05 March 2013

Are you ready?

Power WOD

Find your 1 rep max Power Snatch

Conditioning WOD

Row, 750 m
10 Pull-ups
20 Sit-ups (20/14# medicine ball)
30 Medicine Ball Cleans, 20/14 lbs
40 Hollow Rocks
50 Double Unders
Run, 400 m

All New Power Hour

Need more power?  Dr Andy now coaches a Power Hour at 5:30am every Thursday!

Power WOD

Deadlift 3 x 5
5 x 10m Resisted Sprints

CrossFit WOD

3 Rounds of:

3 Deadlifts (90% of Power Wod weight)
10 Sit-ups
15 Bar-facing Burpees

Thrusters and Sit-ups

For those running the Tiny Tim’s Toy Factory 5k on Saturday we will leave from the gym at 6:00am.  You can register through today online, or at the race.

For those of you who DON’T run the 5k, we will be doing a fun little WOD on Saturday called “Worse than a 5k” to celebrate Turbo (and Kai’s) birthdays   It will involve sleds.

17 August 2012

Power WOD

Back Squat 5 x 3
Bar Muscle-up Practice

CrossFit WOD

8 min AMRAP

8 Thrusters 65/95
15 Sit-ups

Mobility WOD

Fix that bound down shoulder

Hennie Mullers

Monday, 7 August 2012

Hennie Muller was a South African rugby player nicknamed “The Greyhound” for his exceptional speed, developed through his eponymous workout.

Power WOD

Back Squat 3 RM
Max Chin-ups x 3

CrossFit WOD

Beginner: 1 set (3 sprints); Intermediate 2 sets (6 sprints); Advanced 3 sets (9 Sprints)

  • 15 Squats
  • 15 Sit-ups
  • 15 Push-ups
  • Hennie Muller Sprints (Sprint the width on Rnd 1, length on Rd2 and diagonal on Rd 3 of a rugby pitch.  Jog the other 2 segments)

1 min rest between each run.

Record total time.

Mobility WOD

High Jump

Weightlifting: an Olympic 2012 expert’s guide – video




Hannah Powell, the current holder of the British weightlifting women’s Under-23 records in the 48kg class, explains the difference between the two disciplines, the snatch and the clean-and-jerk. She also explains the basic rules of the sport, the importance of stance for lifters, and how to tell when a lifter is really on form

01 August 2012

Power WOD

Deadlift 3×5
3 x 5 Weighted Dips

CrossFit WOD

9min AMRAP

3 Overhead Squats
3 Box Jumps (24/32)
10 Sit-ups

CrossFit Mobility WOD

Filet Mignon

CrossFit Portable Childcare Center

In anticipation of our future CrossFit Kids program, we are please to announce the opening of our portable child center!  The child center is open anytime, so long as it isn’t being used for hammer strikes or flips for distance.

Our childcare center is now open!

 CrossFit WOD

5 Rounds of:

10 Thrusters (65/95#)
20 Sit-ups

CrossFit Mt Olympus Home Workout

5 Rounds of:

10 Burpees
20 Sit-ups

CrossFit Mobility WOD

Open your filet mignon

Kettlebell Michael

CrossFit WOD

Kettlebell Michael

Today we’re doing the hero workout “Michael” but substituting kettlebell swings for back extensions.  If you want to do the traditional benchmark, feel free.

3 Rounds of:

800m Run
50 Sit-ups
50 Kettlebell Swings (35/53#)

CrossFit Home WOD

5 Rounds of:

10 Push -ups
20 Squats
30 Sit-ups

 CrossFit Mobility

Brian McKenzie of CrossFit Endurance talks about how to warm up for a run

Introducing CrossFit Mt Olympus Home WODs

Hey kids, you can play the CrossFit Mt Olympus Home Game!  In addition to our normal CrossFit WOD, we’ll program one you can do at home with little to no equipment.  These are perfect for days you don’t come in at home and shy athletes who hang out on the site while summoning the courage to come in and workout with us!

CrossFit WOD

50, 40, 30, 20, 10 Reps of :

Double Unders
Floor Wipers (55/75#)

Mobility WOD

Mobilize ankle and achilles tendon using the Mulligan technique

Home WOD

5 rounds for time of:

15 Burpees
15 Sit-ups

 

Monday, 02 April 2012

CrossFit WOD

2 Rounds of:

400 m Run
10 Pull-ups
20 Push-ups
30 Sit-ups
40 Air Squats

Rest 2 minutes between rounds.  Record total time

Wendler 5/3/1

5-5-5

Shoulder Press and Back Squats

Weights will be determined by your starting point. 
Talk with your coach if you need to print out the spreadsheet.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

CrossFit Games WODs begin tomorrow.

If you are competing in the open, scale this back.  Do the strength WOD and 2 rounds of Fluffy Barbara with just bodyweight.

 

CrossFit WOD

Fluffy Barbara

3 Rounds of:

10 Strict Pull-ups (no kipping)
15 Weighted Push-ups 25#/45#
20 Sit-ups
25 Goblet Squats 35#53#

Strength WOD

Either before or after the CrossFit WOD do:

3×5 Sets of Overhead Squats with light weight

3-3-3 Overhead Squats with a weight you can manage perfect form