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31 posts from December 2008

December 21, 2008

.COM Rest day Tomorrow, we will be making up a workout we missed or doing a workout that I come up with!

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep in mind this schedule is not set in stone, if you have a problem with it please let me know, otherwise this is the schedule. If there is a lot of feedback saying I need to add a class, I will. These are the minimum classes we will offer, potentially more will be added asap.

Mon 12/22/08 Regular Schedule

Tues 12/23/08 Regular Schedule

Wends 12/24/08 Morning classes at 8:00am 9:00am and 10:00am

Thurs 12/25/08 No Classes

Friday 12/26/08 Noon Class, 3:30,4:30, and 5:30pm

Sat 12/27/08 Regular Schedule

Sun 12/28/08 10:00am Class

Mon 12/29/08 Regular Schedule

Tues 12/30/08 Regular Schedule

Wends 12/31/08 Morning Classes at 8:00am 9:00am and 10:00am

Thurs 1/1/09 No Classes

Friday 1/2/09 Noon Class 3:30, 4:30, and 5:30pm

Sat and there after Regular Schedule

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Workout Options for Tomorrow:

A) Make up a workout you missed this past week

B) Practice something you suck at

C) Participate in the workout of my choice

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Results from Today:

Several of you left without putting your scores up, I apologize for not having them on here.


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See you tomorrow!

December 20, 2008

Cindy or Mary!!!! Who will you choose????

Great first day back! Not as many people showed up as I thought today, I think everyone was tired from the filthy fifty yesterday. In either case it was a good day!

We will be having a 10:00AM CLASS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!

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Workout for Tomorrow:

"Cindy"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats

OR

"Mary"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 One legged squats, alternating
15 Pull-ups

Post your choice of girls and rounds completed to comments.

Compare to 080515.

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Pictures from Today:

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Bruce doing a Turkish get up with one of Yu-Yings son's, nice job bro!

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Results from Today

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Crossfit Santa Clara's newest members Patrick, Brian, Darlene, and below is Scott. Everyone that enrolled today seemed very motivated and ready to get started in Crossfit. Scott is only with us for a month before he has to go back to school but is ready to learn as much as he can while he is here. Patrick GOT HIS FIRST MUSCLE UP TODAY, instantly making him a badass!!!! Brian and Darlene both come from a globo gym background and are ready to switch over to the good side. If you see any of the above members please welcome them to the gym. Welcome to the family!

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See you all Tomorrow!

800 Meter Time!!!!

I just got back from a long day of traveling so I will keep this one pretty short.

Schedule for Tomorrow:

9:00am Regular Class

10:00am Practice what you suck at class

11:00am Open Gym

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Workout for Tomorrow:

Four rounds, each for time of:
800 meter run

Rest as needed between efforts.

Post times for each round to comments.

Compare to 080507.

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See you guys tomorrow!

 

December 18, 2008

Filthy Fifty Tomorrow!!!

So I am 100% rejuvenated and ready to come back better than ever on Saturday. It's funny how vacation works, or at least for me. I love vacation, but I also love coming back home. I am one of the lucky few that can say I have a bad ass job that I actually look forward to going to!!

I hear you guys did Big Girls Day! Getting to choose between Fran, Grace, and Karen was a great idea Dave.

CLASS SCHEDULE FOR TOMORROW:

7:00am Dave will be at the gym at 6:30am if you would like to come early

12:00pm

5:30pm

CLASS SCHEDULE FOR SAT:

9:00am

10:00am practice what you suck at

CLASS SCHEDULE FOR SUN:

10:00am

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE WILL BE UP BY SATURDAY, we wll have alot of classes don't worry!

 

GUARANTEED ASS KICKER TOMORROW!!!!

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Workout for Tomorrow:

For time:
50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders

Post time to comments.

Compare to 081018.

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Filthy Fifty demo by Muscle Fitness Magazine:

Pictures from Today:


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See you guys on Sat!

December 17, 2008

.COM Rest Day, we will be making up a Workout we missed or doing Dave's SURPRISE WOD!!!

ANOTHER GREAT DAY FOR DAVE! So I heard that this one was an ass kicker as expected! Tomorrow is a .COM rest day so as usual you will have several choices on what to do tomorrow.

A Few notes:

Big Steve, where have you been?

We will be having class on Friday at 7am and 5:30pm for sure! Noon class is questionable only because there is not a very high demand, 3:30 and 4:30 have been canceled this week unless there is a huge demand that Dave and I don't know about, but we will have class on Sunday!

Workout Options for Tomorrow:

A) Make up a workout you missed from this week

B) Participate in Dave's Surprise Workout!

C) Come in and practice something you suck at if you feel burnt from this week


 A little break dancing:


Pictures from Today compliments of Dave:

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Dave, Herm (Crossfit Los Altos celebrity appearance) and Keith after the noon class

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The 5:30 crew, nice smile Bruce and Lee, good to see you Nav and all the others killin it!

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Results from Today, my favorite part is the comment on the right KEEP YOUR SHIT LEGIT! Thanks Dave, it will only help all of you guys in the future to compare your results.

Have fun tomorrow!

December 16, 2008

L Pull Ups!!! Dave's Day 3 Tomorrow!

Again, seemed like another great day at the box! I ended up doing 4 rounds for time of 25 burpees and 10 HSPU's. I wish you guys could have been there to watch everyone look at me like a nut in the hotel gym, priceless!

Holiday Schedule:

PLEASE GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT TIME'S YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE CLASS NEXT WEEK!!!

This weekend we will have class at 9am and 10am on Sat and a 10am on Sunday, however next week is up in the air, please help me out by letting me know what works for you. Please post to comments, email me, or tell Dave.

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Workout for Tomorrow:

Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:
Run 400 meters
15 L-Pull-ups
15
Hip Extensions

Post rounds completed to comments.

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2 Notes:

If you are unable to do a L Pull up, do not worry! Try your best to complete one, if you can't then do a leg lift followed by a pull up, if you can't do that then try a knee lift followed by a pull up, if you can't do that then go as high as you can with your knees followed by a pull up however you can complete one (jumping, bands, ect) For those of you that can perform an L Pull up KEEP YOUR SHIT LEGIT! It is very difficult to do more than one L Pull up in a row without having your legs drop or not getting full extension with your arms. What I recommend is do one at a time, start by bringing your feet up then do the pull up, do not start pulling before you have done the L sit.

Please take the time to watch the video link above. Remember that with the hip extension we want to maintain a lumbar curve throughout the movement and fire with our gluts and hams to generate the momentum to get us back up. This is unlike the back extension where we break the lumbar curve and look more like a snake on the way up and down.

Do this workout right and you guys will be sore as hell!! L Pull Ups are no joke!

A few Pics from the Day compliments of Dave:

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Yu-Ying is kicking ass!!!!! Mother of two, weighing in at 100lbs and split jerking 80lbs, great job!!

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Dave wanted to hit everyone with a little extra met-con 3 rounds 21 KB swings 2 pood 21 Wall Ball shots, sounds rough

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Results from Today, nice Pr's guys!

Have fun tomorrow!

December 15, 2008

Split Jerk Time!!!!!!!!!!!

After talking to Dave and a few others it seems like everything is going great back home! Many of you seemed to enjoy the workout today and put up some killer times.

A big thank you to Dave on his first day running the gym!

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Workout for Tomorrow:

Split Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Post loads to comments

Please watch the video below, it gives more information on split jerk technique from one of the best in the business Coach B. Tomorrow some of you may find yourself more uncomfortable with this movement than you think, if so take it light and work on technique, but first watch this video and listen to Dave.

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Split Jerk Overview:

Pictures from today compliments of Dave:

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Rick after what must have been a pretty impressive performance with the time he got!

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The results from Today.

December 14, 2008

2008 Crossfit Games Deadlift Burpee WOD!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Sunday rest day and are ready to hit it hard tomorrow. The workout for tomorrow is great! It was one of the events at the games and is a quick, crazy and get down to business workout.

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Workout for Tomorrow

Five rounds for time of:
275 pound Deadlift, 5 reps Womens weight 185#
10 Burpees

The best time at the Games was about 2:23 or so just as a goal to shoot for.

Remember the key components of the deadlift:

Lumbar Curve

Weight is in your heels

Shoulders are in front of or on top of the object you are moving

Go Fast!!!! Keep the weight at a moderate load that is safe but still challenging, many of you should be able to do this RxD.

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As I mentioned Yesterday I will be out of town this week, therefore:

If you are a member of Crossfit Santa Clara and have any issue that needs to be resolved ASAP please feel free to call Dave at 262-844-8158 or email him at dhcohodes@gmail.com

If you are not a member of Crossfit Santa Clara and would like more information please feel free to email me at Jason@crossfitsantaclara.comI will be checking my email's daily and keeping in contact with anyone who needs anything this week.

 

Found this on the Web and wanted to share it with you guys. I know many of you are going out of town for the Holidays and I thought that these would give you a good base to go off of when determining the workouts you do on vacation.

Workouts on the Road

On the road and don't want to miss your Crossfit Workouts? Then this is the page for you. Check out Eva T's body weight workouts. For those of you that don't know, Eva Twardokens is - in a lot of the CrossFit videos and is an amazing athlete.  She is a 2x Olympian and was a 12 year member of the US ski team.

Run 1/2 mile 50 air squats - 3 rounds.

10 push-ups 10 sit ups 10 squats - 10 rounds.

200 air squats for time.

“Susan” Run 200m 10 squats 10 push ups 5 rounds.

Sprint 200m and do 25 push ups, 3 rounds.

10 Handstand push ups and a 200m run 3 rounds.

Tabata squats and tabata pushups.

5 push ups 5 squats 5 sit ups, 20 rounds.

Walk 100 meters on your hands, even if it is 2 meters at a time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 sets of sit-ups and a 100 meter sprint between each set.

Invisible Fran...21-15-9 of air squats and push ups for time.

Spend a total of 5 minutes in a handstand, or headstand. If you are using the headstand do not stay over a minute at a time.

Run 1 mile for time.

10 push ups 10 air squats and 10 sit ups, 6 rounds for time.

Do one air squat and take one breath, ( you can breath all you want while you do the squat or squats) do 2 and take 2 breaths etc...up to 10, and then come back down to one.

3 vertical jumps 3 squats 3 long jumps - 5 rounds.

Handstand 30 seconds and 10 squats, 8 rounds.

10 push-ups 100M dash 10x.

Tabata squats.

5x 400M sprints.

10 X 100 m dash.

25 pressing snatch balances each arm. No weight.

Run 1 mile, lunging 30 steps every 1 minute.

handstand 30 seconds and 20 air squats, 5 rounds.

10 handstand jackknife to vertical jump, 10 handstand jackknife to tuck jump, 10 handstand jackknife to straddle jump.

100 air squats. For time.

4x 25 jumping squats

10 vertical jumps, 10 push ups, 10 sit ups, 4 rounds...for time.

10 air squats every 1 minute of your 1 mile run.

100 burpies for time.

Run 1 mile for time.

10 push-ups 10 squats 10 sit ups 10 rounds.

10 vertical jumps, run 400 meters, 5 rounds.

spend a total of 3 minutes in a handstand.

100 air squats for time.

Handstand 1 minute, hold bottom of the squat for 1 minute, 5 rounds.

Sprint 100 meters, Walk 100 meters, 10 rounds.

100 push ups for time.

Run 1 mile for time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Burpies and Sit ups.

50 sit-ups, 400 meter run or sprint or walk. 3 rounds.

10 walking lunges, 10 push-ups, 10 rounds.

Tabata Squats.

50 split jumps for time.

Workout...Handstand for 30 seconds or 5 handstand push ups...400 meter run. 4 rounds.

10 burpies, 100meter sprint 10x for time.

“L” sit off the floor. 10 rounds of 10 seconds...if you can’t do it sit with your legs straight out and try to lift your heels of the ground for 10 seconds instead!!!

run 400 meters, 50 air squats. 4rounds.

handstand 30 seconds, to squat hold 30 seconds. 10 rounds.

Ten vertical jumps ( jump as high as you can, land and do it again), 10 push-ups 5 rounds

Run 1 mile for time.

10 push-ups, 10 squats, 10 rounds.

Tabata Squats: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

Handstand to Jack-Knife to vertical jump. 30 Reps.

Run 1 mile with 100 air squats at midpoint, for time.

7 squats, 7 burpies, seven rounds, for time.

10x 30 second handstand to 30 second bottom of the squat hold.

Burpee to the push up position, do 10 push ups, burpie out. 5 rounds.

Run 1 mile, plus 50 squats-for time.

100 burpies for time.

5 squats, 5 push-ups, 5 sit ups, 20 rounds.

Plebs plank, bottom of squat, hollow rock hold, 30 seconds each for 10 rounds. Use the transition times as your rest periods...they should be as brief as possible.

5 push ups with a 30 second plebs plank(a hold at the top of the push up, arms extended and body tight like a plank!) at the end of each 5 reps, 10 rounds. Then 3x 100m dash @ 80%.

Handstand practice, 25 tries at free handstands, then a 1 mile run at 80%.

Handstand 10 seconds jack-knife to vertical jump. 25 reps…

Mime 4x 25 sumo deadlift high pulls, make them perfect. Be sure the hips extend before the arms bend!

50 air squats x 5. Rest equal amounts as it took to do each 50.

Run 1 mile and do 10 push-ups every 1 minute.

sprint 100m 30 squats...8 rounds.

30 push ups, 30 second handstand or Plebs Plank..3 rounds.

10 sit ups and 10 burpies...10 rounds-for time.

handstand hold, 30 seconds, squat hold 30 seconds...10 rounds.

250 jumping jacks...for time.

100 jumping jacks, 75 air squats, 50 push ups, 25 burpies. For time.

Tabata Push-ups.

30 second handstand against a wall, followed by a 30 second static hold at the bottom of the squat. 5 rounds.

with eyes closed do 10 air squats, open eyes..do 10 push ups eyes closed, 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 minute, squat 1 minute 5 rounds.

run 1 mile for time.

air squat x 10 push up x 10 sit up x 10 3 rounds for time

10 push-ups, 10 hollow rocks, run 200 meters....5 rounds.

Do Tabata Squats with eyes closed.

bottom to bottom ( rest at the bottom of the squat instead of standing....without support on your hands or butt and make the bottom good, straight back, butt back).....tabata squats.

20 sit ups with support under the lumbar spine, 20 push ups, run 400m, 4 rounds.

Handstands, 30 second hold, 30 second static squat, 30 second rest, 8 rounds.

sprint 50 meters, 10 push ups. 10 rounds.

50 air squats, 4 rounds. rest for 2 minutes between rounds.

3x 20 tuck jumps. 3x 30 second handstands.

400m run/sprint 30 air squats, 3rounds for time.

20 jumping jacks, 20 burpies, 20 air squats...3 rounds

Warm up. Run 100 meters and do 20 air squats. 10 rounds.

Handstand 5x 30 seconds. Run: 2x 800 meters for time. Do the handstands first. Rest and recover and do the runs with a rest in between that is as long as it took you to run your first 800.

100 air squats 3 min. rest, 100 air squats.

Run with high knees for 15 seconds and drop into a pushup, get back up and run with high knees again for 15 seconds.......repeat 5x. Each pushup counts as 1 rep. Rest. Do 3 more rounds.

10x 50 meter sprint.

Test yourself on a max set of push ups...tight body chest to the floor...full extension!
If you cannot do “mens style” do your pushups from the knees. After that do 100 air squats for time.

Tabata...20 seconds on 10 second rest 8 rounds of...tuck jumps and then sit ups

run 400m air squat 30 hand stand 30 seconds 3 rounds for time

5 handstand to jacknife to high jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to tuck jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to split jump, 3 rounds...for form

50 burpies for time.

5 pushups, 5 squats, 5 sit-ups - 20 rounds

Run 1 mile, stopping every minute to do 20 air squats.

30 second handstand, 60 second squat hold ( at the bottom of the squat) - 5 rounds

run 200 meters, 50 squats, 3 rounds

Tabata Squats

Air squatsx20, Burpiesx20, Push-Upsx20 - 3 rounds...for time.


HAVE FUN TOMORROW!!!

December 13, 2008

.COM Rest Day tomorrow/ Crossfit Santa Clara Rest Day as well!

Big thank you to everyone that showed up today and banged out the 10k, feels great when you are done? Special props to Robert and any others that ran it on their own today.

SO WHAT IS GOING ON THIS WEEK????????????????

As most of you know I am going out of town, therefore Dave will be teaching:

Monday through Thursday 7:00am 12:00pm 3:30pm 4:30pm and 5:30pm in addition on Wends. there will be a 6:30pm intro class

Friday classes this week are all cancelled unless further posted on the website, I will be teaching a Sat 9:00am and 10:00am in addition to a Sunday class as well

If you are a member of Crossfit Santa Clara and have any issue that needs to be resolved ASAP please feel free to call Dave at 262-844-8158 or email him at dhcohodes@gmail.com

If you are not a member of Crossfit Santa Clara and would like more information please feel free to email me at Jason@crossfitsantaclara.comI will be checking my email's daily and keeping in contact with anyone who needs anything this week.

I will also be updating the website daily, so you can also keep in contact with me through the comments section of our website.

Tomorrow I will post up a list of workouts that you guys can do while you are traveling or on the go, get ready for it!

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Workout for Tomorrow:

Rest!!!!!!!!!!!! Get ready to hit it hard on Monday

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Going Bar Crazy, this is the 10:00am intro class going nuts.

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Results from Today

See you all on Saturday!

December 12, 2008

Ready to Run!!!! 10K Tomorrow!!!!!

So I am not sure what happened to you guys today? Very few people showed up today to workout. My guess is that we have had one hell of a hard week and you guys needed the rest day which is absolutely fine. However, for those of you who did take a rest day I expect you to come fully prepared to RUN tomorrow!!!! 10K's a great opportunity to push through mentally and touch base on the long distance aerobic workouts which we do fairly rarely.

TOMORROW WE WILL BE HAVING TWO CLASSES:

9:00AM Regular Class

10:00AM Fundamental's class where we will be working on all of the 9 fundamental movements of Crossfit:

Squat/ Front Squat/ Overhead Squat

Shoulder Press/ Push Press/ Push Jerk

Deadlift/ Sumo Deadlift High Pull/ Medicine Ball Clean

PRACTICE WHAT YOU SUCK AT!!! Please come in and learn more on the movements you have trouble with.

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Workout for Tomorrow:

10K Run

DON'T PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR WORKOUTS!!!!!!!!

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Few Pic's from Today:

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Gautham doing his first Box Jump!

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Check out Rick on the left, he busted out this WOD in 14:58!

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5:30 Crew

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Results from Today!