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Determined Jin. Opening the workout with kettlebell carries.

31Heroes WOD Hosted by CrossFit Midtown

Sign up to participate in the WOD on Saturday, August 1st from 9am-12pm. This WOD was created specifically to honor the 30 men and one dog that gave their lives for our country on August 6, 2011. It is 31 minutes long—one minute in remembrance of each hero. For more details of the event, WOD description, Open & Scaled divisions, heat times, and to register & donate click here.

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Overhead Squat (OHS) Ladder: In 16 minutes workup to a heavy Overhead Squat.
Maximum start weight: 95/65 (+10/5# per successful lift)

B. 10 Minute AMRAP
10 Wallballs (20/14) 10ft
10m Walking Lunges
10m Foot-hand crawl

Post max load for OHS. Post rounds and reps complete for WOD. 10m = 1 rep.
Ex: 165#, 6 + 10 Rx.

And coming tomorrow…

A. Every minute on the minute (EMOM) for 10 minutes:
(15 seconds work : 45 seconds rest)
ODD: Max reps strict handstand pushups (HSPU)
EVEN: Dead hang L-sit hold

B. 3 Rounds For Time [18 minute time cap]:
(10/8) Cal Row
8 Kettlebell Swings (24/16kg)
6 AbMat Situps w/ Medball (20/14)
(10/8) Cal Row
8 Kettlebell Swings (24/16kg)
6 GHD Situps

Post total reps of strict HSPU and time to finish WOD. Ex: 27, 10:55 Rx.

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Squatting From the Bottom Up. Squatting is life! You have to do it to get in and out of a car, even get off the toilet! Assessing overhead squats makes sure you have enough components of mobility and stabilization that work together to be successful. Here we go through a step by step approach of activating the right pillar system to train the correct movement pattern for squatting…Click here to read more: Dynamic Functional Mobility Series – Squatting From The Bottom Up (SBUp) “Repair+Recovery Workshop” by Lauren Polivka, DPT

Jonathan getting down to the bottom of an overhead squat

Summer Yoga Series at CrossFit Midtown

We have our 3rd guest Yoga Instructor this Saturday 6/27 at 12 PM as we continue our summer yoga series at CrossFit Midtown. For Annie Harbison yoga is a chance to discover, a time to receive, and a place to heal. It brings her to a state of wholeness and balance when She’s had a wreck of a day, and it allows her to express pure joy when everything is aligning just right in a stretch or pose. In Teaching, she’d liked for Yoga to remind us to stop controlling and to start letting go and immerse ourselves in the flow of things.

Join us on Saturday at 12pm for a special yoga class for CrossFitters lead by Annie Harbison!
Click here to reserve your spot online.

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. 12 minutes every minute on the minute (EMOM):
(30 seconds work: 30 seconds rest)
ODD: 1 Set of Max Consecutive Jump Rope (singles, continuous single+DU, or DU)
EVEN: Overhead Squats (OHS) (m=95:135 / w=65:95)

Score total Jump Rope from each round and total OHS. Ex: 205 DU, 34 Rx

B. Medball Bocce Ball!

And coming Saturday…

“D.C. al Fine”
PART 1
3 Minute AMRAP:
20 Cal Row
20 Situps
20 Box Jumps (24/20″)** Step downs only
20 Burpees
20 Wallball Shots (20# to 10ft / 14# to 9ft)**
20 KB Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (32/24kg)**
20 Bear Crawl Plate Circles
20m Sled Pull (90/45) + 20m Run. Fine.

1 Minute Rest

D.C. al Fine…
PART 2
Go back to the beginning and complete the Chipper to the end [12 minute time cap]

**Scaled:
Box Jumps (20/16″)
Wallballs (14# to 10ft/10# to 9ft)
KB Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (16/12kg)

Saturday Schedule

9a: All Levels CrossFit- Tom
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Tom
11a: All Levels CrossFit- Tom
12p: **Special Yoga for Crossfit**- Annie Harbison

Sunday Schedule

10a: All Levels CrossFit- Dyer
11a: Open Gym- Dyer

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Quarterly Progress Checks

This week 5/18-5/23 is the quarterly progress checks where we retest from February 2015. 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! You also have the option to retest your Baseline WOD at Open Gym during the week OR on Saturday, 5/23 on Make up Day…
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 Wednesday evening, May 20th from 8-830pm 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 on your phone, 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.
4. Saturday is a Make-Up Day. In the 11am Open Gym on Saturday you’ll have the chance to make up a workout you missed earlier in the week.

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- Michael
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 5 at 70% of 1 rep max. Rest 3 minutes between sets
Accrue 2 minutes L-sit hold on rings or parallettes.

Post time for Baseline and load for OHS. Ex: 3:56 Rx, 175#.

And coming tomorrow…

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

B. 4 x 500m Row:
For every second difference than your time for first 500m Row complete 1 burpee before continuing to next row.

Post time for Grace and time for 1st 500m row + total burpees completed for time difference per each following row. Example: Grace 2:12 Rx, 500m Row 1:48+12

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Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
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. Every minute on the minute (EMOM) for 8 minutes:
2 Snatch Balance

B.For Time:
Open: 100 Double Unders**
15-12-9-6-3
Overhead Squats (100/70)
Pullups
Close: 100 Double Unders

**Scale to Singles (3:1)

Post load for Snatch Balance and time to complete WOD. Ex: 140#, 8:49 Rx

And coming tomorrow…

A. Hang Clean: In 15 minutes work up to a heavy set of 3 reps.

B. 5 Rounds For Time:
7 Squat Clean Thrusters (m = 95:135 / w = 65/95)
7 Bar-facing Burpees

Post load for Hang Cleans and time to complete WOD. Ex 245#, 9:36 Rx+.

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"Watch me as I lift this weight." All eyes on Dick and Matt at 6am. — “Watch me as I lift this weight.” All eyes on Dick and Matt at 6am.

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- Michael
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Casey
8p: Open Gym- Casey

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Overhead Squat (OHS) Ladder: In 16 minutes workup to a heavy Overhead Squat.
Maximum start weight: 95/65 (+10/5# per successful lift)

B. Every minute on the minute (EMOM) for 10 minutes:
(30 seconds work : 30 seconds rest)
ODD: Max Front Rack Backward Lunge Steps (Rx = Bodyweight)
EVEN: Max Ring Rows

Post max load for OHS. Post total reps of lunges and total reps of ring rows.
Ex: 125#, 44 @ 175#, 41 Rx.

And coming tomorrow…

A. Every minute on the minute (EMOM) for 10 mintues:
(15 seconds work : 45 seconds rest)
ODD: Max reps strict handstand pushups (HSPU)
EVEN: Foot-hand crawl 2” balance beam 10yd

B. 8 Rounds For Time [20 minute time cap]:
10 Cal Row
8 Kettlebell Swings (24/16kg)
6 Toes to bar

Post total reps of strict HSPU and time to finish WOD. Ex: 27, 12:55.

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