This is a new workout (to me at least). I have enough experience with CrossFit to know this would take about 30 minutes or so.
The Broomstick Mile
So-called because an empty Olympic bar is used. Not exactly a broomstick, but this is CrossFit!
Using an empty 45lb Olympic bar
25 back squats
25 front squats
25 overhead squats
Run 400 meters
25 overhead [...]
The snatch is probably one of the most complex athletic movements one could ever perform. Until I actually tried doing one, I had no real appreciation for Olympic weightlifters. They always looked to me to be rather overweight and well, unathletic. That was until I started Olympic lifting. Now, I have a profound respect for these [...]
Today’s warmup was the overhead press:
5-5-3-3-1-1-1
My weights:
75-85-95-105-110-115-125 (new PR!!!)
125lbs may not seem all that heavy, considering that one of the younger 20-something guys was pressing 250lbs, but it was a new PR, which is the only thing that counts for me!
Mark Rippetoe: Press Review
Wordkout of the day:
3 rounds for time of:
9 snatches 105#
1 rope climb 15ft [...]
Christy Phillips trains for the CrossFit Games Mid-Atlantic Qualifiers… 95# Snatch, 5 Reps 2 Ring Dips 95# Snatch, 4 Reps 4 Ring Dips 95# Snatch, 3 Reps 6 Ring Dips 95# Snatch, 2 Reps 8 Ring Dips 95# Snatch, 1 Reps 10 Ring Dips Music: Surrender The Dance Floor – Just Dance… … “Primal Fitness CrossFit” [...]
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At my 1st competition at fort detrick I snatched 95kg. I went 3 for 3 on my lifts and got 1st place as a novice.
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