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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 [...]

30
Apr

Beginners: Cindy Lou

Do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes:
5 push-ups
10 sit-ups
15 squats
Report total number of rounds completed.

29
Apr

Adobe workout: jump-push-roll

As we’re not receiving any feedback, we’re providing cookie-cutter difficulty levels (scaling) for these workouts. For now we’ll call these Levels 1, 2 and 3 in increasing level of difficulty.

Level 1:
3 rounds

100 rope jumps
12-9-6 push-ups
12-9-6 ab-rolls OR knees-to-chest

For Time.

Level 2:
3 rounds, 15-12-9

double-unders (or 120 rope jumps each round)
push-ups
ab-rolls OR knees-to-chest

For Time.

Level [...]

28
Apr

Adobe Workout: 100 or Bust

100 air squats
10 dumbbell push press each time you stop
Choose a dumbbell weight which is too heavy to shoulder press 10 times. The push press is considerably stronger, if you use correct technique. This will force you to do the push press correctly, an important skill to develop and a potent contributor to strength development.
If [...]

19
Apr

Adobe Workouts, Series 2

New exercises in this series include squat jumps, dumbbell swings, sumo-deadlift high-pulls (SDHP), leaning-rest dumbbell rows, bear crawls and handstands. We will post How To explanations for these exercises soon.
Notice that the only equipment required for these workouts are dumbbells, though different weights are needed: 5 lb dumbbells for the “TarBaby” and much heavier [...]

19
Apr

Generating Workouts For New Clients

I will continue to post beginners’ workouts. This current, specific series we’ll call the Adobe Workouts (First week’s plan), and here is Adobe Workouts, Series 2.
The Adobe workouts are designed around the abilities, needs and constraints of specific trainees. Their only equipment is a few denominations of dumbbells (5, 8, 10, 12, and 25 lbs) [...]

15
Apr

tabatas revisited

Today was a rest day. I’ve been prescribing Tabatas to others recently, but haven’t done any myself for a long time, more than 6 weeks. Need a dose, so
Tabata push-ups: 17-17-17-17-13-7-6-7 = 101 total, less than my previous 105. I expected to increase, but I haven’t done push-ups in over a month. Yes, you should [...]

14
Apr

4 x 400 meter

An important benchmark WOD to Kirez. Also our 2nd CrossFit WOD ever.
We did this 3 months ago on January 24th.
Kirez’s times then: 1:10, 1:34, 1:29, 1:26
Tash’s times then: 2:04, 2:14, 2:22, 2:23
Tonight:
Kirez: 1:03, 1:13, 1:12, 1:14
Tash: 1:46, 1:59, 2:17, 2:20
PRs for both of us. Kirez’s goal is to run a sub-60. Need to drop [...]

14
Apr

Grace and Quarter Gone Bad

Tash did two workouts today; first,
Grace, 30 x 45 lb. power clean & push-press: 3:50
PR by 2:05.
Then the CrossFit.com WOD, Quarter Gone Bad, scaled:

5 rounds,
15 seconds, 45 lb. squat thrusters, 45 seconds rest;
15 seconds, ring rows, 45 seconds rest;
15 seconds, burpees, 45 seconds rest.
Maximize reps in each round, score = total reps.
1: 3-4-3
2: 3-5-3
3: 3-5-3
4: [...]

14
Apr

The Hair Smolders

Homemade WOD on 13 April, 2008
Kirez:
4 rounds:
200 m run
15 pull-ups
10 x 100 lbs Overhead Squats
For Time.
9:39
200m* splits: 0:39, 0:49, 1:02, 1:06
*course involved terrain and out-and-back turnaround
Felt like fight gone bad, lungs on fire. Snatched 100 lb barbell to begin each round of OHS.

12
Apr

One Week Plan

One week of workouts designed for beginners to CrossFit. These workouts were prescribed with two specific trainees in mind, including the equipment available to them or lack thereof, and their strengths and weaknesses. Others will need to adjust the difficulty to their own experience and conditioning.
Monday
12-9-6 (reps; 12 reps first round, 9 reps second [...]

11
Apr

intro points on the squat, brief

A quick-n-dirty summary of essential squat technique:

Absolutely critical that you go below parallel, where below parallel means the crease in the front of the hip goes below the top of the kneecap.*
The femur should track parallel over the foot - the thigh bone and feet are pointed in exactly the same direction, each about 30 [...]

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