WODs

Nutrition: Last week of the challenge! Let’s make this the best week so far and see how good you can feel when your nutrition and training are both moving in the right direction.

Partner WOD
For load and time:
10-8-6-4-2-4-8-6-10 Front Squats
Run 200m
*Increase the load for each round up until the round of 2 reps and then decrease the load back through the same weights until the round of 10 reps. For example one partner will start with ten squats while the other runs. Once both partners have completed 10 squats and the run the weight is increased for the round of 8 and so on…
*Front Squat is taken from the deck.

7.00am
Choose from ONE of the following benchmark workouts:

Helen
Three rounds for time of:
Run 400m
21 KB Swings 24/16kg
12 Pull-ups
*16 minute cut off.

Lynne
Five rounds for reps of:
Bodyweight Bench Press
Pull-ups
*Move straight from the bench to the pull-ups and rest between rounds.

Nancy
Five rounds for time of:
Run 400m
15 Overhead Squats 42.5/30kg

8.00am
A. Work to a heavy hang clean (12 min)
B. Two rounds for time of:
Row 1000m
25 Pistols
15 Hang Power Clean (use about 80% of Part A.)
17 minute cut off.

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Nutrition: For those of you who are struggling with cravings. I found it easier to adhere to a nutritious diet by mentally recalibrating what I considered to be edible/food – many of the foods that cause cravings while tasty, are barely if at all more nutritious than a long list of things you would never consider eating. When I started making positive changes to my diet I found it easier to remove the poor choices from my food vocabulary than to consider them a sometimes food, because you know what happens – sometimes turns into all the time very easily. This is a very black and white approach that may not work for everyone but it certainly helped me. Chris.

AMRAP in 20 minutes of:
5 Unbroken cycles of Deadlift + Hang Power Clean + Front Squat + Push Jerk + Back Squat + Push Jerk  (movements may be combined/choose own load)
Run 200m
*Unbroken means only touch and go at the ground and no dumping at any point. You may rest anywhere you like other than the ground.

Nutrition: Try this tasty post workout recipe. Boil some potato or sweet potato until it’s soft enough to mash. While the potato is boiling dice up some bacon and fry it off. Once the potato is cooked, mash it with some butter until it is creamy and then add the diced bacon, some finely chopped shallots, a couple of raw eggs and some grated cheese and mix it all together to form a batter. Spoon it into a frying pan and fry both sides until crispy and brown. Enjoy.

A. 5 rounds for reps and time:
Chest to bar pull-ups (choose own reps)
2 x 10-20-30m Shuttle.
Rest
*Work:rest = 1:1
*For advanced athletes pick the largest number of pull-ups that you expect to be able to do unbroken for all five rounds. Note that UB is not a requirement, just a goal.
*Less advanced athletes will pick a number of pull-ups to complete each round with as many breaks as necessary to do the work or a flexed arm hang.

B. EMOM for 10 min:
Burpees (jump and touch) – choose own reps.

A. Work up to a heavy Dumbbell Hang Power Snatch + Power Snatch (1+1) (each side).
*10 min.

B. Three rounds for reps of:
1 min Wall Ball 10/6kg
1 min Parallette Shoot Through
1 min DB Snatch 20/15kg (alternating)
1 min Row (calories)
1 min to complete 45 sec plank (must be unbroken for rx’d)
*Rest 1 min between rounds.

Nutrition: Please try to put as much detail into your food diaries as possible – the more information we have, the more we can help you. You don’t have to get the scales and measuring cups out for each meal but some sort of guide on quantity helps us a lot. For example Dinner: 2 Chicken Thighs, large plate of stirfry veggies (capsicum, tomato, sweet potato, broccoli) cooked in a generous amount of coconut oil.

A. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps Pendlay Row.
*Increment the weight every two sets. For example, reps 10 & 9 @ 70kg, 8 & 7 @ 75kg, 6 & 5 @ 80kg, 4 & 3 @ 85kg, 2 & 1 @ 90kg. Obviously lighter lifters would need to use smaller increments than the example but hopefully you get the idea.
*Superset each round with max reps Double unders in 30 seconds.
*15 minute cut off.

B. AMRAP in 7 minutes of Toes to Bar
*Each time you come off the bar perform 10 candlesticks.

Nutrition: Try to avoid letting the scales be the sole determining factor in your success on the nutrition challenge. Your weight is more variable than you might realise and should be used in conjunction with things like the way your clothes fit, your energy levels, mood, appearance in the mirror, comments from friends, athletic performance etc. to determine your progress on the challenge.

Five x 90 sec rounds:
15 Box Jumps 24/20″
7 Front Squat
Max effort unbroken Hand Release Push-ups (stop when you break or at the end of the round).
*Rest 90 sec. between rounds.
*Load for front squat should be heavy but remain unbroken for all rounds.
*Perform 15 strict Abmat sit-ups during the rest break.
*Score = Load and reps.

See you at 7.00am for the WOD or at 8.00am for performance development!

Photo: Check out Murph’s idea of training while he’s away in Europe. The worst part is he took that bike with him!

A. 15 minutes to work to a 5RM Pull-up.
*Must complete at least 5 sets above 80% of max achieved.
*Novices will work with a spotter.

B. For time:
10 Pull-ups
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups, 10 Push-ups
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups, 10 Push-ups, 10 Squats
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups, 10 Push-ups, 10 Squats, 10 Burpees
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups, 10 Push-ups, 10 Squats, 10 Burpees
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups, 10 Push-ups, 10 Squats
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups, 10 Push-ups
Run 200m
10 Pull-ups
*20 minute cut off.

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A. E.M.O.M. for 10 rounds:
1 Press
2 Push Press
3 Push Jerk (instructional video)
*Use the same weight for all movements and all sets.
*Think about your weight carefully – there is a lot of volume in this.

B. AMRAP in 7 minutes of:
7 Deadlift (instructional video)
7 Hang Power Clean
7 Push Jerk
*40/30kg