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    The CrossFit prescription is “constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement.” Functional movements are universal motor recruitment patterns; they are performed in a wave of contraction from core to extremity; and they are compound movements—i.e., they are multi-joint. They are natural, effective, and efficient locomotors of body and external objects. But no aspect of functional movements is more important than their capacity to move large loads over long distances, and to do so quickly. — Greg Glassman, http://www.crossfit.com/journal/library/56-07_Understanding_CF.pdf



Archive for May, 2008

29
May

the handstand from hell

You should scale these three workouts to your ability level: choose the two-minute, three-minute, four-minute, or the full five-minute version. To tally your ’score,’ if you choose the ‘two-minute’ version, you must spend a cumulative total of 120 seconds in a handstand. Begin the clock when you begin the handstand, clock runs continuously; but only [...]

18
May

the scenic route

You’ll only travel 150 meters, but it will be a beautiful journey.

5 rounds,

10 meters of beck’s burpees*
10 meters of walking lunges
10 meters of bear crawl

For Time.

*Beck’s burpees: like a normal burpee, but instead of jumping straight up, you jump forward — as far as you can. It’s a burpee with a standing broadjump. If [...]

16
May

Introduction to Type 1 Diabetes

I’m going to open the hood on basic diabetes management so you can see the nuts and bolts of how a type 1 diabetic uses blood glucose measurement and insulin injections to manage their blood sugar.
This explanation of diabetes and insulin therapy covers the basics of a Diabetic’s How To:

Establishing a basal rate of [...]

11
May

die like a greek

For some time we’ve toyed with the idea of posting a few versions of the same workout, at differing levels of difficulty. The decision is complicated, and has many disadvantages. But I’m guessing we’ll experiment with this in the future; so below you’ll find two workouts, and two versions of each.

10
May

developing your first pull-ups

CrossFit could scare you because we do tons of pull-ups …and you can’t do one.
Being intimidated is unjustified: CrossFitters include many people who could not do a pull-up when they began. The pull-up is easily teachable and achievable — you can begin right here, right now.
The following will give you a schedule consisting [...]

03
May

beginners: slalom-sit-superman

3 rounds of:

30 slalom jumps
30 sit-ups
30 supermans

For Time.
Supermans (laying on stomach, arch your back to raise your chest off the floor) can be substituted with back extensions on a roman chair or swiss ball (with feet anchored somehow), or with Good Mornings.
For an easier version, scale to 20 reps of each exercise, but remain at [...]

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