2021-01-04

Fundamentals Month.

This month we’ll take it back to the fundamentals.  Expect to see lots of pause reps and tempo reps to ensure we’re hitting good positions.  We’ll be spending dedicated time on improving range of motion and movement quality in the three main lifts; squats, presses, and deadlifts.

The work we put in on those lifts will carry over to other movements that we do each day in our workouts. The coaches will be available to help specifically with your movement this month, but I’d like to challenge you to hold yourself accountable this month to move better both in the strength portion and in the workouts!

Each workout will have a Movement Focus that I want you to think about when doing the workouts, and the coaches will help in going over the focus areas before each workout. Let’s take a month and try to prioritize movement quality over whiteboard times/scores.  This will pay dividends as we move towards the Open.

We’ll be pursuing virtuosity this month! 

-Chris Stang

Monday

5×3 Pause Back Squat

     5 second pause

     50, 50, 50, 60, 60%

4 rounds for time:

  20 WB

  15 T2B

  20 Pushups

     **Movement focus

                Full Depth WB

                Proper Push-Up Technique

Tuesday

5×3 Strict Press

     5 sec pause overhead

     50, 50, 50, 60, 60%

12 min AMRAP

  15 cals

  10 power clean

  3 Wall Walk

     **Movement focus

                Elbows in the power cleans

Wednesday

5×3 Deadlift

    Touch and go. Stand up fast, 5 second negative

     50, 50, 50, 60, 60%

For Time:

  60 DU

  40 Burpee Box Jump Over

  60 DU

  40 pullups

     **Movement focus

                Burpee efficiency

                Pullup range of motion

Thursday

Work to heavy Front Squat

Every 3 minutes x 5 rounds

  15 KBS

  50’ walking lunge

  15 situps

     **Movement focus

                Situp range of motion

Friday

5×3 Power Snatch

     Moderately heavy, focusing on barbell cycling.

10 min AMRAP

  15 Cals

  12 DL

  9 HSPU

       **Movement focus

                DL range of motion

                HSPU technique