Friday 01.09.2014

Press Week 1 Cycle 3
Wendler 5’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 65% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
5+ reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM

*On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 5 reps
**Add 5#’s to your 1RM from last cycle before calculating 90% and working weights. If 1RM wasnt used last cycle, use Estimated 1RM based off of 1’s week work (Weight x reps x .0333 + weight)

GP WOD:
10 minutes of double under work

3 RFT:
11 push press 95/65
40 lateral jumps over the bar

OP WOD:
C2B pull-up progression week 1:
7x 7 C2B pull-ups
:45 seconds rest between sets

3 RFT:
11 push press 115/75#
40 double unders

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Thursday 01.08.2015

Back Squat Week 1
Wendler 5’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 65% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
5+ reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM

* On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 5 reps
* Add 10# to your 1RM from the last cycle to calculate your 90%

GP WOD:
50 cal row
40 Box Jump 24/20
30 Hang Power Clean 95/65
20 OHS 95/65
10 Thrusters 95/65
OP WOD:
50 cal row
40 Box Jump 30/24
30 Hang Power Clean 115/75
20 OHS 115/75
10 Thrusters 115/75

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Wednesday 01.07.2015

15 minutes to work up to a heavy double of hang snatch

GP WOD:
EMOM for 7 minutes
1-5 strict pull-up/ring row
Nutrition Challenge Benchmark
AMRAP 9:
15 wallballs 20/14#
10 burpees

Open WOD:
C2B pull-up progression week 1:
7x 7 C2B pull-ups
1 minute rest between sets
Nutrition Challenge Benchmark
AMRAP 9:
15 wallballs 20/14#
10 burpees to 6″ target

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Tuesday 01.06.2014

Bench Press Week 1 Cycle 3
Wendler 5’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 65% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
5+ reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM

*On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 5 reps
**Add 5#’s to your 1RM from last cycle before calculating 90% and working weights. If 1RM wasnt used last cycle, use Estimated 1RM based off of 1’s week work (Weight x reps x .0333 + weight)

GP WOD:
Push-up ladder

Rest 5 minutes

1/2 BW front squat ladder

Open WOD:
Ring push-up ladder

Rest 5 minutes

Body-weight front squat ladder

For the ladder pattern, perform one rep the first minute, two reps the second minute, three reps the third minute, continuing as long as you are able. Use as many sets each minute as needed.

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Monday 01.05.2014

Deadlift Week 1 Cycle 2
Wendler 5’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 65% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
5+ reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM

* On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 5 reps
* Add 10# to your 1RM from the last cycle to calculate your 90%

GP WOD:
AMRAP 20
5 push-ups
10 step-ups 24/20
15 ring rows

OP WOD:
“Mary”
AMRAP 20
5 HSPU
10 Pistols
15 pull-ups

We will begin the Whole 30 Challenge this week.  Registration will be $20 and Weigh-ins will be Monday thru Wednesday.  On Wednesday during all classes we will perform a Benchmark workout that we will repeat at the end of the 30 days (Thursday Feb 5th) with the Weigh-out.  We will consider a combination of weight loss and improvement in the benchmark workout  as an overall % to determine the winners.   The top Male and Top Female will win a free month of Unlimited membership.  You are encouraged to take your own before and after pictures for your own comparison.

The main points of the Whole 30 program are giving up sugar, alcohol, and grains, and eating real, natural, unprocessed food in the form of meat, seafood, eggs, veggies, fruit, and good fats from fruits, oils, nuts and seeds.

The full program rules are listed below:

The Whole30 Program Rules

Yes: Eat real food.

Eat meat, seafood, eggs, tons of vegetables, some fruit, and plenty of good fats from fruits, oils, nuts and seeds. Eat foods with very few ingredients, all pronounceable ingredients, or better yet, no ingredients listed at all because they’re totally natural and unprocessed. Don’t worry… these guidelines are outlined in extensive detail in our free shopping list.

No: Avoid for 30 days.

More importantly, here’s what NOT to eat during the duration of your Whole30 program. Omitting all of these foods and beverages will help you regain your healthy metabolism, reduce systemic inflammation, and help you discover how these foods are truly impacting your health, fitness and quality of life.

  • Do not consume added sugar of any kind, real or artificial. No maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, coconut sugar, Splenda, Equal, Nutrasweet, xylitol, stevia, etc. Read your labels, because companies sneak sugar into products in ways you might not recognize.
  • Do not consume alcohol in any form, not even for cooking. (And it should go without saying, but no tobacco products of any sort, either.)
  • Do not eat grains. This includes (but is not limited to) wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, millet, bulgur, sorghum, amaranth, buckwheat, sprouted grains and all of those gluten-free pseudo-grains like quinoa. This also includes all the ways we add wheat, corn and rice into our foods in the form of bran, germ, starch and so on. Again, read your labels.
  • Do not eat legumes. This includes beans of all kinds (black, red, pinto, navy, white, kidney, lima, fava, etc.), peas, chickpeas, lentils, and peanuts. No peanut butter, either. This also includes all forms of soy – soy sauce, miso, tofu, tempeh, edamame, and all the ways we sneak soy into foods (like lecithin).
  • Do not eat dairy. This includes cow, goat or sheep’s milk products such as cream, cheese (hard or soft), kefir, yogurt (even Greek), and sour cream… with the exception of clarified butter or ghee. (See below for details.)
  • Do not consume carrageenan, MSG or sulfites. If these ingredients appear in any form on the label of your processed food or beverage, it’s out for the Whole30.
  • Do not try to re-create baked goods, junk foods, or treats* with “approved” ingredients. Continuing to eat your old, unhealthy foods made with Whole30 ingredients is totally missing the point, and will tank your results faster than you can say “Paleo Pop-Tarts.” Remember, these are the same foods that got you into health-trouble in the first place—and a pancake is still a pancake, regardless of the ingredients.

One last and final rule: You are not allowed to step on the scale or take any body measurements for the duration of the program. This is about so much more than just weight loss, and to focus on your body composition means you’ll miss out on the most dramatic and lifelong benefits this plan has to offer. So, no weighing yourself, analyzing body fat or taking comparative measurements during your Whole30. (We do encourage you to weigh yourself before and after, however, so you can see one of the more tangible results of your efforts when your program is over.)

*A few off-limits foods that fall under this rule include pancakes, bread, tortillas, biscuits, muffins, cupcakes, cookies, pizza crust, waffles, cereal, potato chips, French fries, and this one recipe where eggs, date paste, and coconut milk are combined with prayers to create a thick, creamy concoction that can once again transform your undrinkable black coffee into sweet, dreamy caffeine. However, this list is not limited to these items—there may be other foods that you find are not psychologically healthy for your Whole30. Use your best judgment with those foods that aren’t on this list, but that you suspect are not helping you change your habits or break those cravings.

The Fine Print

These foods are exceptions to the rule, and are allowed during your Whole30.

  • Clarified Butter or Ghee. Clarified butter or ghee is the only source of dairy allowed during your Whole30. Plain old butter is NOT allowed, as the milk proteins found in non-clarified butter could impact the results of your program. Refer to our Butter Manifesto for more details on the milk proteins found in butter, purchasing high quality butter, and how to clarify it yourself.
  • Fruit juice as a sweetener. Some products or recipes will include fruit as a sweetener, which is fine for the purposes of the Whole30. (We have to draw the line somewhere.)
  • Certain legumes. We’re fine with green beans, sugar snap peas and snow peas. While they’re technically a legume, these are far more “pod” than “bean,” and green plant matter is generally good for you.
  • Vinegar. Most forms of vinegar, including white, balsamic, apple cider, red wine, and rice, are allowed during your Whole30 program. The only exceptions are vinegars with added sugar, or malt vinegar, which generally contains gluten.
  • Salt. Did you know that all iodized table salt contains sugar? Sugar (often in the form of dextrose) is chemically essential to keep the potassium iodide from oxidizing and being lost. Because all restaurant and pre-packaged foods contain salt, we’re making salt an exception to our “no added sugar” rule.

Give Us Thirty Days

Your only job during the Whole30 is to focus on making good food choices. You don’t need to weigh or measure, you don’t need to count calories, you don’t need to stress about organic, grass-fed, pastured or free range. Just figure out how to stick to the Whole30 in any setting, around every special circumstance, under any amount of stress… for 30 straight days. Your only job? Eat. Good. Food.

The only way this will work is if you give it the full thirty days: no cheats, slips, or “special occasions.” This isn’t us playing the tough guy. This is a fact, born of education and experience. You need such a small amount of any of these inflammatory foods to break the healing cycle—one bite of pizza, one splash of milk in your coffee, one lick of the spoon mixing the batter within the 30 day period and you’ve broken the “reset” button, requiring you to start over again on Day 1.

You must commit to the full program, exactly as written. Anything less and we make no claims as to your results, or the chances of your success. Anything less and you are selling yourself—and your potential results—short.

It’s only 30 days.

It’s For Your Own Good

Here comes the tough love. This is for those of you who are considering taking on this life-changing month, but aren’t sure you can actually pull it off, cheat free, for a full 30 days. This is for the people who have tried this before, but who “slipped” or “fell off the wagon” or “just HAD to eat (fill in food here) because of this (fill in event here).” This is for you.

  • It is not hard. Don’t you dare tell us this is hard. Beating cancer is hard. Birthing a baby is hard. Losing a parent is hard. Drinking your coffee black. Is. Not. Hard. You’ve done harder things than this, and you have no excuse not to complete the program as written. It’s only thirty days, and it’s for the most important health cause on earth – the only physical body you will ever have in this lifetime.
  • Don’t even consider the possibility of a “slip.” Unless you physically tripped and your face landed in a box of doughnuts, there is no “slip.” You make a choice to eat something unhealthy. It is always a choice, so do not phrase it as if you had an accident. Commit to the program 100% for the full 30 days. Don’t give yourself an excuse to fail before you’ve even started.
  • You never, ever, ever have to eat anything you don’t want to eat. You’re all big boys and girls. Toughen up. Learn to say no (or make your mom proud and say, “No, thank you”). Learn to stick up for yourself. Just because it’s your sister’s birthday, or your best friend’s wedding, or your company picnic does not mean you have to eat anything. It’s always a choice, and we would hope that you stopped succumbing to peer pressure in 7th grade.
  • This does require a bit of effort. Grocery shopping, meal planning, dining out, explaining the program to friends and family, and dealing with stress will all prove challenging at some point during your program. We’ve given you all the tools, guidelines and resources you’ll need, but take responsibility for your own plan. Improved health, fitness, and quality of life doesn’t happen automatically just because you’re now taking a pass on bread.
  • You can do this. You’ve come too far to back out now. You want to do this. You need to do this. And we believe that you can do this. So stop thinking about it, and start doing. Right now, this very minute, tell someone that you are starting the Whole30.

Saturday 01.03.2014

“31Heroes”

AMRAP 31 minutes
8 Thrusters 155/105#
6 Rope Climbs (15 ft. ascent)
11 Box Jumps 30/24″

This is a Partner WOD – Partner #1 will perform the work listed above. Partner #2 will run 400m with a Bumper plate (45/25#). Once Partner #2 returns from the run, Partner #1 will grab the plate and begin their 400m, while Partner #2 continues work wherever #1 left off.
Score is your total # of reps

This WOD was created specifically to honor the 30 men and one dog that gave their lives for our country on August 6, 2011. It is 31 minutes long—one minute in remembrance of each hero. The rep scheme is 8-6-11—the date of their ultimate sacrifice. Finally, this is a partner WOD. The men who gave their lives were from multiple branches of our military, working together as a team. In the workout you and your team member will constantly be taking the load from each other providing much needed support and relief. We realize that no physical sacrifice made during a workout can come close to the sacrifice our brave heroes made, but we consider this WOD a CrossFitters “moment of silence.” This is how we can honor those that gave all in the name of freedom.

Friday 01.01.2015

Classes today are at 12 and 5 pm.  Open floor at 11 am and 4 pm.

Press Week 3
Wendler 1’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM
1+ reps @ 95% of 90% 1RM

*On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 1 reps

Deadlift Week 3
Wendler 1’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM
1+ reps @ 95% of 90% 1RM

*On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 1 reps

GP WOD:
3 rounds
:30/:30 HS hold (as wall climb)
:30/:30 hollow hold
:30/:30 ring push-up hold
:30/:30 ring row hold

OP WOD:
3 rounds
:30/:30 HS hold
:30/:30 hollow hold
:30/:30 ring push-up hold
:30/:30 top of chin up hold

January 1 2015

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Row 2015 M

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“Cindy”
AMRAP 20 min
5 Pull ups
10 Push ups
15 Air Squats

The row can be done at any point during the class that a rower is free. You can do it as your warm up or cool down. You can do it before, after or during the wod if you like (do 10 min of Cindy, Row, do 10 min of Cindy).

Wednesday 12.31.2014 New Years Eve

EMOM 7

1 Hang power clean
1 Hang clean
ascending load

GP WOD:
3x 500m row
rest 3 minutes between sets

OP WOD:
3x 500m row
rest 3 minutes between sets

Classes today are at 7 am, 12 and 1 pm.

Have you noticed the refrigerator in the gym and wondered what it is for? We have partnered with KettleBell Kitchen as our Paleo meal provider for the gym.  They offer delicious and healthy Paleo meals using top-quality ingredients. They emphasize the use of 100% grass-fed beef, wild fish, and free-range poultry, as well as local sourcing of produce.

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Tuesday 12.30.2014

Squat Week 3
Wendler 1’s
Warm up sets
5 reps @ 40% of 90% 1RM
5 reps @ 50% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 60% of 90% 1RM
Working sets
5 reps @ 75% of 90% 1RM
3 reps @ 85% of 90% 1RM
1+ reps @ 95% of 90% 1RM

*On the final set you MUST get MORE THAN 1 reps

GP WOD:
50 Wallballs 20/14#
40 KB swings 53/36#
30 burpees
20 Toes to bar
10 Snatch 95/65#

Open WOD:
50 Wallballs 20/14#
40 KB swings 72/53#
30 burpees to 6″ target
20 Toes to bar
10 Snatch 135/95#