’s about to go down…
1. Retest your baseline! For your first workout of the week, you’ll retest your Baseline as your warm-up. You also have the option to retest your Baseline WOD on Sunday at Open Gym on 2/15 or 2/22 from 11am-12pm OR any Open Gym during the week.
2. Goal-Setting & reflection: At the beginning of class on Mon & Tues, we’ll take a few minutes to reflect on our progress over the last three months and set some goals for the next quarter. If you prefer to spend more time on goal-setting, join Mike next Monday evening, Feb 16th from 8-8:30pm for a goal-setting workshop. We’ll take some time to visualize what we want our future to be like, then set smaller, action steps to achieve our longer-term goals.
3. Record your results! If you haven’t been doing it already, now is the time to start tracking your progress in the gym. Use the Zen Planner Phone App, or you can track through the Zen Planner web page. Or Google Docs, or old school with a journal. We have journals available at the ProShop.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
8a: Open Gym- Richard
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8p: Open Gym- Michael

Workout of the Day (WOD):

A. Bench Press: 4 sets of 3 reps. Worksets. Max reps on the final set.

B. 10 Minute AMRAP
10 Burpees
25 Double Unders

Score load and reps for bench and rounds and reps completed. Ex: 235#, 4 reps, 9+4 Rx.

And coming tomorrow…

A. Deadlift: 5 rep max.

B. 3 Rounds
20 Calorie Row
10 Deadlifts (225/155)
20 Wallballs (20/14)

Post load for deadlift and time for WOD. Ex: 375#, 9:12 Rx.

THUR 02.12.15 Quarterly Progress Checks Next Week! Read More »

Who's making the jokes during mobility/warmup at 7pm? — Who’s making the jokes during mobility/warmup at 7pm?

December Save the Dates

4th Quarterly Progress Checks:Sunday 12/14 make up during open gym 11am
Bring-A-Friend Day: Thursday 12/18 All Classes
CFM Holiday Party Friday 12/19 7-10pm. Click here to RSVP and for details.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
8a: Open Gym- Mike
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
4p: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Mike

Workout of the Day (WOD)

5 Rounds For Time
7 Handstand Pushups
14 Pistols
21 Double unders**

**Scale to singles 4:1 (84).

Post time for WOD. Ex 7:50 Rx.

And coming Saturday…

Partner WOD: Rep Rounds for Time
30-20-10
Row for Calories, Lateral Barbell Burpees
30-20-10
Power Snatch (m=75/95, w=55/65), Toes to Bar
30-20-10
Thruster (m=75/95, w=55/65), 200 Meter Run (each person each round)

Score time to complete WOD. Ex: 25:20 Rx.

Saturday Restorative Yoga

Time: 12p -Monica Miller

Sunday

Time: 10a class, 11a open gym

FRI 12.12.14 Read More »

December Save the Dates

4th Quarterly Progress Checks:Week of 12/8
Bring-A-Friend Day: Thursday 12/18 All Classes
CFM Holiday Party Friday 12/19 7-10pm. Click here to RSVP and for details.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
8a: Open Gym- Kelly
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
4p: Open Gym- Richard
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8p: Open Gym- Michael

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Baseline:
500m Row
40 Air Squats
30 Situps
20 Hand release pushups
10 Pullups

B. Overhead Squat: 3 sets of 4 at 70% of 1 rep max. Rest 3 minutes between sets

Post time for Baseline and load for OHS. Ex: 5:52 Rx, 155#.

And coming tomorrow…

5 Rounds For Time
7 Handstand Pushups
14 Pistols
21 Double unders**

**Scale to singles 4:1 (84).

Post time for WOD. Ex 7:50 Rx.

THUR 12.11.14 Baseline Read More »

December Save the Dates

4th Quarterly Progress Checks:Week of 12/8
Bring-A-Friend Day: Thursday 12/18 All Classes
CFM Holiday Party Friday 12/19 7-10pm. Click here to RSVP and for details.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8p: Open Gym- Casey

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Max Distance Handstand Walk

B. 20 minutes as many rounds as possible (AMRAP):
20 Thrusters (135/95)
20 Pullups
20 Burpees

Post max distance and rounds and reps for AMRAP. Ex: 24ft, 2+52

And coming tomorrow…

A. Baseline:
500m Row
40 Air Squats
30 Situps
20 Hand release pushups
10 Pullups

B. Overhead Squat: 3 sets of 4 at 70% of 1 rep max. Rest 3 minutes between sets

Post time for Baseline and load for OHS. Ex: 5:52 Rx, 155#.

WED 12.10.11 Read More »

December Save the Dates

4th Quarterly Progress Checks:Starting Week of 12/8
Bring-A-Friend Day: Thursday 12/18 All Classes
CFM Holiday Party Friday 12/19 7-10pm. Click here to RSVP and for details.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Richard
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
8p: Open Gym- Kelly

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Grace
30 Clean & Jerk for time (135/95)

B. 3 x 500m Row:
For every second difference than your time for first 500m Row complete 1 burpee before continuing to next row.

Post ime for Grace and time for 1st 500m row + total burpees completed.
Example: 2:10 Rx, 1:48, 8 burpees

And coming tomorrow…

A. Max Distance Handstand Walk

B. 20 minutes As many rounds as possible (AMRAP):
20 Thrusters (135/95)
20 Pullups
20 Burpees

Post max distance and rounds and reps for AMRAP. Ex: 24ft, 2+52

TUES 12.09.14 “Grace” Read More »

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8a: Open Gym- Casey
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Ben
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Ben
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
8p: Open Gym- Kelly

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. CrossFit Total
1 Rep Max Back Squat
1 Rep Max Shoulder Press
1 Rep Max Deadlift

B. 1 Minute Max Cals Airdyne

Post maxes and cals from bike. Ex: 250#, 165#, 335#, 32.

And coming tomorrow…

A. Grace
30 Clean & Jerk for time (135/95)

B. 3 x 500m Row:
For every second difference than your time for first 500m Row complete 1 burpee before continuing to next row.

Post ime for Grace and time for 1st 500m row + total burpees completed.
Example: 2:10 Rx, 1:48, 8 burpees

MON 12.08.14 4th Quarterly Progress Checks Read More »

Warming up the shoulders for Toes-to-bar

Quarterly Progress Checks

Next week 12/8-12/14 is the quarterly progress checks where we retest from August, May, and Feb of 2014. There will be benchmark WODs and lifts every day.

Is this your first Quarterly Check-In Week?

Here’s what’s about to go down…
1. Retest your baseline! For your first workout of the week, you’ll retest your Baseline as your warm-up. You also have the option to retest your Baseline WOD on Sunday at Open Gym on 12/7 or 12/14 from 11am-12pm OR any Open Gym during the week.
2. Goal-Setting & reflection: At the beginning of class on Mon & Tues, we’ll take 10 minutes to reflect on our progress over the last three months and set some goals for the next quarter. If you prefer to spend more time on goal-setting, join Mike next Wednesday evening, Dec 10th from 8-8:30pm for a goal-setting workshop. We’ll take some time to visualize what we want our future to be like, then set smaller, action steps to achieve our longer-term goals.
3. Record your results! If you haven’t been doing it already, now is the time to start tracking your progress in the gym. Use the Zen Planner Phone App, or you can track through the Zen Planner web page. Or Google Docs, or old school with a journal. We have journals available at the ProShop.

December Save the Dates

CFM New T-shirt Pre-Order 10% off Through Thursday 12/4. Click here to order.
4th Quarterly Progress Checks:Starting Week of 12/8
Bring-A-Friend Day: Thursday 12/18 All Classes
CFM Holiday Party Friday 12/19 7-10pm. Details TBA.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Ellen
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Ellen
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8p: Open Gym- Michael

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Bench Press: 3 sets of 5 reps. Worksets. Max reps final set.

B. “Resilience”
20 Minute EMOM
ODD: 15 Cal Row
EVEN: 15 Burpees

The first 2 minutes each athlete will work for 40 seconds;rest 20 seconds totaling as many burpees and calories as possible. For the remaining 18 minutes you will try to match those numbers you established during the first 2 minutes.

Post load and reps for Bench and score lowest number of cals and burpees completed in a minute.
Ex: 230#, 8 reps, 12/12.

And coming tomorrow…

A. Back Squat:
Every minute on the minute for 6 minutes 2 Back Squat at 85% of 1 RM
7th minute: Max unbroken reps

B. 4 Rounds
10 Jerk (95/65)
10 Kettlebell Swings (32/24kg)
100m Run
Rest 1 minute between rounds

Post load for back squat and time for WOD. Ex. 290#, 12:10.

WED 12.03.14 Quarterly Progress Checks next week! Read More »

All happy faces on the 1st leg of a 400m double medball carry.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
8a: Open Gym- Mike
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
4p: All Levels CrossFit- Amy
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Amy
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Amy

Postactivation Potentiation (PAP)

A Brief Review: by Roxanne Horwath and Len Kravitz, Ph.D
The underlying principle surrounding PAP is that prior heavy loading induces a high degree of central nervous system stimulation, resulting in greater motor unit recruitment and force, which can last from five-to-thirty minutes. The PAP phenomenon can potentially maximize performance of explosive based activities such as weightlifting, sprinting, jumping and throwing activities… (read more here).

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Thruster Complex: In 10 minutes work up to a heavy complex:
1 Squat Clean Thruster (“Cluster”)
2 Thrusters

B. Fran
21-15-9
Thrusters (95/65)
Pullups

Post load of complex and time to complete WOD. Ex: 155#, 4:15 Rx

And coming Saturday…

Partner Benchmark WOD: Kelly
Five rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 Box jump, 24″/20″ (Step downs only)
30 Wall ball shots, 20#/14# to 10′

For box jumps & wall balls, one person is working at a time. Partners must complete each 400m run together. Box jumps & wall balls cannot start until all team members are inside from each run.

Post time to complete WOD Ex. 22:55

FRI 08.22.14 Quarterly Progress Checks Read More »

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Jason
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Jason
8p: Open Gym- Jason

Workout of the Day

A. Strict Pullups: 1 set of max reps

B. Bodyweight Barbell Strength WOD:
500m Row
30 BW Back Squat
20 BW Deadlift

Post max reps for pullups and time to complete WOD: 18, 10:54 Rx (205#)

And coming tomorrow…

A. Thruster Complex: In 10 minutes work up to a heavy complex:
1 Squat Clean Thruster (“Cluster”)
2 Thrusters

B. Fran
21-15-9
Thrusters (95/65)
Pullups

Post load of complex and time to complete WOD. Ex: 155#, 4:15 Rx

THUR 08.21.14 Quarterly Progress Checks Read More »

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Amy
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Kelly
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8p: Open Gym- Casey