Workout of the Day for Wednesday 11/04/09
Two workouts to choose from:
A. Strength Work
Five rounds of:
Max Dips
Max Pull-ups
Plenty of rest between sets. Those who missed yesterday will also do overhead squats.
B. Olympic Work
25 minutes of Snatch Progressions and Snatch Drills
then,
‘Lil Karen’
75 wall-ball shots
Chatting about the Snatch with Mike Burgener – video [wmv] [mov]
***The gym will be closed Thursday November 5 through Sunday November 8. Classes will resume on Monday November 9 starting at 6 AM.***
Starting Monday November 9, there will be a 6 am class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you know someone who might enjoy an early morning workout, please mention it to them. Also, there is now a 4:30 PM class on Wednesdays and the Friday open gym will be from 4:30-6:00.
The Birth of CrossFit Kids
Can you imagine your Fran time if you hadn’t wasted 10 years doing biceps curls?
What if someone had taught you in college to squat below parallel instead of to barely crease your knees while “feeling the burn” in your quads?
How fit and functional would you be right now if you had never set foot in a Globo Gym?
Greg Glassman came up with the CrossFit Kids program to ensure young athletes don’t make the same mistakes their parents did. By starting kids on the right path, CrossFit Kids is creating safe movement patterns at a young age and setting children up for a lifetime of fitness.
Jeff and Mikki Martin of CrossFit Brand X run the CrossFit Kids program, and they explain how it went from an idea batted about over breakfast to a full-fledged training methodology that will help kids avoid the lure of three sets of eight reps on chest and tris, back and bis—grunting optional, flexing in the mirror mandatory.
“Our kids who are coming out of this program, they’re never going to see fitness as going to a 24 Hour Fitness,” Jeff explains. “They’re going to see fitness as going to a CrossFit box.”
Go to the CrossFit Journal to watch the video article.
Additional reading: Getting an A in CrossFit by Vince Miserandino, published Feb. 4, 2009.