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College Students – Heads Up!

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College Students who will be GRADUATING or leaving for the summer months…

 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE email amy@crossfitsouthbend.com to put your membership on hold while you are gone! or cancel if you’ll be gone for good 🙁
*We can only put memberships on hold for 1 month increments – It must be at least ONE month to put on hold, NOT 1-2 weeks* 

  1. 15 day notice (so do it now)  😉 We are very firm on this rule guys.
  2. The exact dates you will be gone. EX: May 1-August 1 OR if canceling, give last day of attendance. EX. May 13.
Thank you all for your cooperation and CONGRATS to All who will be GRADUATING 😀
By the way, the video above is pulled from David Foster Wallace’s Commencement speech to Kenyon College class of 2005, the full speech is wonderful and can be found here. It has less to do with your putting your membership on hold, and just a solid message if you find the time to sit through it.

April Fundamentals Details

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Our  Fundamentals Course is always right around the corner! Interested in signing up for TWO FREE WEEKS! Click here to do it.

Want some Details? Scroll down to check out the schedule or any other details you may want to know about.[/cs_text][x_accordion][x_accordion_item title=”What is the Monthy Fundamentals Schedule” open=”false”]2016-2017 Fundamentals Start Dates:

Our Fundamentals program begins on a Tuesday each month, and runs 12 classes in succession. The start date for each month is listed below.

April-April 4th
May-May 2nd
June-June 6th
July-July 11th
August-August 8th
September-September 5th
October-October 3rd
November-October 31st
December-November 28th (3 weeks)

Class Times:

Tuesday 7:00pm

Thursday 7:00pm

Saturday 9:00am

THAT SCHEDULE DOESN’T WORK FOR ME!

You may want to check out our Accelerated Fundamentals Course then! Which you can check out by clicking right here![/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”I don't want to wait, I want to start tomorrow!” open=”false”]If you don’t want to wait to start until our next scheduled Fundamentals, and you’d like to start the Fundamentals RIGHT NOW! We also offer an Accelerated Fundamentals, which you can check out by clicking right here! With that you get 6 personal training session to get you ready for class, along with 3 free weeks of CrossFit afterwards! The sessions are scheduled at your convenience.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”I'd like to sit down and chat first, I have questions!” open=”false”]Want to sit down and discuss your goals and how we plan to meet them?

Easy, click here to schedule a Free No Sweat intro

During the No Sweat Intro we will meet for a private 20 minute chat about your goals, and what CrossFit South Bend can do to help you achieve those goals. No pressure, no obligation. Just a chance to see if CrossFit South Bend is a good fit for you.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”The schedule looks like I might miss a few classes” open=”false”]If you will be missing a Fundamentals class, no worries, we can do some make up work to catch you up. Try not to miss as many as you can though because each one builds on the prior class. But if you have to, just email Brandon@crossfitsouthbend.com and we will get it organized for a makeup during the Fundamentals. We usually allow up to 2 missed sessions, if you are going to be missing 3 or more, you may want to consider an Accelerated Fundamentals here.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Signing up for a membership” open=”false”]The first two weeks of each month are free! We want people to give CrossFit a good honest try before they decide whether or not it is for them. After that first two weeks if you decide CrossFit is for you, you can sign up and continue out the rest of the month. You can find out prices right here[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Want to sign up and already know how to perform CrossFit movements?” open=”false”]

Already well versed in the Olympic lifts, power lifts, gymnastics, and CrossFit movements?

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If you have questions, don’t be afraid to ask any of us! Our office and inboxes are always open! You can also check out our website for more info about our programs, prices, programming, and schedule at www.crossfitsouthbend.com  Other than that, we will expect to see you in here on your start date!Click here to email us if you have any other questions.

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Monday Bright Spots – Prepping for next year

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These are all of the bright spots I need today. Just a bunch of good people huddled around a ton of little debbie snacks. Making themselves miserable.

We had around 50+ people do the Open this year, everyone doing it for their own reasons. All of them busted ass this year and we had the smoothest year we have ever had.

Lets take the time to look into next year

*A note from Coach Robin Lyons from OPEX*

“For those who are are not moving on to the next block of competition in the sport of fitness… take advantage of this time now to reflect on this last seasons learnings and establish clear steps towards 2018 goals.

All my athletes who are moving into “off-season” training must enter thru the transitional phase or reflection phase of the year.

This is the most critical time before re-committing to a new year. It’s important to recognize what you did well and what you learned before moving forward, so mistakes are not repeated… and a new strength is unleashed.

The anticipation of a new year is always refreshing but when the excitement wears off and the grind comes In November / December it’s also refreshing to know you took the time to reflect and learn about what drives you as a human being so those lonely training sessions don’t get the best of you when the time counts most.

Never Give Up.
Stay the Course.
It’s worth it.
Journey to your Greatness.”

Programming 4.3 – 4.9

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Amy’s Treat Corner: Simply Pressed Juice in Granger

CFSB Facebook Page: CrossFit South Bend Members Facebook Group Page

Kids Stuff: Childcare Partnership with CFSB and Free Time Kids Playcare

***Like us here at CFSB? Show us some love by clicking here to review us on google, or here to review us on facebook. (it really does help a lot!)**

Member Referral Program – Always – Want to send your friends a discount to CFSB? Now you can. Click here to learn more.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Monday 4.3″ open=”false”]A.

3 Rounds

Minute 1: 10 Single Leg Glute Bridges- Non dominant leg
Minute 2: 10 Single Leg Glute Bridges- Dominant Leg
Minute 3: 60s Contralateral Dead Bug

No score

B. CP

12 Minute Amrap

12 Hang Power Cleans
12 Push Presses
12 Front Rack Reverse Lunges

score weight and number of repetitions

Notes:

A. The glute bridges can be weighted on the hip, control the movement, the leg that isn’t doing the glute work is up in the air like a dead bug.

B. Pick something that you can work through at a reasonable pace – If I assigned a weight, something like 115/85 would be where I am looking here. If you are brand spankin’ new to these movements, you may want to consider using dumbbells or just the bar[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Tuesday 4.4″ open=”false”]A.

3 Rounds

Minute 1: Left Side Thoracic Rotations
Minute 2: Right Side Thoracic Rotations
Minute 3: 8 Heavy Left Arm Bent Over Rows
M
inute 4: 8 Heavy Right Arm Bent Over Rows

No score, move well and go heavy

B.

4 Rounds

Max Unbroken Push Ups
25 Russian Kettlebell Swings
rest 60s

score # of push ups and weight on the kettlebell swings

Notes:

A.

I just want constant movement all 60s for the thoracic rotations
Start off with something that feels heavy, you can progress to something heavier during the rounds

B.

Start off with a scaling you can at least perform 10 push ups with (from the first round) If it drops from there then it drops.
Kettlebell Swings, go heavy
Transition quickly from the push ups to kettlebell swings, then rest 60s, get after it again[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Wednesday 4.5″ open=”false”]A.

Teams of 2 – 30 minute amrap

Row 1k
50 Toes to Bar
100 Double Unders
50 Wall Balls

Notes:

Teams of 2
One person works at at time
Scaling for doubles is a 2:1 on singles
I’d prefer people file in through the row
Pick a scaling for TTB and WB that is manageable for the both of you[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Thursday 4.6″ open=”false”]A.

3 Rounds

10 Alternating Supported See Saw Walks
20 Sit ups

No score – moving well gets you a gold star

B.

4 Rounds @ the top of a 3 minute mark

10 Deadlifts
10 Burpees over the Bar
Run max distance in remaining time

rest 3 minutes between rounds

Score weight in DL

Notes:

A.

I want you holding on to a post on the pull up rig to help with balance, I want to coach to dictate the reps for these with a “down, hold, up, hold” that way they can come around and make effective changes on these.

B.

Use something you can touch and go with on the deadlifts

The run can be outside if weather permits, or inside for shuttles. we also rest a 3 minute so we can stagger people in rounds.

Try to be consistent with where you are landing in distance on the run – not scoring the run, because i’m giving my coaches flexibility with where you are running and thats a pain to track – as long as you are consistent I am happy.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Friday 4.7″ open=”false”]A.

3 Rounds

Minute 1: Reverse Snow angels at controlled pace
Minute 2: 8 Single Arm Presses – non dominant arm
Minute 3: 8 Single Arm Presses- dominant arm

score single arm weights

B.

Teams of 2

3 Rounds each

20 Pull Ups
50 Double Unders

Score total time

Notes:

A.

not a push press, a press – you’ll move straight from the snow angels to the presses

B.

Choose a scaling that you can move through it at a pretty consistent pacing. Kipping, strict pull ups, ring rows, banded. Just keep them clean.

Partner 1 does an entire round of 20/50, then partner 2 does an entire round of 20/50…etc etc – keep this up until both team mates have accumulated 3 rounds each.

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3 Rounds
30s Thrusters @ Bar
rest 30s
30s No Push Up Burpees
rest 30s
30s Row for Calories
rest 30s

score total reps

rest 5 minutes after last round instead of 30s then perform

3 Rounds

30s American KB Swings
rest 30s
30s Box Jumps with Step Down
rest 30s
30s Row for Calories

score total reps

Notes:

Consistency here from round to round, don’t be afraid to get to breathing heavy on this one[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Sunday 4.9″ open=”false”]A.

3 Rounds

20 Walking Lunges – no wedding step, straight shot
Farmers Walk 100 yards
rest 2 minutes

B.

Amrap in 9 minutes

10 Back Squats @ 155/95
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Amy’s Treat Corner: Simply Pressed Juice in Granger

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In this month’s edition of Amy’s Treat Corner, Amy had the great idea to take the show on the road and showcase a great local business: Simply Pressed Juice.

Simply Pressed Juice is located in Granger, they’ve been open since November 2016, and everything they offer is 100% organic.

They offer fresh-pressed, raw and organic juices. They also offer “Bulletproof” or keto coffee with coconut oil as well as acai bowls.

Thanks again to Ryan, Rachel and Reed for having us out to their store the other day to film this video, and for creating a place that values organic real whole food.