Friday, August 3, 2012

Skill/Strength:
Front Squats 10x3 @ 95% 1RM


WOD:
"Cindy"
As many rounds as possible in 20 min of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats

Nothing but great reviews about the swim clinic on Tuesday!  Huge thanks to Scott and Jen for putting that all together!!

The Mid-Atlantic Hopper registration opens at noon August 17th.  It will be held on October 6-7 at Crossfit BWI in Baltimore. We already have a good amount of interest from individual athletes. If anyone is interested in putting some teams together we better get on it.  Programming will run differently this year compared to last for the teams and individuals.  If you're signing up for the competition, please email or contact me on the Crossfit 717 Facebook page so we can talk preparation.

Skill/Strength
Prowler (after WOD)
3x200m (50/empty sled)
The more you hate it, the more you need it...

Crossfit Endurance
5 rounds:
600m run
30 second plank hold
6 push presses @ 60% of strict press

Skill/Strength
WOD Skills

WOD
"Brandons Bad Day"
3 Rounds for time of:
15 OH squats (95/65)
15 L-Pullups
15 Split Jerk
15 K2E
15 Hang Clean
15 Back Extensions (or good mornings with bar)

Swim Clinic Today at 7am and 7pm at Northern York High School.

Sign up on Zenplanner under events.  Believe me when I say I'll be the first one to ask for the inflatable arm floaties.  I'm a horrible swimmer, and Scott and Jen put my worries to ease when I asked about being a beginner swimmer.  So, please don't have that hold you back from joining us today.  We're challenged with new movements and weights on a daily basis, and this will just be one more thing you will overcome.  We'll see you out there!

Remember:  the 6:15 Crossfit and Endurance class in the morning is cancelled, and the 6:15pm class is cancelled.

From Coach Hebe

 "Tues: Swim clinic will be the CFE WOD. I will NOT be at the box Tuesday morning, I will be at the swim clinic, at 7:00AM. That being said, if anyone wants to do some running we can go over to the Northern track, after the swim clinic. There will be some sort of WOD with the swim clinic, so I will keep that in mind for running post clinic. More than likely we will do some easy cross country running and then some hill sprints.

TUES interval WOD to do on your own would be as follows.

4x200 @ R pace on table 2 of the Daniels running calculator OR take your mile time in seconds then subtract 15 from that and divide by eight. After each 200, do an EASY 200 jog.

4x400 same pace calculation as above. EASY 400 jog after each hard 400

4x200 exactly the same as the first set"

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Skill/Strength
Muscle Ups
Front Squat hold and lowers

Level 1:  MU transitions + 5x 105% FS hold 10 seconds and negative
Level 2:  5 rounds: 3 UB MU's + 110% FS hold 15 Seconds and negative
Level 3: 5 Rounds: 5 strict UB MU's + 120% FS hold 15 seconds and negative

WOD
2 minutes on/1 minute off for 5 rounds (counting total reps) of:

3 Sumo Deadlift (225/155) (scale: 65%)
7 Burpees

Reminders

Tuesday is the Swim clinic!!  Please reserve your spot on Zenplanner.
The Tuesday 6:15am Crossfit class/Endurance class and 6:15pm Crossfit class are cancelled so the coaching staff can also attend the Swim clinic.

Also

Classes now begin 15 minutes earlier (besides the CF express and Beginners) so you can be warmed up and ready to go for the class.  The online schedule reflects this change.  Skill/Strength will start exactly 15 minutes after the beginning of class.

More changes to open gym and beginner class times will be coming in the next month or two.  Please continue to check the website and daily posts for updates.  And like always, we love your feedback, so keep it coming. 

Skill/Strength
Backsquats
10x3 @ 80%; rest 1 minute between sets
Deload for the backsquats today. Focus should be on explosive speed throughout the squat.
then...
3x Max Effort Strict Chin-ups; rest 1 minute between sets
Level 1: Banded
Level 2: Unassisted
Level 3: Banded KB resistance

WOD
4 rounds:
15 Anchored sit-up to press (45/30 barbell)
20 Russian KB swings (2.5/2)
10 Single leg step up (same KB)

Reminder about the schedule change starting Monday for the self guided Warmup.  We're looking forward to the new opportunities this will provide for the programming.

WOD
~Team of 2~

Amrap 9
5 Box jumps
5 Inverted Pushups (feet on box)
5 Power Cleans (135/95)
*Partner A works while partner B rests.  Two bars are allowed if Partners have drastically different PC's.
5 Minute Rest
6 minute max effort
Max Weight Squat Snatch
*2 Bars are allowed.  Add best lifts from each partner for total score.  No weight can be loaded prior to the start of the 6 minutes, but practice can be done with an empty barbell.
5 Minute Rest
Amrap 9
100m Shuttle Sprint (50m there, 50m back)
Air Squats
*Partner A sprints 50m, around cone, and sprints back.  Partner B is accumulating as many reps of squats as possible during A's sprints.

Each Amrap is scored individually (there may be three different 1st place winners).  1st place gets an autographed photo of Hobbs.

Beginners class learning the Sumo DL

Skill/Strength
Front Squats
10x3 @ 92%
Then...
Max Distance: Standing Broad Jump, 3 attempts.

We're about half way through the Squat cycle.  Everyone should feel pretty accomplished already just by doing 30 reps at a weight equivalent to your old 3RM.

WOD
22-16-10
One-arm KB thrusters (1.5/1)
Burpee jump & touch @ 14"

Debra and Fran showing the 630am class how it's done

Remember to sign up under the Events page in Zenplanner to reserve your spot for the Swim clinic and WOD next Tuesday.  Two times are available, 7am and 7pm.  Goggles will not be provided, so try and grab a pair.

There will be a backup rain WOD today in case it starts really pouring.

Skill/Strength

Sumo DL 

Find 3RM

WOD

200m Run
2 Sumo DL
400m Run
4 Sumo DL
600m Run
6 Sumo DL
800m Run
8 Sumo DL
600m Run
6 Sumo DL
400m Run
4 Sumo DL
200m Run
2 Sumo DL

Muscle-ups getting easy

All smiles after the 200m Prowler push

We'll be starting the self warm up routine this coming Monday.  The online schedule will reflect the change in class start times.


Skill/Strength
Snatch Balance
5x1 climbing in weight
*hold the bottom position for 10 seconds

Rope climb practice

WOD
5 Rounds for time:
200m Run
4 Clean & Jerks @ 80% (full squat)
2 Rope Climbs
2 Tire Flips

JK's Birthday PR Clean at #245

Skill/Strength
For Time:
200m Prowler push (140/90 + sled)
*after WOD

WOD
"Nate"
AMRAP 20:
2 Muscle-ups
4 HSPU
8 KB swings (2/1.5)

Crossfit Endurance
8x400 1 Minute Rest
Record total time
*the 400's are at the 1 mile pace

~Thursday~
"2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate"
2 Sumo DL
200m Run
4
400m
6
600m
8
800m
6
600m
4
400m
2 Sumo DL
200m

Tori

We set a date for the Swim clinic with Scott and Jen!  There will be two 1 hour classes held on July 31, 2012.  The first will be at 7am, and the second will be at 7pm.  The pool is located in Northern York, Dillsburg, which is about 14 miles from Crossfit 717.

Everyone should bring some type of swim suit, and hopefully some goggles.  It will be broken into 40 minutes worth of technique and drills, and 15 minutes worth of a WOD.  This is extremely generous of them to offer, and I know they'll have their hands full!  The Crossfit Schedule will be revised so everyone has the opportunity to go.  This is a free event for our members only, so please remember to register online under Events to score your spot!

If you see JK (or... Jason, Ginger, Coachmel, "the naked guy") today, wish him a happy 25th Birthday!!

Skill/Strength
Backsquats 10x3 @ 87%

WOD
AMRAP 6
15m Walking Over Head Lunge (45/25)
15 Kettlebell High Pull (1.5/1)

90 seconds rest

AMRAP 6
10 Wallballs
10 Calorie Row

Paul D. after proving he deserves a spot on the record board with a 3:38 Fran

Skill/Strength
Diet and Nutrition talk

We concentrated on Paleo during our last challenge.  This time, we'd like to talk about eating Paleo under the guidelines of the Zone.  We'd like to do another challenge soon, and want everyone to get a head start on the fundamentals of the Zone.

WOD
AMRAP 20, Team of two:
Partner 1: Farmers carry perimeter of Box
Partner 2:  Completes as many rounds as possible of
                 5 Deadlifts at 275/195 (65% of 1RM)
                 20 Double Unders (scale is p-jumps)
*partner 1 will continue where partner 2 left off.

Skip to 7:58 and watch the battle over who takes the womens 3rd place spot in the 2012 Crossfit Games.  

Training all day, every day, will get you strong.  There's plenty of Games athletes that did that.  But how many trained their mental strength and stamina enough to give 100% through any WOD, any time?  It's what separates the good from the great.  She shouldn't have won.  She was going head to head for 3rd place with Kristen Clever, a Games champion and Crossfit veteran.  Talayna gave it everything she had that day.  That's why she ended up on the podium.

 How much are you going to give today?  

Skill/Strength
Front Squats
10x3 @ 89%

WOD
For Time:
*15 Burpee box jump overs

7 Rounds of:
5 UB Overhead Squats (135/95)
9 UB Toes 2 Bar

*15 Burpee box jump overs

-Start with the 15, do the 7 rounds, then end of with the 15.
-Squat snatch into your first OHS.
-UB = UnBroken.  If you don't complete 5 OHS and 9 T2B UB, then it is considering scaling.

Great showing for the Harrisburg Mile yesterday

and congratulations to Kara, Mike, Debra, and Jen for taking home medals!!

Outstanding job to everyone who ran the Harrisburg Mile yesterday.  Way to represent 717!!

Crossfit Endurance meets back up tonight at 630pm.

All your compliments and suggestions for the new place are incredibly useful, please keep them coming in.
Along with the new box comes some adjustments.  Parking was incredibly hard to find at the last box without getting a nasty note left on your windshield.

To keep that from happening here (though we have ample parking available), please fill in the lined parking spaces by the garage door and building first.  Then, fill in the unmarked spaces along the back of the State Street Plaza, continuing down the fence line.

DO NOT park along the building PAST our loading dock/front entrance.  The school beside us needs enough room to pick up the children.  We want to be awesome neighbors.  If they can deal with Rage Against the Machine vibrating their walls all day, we can give them some room to turn the buses around.

Thanks everyone.

WOD
"Running with Ang"
1 Mile Run
50 Pullups
400m Run
50 Pushups
400m Run
50 Situps
1 Mile Run
50 Squats

Scaled
"Running with A"
800m Run
25 Pullups
200m Run
25 Pushups
200m Run
25 Situps
800m Run
25 Squats

Lovett and Travis going head to head on Fran

Josh pushing through the last round

Keri testing out the new platforms

Jess testing out the bars

The first day couldn't have gone better!  I've never seen so many Fran PR's in one day.  I'll be sure to post a picture of it tomorrow.

I'll begin to post all the pictures taken during the week onto the Photobucket account so you all can dig through them.  Please keep all the good ideas coming.  We've had tons of feedback today, and want to know anything and everything we can do to improve the facility or make your experience better.

We've had lots of questions about open gym hours.  For now, we will be allowing everyone to utilize the equipment/rooms if they're not being used by the class along with the permission of the coaching staff on duty.  The caveat is that you must attend the class directly before or after you will be allowed to use the facility to do extra work. We appreciate your understanding.

The Harrisburg Mile is going on today.  Good luck to all our athletes that are competing or just going out for fun.

Skill/Strength
In 20 Minutes:
Find 1RM Clean and Jerk

WOD
AMRAP 12:
6 SDHP (135/95)
6 Floor Presses
6 Windshield Wipers (1 count)

About half the moving crew from Saturday

34ft pullup rig

View from the chill area

entry

After everyone's hard work, we're FINALLY DONE!!

(closer to 92% complete, but it's close enough to WOD)

Come on in and check out your new Crossfit 717!

836 Market Street (rear), Lemoyne PA 17043

Go up Elm street from the old box, and turn left into the large parking lot.

The entrance in located in the rear of the building.  Please park along the fence and the back of the state street plaza.  Come in a little early if you want to check out the entire floor plan.  We'll be running classes as normal tomorrow, but there will be plenty of cool changes coming soon.

Here's something pretty cool.
Mike and Kara featured on the main Crossfit Endurance page for today!
 http://www.crossfitendurance.com/blog/1/post/332

Skill/Strength

After WOD

Backsquat

10x3 @ 84%
(if possible)

WOD

The very first official WOD we ever posted was in September of 2010.  We'll pull it out today to mark the next milestone.  You guessed it...

"Fran" 

21-15-9

Thrusters (95/65)

Pullups

John Fox and his son Jackson doing some touchup

We will be closed Monday, 7/17/12  

We'll be getting the certificate of occupancy for tomorrow and finishing up some final touches, and will resume business at the new Box Tuesday.  The new address is 836 Market Street, rear, Lemoyne PA. 

We're in awe from the amount of support we had from all of you.  The old Box was completely empty in under 3 hours on Saturday, and Elm street was crowded with 717'ers carrying anything and everything up to the new place.  You'll never see this kind of community anywhere.  Thank you.

Monday would be a great day for a 5k run (unless you're running the Harrisburg Mile on Tuesday) or to hit the pool and go for a swim.  Check out the vacation WOD's page to the left for some awesome bodyweight WOD's you can complete anywhere.

Reminder: No Open Gym today, but there is still a lot to be done at the new box if anybody wants to come out and lend a hand. Starting at 10am.

We're going to need a lot of man power setting the pullup systems up and hanging the gymnastics rings. Jamie will start the cleaning today if any ladies would like to help scrub the box down or with paint touch ups.

We'll post tonight for updates on tomorrows schedule.

Moving Day

It looks like the rain is going to hold up until 12pm today.  With enough people and vehicles, we could get the move done fairly quick.

Please check the website and Facebook tomorrow for updates on the class schedule for Monday.  We may have to keep the doors closed to finish off the flooring and equipment installations.

Reminder: 2 classes only today, Beginner @ 9am and Crossfit at 10am.

WOD
What do you expect, it's Moving Day!

For Time:
Teams of 4 move an evenly divided amount of weight, KB's, Barbells, Wallballs, etc., 200m.

Turf 90% complete.  Wood lifting inserts in place.  

If you'll be available tomorrow or Sunday to lend a hand in moving, please come on out.  We have a ton of weight to move and pullup racks to install in the new facility.  If you haven't been to the new place yet, go straight up Elm street from our current location (the dreaded "hill" on the 400m loop you love to run), and turn left into the large parking lot in back of 840 Market Street.

Reminder:  2 classes only on Saturday, 9am Beginner and 10am Crossfit.  Open Gym is canceled on Sunday.  You can still come in and clean, but it won't be a barbell.  Thanks for understanding.

Skill/Strength
Front Squat
10x3 @ 86%
(I moved the FS to Fridays so more of you can get them in)

WOD
"Amanda"
9-7-5
Muscle-Ups
Squat Snatch (135/95)

*There will be plenty of progressions and scales for the WOD.