CrossFit workouts have lots of variety.  They are kind of like a good sausage, you never really know what you are going to get.  But it’s not just the exercises that change, it’s also the format.  Some days the weights we use are much heavier, some days the only weight we use is our body weight.  Some workouts are short and fast.  Some longer.  Some have rest periods built in.  Some don’t.  Some have set number of repititions with set number of rounds to be completed as quickly as possible.  Others have a set time, with a goal to complete as many repitions or rounds as possible within that time.  Some have only one, two or three exercises that are repeated over and over again.  Others have many exercises, some or all of which may only be completed once during the workout.

Wednesday evening’s workout was a Chipper.  This is a workout that has a cornucopia of exercises that are only completed once.  The goal is to get from start to finish, as quickly as possible:

450 meter row
650 meter run (outside around the ClubSport property)
25 Dumbbell Squat Clean and Jerks
25 Pullups
25 Wall Balls
25 Walking Lunge Steps
25 Pushups
25 Knees to Elbow
25 Situps
25 Dumbbell Rows from pushup plank position
25 Body Weight Squats
25 Summo Deadlift High Pull w/ Dumbbells
25 Burpees

Fastest times were:
Brad V. 28:13
Bryer V. 31:02

Afterwards Brad said he felt like he had been through a chummer.  Job well done. 

What was your last workout?  3 sets of 10 reps on the bench press followed by 3 sets of 10 reps bicep curls?  Or perhaps the eliptical then some machines?  How long have you been doing the same workouts?  How much variety do you have in your workout?  Do you like your results? 

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