Where Science Meets Fitness

No matter what your current fitness level or former athletic experience, you can learn to train like an Olympic-caliber athlete. I am Erin Borchard, a former elite springboard/platform diver (NCAA Champion and multi-year All-American at Stanford University, former member of the US National Diving Team, and two-time competitor at the US Olympic Team Trials), specializing in personal and small group training sessions. I am also a Phi Beta Kappa student with a B.A. in Human Biology; my strong science background is an ever present influence shaping and changing my training philosophy.

I want to help you push yourself to YOUR maximum...you'll be shocked to find the true athlete living inside of you.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Intro to CrossFit Workout


I wrote this workout for a client of mine who recently tried her first WOD ("Workout of the Day") at a CrossFit gym.  So, I decided to give her further introduction to the world of CrossFit with this hour-long workout of a warm-up, two mini-WODs (full of modifications and lighter weights than typical CrossFit), and some ab work.

Feel free to make this one your own.  Change the loads, alter the rep scheme, and feel free to work your way to doing unmodified versions of each of the exercises (i.e true Knees 2 Elbows (full hang) and Dead Hang or Kipping Pull-Ups (instead of the jumping ones).


WARM-UP:
60 sec. - 45 sec. - 30 sec. 
*Elbow-to-Hand Plank Walk
*Hollow Body Hold + Scissor Kick
*Chair Hold (deep squat w/ straight arms overhead)
WOD #1:
25-20-15-10-5 x
*Good Morning (45+ lb. bar)
*Half-Hang Knees-to-Elbows (hanging tuck-ups on a bar, half-hang = feet tap a tall box directly beneath you)
*Stiff-Legged Deadlift (45+ lb. bar)
*Jumping Pull-Up (tall box beneath pull-up bar)
WOD #2:
21-15 - 9 x
*Step-Back Lunge to Russian Step-Up (21 reps R, then 21 reps L)(12 - 15 lb. DBs)
*Burpee
*Slam Squat (w/ heavy DB; i.e. 20 lb.)
ABS:
*3 x Plank Circle Glide/ Walk (3 ea. direction = 3)
*30 x Alternating Single-Leg DB Pike-Up
*2 x Plank Circle Glide/ Walk (3 ea. direction = 3)
*20 x Alternating Single-Leg DB Pike-Up
*1 x Plank Circle Glide/ Walk (3 ea. direction = 3)
*10 x Alternating Single-Leg DB Pike-Up

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