December 2009
1 post
Cardiovascular fitness is associated with... →
November 2009
5 posts
As many repetitions as possible:
Parallette Jump Throughs
Time for the Jump Throughs is as long as the partner needs to do 20 Jumping Muscle Ups. 3 rounds, winner is the partner with the highest total Parallette Jump Throughs.
Max effort:
Back Squat 5-5-5-5-5
The Experience... →
… of the Scandinavian Crossfit Challenge (Blair Morrison)
Scandinavian CrossFit Challenge 2009 →
Thanks to CrossFit Nordic (and Eleiko) for a breathtaking weekend!
October 2009
9 posts
3 rounds for time:
20 Kettlebell Swings
50m Sprint
12 Wall Balls
10m Walking Lounges
100m Sprint
10m Walking Lounges
3 rounds for time:
Bear Crawl (3 floors)
15 Ball Slams
Run 600m
For time:
21 Wall Balls, Double Unders
run up 6 floors
15 Wall Balls, Double Unders
run up 6 floors
09 Wall Balls, Double Unders
run up 6 floors
1 rep max weight:
deadlift
bench press
backsquat
aka. powerlifting
For time:
with a 20kg backpack
run up 7 floors with a 20kg hose
hoist up a 20kg hose 7 floors
workout based on the first part of the Firefighter’s Combat Challenge course.
3 Rounds for max reps:
1 minute Dips
1 minute Wall Balls
1 minute Box Jumps
1 minute Burpees
1 minute rest
Scaled “Fight Gone Bad” from CrossFit.
Exercise and gene expression: →
Physiological regulation of the human genome through physical activity. (Booth, Chakravarthy, Spangenburg)
For time:
21 Kettlebell Swings (24kg)
21 Burpees
15 Kettlebell Swings (24kg)
15 Burpees
09 Kettlebell Swings (24kg)
09 Burpees
September 2009
9 posts
For time:
20 sec Walking Lounges
10 sec Sprint
Repeat until you cover a distance of 400m.
For time:
100 Pull Ups
100 Push Ups
100 Sit Ups
100 Air Squats
“Angie” from CrossFit.
For time:
400m Run
21 Burpees
400m Run
15 Burpees
400m Run
09 Burpees
For time:
21 Pull Ups, Air Squats, Push Ups
400m Run
15 Pull Ups, Air Squats, Push Ups
400m Run
09 Pull Ups, Air Squats, Push Ups
The use of therapeutic medications for soft-tissue... →
For time:
20 Push Ups
40 Sit Ups
200m Walking Lounges
40 Sit Ups
20 Push Ups
For time:
25 Burpees
150m Shuttle Run
25 Air Squats
August 2009
15 posts
Burpeeball:
A Basketball game in where after each point every team member of the team not scoring the point has to do as many Burpees as the other teams current score is. If a team member can’t finish all Burpees within 45 seconds he or she is removed from the team. The team with the last player on the field wins.
Group Workout for time:
400m Kettlebell Run (32kg)
50 Obstacle Burpees
30 Ring Dips
50 Kettlebell Swings (32kg)
30 Ring Dips
50 Obstacle Burpees
400m Kettlebell Run (32kg)
Each Group has two people. Number of repetitions for each exercise are shared by members. Scale workout by reducing the weight of the Kettlebell; doing regular Burpees; reducing the repetitions of each exercise by 10.
Physiological role of adipose tissue: →
white adipose tissue as an endocrine and secretory organ. (Trayhurn, Beattie)
Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.
– Salvador Dali (via bephf)
For time:
21 Medicine Ball Clean, Burpees, Sit Ups
20m Shuttle Run
15 Medicine Ball Clean, Burpees, Sit Ups
20m Shuttle Run
09 Medicine Ball Clean, Burpees, Sit Ups
Scale workout by replacing the Medicine Ball Cleans with Sumo Deadlift High Pulls or Air Squats and the Burpees with Push Ups.
Impermanence →
“You see this goblet?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master.
“For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it.
It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in
beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it.
But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over
or my elbow brushes it off the...
Sir Ken Robinson →
Schools Kill Creativity (19 m)
Sir Ken Robinson →
A New View of Human Capacity (1h 28m)
For time:
hold Pull Up top position for 2 minutes
5 Shuttle Runs (20m, start and stop from prone position)
1000m Run
3 Muscle Ups
10 Pull Ups
10 Burpees
Workout inspired by the new BFT of the German Bundeswehr.
Scale workout by removing the Muscle Ups, the Pull Ups, the Burppes and by reducing the holding time to 45 seconds.
Maximum repetitions of
120 seconds Sumo Deadlift High Pulls, Sit Ups, Double Unders
090 seconds Sumo Deadlift High Pulls, Sit Ups, Double Unders
060 seconds Sumo Deadlift High Pulls, Sit Ups, Double Unders
030 seconds Sumo Deadlift High Pulls, Sit Ups, Double Unders
Scale workout by removing the 120 second block, replacing the Sumo Deadlift High Pulls with Air Squats and the Double Unders with Push Ups.
...
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly...
– Aristotle (via bephf)
3 rounds for time:
3 Muscle Ups
7 Burpees
7 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls
800m Run
3 Muscle Ups
7 Burpees
7 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls
Rest 3 minutes between each round. Scale workout by doing 7 Pull Ups instead of Muscle Ups; reducing the number of rounds to 2; increasing the rest period to 5 minutes; removing the Burpees and reducing the number of of Pull Ups to 5, 3 or 1.
Bottom to Bottom Tabatas:
Do as many Air Squats as possible in 20 seconds. Rest for 10 seconds. Repeat 8 times. Resting position is the deep squat.
July 2009
22 posts
For time:
400m Sprint
21 Overhead Squats
15 Deadlifts
09 Burpees
15 Deadlifts
21 Overhead Squats
400m Sprint
Scale by reducing Sprint to 200m, Air Squats instead of Overhead Squats, Walking Lounges instead of Deadlifts and Push Ups instead of Burpees.
3 rounds for time:
03 Pull Ups
12 Kettlebell Swings
200 Sprint
3 rounds for time:
12 Pull Ups
21 Kettlebell Swings
200m Sprint
Scaled “Helen” from CrossFit.
Tabatas
8 rounds for time:
20 sec Sprint
10 sec rest
8 rounds for time:
20 sec Push ups
10 sec rest
8 rounds for time:
20 sec Squats
10 sec rest
Modified “Tabata Something Else” from CrossFit.
As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes:
1 Pull Up
3 Push Ups
6 Air Squats
1 round for time:
7 Ring Dips
100m Sprint
30 Double Unders
70m Walking Lounges
12 Wall Balls (10kg)
200m Sprint
12 Burpees
Tell your Athletes, after finishing the Burpees, that you lied to them and that they have to go for another round (i.e. for a total of two rounds). Don’t do that often!
I am not seeking perfection. It’s unattainable. What I am striving for is...
– Tiger Woods
4 rounds for time:
max. repetitions Walking Lounges
max. repetitions Push Ups
max. repetitions Air Squats
2 minutes rest
4 rounds for time:
200m Sprint
30 Overhead Squats
Training in the fasted state. →
Effect of training in the fasted state on metabolic responses during exercise with carbohydrate intake