[tabs slidertype=”top tabs”] [tabcontainer] [tabtext]Level 1[/tabtext] [tabtext]Level 2[/tabtext] [tabtext]Level 3[/tabtext] [tabtext]Level 4 Rx[/tabtext] [tabtext]Motivation[/tabtext] [tabtext]Strength[/tabtext] [tabtext]Strategy[/tabtext] [/tabcontainer] [tabcontent]
[tab]Level 1
12 Ring Rows
15 Bench Dips
9 Clean & Jerks
9 Ring Rows
12 Bench Dips
6 Clean & Jerks
6 Ring Rows
9 Bench Dips
3 Clean & Jerks [/tab]
[tab]Level 2
12 Pull Ups
12 Dips
9 Clean & Jerks, 95/65#
9 Pull Ups
9 Dips
6 Clean & Jerks, 95/65#
6 Pull Ups
6 Dips
3 Clean & Jerks, 95/65#
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[tab]Level 3
18 Pull Ups
18 Ring Dips
12 Clean & Jerks, 115/85#
15 Pull Ups
15 Ring Dips
9 Clean & Jerks, 115/85#
12 Pull Ups
12 Ring Dips
6 Clean & Jerks, 115/85#
*Under 8 minutes
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[tab]Level 4 Rx
18 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
18 Ring Dips
12 Clean & Jerks, 155/105#
15 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
15 Ring Dips
9 Clean & Jerks, 155/105#
12 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
12 Ring Dips
6 Clean & Jerks, 155/105#
*Under 9 minute
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[tab]Motivation
The kids had off of school both Monday and Tuesday. We made a last minute trip to take the entire family camping. We did what has become our regular spot. Crystal Cove State Park in North Laguna Beach. I have taken the older kids on the backpacking version where you have to hike in to the campground. Monday we went as a family. It was a beautiful day and we took our time during the hike. Even Ryan made it all the way (2.2 miles) to the campground. The kids made dinner on the camping stove and set up the tents. We played cards in the kids tent once the sun went down and hiked out first thing in the morning. We need to do more things as a family. This was a great time. The kids had fun and worked together. The encouraged each other on the hike. It is family bonding time we can not duplicate in our normal day to day setting. My advice to everyone is get out and do stuff as a family. It is well worth the difficult hike and lack of a good nights sleep.
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[tab]Strength
DAY 1, 2, or 3
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[tab]Strategy
So the rep scheme may be a little confusing but we are doing three rounds of three movements with decreasing reps each round. With this we can break the workout into 9 stations. We want to spend no more than 60 seconds at each station. For level two that means you get 60 seconds to do 12 pull ups and then 60 seconds to do 15 dips and so on. The goal is to do the workout in less than 9 minutes. The nice thing about giving yourself 60 seconds to do each of the last set of pull ups, dips, and Clean and Jerk is that you will be tired but there is far less reps than the first round so you will be able to finish fast and strong. (Nice run on sentence right) CrossFit is supposed to be high intensity. Intensity is measured by work / time. If we look at level 2 again there are a total of 27 Pull Ups, 27 Dips, and 18 Clean and Jerk. It only takes about 1.5 seconds to complete a Pull Up, 2 seconds to complete a Dip, and 4 seconds to complete a Clean and Jerk. That means total working time for this workout is 2 minutes 47 seconds. A 2:1 rest to work ratio is what we are looking for today. Anything more than that will greatly decrease the average power output (intensity). If you do a lighter weight but do the workout faster than the desired 9 minutes you will see far more benefits than going heavier but taking 12 minutes or so. But, I’m working strength you say. We are not working strength in most Work Outs of the Day. We are working on metabolic conditioning. This is why we have a strength of the day which for today has you doing 20 reps in 10 minutes. Low reps higher weight. If you find that your are held back by strength than you will need to spend more time working those weaknesses.
What can you learn from today’s workout? I know that the 155# Clean and Jerk would take me to long to complete in the desired time. The Chest to bar Pull Ups would also start to give me trouble. I decided to do level three as written. Once I completed the workout (7.35) I realized that I COULD have done Chest to Bar Pull ups and stayed within the desired time. An increase in weight on the Clean & Jerk would have still caused me some problems. We need to look at our workouts when we are done and gather the loads of information they are providing to us. The workout will show you your strengths and weaknesses. What combinations of movements you are good at and which ones you need to work on. This information will allow you to plan better for the next workout. [/tab] [/tabcontent] [/tabs]
Get More Awesome: 25 Russian Twists (with med ball)
