Author Archives: Dave

Bears and Crabs Make for Good Mornings

ROM Drills, stretch, then 4 rds of: 200m front rack sandbag carry (70#) 10 V-up sit-ups 15 SDLHP’s (72# KB) 10 DB lateral raises (20# DB’s) 15 sandbag squats (70#)   Strength: shoulder press 8-8-8-8, superset with box jumps (24″) 10-10-10-10   MetCon: 5 rds for time of 75′ bear crawl down, 75′ crab walk […]

Climb That Mountain

Warm up and stretch, then 4 rds of: 100 mountain climbers 5 man-makers (35# DB’s) 10 single leg Bulgarian squats (each side) 15 180 jump turns   Then, complete: 100 TRX rows 100 Ab-mat sit-ups 100 DB punches (15# DB’s) 100 lateral jump-touches   As a team of two (one partner runs 400m, while the […]

Deck of Cards

Dynamic Warm-up, then Deck of Cards workout for time, where: Diamonds are DB Curls (35# DB’s) Hearts are ball slams (30#) Clubs are Hand-release push-ups Spades are Goblet Squats (62# KB) First Joker is 100 flutter kicks (each side), second joker is a 1 mile run.  Jacks are 11, Queen’s 12, King’s 13 and Ace’s […]

40 for Forty

Just getting around to publishing my Valentine’s Day Workout – been under the weather.  But, it just so happens that this was my 40th birthday, so we had a real butt-kicker. Dynamic warm-up. For time: Start with 214 double-unders, then 2 rds of: 40 calorie row 40 overhead walking lunges (45# plate) 40 DB oblique crunches […]

Walk This Way

Dynamic warm-up, then 4 rds of: 10 single leg DB deadlifts (50# DB) 10 atomic sit-ups (20# ball) 10 DB curls (35# DB’s) 100′ crab walk   Strength: deadlifts 8-8-6-4-4, super-set with toes to bar (10-10-10-10-10)   MetCon: 5 rds for time of 400m run 10 box jumps (30″) 10 dips 10 reverse curls (25# […]

Shoulder This

Dynamic warm-up, then 4 rds of: 20 4-count mountain climbers 5 DB snatches Right, then 5 Left (50# DB) 5 DB push presses Right, then 5 Left (50# DB) 50′ side shuffle right, 50′ Left   Strength: Shoulder Press 5-5-3-3-3, superset with standing DB oblique crunches, 20-20-20-20-20 (each side, 35# DB)   MetCon: 5 rds […]

Bag to Work

ROM Drills, Dynamic Warm-up, then 25-20-15-10-5 Russian KB Swings (62#) Burpees   Strength: Deadlifts 5-5-5-5-5, superset with heavy bag work (1:00, 1:00, 1:00, 1:00, 1:00)   MetCon: 3 rds for time of 20 push-press (95#) 10 knees-to-elbows 5 sandbag box step-ups, each side (70# bag and 24″ box) -DR & AR 6:15

Be Dynamic!

ROM Drills and *Dynamic warm-up, then 100′ Crab walk 100′ Bear crawl 100′ Walking lunges 100 Ab-mat sit-ups 100 Butt-to-ball squats 100 Double-unders   Strength: back squats 3-3-3-3-3, superset with DB triceps kick-backs 10-10-10-10-10 (25# DB’s)   MetCon: 4 rds for time of 10 slam balls (30#) 10 DB windmills (35# DB) 10 180 jump […]

How’s Your Russian?

ROM Drills, then warm-up with 12,11,10,9…down to 1 reps of: Double-unders Russian swings (62# KB) Goblet squats (62# KB)   Strength: Shoulder press 10-12 reps, 6-8, 3-5, then a burn-out set.  Superset with flutter kicks (25, 25, 25, 50 each side)   MetCon: 15-12-9-6-3 reps of Handstand push-ups Sandbag box step-ups (70#, 24″ box) Knees-to-elbows […]