Comments on: Monday, February 23, 2009 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:24:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3625 M Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:24:59 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3625 Props to you Tausha! You are an awesome athlete and are highly motivated--you will see many more successes in the very near future! Keep it up! Props to you Tausha! You are an awesome athlete and are highly motivated–you will see many more successes in the very near future! Keep it up!

]]> By: Tausha http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3624 Tausha Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:55:43 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3624 I did 86 reps with 65# thrusters.....and I did kipping pull-ups for the first time using the band!! YIPPY! I can finally say I have progressed from jumping to assisted kipping! I would like to publicly thank Michele for the motivation through pain. When the WOD called for pull-ups she would make me do double the amount in jumping pull-ups. She only did this because she believed in me when I didn't believe in myself.....thanks again Michele! Today was a big step in the right direction for me. :) T I did 86 reps with 65# thrusters…..and I did kipping pull-ups for the first time using the band!! YIPPY! I can finally say I have progressed from jumping to assisted kipping! I would like to publicly thank Michele for the motivation through pain. When the WOD called for pull-ups she would make me do double the amount in jumping pull-ups. She only did this because she believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself…..thanks again Michele! Today was a big step in the right direction for me. :)
T

]]> By: josh M http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3623 josh M Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:03:53 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3623 Calvin, Thanks for your reply. I am in Phoenix and am doing Crossfit in a vaccum. I found the invictus website and it is one of the best for those of us without access to our own affiliate. I appreciate your point, however, it would seem that the transverse plane is so essential to so many functional movements (sports related or not) that it should somehow be included in core movements, like opening and closing the hip. Regardless, thank you for your input and tell the other trainers at your gym that they are you are all doing a great job, even for those of us who are only virtual members. Josh Calvin,
Thanks for your reply. I am in Phoenix and am doing Crossfit in a vaccum. I found the invictus website and it is one of the best for those of us without access to our own affiliate. I appreciate your point, however, it would seem that the transverse plane is so essential to so many functional movements (sports related or not) that it should somehow be included in core movements, like opening and closing the hip.

Regardless, thank you for your input and tell the other trainers at your gym that they are you are all doing a great job, even for those of us who are only virtual members.
Josh

]]> By: Chris http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3622 Chris Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:17:40 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3622 'at an average' ‘at an average’

]]> By: Chris http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3621 Chris Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:15:21 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3621 Yayyy Cynthia! That is superb. I know that you have put in some post WOD work to get your kip down. Nice work girl. :) Hard work pays off!! I got dunked at the Fitness Wave today. Uhhh,,,yeah, it's scary to know that I've lost 15 pounds since I started CF and was still an an average (for my age) percentage. Got some work to do! ~BC Yayyy Cynthia! That is superb. I know that you have put in some post WOD work to get your kip down. Nice work girl. :) Hard work pays off!!

I got dunked at the Fitness Wave today. Uhhh,,,yeah, it’s scary to know that I’ve lost 15 pounds since I started CF and was still an an average (for my age) percentage. Got some work to do!
~BC

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3620 Cynthia Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:33:18 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3620 Fun working out with the noon class today! This stuff is hard no matter what time of day it is. But I actually kipped all my pullups (singles), so I'm kinda happy. Courtney was my inspiration today. Courtland, the point is---we beat Mark at burpees! Hooray for us! Oh...wait...not the same thing.... :( Fun working out with the noon class today! This stuff is hard no matter what time of day it is. But I actually kipped all my pullups (singles), so I’m kinda happy. Courtney was my inspiration today.

Courtland, the point is—we beat Mark at burpees! Hooray for us! Oh…wait…not the same thing…. :(

]]> By: courtland http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 courtland Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:23:22 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3619 WOD = 67 reps with following modifications: 95# thrusters; band-assisted pull ups. Mark did something like 110 and used the 55# db for pull ups, which is just wrong. Together Cynthia's and my burpees just beat his by ~ 1 / rd. I declare bionics! WOD = 67 reps with following modifications: 95# thrusters; band-assisted pull ups.

Mark did something like 110 and used the 55# db for pull ups, which is just wrong. Together Cynthia’s and my burpees just beat his by ~ 1 / rd. I declare bionics!

]]> By: Calvin http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3618 Calvin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:21:22 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3618 Josh, You bring up a great point. CrossFit is indeed comprised primarily of universally-applicable linear movements like squatting, deadlifting, pushing and pulling. I think CrossFit, being a GPP program, leaves out such movements as they are typically expected to be incorporated in the athlete's SPP program. One of my clients was able to increase his golf drive from 270 yards to well over 330 yards in just under 12 weeks. The program was 95% CrossFit with workouts being heavily focused on movements like the deadlift and overhead squat. I added a few medicine ball drills as part of his warm-up but I can assure you the man never saw a cable wood chop. At CrossFit Invictus, we incorporate a variety of drills into our class warm-ups and cool-downs, some of these drills include rotational movements. These may be gymnastics exercises, mobility drills, rotary stability exercises and other times we may incorporate light medicine balls to train rotational speed. Josh,
You bring up a great point. CrossFit is indeed comprised primarily of universally-applicable linear movements like squatting, deadlifting, pushing and pulling. I think CrossFit, being a GPP program, leaves out such movements as they are typically expected to be incorporated in the athlete’s SPP program. One of my clients was able to increase his golf drive from 270 yards to well over 330 yards in just under 12 weeks. The program was 95% CrossFit with workouts being heavily focused on movements like the deadlift and overhead squat. I added a few medicine ball drills as part of his warm-up but I can assure you the man never saw a cable wood chop. At CrossFit Invictus, we incorporate a variety of drills into our class warm-ups and cool-downs, some of these drills include rotational movements. These may be gymnastics exercises, mobility drills, rotary stability exercises and other times we may incorporate light medicine balls to train rotational speed.

]]> By: josh M http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3617 josh M Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:45:11 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3617 What transverse plane movements are included in Crossfit? I asked this question on the mainsite a couple of days ago and got no response. I have been trying to identify some examples of rotational movements in crossfit and I haven't yet. Am I missing something? What transverse plane movements are included in Crossfit? I asked this question on the mainsite a couple of days ago and got no response. I have been trying to identify some examples of rotational movements in crossfit and I haven’t yet. Am I missing something?

]]> By: biscuit http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/monday-february-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3616 biscuit Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:25:45 +0000 http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/?p=446#comment-3616 Cool post Calvin. I wiki'd it this morning from work and found this nifty graphic for all the visual learners out there - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Human_anatomy_planes.svg As for today's WOD...this one totally snuck up on me. Luckily I had two solid athletes (Justin and Frank) crushing it on the same station to keep the moto up. Cool post Calvin. I wiki’d it this morning from work and found this nifty graphic for all the visual learners out there – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Human_anatomy_planes.svg

As for today’s WOD…this one totally snuck up on me. Luckily I had two solid athletes (Justin and Frank) crushing it on the same station to keep the moto up.

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