Monday 20090105

Garage Gym:

Hang power clean

7×1 reps

Post loads to comments

Fit Hembrees;

Seven rounds for time of:

  • 10 Broomstick Cleans
  • 10 Burpees

Note: If a broom stick is not available just grab a book or shoe or lamp or any object.  These are full squat cleans taking the object from mid-shin.

Post time to comments:

 

Tuesday 20090106

Garage Gym:

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

  • 95 pound Thruster, 5 reps
  • 95 pound Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
  • 95 pound Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps

Post rounds completed to comments

Fit Hembrees:

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 Handstand Push-ups
  • 10 Sit-ups
  • 15 Squats

Post rounds completed to comments

Wednesday 20090107

Garage Gym:

Complete four rounds for time:

  • Run 400 meters
  • 15 Handstand Push-ups
  • 30 Pull-ups

Post time to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

Complete four rounds for time:

  • Run 400 meters
  • 15 Handstand Push-ups
  • 20 Squats

Post time to comments.

 

Thursday 20090108

Garage Gym:

With a continuously running clock do one 135 pound Clean and Jerk the first minute, two 135 pound Clean and Jerks the second minute, three 135 pound Clean and Jerks the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Post number of minutes completed to comments.

Compare to Thursday 20081002.

Fit Hembrees:

With a continuously running clock do one Piston the first minute, two Pistons the second minute, three Pistons the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Post number of minutes completed to comments.

Compare to Thursday 20081002.

Friday 20090109

Gragage Gym:

Front Squat 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Post loads to comments

Fit Hembrees:

Seven rounds for time of:

  • 5 Pushups
  • 10 Situps
  • 200 meter sprint

Post time to comments.

Monday 20090112

Garage Gym:

For time 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5 rep rounds of:

  • Virtual shoveling [wmv] [mov]
  • Pull-ups

With an Olympic bar holding only one plate (men use 45 pound plate, women use 25 pound plate), touch the plate on one side of the barrier then the other for one "rep." Barrier is 24."

Post time to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

Complete 16 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where you alternate between sit-ups and push-ups.

In other words, the odd intervals will be:

  • 20 seconds of sit-ups
  • 10 seconds of resta

and the even intervals will be:

  • 20 seconds of push-ups
  • 10 seconds of rest

Repeat for a total of 16 intervals.  There is no rest between intervals.

Post lowest number of sit-ups and push-ups completed to comments:

 

Tuesday20090113

Garage Gym:

"Michelle" (by Ground Zero)

21-15-9 reps for time of:

  • Hang Power Cleans
  • Overhead Squats

Use 135#, 95#, 45# or PVC pipe.

Post time to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

12-15-9 reps for time of:

  • Pistons (Jumping Squat)
  • Chest slap push ups

Post time to comments.

Thursday 20090115

Garage Gym:

For time:

  • 155 pound Power clean 15 reps
  • 30 Ring dips
  • 155 pound Power clean 12 reps
  • 24 Ring dips
  • 155 pound Power clean 9 reps
  • 18 Ring dips
  • 155 pound Power clean 6 reps
  • 12 Ring dips
  • 155 pound Power clean 3 reps
  • 6 Ring dips

Post time to comments

Fit Hembrees:

"Death by Push-ups"

With a continuously running clock do one push-up the first minute, two push-ups the second minute, three push-ups the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Post number of minutes completed to comments.

Compare to Wednesday 20081005.

Friday 20090116

Garage Gym:

"Death by Handstand Push-Ups (HSPUs)

With a continuously running clock do one HSPU the first minute, two HSPUs the second minute, three HSPUs the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Post number of minutes completed to comments.

Compare to Thursday 20080703

Fit Hembrees:

"Death by Squats"

With a continuously running clock do one air-squat the first minute, two squats the second minute, three squats the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.

Use as many sets each minute as needed.

Post number of minutes completed to comments.

Compare to Thursday 20080703

 

Monday 20090119

 

Garage Gym:

"Isabel"

For time:

  • Snatch 135 pounds, 30 reps

Use 95 pounds, 65 pounds or broomstick as needed and post time and load to comments.

Post time to comments.

Compare to Tuesday 20080922.

Fit Hembrees:

3 rounds for time of:

  • 5 Burppees
  • 10 Hand Stand Pushups
  • 15 Pistons
  • 20 Bench/Chair Dips Dips

Post time to comments.

Compare to Tuesday 20080922.

 

 

Tuesday 20090120

Garage Gym:

"Tabata Something Else"

Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where

  • the first 8 intervals are pull-ups,
  • the second 8 are push-ups,
  • the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally,
  • the last 8 intervals are squats.

There is no rest between exercises.

Post total reps from all 32 intervals to comments.

Compare to Monday 20081201

Fit Hembrees:

Tabata Something Else" (mod.)

Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where

  • the first 8 intervals are squats,
  • the second 8 are push-ups,
  • the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally,
  • the last 8 intervals are BURPEES.

There is no rest between exercises.

Post total reps from all 32 intervals to comments.

Compare to Monday 20081201.

 

Thursday 20090122

Garage Gym:

Fran
21-15- and 9 reps, for time of:

  • 95 pound Thruster
  • Pull-ups

Post time to comments.
(Substitute body rows or jumping pull-ups for pull-ups as necessary)
Check out this video for a demonstration of performing a thruster: video

Compare to Wedesday 20081203

Fit Hembrees:

3 rounds For time:

  • Run 400m
  • 5 HSPU
  • 10 situps

Post Time to Comments:
Compare to Wedesday 20081203

 

Friday 20090123

Garage Gym:

"CrossFit Total"

  • Back squat, 1 rep
  • Shoulder Press, 1 rep
  • Deadlift, 1 rep

"The CrossFit Total is the sum of the best of three attempts at the squat, the press, and the deadlift, the three most effective lifts in existence for developing and testing functional strength."

Post loads to comments

Compare to Thursday 20080814

Fit Hembrees:

"5 prayers"

Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:

  • 5 squats
  • 5 broom stick hang cleans
  • 5 lunges
  • 5 6" Hops (mark a spot 6" higher than your highest fingertip reach, then jump to touch the spot 10 times)

Post rounds completed to comments:

To scale this WOD cut the number or reps to 8, 6, or 4 and/or amount of time to 15 minutes

Compare to Thursday 20080814

Monday 20090126

Garage Gym:

"Barbara"

Five rounds, each for time of:

  • 20 Pull-ups
  • 30 Push-ups
  • 40 Sit-ups
  • 50 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round.

Post time for each of five rounds to comments.

Compare to Monday 20081005

Fit Hembrees:

"Barbara" the short

Five rounds, each for time of:

  • 30 Push-ups
  • 40 Sit-ups
  • 50 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round.

Post time for each of five rounds to comments.

Compare to Monday 20081005

Wednesday 20090128

Garage Gym:

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 D-Ball Slams
  • 10 D-Ball Push ups (alternate hands)
  • 15 D-Ball Sit-up Throws to wall.

Use a 20# Ball for all exercises.

Post number of rounds completed to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

For time:

21-15-9 reps of:

  • Jumping Squats
  • Handstand pushups

Post time to comments.

(workout curtesy of Eva T.)

Friday 20090130

Garage Gym:

For time 21 15 9 reps of:

  • 20" Box Jump with (2) 45# Dumbells
  • Weighted Pullups – 45#

Post time to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

Practice one legged squats for 20 minutes.

I will be adding these to the workouts.

Record experience in the comments.

Monday 20090202

Garage Gym:

For time

  • 50 Box Jumps
  • 10 Kettlebell Swings (1.5 Pood)
  • 40 Box Jumps
  • 20 Kettlebell Swings (1.5 Pood)
  • 30 Box Jumps
  • 30 Kettlebell Swings (1.5 Pood)
  • 20 Box Jumps
  • 40 Kettlebell Swings (1.5 Pood)
  • 10 Box Jumps
  • 50 Kettlebell Swings (1.5 Pood)

Post time to comments.

Fit hembrees:

For time:

  • 100 Broom stick cleans

Post time to comments.

 

Wednesday 20090204

Garage Gym:

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 Handstand Pushups
  • 5 Back Extents

Post rounds completed to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 Handstand Pushups
  • 5 Situps

Post rounds completed to comments.

Thursday 20090205

Garage Gym:

Garage is closed.

  • Work on muscleups or kipping pullups

Post experience to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

  • Practice handstands.

Post experience to comments.

Friday 20090205

Garage Gym:

The Bear Complex:

Seven Rounds of: 

5 times through the following sequence = one round

  • Powerclean
  • Push-Press
  • Push-Jerk
  • Back Squat
  • Push Jerk 

Increase the load on the bar between each round.

This is not a timed effort.

You can rest the bar anywhere EXCEPT on the ground during a round.

Post loads to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

5 rounds of

  • Run 400 meters
  • 50 squats
  • 50 situps

Post time to comments

Monday 20090209

Garage Gym:

For time:

21-15-9 reps of:

  • Deadlift 275 pounds
  • Ring Dips

Post time to comments.

Fit Hembrees:

"Samon"

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

  • 5 Pushups
  • 10 Situps
  • 15 Supermen

Post rounds competed to comments.

 

Tuesday 20090210

Garage Gym:

Clean and Jerk:

1-1-1-1-1-1-1

Post loads to comments:

Fit Hembrees:

For time:

Alternating one legged squats, 50 each leg.

Post time to comments.

Wednesday 20090211

Garage Gym:

Complete as many rounds as you can in 20 minutes of:

  • 10 Pull up
  • 10 Dip
  • 10 Overhead Squats, 95 pounds

(Courtesy of CrossFit Santa Cruz)

Fit Hembrees:

Tabata Twins:

Two rounds of:

  • Complete 16 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are push-ups and the second 8 intervals are sit-ups
  • Run 400m

Post lowest reps completed for each exercise and the time of each run.