Showing posts with label crossfit Houston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crossfit Houston. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Take a Look Around

Howdy!

Do you feel that there are some movements and exercises at Crossfit that you need more work on?  Do you typically arrive at your box 10, 15, or 30 minutes early to your class time? If you arrive early, do you just stand around and watch the class before you do the WOD and tell yourself, OMG I dont want to do that?

Well if you do, you are wasting valuable time.  Take this time to work on your double unders, Kipping Pull UPs or Muscle ups if there is room available.  Grab your jump rope and practice.  Jump on a bar and work on just your kipping motion.  Below is a link to a kipping tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTAJnIGm6c

Each week the time that you wait for class to start can add up to 30, 45, or 90 minutes of training time per week that you are losing.  Add that up per month.... Lots of time. 

Also, if there is room available at the racks, get some strength work in.  Do your Wendler's 5/3/1 work to increase your strength and your perfomance.  Work on clearns, press, jerks, snatches, any thing that will help you at the box.  Until next time

Stay healthy My Friends,
doug

Monday, June 14, 2010

Men's Summer Challenge Results

Howdy,

This past weekend I competed along with Vic, Micah, Cody, Kirk, John R, Kristian, Matt S, & Charlie J from Bayou City Crossfit competed at Crossfit Houston's Men's Summer Challange. Everyone did a great job and some of the competitors competed in their first competition.

The First WOD consisted of
15 - 100 lb duffle bag Get-Ups,
30 - 24in Lateral Burpees,
15 - 100 lb duffle bag Get-Ups.

The Second WOD was a 1.5 mile Cross Country Run with a 20 weighted Vest.
Top 50 % move on to the Third WOD (22 out of 43 moved on)

The Third WOD was
4 - 40 yd Sled push there and back
100 lb thrusters with dumb bells in sets 9-6-5.
Top 10 or whoever finishes moves on (6 out of 22 moved on)

The Fourth WOD was
500 m Row, 5 Squats, 5 KB Swings, 5 Box Jumps
1000 m Row, 10 Squats, 10 KB Swings, 10 Box Jumps
500 m Row,15 Squats, 15 KB Swings, 15 Box Jumps

I made it to the third WOD but was defeated by the Grass and Heat.
Vic, Micah, & John R made it to the finals, where Vic took Second Place.
Congratuations to everyone who competed, I can't wait till

Fajita WOD Megafest II
Coming in the Fall
Stay Healthy My Friends,
doug