Warrior CrossFit: 08 APR 10

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

08 APR 10

REST DAY.

Write your impressions on the fast in comments. Did your body feel better recovered approximately 2 hours after eating?

Here's a link to a free download from the CrossFit Journal. If you haven't subscribed yet, I highly recommend it. I think it's more than worth the $25 annual subscription. Hopefully your connectivity will allow you to download and watch them. There are three total videos, and each is about 30 minutes long. Dr. Connelly clearly conveys a lot of the stuff I've been trying to explain to you all. Some of the info may be over your head, but you can write down any acronyms or topics that confuse you and google them later. If you think you're totally lost, just stick with it and he'll revert back to simpler concepts. This is the best, most succint presentation of everything I've learned through reading and experimentation over the last 2.5 years. Hopefully it'll enlighten you.

CrossFit Journal Insulin Videos

3 comments:

STT CrossFitApril 8, 2010 at 8:11 PM
No feedback???
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kselaptApril 8, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Just got back from McHenry and had to eat absolute crap (literally transfered from the flys) the last few days so I wasnt up for fasting this morning.
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STT CrossFitApril 9, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Fasted for 32 hours (2200 on Wed night to 0800 on Fri morning) and felt awesome when I woke up Fri morning. Thursday was rough, but today (Friday) feel better than I have in a very long time.
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Components of Warrior Crossfit Workout

1. Warm-up: Dynamic range of motion and strengthening series that is described on the right hand side of the page below

2. Practice: During this portion we focus on 1 maybe 2 lifts and really focus on perfect form and attaining new strength gains

3. Train: The training portion is the high intensity, all-out effort workout that CrossFit is known for. Your diet, recovery and focus should all be done with maximizing your training in mind. Warrior CrossFit programs its training so that you function well in both anaerobic and aerobic events (Metabolic Conditioning). Most of our training events will last between 4-10 minutes so give everything you've got

4. Post: After getting smoked we cool down with stretching. Usually the partner assisted contract/relax type

Workouts average between 45-60 min total

Off days are Thurdsay and Sunday: 3 on, 1 off; 2 on, 1 off

WARMUP - TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO EVERY WORKOUT

This is a linear progression of perfect form. If you can only do one rep perfect, then continue that one perfect rep the rest of the week. Next week you will do two, the following week do three, and so on. After you can do ten perfect reps, then increase the difficulty and/or range of motion.

Jog in Place w/arm swings
Tuck Jumps
Neck Rotations
Shoulder Rotations
Pushups (PERFECT FORM)
Hip Rotations
Hip Swings
Toe Touches
Tuck Jumps
Knee Rotations
Ankle Rotations
Double Unders
Strict Pullups
Knees to Elbows
GHD Situps
Back Extensions
Handstands/Handstand Pushups
Air Squats (PERFECT FORM)
Overhead Squats

10 General Physical Skills

1. Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance - The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
2. Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
3. Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or a combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4. Flexibility - The ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5. Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6. Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
7. Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.
8. Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9. Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10. Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.

World-Class Fitness in 100 Words:

o Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.
o Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.
o Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense.
o Regularly learn and play new sports.