CrossFit East Bay Rest Day 081118
Annie Sakamoto FGB
Building on yesterday's post (please read all of it if you have not already), this week will focus on basic movement fundamentals. We will chose one reasonably simple fundamental movement and drill it each day, Wednesday-Saturday, concluding with a monostructural WOD on each day. Sunday we will combine the four movement which we have drilled into an intense metcon, with a focus on the best form we can muster.
Post suggestions for fundamental movements to work on this week.



Matthew just completed a week of grueling tryouts for BHS soccer team. The first day was 5 hours of running and holding pike positions, exclusively. After completing one pike position the coach said, "Any of you who don't feel you did the exercise with the correct form give me ten push-ups now!" About half the kids did push-ups. Half the kids didn't. The coach then said," Well, those of you who didn't do any Push-ups had a chance to show me how tough you were, but choose not to, I'll remember that."
Now Max wants to know what movements I think I need work on my form. I'll say I need work on everything and start doing my push-ups now.
Seriously, Overhead Squats, HSPU/Pikeing Push-ups, Ring Dips.
So did Matthew do push-ups or not?? Of course if this coach dude was really tough it would have been burpees.
Here are the things I know I need to work on the most, and what I'm hoping they'll ultimately allow me to do:
Ring Dips -> Muscle-up
Overhead Squats -> Snatches
Handstands/Inversions -> HSPU
Double-unders -> uh...Double-unders
Front Squat -> Cleans
I need to work on 101 things. I agree w/ Leon's comment from yesterday, it's always a work in progress. You may be fortunate enough to nail the fundamentals but most of us have deficincies even in the most basic elements, at least sometimes. Good things for beginners and even non-beginers to practice: squats, kpu, push-ups. Advanced movements that I suck at: most Oly lifts, particularly cleans and snatches. The list of things I need to work on is far too long to go into but they're all related to the basics.
On a tangential note: I ran into an acquaintance yesterday that was considering coming to classes but felt like she needed to "get in shape" before coming. I assured her that it's infinitely scalable and that folks are very supportive. I've been visiting my humble beginings quite a bit lately. More about this and frustration with lofty fitness goals here:
http://healthyevelyn.blogspot.com/2008/11/pistol-sots.html
My vote is for snatch, overhead squats, cleans, and push jerk.
Ring dips.
Seated calf raises, I think I have those down. Everything else needs work.
wall ball, box jump, sdhp (hmm...fight gone bad stuff), one hand kettlebell overhead squat, muscle up on bars, free handstand
ROFLMAO.
Leon said:
"Seated calf raises, I think I have those down. Everything else needs work."
Along those lines, I have clenching butt cheeks, while seated at computer. That's about it. Everything else needs work.
Any workout involving wall ball or double unders is my doom. So I vote for working on those. However, my vote shouldn't count too much since law school is taking over my life for the next month and I will probably be scarce at xfit until after the holidays.
Jump rope stuff, walking lunges, anything involving a squat: thrusters, wall ball, air squats, front squats OH squats, etc., pistols, handstand holds
Wallball, thrusters, anything that involves getting the barbell overhead in the correct position, snatches, cleans.
To Evelyn's credit, having been introduced to resistance training through CF, I be she does not even know there is a "seated calf raise machine". I am sad to say I used to waste my time on it.