CrossFit Games

Upcoming CFM Events

Friday 3/18:CFM Friday Night Lights (FNL). Click for more details about the Open Competition. Come join us for drinks and food to cheer on our athletes in the spirit of fitness!
Thursday 3/24:Bring-A-Friend Day!! Partner friendly all-levels CrossFit WOD during all classes. Invite a friend, family, or co-worker to join you for your workout. Email us to reserve your friends spot with you (include full name and friend’s contact email).
Saturday 4/2:Outdoor WOD and End of Open BBQ at CFM on Saturday after morning classes.

What is the most important part of the Wallball Shot?

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Brianna
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Justin
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Justin
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8p: Viewing 16.4 Live Announcement at CFM

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Weighted Pullups: 3 sets of 5. Work sets. Max reps on the final set.

B. 2 Rounds of
In 8 minutes OPEN: 400m run
As many repetitions as possible (AMRAP) in remaining time
8 Sumo-deadlift high pulls (m = 24/32, w = 16/24kg)
12 AbMat Situps
Rest 2 minutes

Post load and reps for pullups and total reps from 2 AMRAPs. Ex: 53#, 7 reps, 194 Rx.

And coming tomorrow…

Open 16.4: TBA

THUR 03.17.16 Read More »

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

Open 16.3

A. Kipping Progressions: In 10 minutes work on progressions for kipping pullup, C2B pullup, and bar muscle up.

B. Open 16.3
7 Minute AMRAP

Rx
10 Power Snatch (75/55)
3 Bar Muscle ups

Scaled
10 Power Snatch (45/35)
5 Jumping Chest-to-bar Pullups

Group Class Scaling options for Bar Muscle-ups: C2B pullups 1:1, pullups 1:1, BBAP 1:1, ring rows, jumping C2B pullups.

Post total reps completed in the AMRAP. Ex: 87 Rx.

And coming Saturday…

Partner WOD:
For Time [28 Minute Time Cap]:

Open: 50 Cal Row + 50 V-ups**

Then…
5 Rounds:
50 Air Squats
10 Tire Flips 200#
100m Run
100m Partner Carry

Close: 50 Cal Row + 50 V-ups**

All reps and distances are team totals.

At 3,2,1…go 1st partner starts on the row while the other begins v-ups. Athletes must switch rower every 10 cal but may partition the v-ups anyway. Only 1 partner working on v-ups at a time. Once the 50 cal and 50 v-ups are completed the team advances to the air squats. Only 1 partner working at a time on the air squats. Once squats are completed the team advances to the flips, run, and carry (these may be completed in any order): Tire flips may be partner flip or alternating (each team may only flip 1 tire); Only 1 athlete completes the 100m run and this may not be partitioned; and the 100m Carry may be partitioned any way so long as either partner is carried the entire time but athletes may switch as often as desired. When flip, run, and carry are completed, start the next round of air squats and so forth. After completing the 5th round, team advances back to the rower and must switch partners every 10 cal.

**Rx+ = 100 Cal Row + 100 V-ups

Post time to complete the workout. Ex: 23:20 Rx

Namaste
Click here to reserve your spot for yoga

Saturday Schedule

9a: All Levels CrossFit- Brianna
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Brianna
11a: All Levels CrossFit- Brianna
12:15p: Yoga- Richard Click here to reserve

Sunday Schedule

10a: All Levels CrossFit- Dyer
11a: Open Gym- Dyer
12:15p: Yoga- Annie Harbison. Click here to reserve

FRI 03.11.16 Open 16.3! Read More »

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

Open 16.2

Beginning on a 4-minute clock, complete as many reps as possible of the following triplet. If completed before 4 minutes, add 4 minutes to the clock and proceed to the next round adding weight to the squat clean with descending rep scheme:
Rx:
25 toes-to-bars
50 double-unders
15-13-11-9-7 squat cleans
m = 135, 185, 225, 275, 315
w = 85, 115, 145, 175, 205

Scaled:
25 hanging knee raises
50 single-unders
15-13-11-9-7 squat cleans
m = 95, 115, 135, 155, 185
w = 55, 75, 95, 115, 135

Additional Scaling Options for Classes:
Scaling T2B: K2A 1:1, T2R 1:1, Hanging Knee Raises 1:1, Situps 1:1
Scaling Double Unders: (DU+single) 25 reps, speed step 1:1, singles 1:1
L1 weights: (m = 65, 75, 95, 115, 135; w = 35, 45, 55, 65, 75)

In selecting which weights to go for the WOD select a weight ladder such that the 3rd round is below your 1RM Squat Clean OR (Power Clean + Front Squat). Either movement/combo is permitted.

Post total reps completed and tie break time for Double-unders. Ex: 259, 9:58 Rx

And coming Saturday…

Partner WOD
20 Minute AMRAP:
15 Push Jerks (m = 95/135, w = 55/95)
20 Burpee Box Jumps (24″/20″)
25 Deadlifts (m = 165/225, w = 105/155)
30 Cal Row

1 Partner working at a time. All reps are team totals. Partners may partition the rounds and reps any way.

Post total rounds and reps completed. Ex: 3+12 Rx+.

Saturday Schedule

9a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
11a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
12:15p: Yoga- Monica Miller Click here to reserve

Sunday Schedule

10a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
11a: Open Gym- Travis
12:15p: Deep Stretch Class- Michael. Click here to reserve

FRI 03.04.16 Open 16.2! Read More »

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

Open 16.1

Rx:
20 Minute AMRAP
8 OH Walking Lunge Steps (95/65)*
8 Bar Facing Burpees
8 OH Walking Lunge Steps*
8 CTB Pull Up

Scaled:
20 Minute AMRAP
8 FR Walking Lunge Steps (45/35)*
8 Bar Facing Burpees
8 FR Walking Lunge Steps*
8 Jumping Pull Ups

*Each set of 8 lunges counts as 5 reps toward total reps. Each round is 26 reps.

Post total reps completed. Ex: 212 Rx

And coming Saturday…

Partner WOD [22 Minute Time Cap]:
5 Rounds
200 Meter Run + 7 Power Cleans (m = 95/135, w = 65/95)
(m = 12/15, w = 9/12) Calorie Row + 30 Double-Unders

At 3,2,1 go… partner 1 starts on 200m run and partner 2 starts on 7 power cleans. When both are finished they switch and partner 2 completes the 200m run and partner 1 completes the cleans. Once the 1st couplet is completed by both partners then advance to the Row/Double Unders with 1 partner working at each station and then switching.

All rounds and reps are individual totals.

Post time for both partners to complete all 7 rounds. Ex: 18:34 Rx+.

Scale Doubles to 15 DU+singles, speed step 1:1, singles 1:1.

Saturday Schedule

9a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
11a: All Levels CrossFit- Travis
12:15p: Yoga- Monica Miller Click here to reserve

Sunday Schedule

10a: Open Gym- Dyer
11a: All Levels CrossFit- Dyer
12:15p: Yoga- Annie Harbison. Click here to reserve

FRI 02.26.15 Open 16.1! Read More »

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

FRI 06.26.15 Read More »

Hold on, and when you think you need to drop, hold on 15 seconds longer.

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Bench Press: 3 sets of 5. Worksets. Same weight each set. Max reps 3rd Set.

B. 10 minutes as many rounds as possible (AMRAP):
5 Pullups
9 Burpees
12 Kettlebell Deadlift (32/24 kg)

Post load and reps for bench and reps and rounds for AMRAP. Ex: 235#, 8 reps, 6+9 Rx.

And coming Saturday…

Team Randy + Tommy V
Teams of 2 or 3 [22 Minute Time Cap] Complete for Time:
75 Power Snatch (75/55)
Partner Pushup Position Plank Hold

15 Rope Climbs**
Partner Dead Hang Hold

45 Thrusters (115/75)
Partner Bottom Air Squat Hold

**Wear long socks or pants to protect your legs for rope climbs. Without long socks or pants rope climbs are not allowed.

All reps are team totals. For team of 2 only one person working at a time. While one person is working the other person must be in a static hold. For teams of 3, one person must be in a static hold for the entire workout. 3 tandem burpee penalty for coming out of hold.
Rx+ = Wall Handstand Hold, Chin-over Bar L-sit Hold, Bottom Pistol Hold.

Post time to complete WOD. Ex: 14:17 Rx.

Saturday Schedule

8:45a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
10a: All Levels CrossFit- Tom
No yoga today

Sunday Schedule

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

FRI 05.15.15 Atlantic Regional! Read More »

Today is CFM’s 3rd birthday!

Thanks to the entire CFM community for training with us over the years.
Whether you joined recently, or back in May of 2012, THANK YOU for building the CFM community.
We’ve enjoyed coaching you, PR-ing with you, suffering through grueling WODs together and just helping Midtown Atlanta become a fitter community.

There’s a lot of CrossFit action happening throughout our Anniversary weekend, and we hope you can join us for some of the fun starting right here at CFM tonight for the Anniversary party.
Join us in the back parking lot anytime between 6 & 9p for some food, drinks and good times.
Special thanks to the team at Midtown Life Studio for helping throw the shindig… they’ll be hanging out to do posture evaluations and answer any questions you have about chiropractic care.

This weekend Atlanta hosts the CrossFit Games Atlantic Regionals qualifier… the top finishers will represent our region in July at the CrossFit Games in California. CFMers are meeting at the box Fri at 9a to go watch the action, and again Sat at 9:30a. Post in the Facebook members group if you want to join us.

AND Sunday, CFM is co-hosting the Regionals After Party at CrossFit North Atlanta in West Midtown. Tickets are still available OR you can also register to volunteer. Visit GaAffiliateAlliance.org for more details, tickets or volunteer registration.

SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!

#TBT to our Opening Day blog picture of Dan & Lis handstanding outside the original CFM.

Today’s schedule

6a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7a: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
8a: Open Gym- Michael
12n: All Levels CrossFit- Justin
4p: Open Gym- Michael
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
7p: All Levels CrossFit- Michael
6-9p: CFM 3rd Anniversary Party!!

A. JumpNrope:
1 minute max speed singles (Left foot + Right foot = 1 rep)
Rest 3 minutes
1 minute max double unders

B. For Time [18 minute Time Cap]:
50 Double Unders
25 Wallball Shots (20/14) 10ft target
15 GHD Situps
10 Ring Pushups (Rx+ = Muscle Ups)
40 Double Unders
20 Wallball Shots
12 GHD Situps
8 Ring Pushups
30 Double Unders
15 Wallball Shots
9 GHD Situps
6 Ring Pushups

Post speed singles and double under reps and time for WOD. Ex: 92, 104, 10:12 Rx+

And coming tomorrow…

A. Bench Press: 3 sets of 5. Worksets. Same weight each set. Max reps 3rd Set.

B. 10 minutes as many rounds as possible (AMRAP):
5 Pullups
9 Burpees
12 Kettlebell Deadlift (32/24 kg)

Post load and reps for bench and reps and rounds for AMRAP. Ex: 235#, 8 reps, 6+9 Rx.

THURS 05.14.15 Happy Birthday CFM! Read More »

Thruster Like Froning, And A Few Tips To Do Them More Efficiently.If there’s one exercise that’s synonymous with CrossFit, it’s probably the thruster. Heck, the term thruster was first coined by CrossFit. Ask Games champ Rich Froning what he thinks the best exercise is and he’ll say it’s the thruster…Click here to read more: WHAT’S IN A THRUSTER? “Box Life Magazine”

Today’s schedule

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

Workout of the Day (WOD)

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

B. 4 Rounds For Time
6 Kettlebell Dead Clean (24’s/16’s kg)
8 Box Jumps (24”/20”)
10 Pushups
20 Lateral Hops (parallette bar)

Post load and reps for bench and post time for WOD. Ex: 230#, 6 reps, 8:13 Rx.

And coming Saturday…

Open 15.5:
27-21-15-9 reps for time of:
Row (calories)
Thrusters (95/65) (Scaled 65/45)

Saturday Restorative Yoga

Time: 12p -Monica Miller

Sunday

Time: 10a class, 11a open gym

FRI 03.27.15 Read More »

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- Richard
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Mike

Workout of the Day (WOD)

A. Jump rope: For 10 minutes (40 seconds work: 20 seconds rest)
Odd: Max double unders
Even: Pushup position plank hold

B. Tabata Complete This [20 minute time cap]:
In as few of Tabata rounds (20 seconds work: 10 seconds rest) as possible complete the following:
30 Calorie row
40 Burpees Plate Hop (45# plate)
50 One arm alternating kettlebell snatch (16/12kg)
60 Situps w/ med ball (20/14)
70 Double Unders (Singles 3:1)

Post number total double unders from 5 intervals and number of rounds taken to finish chipper. If time expires post number of total reps completed. Ex: 295, 24 Rx.

And coming Saturday…

Open 15.4:
Rx: Complete as many reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
3 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
6 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
9 handstand push-ups
3 cleans
12 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
15 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
18 handstand push-ups
6 cleans
21 handstand push-ups
9 cleans
Etc., adding 3 reps to the handstand push-up each round, and 3 reps to the clean every 3 rounds.

Men clean 185 lb.
Women clean 125 lb.

Scaled: Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
10 push presses
10 cleans

Men push press 95 lb. and clean 115 lb.
Women push press 65 lb. and clean 75 lb.

Saturday Yoga Cancelled

We will resume Yoga next Saturday, 3/28.

Sunday

Time: 10a class, 11a open gym

FRI 03.20.15 Read More »

Double Unders and Burpees still to come in 2015 Open.

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- Mike
5p: All Levels CrossFit- Mike
6p: All Levels CrossFit- Mike