Tag Archives: jump rope

High Five!

Okay, I did this workout at http://www.crossfitfirebase.com/ back in December and it wrecked me.  Like walking down the stairs backwards for two days afterwards kind of wrecked.  We threw it in the programming today and much to my surprise, my time improved about eight minutes!  Now don’t get me wrong – I’m still wrecked and it hurts […]

Enough for a Monday

Sometimes the hardest thing about working out on Monday is just showing up.  But hey, when all else fails, just do that.  Even if you just going through the motions, the next thing you know, you’ll have finished a workout. Dynamic Warm-up, then 3 rds of: 500m Row 10 Sandbag trunk rotating cleans (70# sandbag) […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pack Your Bags…

ROM Drills Warm up with 3 rds of: 0:45 seconds of jump rope, rest 0:15 0:45 secs of wall sit, rest 0:15 0:45 secs of Russian swings, rest 0:15   Strength: Lateral Raises 8-8-8-8 Goblet squats 10-10-10-10 Single Arm DB Rows 10-10-10-10 (each side)   MetCon: 100m suitcase carry (50# DB) – right side 10 […]