Todays strength portion is using more accessory style lifts, but will still provide you with lots of benefit. The goal should still be the same as any other strength session. You want to select a loading to challenge/fatigue the muscles enough to feel like you got a solid strength workout in. Just because the stagger stance deadlift is more of an accessory lift, it does not mean it should be easy. If you have big ambitions of doing a muscle up someday, I would highly advise trying the ring support! It will really challenge your shoulder and midline stability

-8-10 ea side stagger stance deadlift (adv single leg RDL)

– Up to one minute of Midline development

Forearm plank (adv weighted)

-Hollow hold (adv weighted)

-Max Cross body v ups (adv V ups)

– Tuck hold (Adv L sit)

–Ring Support

B.) 12 Minute amrap 

200m Run

10 Box Jump overs

15 Air squats

Today is all about barbell cycling. The weight should be on the lighter side today as the volume is fairly high and you want to be able to consistently move the entire time. I would base your selection off the movement you have the most trouble with. Just because hang cleans are your jam, doesn’t mean you want to use that as your guide to select your weight. Even though there is a rest built in to todays workout, don’t anticipate it giving you a ton of recovery. It will allow you to push the intensity a little more than usual, but will not be long enough for a full recovery. You’ll notice that there is a dumbbell option as well today for anyone feeling bold enough to try it out! The dumbbells provide a unique challenge as they are a lot less stable than the barbell. If you have never tried these movements with a pair of dumbbells then consider trying it today! Even if it means going lighter than the prescribed weight.

“El Diablo”

6 Hang Power cleans 75/55 95/65 (8 @ 95/65) (115/75 or DB 45/30)

6 Front squat (Beef 8 @ 95/65) (115/75 or DB 45/30)

6 Burpees ( Beef 8 BFB)

400m Run or machine equivalent

-Rest 1 minute after each round-

6 Power Cleans 75/55 (95/65) (8 @ 95/65) (115/75 or DB 45/35)

6 Thrusters (Beef 8 @ 95/65) 115/75 or DB 45/35)

6 Burpees (Beef 8 BFB)

200m Run (Beef 400m)

-1min rest between rounds-

** At some point during the workout**

Rx’d- Complete 2 rope climbs

Adv- 4 Rope Climbs

Beef- 2 legless or short + 2 regular

Bison- 4 legless or short ropes

I really enjoyed Cristinas programming of mobility within the strength portion a couple of weeks ago. As a couple of you may know I am somewhat a fan of mobility, so anytime I can work it into the regular programming I am all over it. I would say the most beneficial mobility movement would be the quadruped shoulder CAR. It will help develop your shoulders fullest range of motion and also aid your shoulder press. In general the overhead movements can be the toughest for people to perform in terms of range of motion requirements. The shoulder CAR will help you better dial in your overhead range of motion. Todays finisher is about efficient transitions. That doesn’t only mean trying to move from movement to movement quickly, but also understanding how the pacing on one movement can effect your transition speed, and h0w quickly you are able to start the next thing. If you go ham on the row, it may effect your transition speed and end up slowing you down in the long run. Aim to move seamlessly between movements!

A1.) Strict press

5-5-5-5

A2.) Mobility superset

3 x 4-8 reps

Mobility options

– Quadruped shoulder CAR 

– Quadruped Scapular CAR 

With all of these they are best done slowly. Take your time and try to maximize your range of motion!

B.) 12 Minute Amrap 

14 Dumbbell snatches 45/25 (50/35) (18 alt 50/35 or KB snatch 44+/26+)

10 Hanging knee raises (5 T2B) (10 toes to bar)

12/9 Cals any machine (15) (18)

If you didn’t already know, there is a huge benefit to training at a truly aerobic pace. A truly aerobic pace looks and feels extremely different than a traditional CrossFit workout. The pace should allow you to hold short conversation with someone if you needed to. If you would struggle to do so, then you are most likely not training at an aerobic pace. The goal for today would be to stay at a conversational (aerobic) pace the entire time. If you have a Whoop or an apple watch, that would be even better since they can monitor your heart rate. A simple way to see if you are staying in the right training zone would be to see if you are keeping your heart rate between 65-75% of your max. You can guestimate your max heart rate to be 220 – your age. For example I would project my max HR to be 193. So for this workout I would aim to keep my heart rate around 135ish (its about 70%). You might feel like you didn’t really workout since you won’t be laying on the floor after, but trust me that this type of training will be extremely beneficial to your fitness! Gold stars only for today’s score.

3 Minutes on machine at 65-75% effort

1 minute static hold

Static hold options

-Forearm plank

-Handstand hold

-Dual KB overhead hold

-Wall sit

-Hollow hold

–Box tuck hold 

–Ring support 

Todays squats will be focused on time under tension. The aim for today is to control the weight down, and on the way up if you are doing the advanced version. The idea behind tempo is you are utilizing less weight with more time under tension to still get a solid strength session in. If you have never tried the advanced tempo, and consider yourself an adept squatter, then I would encourage you to give it a shot! Todays finisher has the ever so tricky ascending amrep format. The goal is to keep in mind those later sets are going to get pretty tough, so try to keep that in mind from the start of the workout. Even though you can mash on the 3’s, 6’s, and 9’s, try to keep in mind what the latter portion of the workout will feel like!

A.) Tempo back Squat

5-5-5-5

Rx’d tempo- 30X2

Beef tempo- 3131

3 wall balls

3 Box jumps

3 pull ups (3 C2B or 6 Pull ups) (6 C2B) (2/1 BMU) (4 BMU)

6 wall balls

6 Box Jumps

3 Pull ups

9 Wall Balls

9 Box Jumps

3 Pull ups

12 Wall balls

12 Box Jumps

3 Pull ups

…………

Through 15’s

Rx’d/Adv/Beef/ Bison

105/ 120 (reg PU)/ 100/95/ 110

Through 18’s

144/ 162/ 138/132/ 150

I think my math is correct….but I am not a math guy.

Since there is no programmed olympic lifting day today, I wanted to still give you all a few opportunities to work in some barbell cycling practice. For todays workout you want to base your weight selection off your shoulder to overhead ability, and not your deadlift. The deadlift should be an extremely light one. Both barbell movements should be done unbroken every time, and breaking between the two for pacing purposes is encouraged (unless you’re doing super bison!)

600m run or machine equivalent (Adv 800)

 3 rounds of bibimbap 

400m Run (Adv 600)

 3 rounds of bibimbap 

400m Run

 3 rounds of bibimbap 

7 Deadlifts 75/55 (95/65) (Adv 115/75 or 40/20) (Beef 135/95 or 50/35) (Super Bison: All BB/DB movements must be unbroken)

6 Shoulder to overhead

5 Down ups (adv Burpee) (Beef BFB)

Today will be a blend of skill and muscle fatigue. The amrap has movements that intentionally make other tougher. Performing the midline fatiguing hanging knee raise makes the front squats tougher since front squats rely on lots of midline stabilization. Also performing front squats can tax the shoulders and in turn make the double unders tougher! Be conscious of these overlapping movements and pay extra attention to your positioning, especially as you become more fatigued. For the odd object/skill work you are welcomed to mix two together since performing something like wall walks can become extrmely fatiguing if you had to do six minutes worth.

8 Front squats 95/65 (115/75 (135/95)

8 Hanging Knee raises (4 toes to bar) (8 toes to bar)

10 Double unders (20) (40)

-Immediately into-

Odd object/ skill work

-1 minute rest-

**Pick up the amrap where you left off**

-D ball/Sandbag over shoulder or carry

-Farmers carry (pick loading)

–Kettlebell front rack carry 

-Max distance handstand walk

-Max wall walks

-Yoke carry

-Rope climb