December 2009
1 post
Cardiovascular fitness is associated with... →
Dec 8th
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.
Nov 19th
Max effort:
Back Squat 5-5-5-5-5
Nov 7th
The Experience...  →
… of the Scandinavian Crossfit Challenge (Blair Morrison)
Nov 6th
Scandinavian CrossFit Challenge 2009 →
Thanks to CrossFit Nordic (and Eleiko) for a breathtaking weekend!
Nov 2nd
Nov 2nd
October 2009
9 posts
3 rounds for time:
20 Kettlebell Swings 50m Sprint 12 Wall Balls 10m Walking Lounges 100m Sprint 10m Walking Lounges
Oct 25th
3 rounds for time:
Bear Crawl (3 floors) 15 Ball Slams Run 600m
Oct 18th
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
Oct 18th
1 rep max weight:
deadlift bench press backsquat aka. powerlifting
Oct 18th
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.
Oct 18th
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.
Oct 13th
Exercise and gene expression: →
Physiological regulation of the human genome through physical activity. (Booth, Chakravarthy, Spangenburg)
Oct 7th
Oct 5th
For time:
21 Kettlebell Swings (24kg) 21 Burpees 15 Kettlebell Swings (24kg) 15 Burpees 09 Kettlebell Swings (24kg) 09 Burpees
Oct 1st
September 2009
9 posts
For time:
20 sec Walking Lounges 10 sec Sprint Repeat until you cover a distance of 400m.
Sep 28th
Sep 26th
For time:
100 Pull Ups 100 Push Ups 100 Sit Ups 100 Air Squats “Angie” from CrossFit.
Sep 26th
For time:
400m Run 21 Burpees 400m Run 15 Burpees 400m Run 09 Burpees
Sep 20th
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
Sep 14th
The use of therapeutic medications for soft-tissue... →
Sep 10th
For time:
20 Push Ups 40 Sit Ups 200m Walking Lounges 40 Sit Ups 20 Push Ups
Sep 9th
For time:
25 Burpees 150m Shuttle Run 25 Air Squats
Sep 6th
Sep 1st
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.
Aug 31st
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.
Aug 29th
Physiological role of adipose tissue: →
white adipose tissue as an endocrine and secretory organ. (Trayhurn, Beattie)
Aug 27th
“Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.”
– Salvador Dali (via bephf)
Aug 26th
2 notes
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.
Aug 26th
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...
Aug 24th
Sir Ken Robinson →
Schools Kill Creativity (19 m)
Aug 23rd
Sir Ken Robinson →
A New View of Human Capacity (1h 28m)
Aug 23rd
1 note
Aug 23rd
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.
Aug 23rd
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. ...
Aug 21st
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly...”
– Aristotle (via bephf)
Aug 21st
4 notes
Aug 18th
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.
Aug 16th
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.
Aug 15th
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.
Jul 29th
3 rounds for time:
03 Pull Ups 12 Kettlebell Swings 200 Sprint
Jul 27th
3 rounds for time:
12 Pull Ups 21 Kettlebell Swings 200m Sprint Scaled “Helen” from CrossFit.
Jul 27th
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.
Jul 24th
As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes:
1 Pull Up 3 Push Ups 6 Air Squats
Jul 19th
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!
Jul 19th
Jul 18th
“I am not seeking perfection. It’s unattainable. What I am striving for is...”
– Tiger Woods
Jul 18th
4 rounds for time:
max. repetitions Walking Lounges max. repetitions Push Ups max. repetitions Air Squats 2 minutes rest
Jul 16th
4 rounds for time:
200m Sprint 30 Overhead Squats
Jul 16th
Training in the fasted state. →
Effect of training in the fasted state on metabolic responses during exercise with carbohydrate intake
Jul 16th