Saturday 2-20-16

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Warm-up: plate jump/land drill, w/ and w/o med ball, review plate G2O, banded hip stretch 3:00 each leg A.  Clean DL + clean + jerk - 20min to work to max set of the complex, then 5x1 clean and jerk (no deadlift) B.  OHS - 5.5.5.5 - 3:00 between sets, perform 8 reverse flys during rest C.  4 rounds, rest as needed - :30 OH plate hold, 10 plate G2O, :30 goblet squat with plate **you pick the plate weight, but it should be challenging!**

SIGN UP FOR THE INTRAMURAL CROSSFIT OPEN ENDS TOMORROW

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You guys are the best! We currently have 30 in our CrossFit Open /Intramural Open Team, lets try to get 10 more people so we can have teams of 10! Lets try to make our team the largest in the area. I need everyone to get signed up by tomorrow by 5:00pm so I can start to get the teams organized. We will be sorting the teams early next week into the smaller intramural teams. I will be picking validation times based off of the people that are signed up as of tomorrow. So get your shit together! Click here to check out our team! Click here to sign up for details on how to sign up for the open

CrossFit Open Movements – No one is safe!

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[cs_section id="" class=" center-text " style="margin: 0px; padding: 45px 0px; border-style: inset; border-width: 1px; " visibility="" bg_image="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11109183_901059779958523_8450358426513158572_o.jpg" bg_color="" parallax="true"][cs_row id="" class=" " style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; " visibility="" inner_container="true" marginless_columns="false" bg_color=""][cs_column id="" class="" style="padding: 0px; " bg_color="" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" type="1/1"][x_text_type prefix="" strings="What movements can I expect this year?" suffix="" tag="h1" type_speed="50" start_delay="0" back_speed="50" back_delay="3000" loop="false" show_cursor="true" cursor="|" looks_like="h2" style="color:white"][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section id="" class=" " style="margin: 0px; padding: 45px 0px; " visibility="" bg_color="#ffffff" parallax="false"][cs_row id="" class=" " style="margin: 0px auto 30px; padding: 0px; " visibility="" inner_container="true" marginless_columns="false" bg_color=""][cs_column id="" class="" style="padding: 0px; " bg_color="" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" element_info="" type="1/1"][x_custom_headline level="h2" looks_like="h3" accent="true" class="center-text man"]Choose the year[/x_custom_headline][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row id="" class=" " style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; " visibility="" inner_container="true" marginless_columns="false" bg_color=""][cs_column id="" class="" style="padding: 0px; " bg_color="" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" element_info="" type="1/2"][x_card animation="flip-from-top" center_vertically="true" front_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #a7300b; color: #ffffff; background-color: #f1592a;" front_image="" front_image_width="100px" front_title="2011 " front_text="In 2011, The only year they had 6 wods. The limiting factor for a lot of people were the double unders, muscle ups at the END of a workout, moderately heavy power cleans, chest to bar pull ups, and toes to bar at the beginning of a workout. they didn't have a scaled division this year, so if you couldn't do it, you were SOL. Hover or click for this years movement " back_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #a7300b; color: #ffffff; background-color: #f1592a;" back_title="The Movements" back_text="Double Unders Power Snatches Deadlifts Push Ups Box Jumps Squat Clean and Jerks Bar Facing Burpees Overhead Squats Muscle Ups Power Cleans Toes to Bar Wall Balls Thrusters Chest to Bar Pull Ups" back_button_text="Click here to details on how to sign up for the open" back_button_link="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/2016open/" back_button_color="#ffffff" back_button_bg_color="#a7300b" padding="10% 10% 10% 10%"][x_card animation="flip-from-top" center_vertically="true" front_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: hsl(0, 0%, 0%); color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(51, 158, 97);" front_image="" front_image_width="100px" front_title="2013" front_text="2013, they put burpees in with the Snatch ladder, making the demand for a bigger endurance engine that much greater ALONG with the demand for a heavy snatch. Muscle ups, still at the end of a workout, along with doubles, so you had to cut through 150 wall balls to get there. This was definitely a year where you had to cut through some work capacity with the Wall Ball wod for most people. Again, they repeated a workout from the prior year. Hover or click for this years movement" back_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: hsl(0, 0%, 0%); color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(51, 158, 97);" back_title="The Movements" back_text="Burpees Snatch Shoulder to Overhead Deadlifts Box Jumps Wall Balls Double Unders Muscle Ups Clean and Jerks Toes to Bar Thrusters Chest to bar Pull Ups" back_button_text="Click here to details on how to sign up for the open" back_button_link="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/2016open/" back_button_color="#ffffff" back_button_bg_color="hsl(0, 0%, 0%)" padding="10% 10% 10% 10%"][x_card animation="flip-from-top" center_vertically="true" front_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: hsl(0, 0%, 0%); color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(135, 7, 7);" front_image="" front_image_width="100px" front_title="2015" front_text="In 2015 they had decided they wanted to really separate the playing field, making an Rx'd and Scaled division. With the threat of that at the beginning, you knew they were going to up the ante with the Rx'd division workouts. This year, they moved muscle ups to the beginning, and threw in handstand push ups at the beginning of a workout with some heavy cleans out of the gate. This year had all of the traits of the past opens combined, and then some. They repeated a workout, they kept the rower in there, they did a workout for time instead of with a ca, they had some heavy technical movements, a fatigued 1RM clean and jerk, and some longer work capacity workouts - this was also the first year they didn't have burpees in the open though, so thats nice, right? Hover or click for this years movement " back_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: hsl(0, 0%, 0%); color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(135, 7, 7);" back_title="The Movements" back_text="Row Thrusters Cleans Handstand Push Ups Muscle Ups Wall Balls Double Unders Overhead Squats Chest to Bar Pull Ups Toes to Bar Deadlift Snatches Clean and Jerk SCALED DIVISION: Hanging knee raise, Single Unders, Push Presses. " back_button_text="Click here to details on how to sign up for the open" back_button_link="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/2016open/" back_button_color="#ffffff" back_button_bg_color="hsl(0, 0%, 0%)" padding="10% 10% 10% 10%"][/cs_column][cs_column id="" class="" style="padding: 0px; " bg_color="" fade="false" fade_animation="in" fade_animation_offset="45px" fade_duration="750" element_info="" type="1/2"][x_card animation="flip-from-top" center_vertically="true" front_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #222222; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3d3d3d;" front_image="" front_image_width="100px" front_title="2012" front_text="In 2012, they introduced a ladder of Snatches that got heavier and heavier, rewarding those that had a good Snatch, and a big enough engine to get to those heavy snatches. They still had muscle ups, toes to bar, double unders, chest to bar, etc. No scaled division this year either, so again, couldn't do it? SOL. Also, they repeated a workout this year. Hover or click for this years movement" back_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #222222; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3d3d3d;" back_title="The movements" back_text="Burpees Snatch Box Jumps Push Press Toes to Bar Wall Balls Double Unders Muscle Ups Thrusters Chest to Bar" back_button_text="Click here for details on how to sign up for the open" back_button_link="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/2016open/" back_button_color="#ffffff" back_button_bg_color="#222222" padding="10% 10% 10% 10%"][x_card animation="flip-from-top" center_vertically="true" front_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #222222; color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(4, 7, 108);" front_image="" front_image_width="100px" front_title="2014" front_text="2014, This year they evened the playing field with some heavy deadlifts -, this was also the first year they did a workout to finish - no time cap, just get after it. Also, the first year a rower was involved. No Scaled division this year either, and they repeated a workout. Hover or click for this years movement" back_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #222222; color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(4, 7, 108);" back_title="The movements" back_text="Snatches Double Unders Overhead Squat Chest to Bar Deadlifts Box Jumps Calorie Row Toes to Bar Wall Balls Cleans Muscle Ups Thrusters Bar Facing Burpees" back_button_text="Click here for details on how to sign up for the open" back_button_link="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/2016open/" back_button_color="#ffffff" back_button_bg_color="hsl(0, 0%, 0%)" padding="10% 10% 10% 10%"][x_card animation="flip-from-top" center_vertically="true" front_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #222222; color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(33, 139, 167);" front_image="" front_image_width="100px" front_title="2016" front_text="2016 Guess what is going to be in the open this year? Everything. Be prepared for everything. Not only is the judges course incredibly vague (the last few years were long and filled with at least 50 movements) You can expect the possibility of: Movements at the start of a workout with a higher relative technical ability, heavy movements, max effort lifts, workouts to finish, EMOM workouts, repeated workouts. Just be ready for everything. In the prior years when they had something hard you couldn't do, you'd get in, try to do one rep, and that was the end of it - But the cool thing about it is with last year and this year, there is a scaled division, which is awesome, and you can bounce back and forth between Rx'd and Scaled. Like I said in an earlier post - Rx'd is something that has to be earned, and the open each year is more than just a competition, its a test to tell you what you should be practicing for the entire next year. So sign up, work your ass off, then get back to it for the next year. Hover or click for this years movement" back_style="border-width: 8px 8px 8px 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #222222; color: #ffffff; background-color: rgb(33, 139, 167);" back_title="The movements" back_text="Backflips Air Punching Fighting a bear Blindfolded knife juggling Standing for time awkward screaming Fish throwing Strobe light workouts " back_button_text="just sign up already!" back_button_link="http://crossfitsouthbend.com/2016open/" back_button_color="#ffffff" back_button_bg_color="hsl(0, 0%, 0%)" padding="10% 10% 10% 10%"][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section]

Thursday, 2.18.15

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   Sprints 2-3 x 100 yd 3-5 x 40yd  5-7 x 20 yd *After a thorough warm up, sprint the given distances with max effort resting as needed. When times begin to slow, the workout is over as is the reason for the rep ranges. Amateur Squat 3×5 (add 5 lbs to last workout) Bench Press 3×5 (add 2.5 lbs to last workout) Collegiate Floor Press 3, 3, 3, 3 Barbell Step Ups 4×6 each side (use 45% of Back Squat 1 RM)

Wednesday 2-17-16

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Warm-up: dead bugs, pillar holds, Spiderman complex A.  Pause snatch (1sec pause at knee) - 3RM in 20min, then 5x1@regular speed B.  Back squat - 18min to work to 2RM, then 3x3@80% of today's 2RM C. Alternate the following movements: 3x10 bent over barbell rows @50% of max clean, 3x10 DB thrusters AHAP

Beast Women and Pull Ups – Kat C’s Story

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[vc_row padding_top="0px" padding_bottom="0px"][vc_column fade_animation_offset="45px" width="1/2"][text_output]After driving past CrossFit South Bend a few times and seeing the classes outside, I wanted to know more.  I have seen gymnastics classes down the street and I wanted to do a hard workout without the embarrassment of being the old one in a kids class.  I have tried other classes with other studios but they were all little soft.  I wanted something that could take me to another place (you know a place where the little voices in your head are chocked out cause they are struggling to breath too!!) I thought maybe Crossfit could do it.  I heard from some friends that Crossfit is no joke, almost a year later they were right, but I love it! My first impression of the gym, I don’t think the gym scared me, it was the beast women (I say that with all admiration and envy to them) that freaked me out.  I mean how could I ever hang with them!!!!  My first Saturday in fundamentals was full of beast masters and they were doing pull ups, kipping pulls ups at that which I have never seen (something I still can’t do but I’m trying).  Robbie talked me off the cliff and convinced me to give it all a try but seriously that scared me huge!  After letting my guard down and seeing that I could do more than I thought possible, I really grew to love it.  I haven’t been this committed to a workout program since I was in high school (and damn it, I better get those pull ups down this year!!) My first accomplishment at CFSB - this sounds silly - but it was a hand stand (on the wall of course) but after my back surgery I was terrified to even try it (I was seriously almost in tears – not sure if you saw that Brandon) but I didn’t think I would ever be able to do something like that again.  My doctor told me that it was okay not to do a handstand again and I am sure he was right, but by giving into that meant part of my life was behind me and I wasn’t ready to admit that.  So when I did it and it didn’t hurt, it meant so much to me…life wasn’t over like I thought it was but just a little different. Right now, what I am working toward, if I don’t get that damn pull up this year (kipping is fine, really any version!!) I am going to be pissed!!!! Why do I want to compete in the CrossFit Open this year? Because I am literally crazy!  I don’t know how I will feel after but hopefully it will be a sense of accomplishment. [/text_output][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset="45px" width="1/2"][image src="13971" alt="" href="" title="" info_content="" lightbox_caption="" id="" class="" style=""][/vc_column][/vc_row]

What is Inflammation?

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What is inflammation?-CFSB Wellness Wednesday In this video we answer the following three questions.
  1. What is inflammation (at a very basic and intuitive level)?
  2. What are the two main types of inflammation?
  3. What are the things you can do right now to minimize chronic and systemic inflammation?
Running short on time? Check out the 90-second preview by clicking the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u7LVlkhecc&feature=youtu.be  

4 Days left to sign up for the CrossFit Open!

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Hey all, for those of you interested in signing up for the CrossFit Open If you'd like to participate in the CrossFit Intramural Open, you have to be signed up by the Saturday the 20th of February by 5:00pm so we can get you sorted onto teams! Click the link here for all of our details, and how to sign up!  As soon as I get the full list of people on the 20th, I will be setting validation times through the week based off of the people who are signed up on that date.