4.13.2009

Stairs Does it Again.

Dynamic Warmup
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Static Stretch Series
Super Joint Mobility Drills
Side Bends 3 x's
Standing Windmill 5 x's
Walking Quad/Hamstring Stretch 10 Yards
Walking Pivot Squats 10 Yards
10 Yard Sprints 2 x's 50% Max Speed
Walking Lunge and Twist 10 Yards
Walking Reverse Lunge and Twist 10 yards
10 Yard Sprints 2 x's 75% Max Speed
Walking Spiderman 10 yards
10 Yard Sprints 2 x's 100% Max Speed

Strength W.O.D.
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20 Rep Back Squat
Using Your 10 Rep Max Weight, Perform 20 Squats Without Letting The Bar Touch The Floor or Rack. Failing to do so requires a restart with 5 less pounds after each failure.

Rest 5:00
50 GHD Situps

"The back squat is KING for building size and strength.. 
it should be regarded as THE most useful free weight exercise."
~ Stuart McRobert

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How does solar energy work??
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4.10.2009

Rip.

Skill Practice Day
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Todays workout is about challenging yourself with new complex movements. 

Warmups - Work towards new stretches, maybe a split or a better cossack?

Gymnastics - Try and hit a press to handstand?

W.O.D. - Practice some more complex movements like the split jerk, sots press, etc...

Whatever your level is, today we are going to concentrate on advancing to new skills.

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful"
~ Joshua J. Marine

The Go Green Tip of the Day
Mow your lawn without gas and noise. Plus save money and break a sweat.


4.08.2009

Dynamic Warmup
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Super Joints Mobility Drills
PVC Shoulder Pass Troughs 
PVC Circles
Arm Bar Stretch 3 x's each
Barbell Good Mornings 8 x's
50 Squats

Strength and Power
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Floor Press 
5  x 3

Squat Cleans
5 x 1 

Kipping Pullups
3 x Max Reps

GHD Situps
3 x 20

"To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, 
take your vitamin and you will never go wrong."
~ Hulk Hogan

The Go Green Tip of the Day
Check out Toyota's hybrid electric mid size car. 

Dynamic Warmup
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Series of Static Stretches
Toes Touch Variations :30 each
Sit and Reach :30 each
Wall Good Morning :30 each
Super Joints Mobility Drills
PVC Pass Troughs
PVC Cirlces
PVC Trunk Twists
Double Under Practice 5 mins

Strength and Power
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Military Press
5 x 5

W.O.D.
--
2000 Meter Row
2:00 Minute Rest
Hollow Holds 5x :20

"The first wealth is health"
~ Emerson

The Go Green Tip of the Day
Unplug and Turn Off
Its an easy one. Everyone can and should be doing this.
Every time you leave your home turn off all the lights, tv's, etc.
If you plan to leave for vacation or a long weekend, unplug your gadgets! 

4.07.2009

Reading Terminal Market Expands Sundays Hours

The Reading Terminal Market is located @ 51 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.  
They will now be open on Sunday's 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

4.06.2009


Dynamic Warmup 
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Super Joints Mobility Drills
Sit and Reach :30
Toe Touches :30 :30 
Medicine Ball Clean Practice (Coach's Tempo)

Strength and Power
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Power Clean
5 x 1

W.O.D.
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100 Meter Lunge
20 Pushups
20 Situps
100 Meter Lunge
15 Pushups
15 Situps
100 Meter Lunge
10 Pushups
10 Situps
100 Meter Lunge
5 Pushups 
5 Situps

"CrossFit has the potential to change popular cultural perception of what exercise actually means over the next decade, and I will watch with delight as selectorized leg machines are melted down into more useful like re-bar and manhole covers."
~ Mark Rippetoe

The Go Green Tip of the Day
Have your kids grow up naturally with this extensive line of baby products.

Dynamic Warmup
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Super Joints Mobility Drills
PVC Shoulder Pass Troughs
PVC Circles
Inch Worms 5 x's
Bridges 3 x's
Walking Quad/Hamstring Stretches 5 x's
Deep Squat Holds :10 :15 :30 

Strength and Power
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Chins
3 x max reps

Back Squats
5 x 5

Dips
3 x max reps

W.O.D.
-- 
50R/50L KB Snatches 
For Time

"Monday is the key day of the week"
~ Gaelic Proverb

The Go Green Tip of the Day
An uber-green yogurt , with no plastic, friendly biodegradable and compostable packaging.

World Class Fitness in 100 Words

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. Practice and train major lifts: deadlift, clean, squat, presses, c&j, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climbs, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, , flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. 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. Regularly learn and play new sports . - - Coach Greg Glassman, Crossfit Founder.