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The New Nutrition Facts Label-What You Need to Know

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The New Nutrition Facts Label-What You Need to Know-CFSB Wellness Wednesday

In this video I talk about the recent changes to the nutrition facts label. While there are a number of changes to the new nutrition facts label, some of which are good but very long overdue, it’s still not the most important thing to pay attention on the back of a food.

The most important thing to pay attention to on a food label is the ingredient list not the nutrition facts. Another way to put this, which I have emphasized over and over with our Wellness Wednesday videos is that food quality matters far more than food quantity. Food quantity is still important but not nearly as much as food quality. Furthermore, the healthiest foods typically don’t have ingredient labels or nutrition facts at all.

In my very first Wellness Wednesday video on how to read an ingredient label I said that the ingredient label was far more important from a health perspective than the nutrition facts label. A year later even with the new nutrition facts label I 100% stick by that claim. If you’re interested you can watch that very first video here:

2016 STUDENT/FRIEND WELCOME WEEK!

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A Welcome week…

For Anyone…

The name says it all.

Welcome back students and friends! Whether you are a returning CrossFitter, or new to CrossFit, this will be a good time for you to get back into the swing of things with our student/friend welcome week. Come in for FREE from August 29th – September 4th for any of our scheduled CrossFit classes.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”Who is Student Welcome week for?”]Who is Student Welcome week for?

Anyone who has never been to CrossFit South Bend before, and is a student and all of your friends! Of course our returning CrossFitters are welcome to swing back in whenever they please.

But this week is specially programmed with the intentions of keeping the movements to a relatively low level of skill and technique, which is perfect if you’ve never done CrossFit before.

So who is the for? for anyone NEW to CrossFit and/or CrossFit South Bend![/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”When is it?” parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]When is it?

Monday August 29th through Sunday September 4th[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”What classes can I attend?” parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]What classes can I attend?

Any of our scheduled CROSSFIT classes.

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Just click right here to head to the map! [/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”What are the workouts?” parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]What are the workouts?

We haven’t posted them yet, but we typically post the workouts on a Sunday, for the entire next week so you can take a look at them. Want to know what the workouts are ahead of time? click here to subscribe to our blog posts and the workouts will be sent through on the Sunday prior to the start of the welcome week.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”What if I am not experienced?”]What if I am not experienced?

Not experienced? haven’t worked out in a while?

No worries!

All of the workouts will be scaled to your skill level. Just show up for classes and we will take care of the rest.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”What if I already do CrossFit?”]What if I am already an experienced CrossFitter?

Awesome, get in here and enjoy the student welcome week. Afterwards, you won’t have to go through our Fundamentals program, you can jump right into classes.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”What if I am a returning CrossFit South Bend member?”]What if I am a returning CrossFit South Bend member?

It’s nice to have you back, hope you had a great summer, now get to work! Just let us know you are back, and if you have to update any billing information and we will get you started back up.[/accordion_item][accordion_item title=”How do I continue at CrossFit South Bend after the welcome week?” parent_id=”” id=”” class=”” style=””]How do I continue at CrossFit South Bend after the welcome week?

If you aren’t an experienced CrossFitter, you’ll start our Fundamentals Course, you can check out the details of the Fundamentals course right here.

or

If that schedule doesn’t work with you and you want more personal attention, click here to check out our Accelerated Fundamentals

IF you are an experienced CrossFitter, and what that means to us- is that you can perform the Olympic Lifts and Powerlifts when asked to- to our satisfaction, then you are okay to come into classes without any prior Fundamentals course 🙂

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Easy, drop us a line by clicking right here.

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August Fundamentals Begins Soon!

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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”]2015 – 2016 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.
August Fundamentals: Tuesday August 2nd
September Fundamentals: Tuesday August 30th
October Fundamentals: Tuesday September 27th (to avoid Thanksgiving)
November Fundamentals: Tuesday Oct. 25th (to avoid Thanksgiving)
December: Tuesday Nov. 29th (exception: 3 weeks long due to holidays)

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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Programming 7.25 – 7.31.16

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CrossFit Football Seminar Coming to CFSB! Click here for details

CFSB Forums – Have any loaded questions? click here to set yourself up on our forums

Amy’s Treat Corner-Patriotic Blueberry Banana Muffins

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A.

15-20 minutes to hit a 3×7 Deadlift @ 32X1, rest 3-5 minutes between sets

***score deadlift weight

B.

At the top of the minute for 18 minutes

Minute 1: 20 seconds of deficit push ups
Minute 2: 20 seconds of ball slams
Minute 3: 20 seconds of toes to bar

***score total repetitions

[Notes:]

A. you have some heavy 8’s to go off of from the week before last – use those numbers to dial it in. Do the math and understand that if you want to get your sets in, and get appropriate rest, you’ll have to start your first set around the 9 minute mark, work up with some fast sets to your working weight. Thats if you have that prior number to go off of, if you didn’t do the heavy 8’s, just work up within the three sets to find three heavy 7’s.

B. For this one, I’d like you to accumulate volume, so if the reps are broken within that 20s mark, thats fine, as long as you are giving it a solid effort. deep on the push ups, heavy on the ball slams, and..well, just get your toes to the bar on the toes to bar.

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A.

3 Rounds

Bulgarian Split Squat x 8 each leg @ 40X1, rest 20-30s between legs

Bent Over Barbell Row x 8 @ 40X1

rest appropriately in between exercises

***score your weights for the BSS and Bent Row

B.

Sprint Prep Warm Up

C.

3 Rounds

@ the top of a 6 minute mark

150 Yard Sprint (50/50/50) @ 95% effort – Very Hard

with the time remaining, rest and hit 10 teapots each side.

***Score – no score, just get after it

[Notes:]

A. You have some prior numbers for this the week before last as well, the tempo has changed a little – so it may be a little more difficult. Keep that in mind.

B. The sprint is a down back down, go heavy on the teapots and do them correctly as well. No score, just get the work in and do it well.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Wednesday 7.27.16″ open=”false”]Wednesday 7.27.16

A.

5 Rounds

Row 40s @ 95% effort – very hard

rest/walk 3:20 between efforts

***score meters rowed separately.

B.

3 Rounds

3 minute amrap

30 Double Unders

10 Barbell Thrusters

rest/walk 3:00 between

***score reps on each round separately.

[Notes:]

A. This row is meant to be hard – again, a good rule of thumb is that 40s effort should leave you needing/wanting that 3:20 in order to make it repeatable. I would prefer that you set it as a countdown if at all possible to avoid any “rollover” on the meters. score each round individually.

B. Score is reps, pick a scaling you can consistently move through.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Thursday 7.28.16″ open=”false”]Thursday 7.28.16

A.
15-20 minutes to find

Back Squat 6.4.2 @ 32X1

in between sets, after 6, 4, and 2, perform a set of 10 kelso shrugs each side @ 3112 tempo.

***Score is weight for 6.4.2. BS

B.

Every minute on the minute for 12 minutes

Odd minutes – 20 seconds of Pull Ups

Even minutes – 2-3 Really high box jumps

***Score is total number of pull ups

[Notes:]

A.

The tempo has been lengthened for the squats, use your numbers from a couple weeks back as a guideline. Make sure you pack the shoulder for that 2 count on the kelso shrugs and you have a parallel to the floor spine.

B.

Pull Ups can be kipping, chest to bar if you want, these don’t have to be unbroken – with 20s you can probably only fit in 2 sets though if you are fluid and fast. Coaches choice on the scaling for the individual. The box jump height is relative, and you can increase it a little from last time.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Friday 7.29.16″ open=”false”]Friday 7.29.16

A.

20 minutes to find

Press 3×6-9 @ 32X1, rest 2-3 minutes between your heavy working sets

***Score is press weights

B.

10 minutes to establish

Power Clean 3rm

C.

Every minute on the minute for 8 minutes

3-4 Power Cleans @ 70-80% of today’s 3rm

[Notes:]

A. stick to the tempo, you’ll notice the rep scheme has dropped from last week, which should allow you to hit a heavier load.

B. I would prefer if you reset between the power clean 3rm reps, maybe just 10 seconds after the rep is finished before you hit the next one, that gives you enough time to drop the bar, big breath, reproach and tension for the next lift.

C. This is a little heavier this time than last, and we are pulling from the floor BUT its based off of a 3rm, so it should be a bit more manageable. I have a range of weights you can perform on this one of 3-4 if you are feeling good or bad about it.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Saturday 7.30.16″ open=”false”]Saturday 7.30.16

A.

2 Rounds
2 minute amrap

10 Unbroken Touch and Go Power Snatches
15 Burpees over the bar
Row like a MF’er in the time remaining.

rest 6-9 minutes between efforts

***score meters on the row

B.

For time

10 Heavy Overhead Squats

30 Wall Balls

30 Kettlebell Swings

10 Wall Climbs

30 Box Jumps

30 Cal Row

10 Heavy Shoulder to Overhead

***score is time

[Notes:]

There are a lot of moving parts here in this one, so if you aren’t technically savvy with a movement, we are going to scale you immediately, I want to train the energy system, not fumbling with skill work.

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50 Minute amrap @ 70% effort

80m Farmers Walk

40 Jump Rope Singles or 30 Double Unders

5 Muscle Up Transitions or X Muscle Ups

15 Unbroken American Kettlebell Swings

Run 10/20/30 Shuttle

[Notes:]

Consistency, pacing, skill work, conditioning, breathing[/x_accordion_item][/x_accordion][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]

Amy’s Treat Corner-Patriotic Blueberry Banana Muffins

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Amy’s Treat Corner-Patriotic Blueberry Banana Muffins

In this month’s edition of Amy’s Treat Corner, Amy shows us how to make some patriotic blueberry banana muffins in honor of July 4th.

Yes, this video is coming out a couple weeks after July 4th, but that’s only fitting in Indiana where apparently every weekend in July is technically July 4th if you’re judging by the sound of fireworks. Can you tell I’m not originally from this area? 🙂

Enjoy!

Blueberry Banana Muffins

Heat oven to 325 degrees

4 eggs
5 Tbsp Honey
4 Tbsp coconut oil (melted)
1 tsp vanilla or almond extract
2 Bananas (I like to heat up and mash )

**mix all these wet ingredients

1 C Almond flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon

**add in dry ingredients (mixture will still be runny not thick)

Grease with coc oil or flour spray or muffin liners. Fill to top and bake 8-15 mins depending on muffin size pan.

Programming 7.18 – 7.24

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CFSB – the next 12 weeks of programming

CrossFit Football Seminar Coming to CFSB! Click here for details

CFSB Forums – Have any loaded questions? click here to set yourself up on our forums

Some things going on – beach day, jorts day, highlander/strongman comp! click here for details

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A.

15-20 minutes to establish

Front Squat 6.4.2 @ 22X1

rest 3-5 minutes between sets, during that time perform 10 scap pulls with a 2 second pause at the top

***score is weights used

B.

5 Rounds
5 Strict Pull Ups
30 Double Unders
30s Handstand Hold
rest 60s between rounds

***no score, just do it

[Notes:]

A. Take some time to work up to a heavy 6 for the front squat, you’ll add weight and hit a 4, then again for the 2. Just make sure that first 6 is solid.

B. You can sub ring rows for strict pull ups, but make them hard. Double unders will be standard scaling as usual – consider this less of conditioning and more skill practice. Make sure the midline is tight in the handstand hold. any variation of scaling upside down is acceptable.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Tuesday 7.19.16″ open=”false”]Tuesday 7.19.16

A.

15-20 minutes to establish

Close Grip Bench Press 6.4.2 @ 32X1, rest 3-5 minutes between sets

***score is weight for your sets

B.

3 Rounds
Romanian Deadlifts 8-12 @ 33X1
Weighted Bench Dips 8-12 @ 30×0
rest 2:00

***score is weight used

C.

4 minutes to perform

3 Round buy in of

3 Burpees
6 Ball Slams
9 Box Jumps

after the 3 rounds sprint max distance in the time remaining

***no score, get after it

[Notes:]

A. All of our coaches should know our standards for the CGBP

B. Keep a solid back position, unless otherwise stopped by hamstring tension, your RDL should end with your spine parallel to the ground. Weighted Bench Dips – you can do this, you can use boxes, you can put your feet on the ground for assistance, just keep to the tempo – once you break tempo you are done. Remember – the reps, sets, tempo, rest dictates the load – NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

C. This is three fast paced rounds followed by a run in the time remaining – scale so that you get into the run and you don’t have to stop during the 3,6,9. Just one 4 minute hit.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Wednesday 7.20.16″ open=”false”]Wednesday 7.20.16

A.

4 Rounds

@ the top of a 40s mark perform…

7/6 calorie row – max yardage run in the time remaining

rest 3:20 between, rest a minimum of 5 before starting B.

***no score, get after it and chase each other

B.

3 Rounds

3 minute amrap

5 pull ups

10 push ups

15 Air Squats

3 minutes rest

***score is total reps with each round

[notes:]

A. looking for you to finish the row and haul ass off the rower – i’d prefer if possible the rowers were set up outside so its a straight shot to the 50 and back. keep the running a long back and forth. No score, just do it for funzies.

B. Right here I want something sustainable, a movement scaling and pace that can be consistent across all three rounds, if you suck at push ups, scale them, same thing with the pull ups.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Thursday 7.21.16″ open=”false”]Thursday 7.21.16

A.

15 minutes to work through the Thacker warm up as far as you can

B.

10 Minutes to establish a Hang Power Snatch 2rm

***score your 2rm

C.

take 5 minutes to transition, then perform

Every minute on the minute for 12 minutes

2 Hang Power Snatches @ 40-60%

***no score for this

D. Supplemental Shoulder Work

3 Rounds

15 Front Raises

15 Lateral Raises

15 Rear Delt Raises

do the set unbroken, rest 60-90 seconds after

***no score for this

[Notes:]

B. Keep the HPS heavy but technically sound. you don’t deload, you hit each one from the hang

C. Stay fast with these

D. Use light weight on these, an unbroken set of 45 without swinging your body and controlling the weight is difficult.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Friday 7.22.16″ open=”false”]Friday 7.22.16

A.

Single Arm Dumbbell Row 3×8-12 @ 30X2

rest 60s between arms.

***score is weight

B.

Single Leg Step Up 3×8-12 @ 3101

rest 60s between legs

***score is weight

C.

4 Rounds

Teams of 2

Partner 1 performs 80m sprint (40 out and back)

partner 1 performs 15 Med Ball Sit Ups with throw to partner 2

Partner 2 performs 80m sprint (40 out and back)

partner 2 performs 15 Med Ball Sit Ups with throw to partner 1

***no score, just do it

[Notes:]

A. keep that final pull at the top end for the full 2 seconds

B. for the single leg step ups, we want all 8-12 one leg, then switch to the other leg. we have all kinds of crazy criteria for today’s step ups.

  1. finish one side before the other
  2. don’t touch your toe to the ground, only your heel, and you don’t get to bend that leg either
  3. don’t push your knee far over your toe
  4. ideal for us today is crease of the hip above the top of the knee

C. I typed it all out, so yeah.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Saturday 7.23.16″ open=”false”]Saturday 7.23.16

A.

2 Rounds

90 second amrap

Run 300 Yards

Max No Push Up Burpees in time remaining

rest 3:00 between rounds

**Score is total reps

B.

15 Minutes – Every Minute on the minute

1: 1-3 Rope Climbs

2: 10 Unbroken Push Presses

3: 30-50 Fast Double Unders

**score is weight on the push press and number of rope climbs

[Notes:]

A. these are done  @ 85% effort – somewhat hard. move fast on these.

B. we will pick a scaling that allows for you to move through this workout without chasing your tail.[/x_accordion_item][x_accordion_item title=”Sunday 7.24.16″ open=”false”]Sunday 7.24.16

A.

50 minute amrap

10 Calorie Row

4 Turkish Get Ups

50 Singles

Full turf bear crawl

25 yard out, 25 yard back single arm overhead carry

***score is total rounds

 

 

 

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No Classes Today – Gym Closed – Beach Day Workout Tomorrow!

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Beach Day: July 16th – 10:00am @ Silver Beach – all classes closed at CFSB

Yep, we will be closed, and we will be meeting at the beach instead – playing some volleyball, maybe doing a workout there. Who knows?!

$10 to get into silver beach for non residents – ($35 for annual pass)

We will meet there AT the beach at around 10, I’ll post on twitter/facebook/snapchat where we are all at when I get there if some happen to be early. When people file in we will see how many we have for a beach wod…It involves swimming, running, and push ups!

 

 

Why Would Someone Hire a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner?

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Why Would Someone Hire a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner?-CFSB Wellness Wednesday

In last month’s installment of “What is Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®?” we announced the availability of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® services here at CrossFit South Bend, and how Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® differs from conventional medicine.

In this second installment we explain why someone might hire a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® practitioner. There are many reasons why one might do so, but we discuss 5 reasons in particular.

  1. You’re eating well, you’re exercising, you’re sleeping well, but you still don’t feel your best, you still have symptoms, or you’re still dealing with a chronic health condition.
  2. You’re going with through the cycle of trial and error with supplements to try to fix your symptoms. “Oh I’m taking licorice root for my 2pm slump, I’m taking fish oil for my inflammation, I’m taking antacids for my heartburn, and melatonin to go to sleep.” A normal healthy functioning human being does not need all these things to control symptoms.
  3. You don’t feel well or you still have symptoms even though your doctor says your blood work is “normal”.
  4. You understand that there is no such thing as a “normal” symptom.
  5. You want to fix the root cause of your health issues not just the symptoms.

Next 12 Weeks of Programming

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Throwing out a general outline of the next 12 weeks of programming. Hopefully what this does is spur more conversation than anything for those of you curious about programming. If this post creates some dialogue that sits well with you in the end, that makes us happy. We are all transparent when it comes to our programming and are happy to answer any and every question you may have. How about this – I’m going to post the “what” if you want to know the “why” ask questions and post to comments! This is also important to note that each block changes as the goals of our athletes change, our goals change, as the year progresses and as we notice trends .[/cs_text][cs_text]12 Week Block @ CFSB and a shitload of rambling.

General Overview

2 week template that accumulates with a small amount of intensification on the back end. We’ve noticed some trends in upper body pulling and pushing weaknesses we are trying to shore up. As well as some weaknesses in the short range fast energy system and CP battery. We are pretty far out from the open right now so we don’t have to worry about killing everyone with open style workouts and kipping movements – they would all do best to develop pure strict movement strength while just “touching” on kipping movements. Typically we have mostly novice to intermediate athletes so this panders to them mostly – some placements of programming characteristics subject to change as we steer the programming and notice trends on what needs touched.

I’ve posted below some of the “main” things that are happening on each day, but again, subject to change as we notice people needing some steering around or if we find we can fit some other things in that we need, something may be swapped out. So if you are trying to improve something specific – this give you insight into what is happening during a two week block.

Main goals of the general programming are to

  1. keep mobility “structure” in check and increase “stability” – keep athletes uninjured / do no harm
  2. have symmetry with primal movement patterns (movements across the XYZ axis)
  3. bring up relative and absolute strength
  4. keep a well rounded energy system of alactic, lactic power, lactic endurance, aerobic
  5. keep all of these as priorities while listening to clients goals – currently the overwhelming majority in no particular order are
    1. perform better
    2. feel good
    3. look good
    4. NOTE: note on above 3 that lifestyle of the individual, stress, sleep, nutrition become more important than the actual training in regards to these goals – which is why we offer nutrition coaching alongside these goals.
  6. keep these priorities in mind while programming for the sport of crossfit IN RELATION to the current set of athletes we have and what they need for balance to compete if that is their desire – all the while not violating rule 1 of doing no harm. The programming for Crossfit is also relative to where we are within the competitive season – we are about 32 weeks out from the next open.

I am also going to put a short description below the template of what some of these things mean in a very short sentence (or two, lol.) Again, have questions and concerns? ask them on the forum! 

 

Monday 

Main Bend

Supplemental Push horizontal

Muscle Endurance Work

Tuesday

Supplemental Single Leg Squat

Main Pull Horizontal

Core

Alactic

Wednesday

Anaerobic Lactic Power

Aerobic

Thursday

Main Double Leg Squat

Supplemental Pull Vertical

Core

Muscle Endurance / CP Battery

Friday

Supplemental Bend

Main Push Vertical

Skill/CP Battery

Saturday

 

Anaerobic Lactic Power

CP Battery – Grinder/Bottlenecks

Sunday

Aerobic (longer range)

Recovery

Skill

Monday

Main Double Leg Squat

Main Pull Vertical

Muscle Endurance / Aerobic touch if needed

Core

Tuesday

Supplemental Bend

Main Push Vertical

EST – touch on what we notice needs some work

Wednesday

Anaerobic Lactic Power

Aerobic

Thursday

Main Bend

Supplemental Push Horizontal

Muscle Endurance/Aerobic Touch if needed

Friday

Supplemental Single Leg Squat

Main Pull Horizontal

Core

Skill/CP Battery

Saturday

Anaerobic Lactic Power

CP Battery – Grinder/Bottlenecks

Sunday

Aerobic (longer range)

Recovery

Skill

NOTES:

Lactate: Lactate is a naturally occurring organic compound produced in everyone’s body and is both a by- product of and a fuel for exercise. It is found in the muscles, the blood and various organs. Your body needs it to function properly. A term that is often associated with lactate is lactic acid. They are very close chemically. We use the term “lactate” even though in many places “lactic acid” might be technically right. The use of lactate instead of lactic acid should not interfere with any interpretation. The chemical formula of lactate is C3H5O3. The primary source of lactate is the breakdown of a carbohydrate called glycogen.

Absolute Strength: The maximum force that an individual’s muscle can produce is a single voluntary e ort, regardless of the rate of force production or size

Aerobic: Aerobic comes from a Greek word meaning air. It is used here to refer to aerobic energy which means energy produced with oxygen. We have one aerobic system as opposed to two anaerobic systems.

Anaerobic means without oxygen. It is used here to refer to anaerobic energy which means energy produced without oxygen. We have two anaerobic systems as opposed to one aerobic system. The two systems are the Creatine Phosphate system and the Glycolytic system.

Relative Strength: The maximum force exerted in relation to body weight or muscle size.

Alactic: work that is done “without lactate”

Muscle Endurance: The ability of your muscles to repeatedly exert force against resistance. This can take place in a variety of ways – all in context to the goals – i.e. if you all suck at push ups – linearly progressing push ups over the course of a 12 week period.
Skill Work: Refers to the effort/time/session spent on improving the movement/speed/execution of a certain skill or trait in physical preparation; this also allows the blood to flow and person to move WITHOUT too much demand on the CNS. It can be used as a recovery workout as well as used to balance out training sessions.

CP Battery –  Creatine Phosphate Battery – The simplest way to answer this question is to think of your capacity to lift heavy weights as a battery. Every time you lift a weight close to you max you drain the battery, and then it recharges. When lifting a weight at say 90% of your max, you may drain your battery 50% or 85%. And it may take you 30 seconds or 3 minutes to recharge your battery, which is based on your individual physiology. While absolute strength is important, the demands of CrossFit dictate that an athlete has the capabilities to produce near maximal force repeatedly with short rest periods. The phosphagen system is largely responsible for producing the energy required for near maximal lifts/efforts. The CP battery test allows us to see how quickly an athlete can regenerate his or her creatine phosphate and ATP stores within the muscle fibers and therefore perform the required work. (again – 70% of phosphagen stores are regenerated within 30 seconds). Two things can limit performance of this test. First, poor mechanics which prevent the athlete from lifting with optimal positioning. Next, the CP system has not been exposed to the necessary stimulus which will allow a quicker rate of phosphagen store regeneration.

Main: If this will be a main lift – something that either a. we have a large focus on, or b. something that is more demanding in regard to the CNS than a supplemental movement.

Supplemental: A lift that assists a main movement in its function – i.e. bicep curls being supplemental to chin ups.

CNS – Central Nervous System

XYZ Axis or Primal Movements Across Upper and Lower Body Movements-Transverse, Sagittal, Frontal movement patterns 

In closing…

Finding balance while programming for a group of 200 or more individuals is a difficult task – especially when you are all completely different when it comes to all of the variables involved. Simply put.

You are all different people in many different ways: sleep, stress, work, body makeup, gender, biological age, training age, training schedule…it goes on and on

You are all beginning at different stages of athletic development (training age – again)

We constantly have people phasing out and phasing into the programming

We choose whats important based off of the sit downs we have, the majority response we get from members who communicate with us, what we feel is most important for the group, and the goals and aims of Crossfit and its movements.

I’ll stop typing now – but know this, that this is such a small amount of thought that goes into the programming – group programming. programming for the individual is another story in it of itself.

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No Class Saturday!

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OOPS! I originally launched a workout on this coming Saturday – its a Beach day! no classes today, all closed up.

Beach Day: July 16th – 10:00am @ Silver Beach – all classes closed at CFSB

Yep, we will be closed, and we will be meeting at the beach instead – playing some volleyball, maybe doing a workout there. Who knows?! Stay tuned that day and the night before in case of sketchy weather and if there will be any OG time available. I’ll be posting where we will be meeting if here at the gym and leaving and where we will be at the beach.