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Welcome to the home of the new Crossfit South Bend Blog! The old blog will still be available for all of the archived posts :) But after 5 years, over 2,700 posts, and an accumulated 3,456 hours of work on the prior blog. Its time to connect our web presence together in one unified format. Post to comments, and re-subscribe at the bottom, be sure to choose which blog you'd like to subscribe to!

Thursday, 05.08.14

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Amateur

Find: 1 RM Box Jump

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Squat 3×5 (add 5 lb to last workout) Bench Press 3×5 (add 2.5 lb to last workout)

Collegiate

Close Grip Bench 5 RM, 1 x max reps @ 80% of 5 RM

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Complete as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of: 50 lb One Arm DB Thrusters RT – 5 reps 50 lb One Arm DB Thrusters LT – 5 reps Push Ups – 7 reps Box Jumps @ 60-65% of 1 RM BJ – 9 reps

Tuesday, 05.06.14

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Penn Rugby Varsity side celebrating their Midwest Championship
Penn Rugby Varsity side celebrating their Midwest Championship

Much like we need to fine tune our CNS to fire on our barbell lifts we need to do the same thing with sprinting. The way we do this is with intensity sprints, meaning we are going to rest until full recovery. Our goal will to be operating within 95% of your fastest time. So meaning if you run a 10.0 second 80 yard sprint we don't want to run slower then 10.5 sec. If we drop below that then we know we need to rest more. If you can bring your own timing device that will help out a lot.

Find: Fastest 80 yard Sprint *Warm up as needed and take 4-7 attempts at find your fastest 80 yard sprint. *Rest as needed between attempts.

Amateur

Deadlift 5 RM (add 10 lb to last workout) Supine Ring Pull Ups – 50 reps – AQAP (As Quick As Possible)

Collegiate

Deadlift 5 RM One Arm DB Rows 3 x max reps – AHAP (As Heavy As Possible)

Monday, 05.05.14

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Congrats to Jack, Zack, Blake, and the rest of the Penn High School Rugby team. We were able to walk away with a JV and Varsity Midwest title. Zack was awarded MVP of the JV Championship game. Zack scored the winning try with 3 minutes left in the game to put the team ahead.

Amateur

Squat 3×5 (add 5 lb to last workout)

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Complete 5 rounds for time of: Press @ last set of 5 press reps from last Monday – 1 rep Strict Pull Up – 1 rep Press @ last set of 5 press reps from last Monday - 1 rep Strict Pull Ups – 3 reps Press @ last set of 5 press reps from last Monday - 1 rep Strict Pull Ups – 5 reps

Collegiate

On the minute Complete 3 front squats on the minute for 8 minutes: Use 70% of 1 RM from last Thursday for this workout

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Complete 5 rounds for time of: Press 90% of 1 RM – 1 rep Strict Pull Up – 1 rep Press 90% of 1 RM – 1 rep Strict Pull Ups – 3 reps Press 90% of 1 RM – 1 rep Strict Pull Ups – 5 reps

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Amateur

Power Clean 5×3 (add 2.5 lb to last workout)

Rest 5-7 minutes….

Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of: Supine Ring Pull Ups – 10 reps True Push Ups – 10 reps

Collegiate

Find: 1 RM Box Jump

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On the minute Complete the following on the minute for 8 minutes: 50 lb Weighted Pull Ups – 3 reps 225 lb Power Clean – max reps At the top of each minute, perform 3 weighted pull ups. Once completed, you have the rest of the minute to complete as many power cleans as possible.

Thursday, 05.01.14

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Amateur

Squat 3×5 (add 5 lb to last workout) Bench Press 3×5 (add 2.5 lb to last workout)

Collegiate

Front Squat 1 RM Bench Press 3 x max reps @ body weight

Conditioning

Complete 6 rounds for time: 50 lb DB Hang Cleans – 5 reps 100 yard Shuttle Run For shuttle run, sprint out 50 yards, touch and sprint back.

Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

This is a great Ted Talk on whether or not athletes over the years have truly gotten better. If you have 15 minutes to spare you should watch it. Interested to hear your thoughts on this.