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 CrossFit Appleton       Gym Location: 950 Westland Ave., Appleton, WI  54913         Office: 600 E. Applecreek Rd., Appleton, WI  54913         Phone: 920.574.7859      

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The Work out of the Day (WOD).   
  
We tailor the workout of the day to the individual by scaling the load, reps, as well as the exercises.  We do encourage 100% effort for every workout.  We start each work out with a specific warm up, most commonly referred to as "everyone else's workout."  Then we begin the prescribed WOD.


Blog History:

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Wednesday, 2010-06-30

Sunday is the FireCraker 5k hosted by the Fox Cities Triathlon Club.  Be There!!!  Here are the links:

http://www.foxtriclub.com/fox5k/index.html
http://www.badgerstategames.org/bsgsum/5k10k

WOD - 3 rounds for time of:

25 Box Jumps
15 Thrusters
25 Double Unders
15 Pushups
50' Tire Flip

(partner workout = sit ups while partner finishes task, work togehter to flip tires!)

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Way to get down and dirty this morning! (and boy did we get dirty) Just work on getting the back straighter, but overall great lifting with the legs!

4:47 am cdt

Tuesday, 2010-06-29

WOD - AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

15 Jumping Squats (45#/35#)
10 Toes to bar
  5 Muscle Ups


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More focus on POSE® running technique improvements.  Old habits die hard: heel striking, feet landing forward of Center of Mass (in front of body v. underneath), etc. 
4:56 am cdt

Monday, 2010-06-28

WOD - 5 rounds, each for time:

             800 meter run

             (rest 3 min between each)


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Jake DL 385!                                        Scott in KB OHS.                                        Sara runs with KB.
4:20 am cdt

Saturday, 2010-06-26

WOD - Playing with Kettlebells

3 rounds for time of:

15 Kettlebell swings
Sprint 100' w/ your Kettlebell
10 One-arm Kettlebell swings, each arm (= 20)
Sprint 100' w/ your Kettlebell
5 Kettlebell overhead squats, each arm (=10)
Run 400 meters

Adapted from CrossFit Dahlonega's "Run-a-Kettlebell-a-Rama" (I think you all would really kill me if we did the full CFD workout with this one.  Next time though!!!)

6:14 am cdt

Friday, 2010-06-25

This weekend has more Badger State Games events going on.  Good luck to our Fox Valley Rowing Club members in the regatta on Saturday, Tellulah Park. Races begin early.  Check it out.


WOD - Tabata This:

Pull ups
Push ups
Sit ups
Squats
Run

8 sets of each exercise (40 total) - work 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds.  No rest between exercises. Count/record reps for each set.  Score a) fewest reps completed per exercise.  Score b) total reps completed.


I think I finally have some photo capacity again... here goes...


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Brett with solid Overhead Squats in yesterday's WOD.  Ryan and Jake get to it on the box jumps.
4:39 am cdt

Thursday, 2010-06-24

WOD - 'Nancy'

5 rounds for time of:

run 400 m
15 OHSquats (95/65/scaled as needed)


My apologies for not having pictures up daily.  We are fighting a crashing computer and...well...its affected everything from downloading photos, email, etc....Hang in there with us.

7:38 am cdt

Wedesday, 2010-06-23

WOD - 3 rounds for time of:

             5 DL/5 HPC/5 FS (Clean skills complex) (m-95/w-65#/scaled as needed)
           15 box jumps
           25 Hanging Double Leg lifts 
           
4:51 am cdt

Tuesday, 2010-06-22

WOD - For time:

Run 400 m
50 Pull-ups
Run 400 m
50 Push ups 
Run 400 m
50 Situps
Run 400 m
50 Squats

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Photos to come soon (I hope! Working through computer issues Frown)
4:44 am cdt

Monday, 2010-06-21

WOD  - Strength:

Back Squat 5-5-3-3-1
Press  5-5-3-3-1
Dead LIft 5-5--3-1-1


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Saturday, 2010-06-19

Good Luck to our High Cliff Triathlon athletes!

WOD - Partner Couplets for time:

Weighted 400m run - 30 Wall ball shots

50 Double unders  - 30 burpees

50 Mountain Climbers - 30 KBSwings

75 Jumping Jacks - 30 Pull-ups

Row 500 m  - 50 sit-ups

Partners Tire flip 25 yds

(adapted from
CrossFit Decatur)


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4:44 am cdt

Friday, 2010-06-18

WOD - For time:

             Row 5k


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4:42 am cdt

Thursday, 2010-06-17

WOD - Building  'Diane'

For time (with exceptional technique!):

30 second Handstand
21 DB Presses
21 Deadlifts

20 second Handstand
15 DB Presses
15 Deadlifts

15 second Handstand
9 DB Presses
9 Deadlifts

Weight scaled as necesssary.  Diane is 21-15-8 rep rounds of Handstand push ups and 225# DL (m), 155# (w)
4:34 am cdt

Wednesday, 2010-06-16

WOD - for time:

Row 500 m
100' OH walking lunges (m-45/w-25/scaled as needed)
25 KTE

Run 400
25 KBS (m-1.5p/w-1 p/scaled as needed)
50 situps

Post WOD skills - ring hold 1'/ring l-sit 1'/double under practice, goal of 25 completed DU
7:19 am cdt

Tuesday, 2010-06-15

WOD - 5 rounds for time:

Run 400m
25 Med Ball Cleans

Rest 3-5 min then:

Press 5-5-5

4:37 am cdt

Monday, 2010-06-14


WOD - Death by Pull-ups (kipping)

With a continuous clock running, begin with one pull-up during the first minute, two pull-ups the second, three during the third minute etc., adding one pullup each additional minute until you can no longer keep up with the clock (i.e., on minute 10 you complete only 9 pullups). 

Scaled/modified with assisted pull-up options.  Also scaled with 2-3 sets of short duration with 1 minute rest between sets.

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Saturday, 2010-06-12

Today is the Chi Running Clinic!! Great stuff - see you there.

WOD - 3 rounds for time of:

25 Box Jumps
25 Burpees
50 sit ups
25 ring dips

Scaled with 15/15/35/15 or 12/12/25/12 for each movement as well as movements modified as necessary. 
4:42 am cdt

Friday, 2010-06-11

WOD - Hang Power Cleans 5-5-5-5-5
           
4:58 am cdt

Thursday, 2010-06-10

WOD - 'Nicole'

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:

400 m. run
Max rep pull ups
(max reps = letting go of bar or putting feet down)

Distance scaled as needed as well as assisted pull up options

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Good to have you back Scott! Yesterday we had some excellent rowing efforts, those KTE are really coming along nicely, and a few had to run v. row and showed blistering paces there too.
7:36 am cdt

Wednesday, 2010-06-09

WOD - As Many Rounds As Possible (AMRAP) in 15 minutes of:

    7 Overhead Squats (95/65/scaled as needed)
  15 Knees to Elbows
250 m Row

Then - Muscle up progressions

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Sarah, Tammy & Chris tackle one of the WODs from the European Regionals at 5:30 am. 

Adria, Ann, Tom and Jake tackle it at 8:30 am.

4:47 am cdt

Tuesday, 2010-06-08

WOD - 5 rounds for time of:

5 deadlifts (255#/185#/scaled as necessary)
20 Lateral Jumps + Burpees

(from European Regional Qualifier)

***reps, rounds and weight scaled/reduced as necessary***


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Sarah in her "DU Zone" & Kathy subbed the C2 for calories v. DU.  Mike visits with Jesse (Chicago) and fights through WOD.  Great efforts all!!
4:58 am cdt

Monday, 2010-06-07

WOD - for time complete the following:

Double Under ladder* -
5-10-15-20-25-30-35-40-45-50-45-40-35-30-25-20-15-10-5

Scaled with singles @ 5s/DU (25-50-75-100-125...200-225-250-225-200...75-50-25)

Rest as necessary between sets.  Goals are unbroken DU/singles (begin the set over when broken).

Front Squats 5-5-5

*courtesy of OPT (Optimum Performance Training)

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4:45 am cdt

Saturday, 2010-06-05

WOD - 3 rounds for time of:

400m run
25 SDLHP (95/65/scaled as needed)
50 Situps
50 Double Unders (100  singles)

all movements, reps, weights and distances scaled as needed


 

Friday, 2010-06-04

WOD - For time:

Row 1000 m
50 Kettlebell swings (1.5p/1.0p/scaled as necessary)
30 Thrusters (95/65/scaled as necessary)
Row 1000 m


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1. three Saras get after it Thursday am.  2. Jake, Adria & Jackie Thursday afternoon.
5:58 am cdt

Thursday, 2010-06-03

WOD - 3 rounds for time of:

400 m run
21 pull-ups
12 Deadlifts (185#m/155#w/scaled as needed!)


4:51 am cdt

Wednesday, 2010-06-02

WOD - for time complete the following:

200 m run
25 ring dips
400 m run
50 squats
400 m run
25 ring dips
200 m run
50 squats


For every repetition to count - make each one your best effort.  Just because the clock is running doesn't mean we sacrifice exceptional form. Work on depth of ring dips, strong at scapula, depth of squat, reach back with hips, long and strong back, chest up, etc, etc, etc...   

Movements and reps modified as needed.
 
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Sara and Karianne work at varying levels of the ring dip.  2. Jake has a solid 265# back squat.
7:57 am cdt

Tuesday, 2010-06-01


WOD - Back Squats 5-5-5-5-5

skills: 3 x 1 minute of Ring Plank
         Muscle up progressions
7:57 am cdt


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