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080930 TUESDAY "Elevation"
Donna hitting the 8' mark during her fight gone bad wall ball.
Workout:
Workout: "Elevation"
In 20 minutes, try to accumulate as many feet of "Elevation" as possible using the following exercises. Next to each exercise is the number we used for distance at the SHED. If you are doing this at on your own, you may change the values to what you have to work with. We also gave two different scores based upon height (over 6 foot is on the left, under 6 foot is on the right).
Rope Climb: 6 foot and up = 11 / 6 foot and under = 12
Muscle Up (bar or rings): 5 / 4
Pull Up: 2.5 / 2
Ring Dip: 2 / 1.5
Box Jump (same for both heights): big box = 3, med box = 2, small box = 1
Step ups (same for both heights): big box = 1.5, med box = 1, small box = 0.5
Post total number of "Feet" accumulated in the 20 minutes.
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CrossFit One World does "Century Gone Bad". I am so jealous.
(Video may not be WSFS. . . I guess it depends how your work feels about people doing pull ups, drinking beer, and yes, vomiting.)
Posted by Jeremy Jones at September 29, 2008 9:12 PM
Comments
Awesome pics of the FGB event on our Flickr site - just click the pics to the right and then go to the slide show! Thank you everyone, esp Carry's sis. for the great pics.
Posted by: Craig at September 30, 2008 5:46 AM
Great job on pullups, Jenny! It's awesome when you can get such a clear "measurable" in a training program. I'm sure this will pour gas on your fire for months to come.
That elevation workout looks interesting... I see that I get a penalty for being under 6 feet. Just out of curiosity, who wrote these specifications... someone over 6 feet, maybe?
For consistency, shouldn't box jumps & step ups have a bonus for people under 6 feet since they are jumping a greater percentage of their height? I think even the low box comes about to my chest.
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were
a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
- Mark Twain
Posted by: Mark L. at September 30, 2008 8:35 AM
The height requirements have to do with arm length. Most people don't know how long their arms are, so the 6' height is just for easy reference.
Boxes are the same height for everyone. It may be more % of your height, but shorter people generally have less weight to lift so it balances out. ;)
You will also notice that climbing the rope gives people below 6' more 'feet' than it does for people over 6' (because they start higher up to the top).
-jj
Posted by: J Jones at September 30, 2008 9:27 AM
I WANNA DO THAT!!!!
Posted by: RUINER @ DiabloCrossFit at September 30, 2008 11:14 AM
Elevation. work = force X DISTANCE, so there's an adjustment for the "pull length" for long armed people (with bwt being considered neutral since we're going for distance you pull your "self" through). AWESOME METRIC! Can I wear my helium vest?
Posted by: Mark L. at September 30, 2008 11:54 AM
Just wanted to thank Luca for another great 0800 class. I was laughing while running during the last few sprints, because my glutes and legs were on fire! Carry and I both PR'd deadlifts- 195#s x 5 reps. Guys of the gym: we're catching up to you.
Posted by: Shannon Stornetta at September 30, 2008 12:05 PM
so in order to increase my hotness level, i HAVE to get pull ups. haha! where might i purchase a band to help me do so? also, i forgot...do you remember which band i used for "DAD", mark?
another question. i was doing power cleans yesterday and my left wrist wasn't happy. if you look at your left palm, just to the left of center is where i felt it. felt kinda like a pull. doing everyday activities doesn't make it hurt and neither did stretching it--only when lifting did it feel weird. any ideas? should i tape up? the funny thing was i was only doing 65# and it didn't stop tweaking until i just went with the bar.
Posted by: sakura at September 30, 2008 12:37 PM
Sakura, you used the green band. =)
Posted by: Mark L. at September 30, 2008 12:43 PM
The new green or the old green?
They are both pretty different.
-jj
Posted by: J Jones at September 30, 2008 1:46 PM
New, less tired and more helpful, green.
Posted by: Mark L. at September 30, 2008 1:56 PM
omg. green?! i have some work to do. would you happen to know where i can get a band like that--we need to bring sexy back ASAP.
Posted by: sakura at September 30, 2008 2:34 PM
Hey everyone, don't mean to bring down the vibe but I want to keep it real. Check out the affiliate blog, there's a story about an affiliate in Eugene, OR. It's heart wrenching, but should be read. I may try and to the workout "Caleb" in the baby's honor tonight...
Here's the link the their gym and the story;
http:// www.ecrossfit.com/home/2008/09/caleb-elijah-stecker.html
RIP Caleb
Posted by: Stavros@DiabloCrossfit.com at September 30, 2008 3:30 PM
Great work from all of you this morning, and yes guys beware the ladies are coming up strong, Shannon and Carry together are an amazing force to watch, great work from Brian too, lifting 300lb for 5 times, nice work to Todd an Craig too, looking forward to see you all on Thursday for more pain.
Posted by: luca z. at September 30, 2008 4:53 PM
Thanks for the push to the PR!
Love the mini met-con at the end :)
Posted by: Carry at September 30, 2008 5:29 PM
Thank you for sharing that, Stav. Such a sad story. I don't know what I'd do without baby Kaela and I can't imagine what pain his family is going through. I'll be doing "Caleb" tonight at home.
Posted by: sakura at September 30, 2008 6:31 PM
"Caleb"
8 Rounds
400m Run
8 Lunges
8 Box Jumps (32")
19:08 as RX'd
RIP Beautiful Child.
Posted by: Stavros@DiabloCrossfit.com at September 30, 2008 8:55 PM
Those boxjumps alone translate into an elevate score of 192!! Impressive work, Stav!
Poor Caleb. God bridges that gap of pain and perceived injustice, though (still a mystery, how).
No amount of boxjumps 32" or not can bridge that gap... feels good, though, somehow...
Posted by: Mark L. at September 30, 2008 9:23 PM
Hey Luca. . . I think his name is "Greg" not Craig.
(If it is the same tall fellow that I taught).
-jj
Posted by: J Jones at September 30, 2008 10:05 PM
Caleb. 22:19 as RX'd, 20" box.
Posted by: sakura at September 30, 2008 10:12 PM
Nice work Sakura.
"Elevation"
585 (I think, I might have done the math wrong though).
-jj
Posted by: J Jones at September 30, 2008 10:16 PM