Feeling fine with 9 Days to go!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
LA Sports Massage will be giving out free 10 minute massages at the Cook Off on Saturday!
Mobility:
Jog 400 meters
Keg Drill, 2 minutes
Wrist Mobility, 60 seconds
Warmup:
2 Rounds of:
5 Kick up to Handstands
Frogstand or Tripod, 10 seconds
5 Tuck/Straddle Press to Headstand OR 10 Hip Extensions
Skill Review/Strength:
Take 12 minutes to practice and load up your squat clean weight.
Workout of the Day:
“J.J.“
For time:
185 pound Squat clean, 1 rep
10 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 2 reps
9 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 3 reps
8 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 4 reps
7 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 5 reps
6 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 6 reps
5 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 7 reps
4 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 8 reps
3 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 9 reps
2 Parallette handstand push-ups
185 pound Squat clean, 10 reps
1 Parallette handstand push-up
Cool Down:
Row 1k, slowly
German Hang, 30 seconds
Quad on Wall, 60 seconds each
Hip Mobility on Box, 2 minutes each
The above video is from the Mobility Wod site and underscores a few important issues. First, we have to work on our nasty painful bits. Tendonitis of the elbow is a very common occurrence among athletes and CrossFit is no exception. After a load of pullups, practicing muscle-ups or heavy cleans our elbows can get inflamed and we need tools that help us recover! I used to experience this problem regularly and it can be very annoying as we are constantly pulling and pushing something. Second, the process of dealing with our issues might not be very pleasant and we have to learn to appreciate the good pain. I had to laugh while watching this dude get worked by Kelly, he is so stoked when he finally gets a break. Last, is the interesting notion that there is no real evidence as to why this works! From Mobility Wod:
Look, we can only hypothesize about what’s really going on with this technique. We are pretty sure that compression tack and flossing (Voodoo Flossing) does some of the following:
1) Restores sliding surfaces of the compressed and regional tissues being wrapped. (Like Self Inflicted ART)
2) Pushes swelling out of joints/tissues when used to treat in this way.
3) Re-perfuses tissues that have poor blood flow
4) Creates flexion gapping at joints like the elbow restoring normal joint motion.
5) Voodoo
6) It works really, really well. Especially on hot elbows. Nothing I’ve seen, experienced, been taught, or trained on solves this problem as effectively.
That last point is what intrigues me. Looking forward to testing it out! Click HERE for work on the knee as well.
Zeb
I have previously asked a similar question, but I
did not get the answers I were looking for. My
question is how to increase my height through boosting HGH
levels, not how to increase height other ways such as through products or “appearing” taller. I am still young and I feel as though I still have some time left to grow, so I want to take full advantage of that. Please remember that I am still very young and I don’t want to take any products, at all, I need NATURAL ( although vitamins are ok) . Now, can anyone possibly tell me how to increase my height by boosting HGH? Is there a specific amount of hours of sleep I should get? Specific foods/diet? Which excersises create the most HGH? Please, Please give me some answers to my questions, or if not give me a website url, or book for me to look it up on my own! I just need answers! ThankS!.
I’m thinking because true HGH is developed in a lab and is exactly like the HGH your pituitary gland produces and it requires a prescription.. One of my sons takes HGH, it is taken by injection, you cannot take it orally because the acids in your stomach affects it. If you are not in need of it, or take to much of it, it does have its side effects. The dosage is based off of your weight, and depending on the individual would depend on if you took daily injections, every other day, once a week, etc. My son takes daily injections because he has an underdeveloped pituitary gland, so it is not producing HGH as it should.. If you are interested in HGH then you need to speak to an endocrinologist, they specialize in this area.
29:58 Rx’d
No way would I have done this without McCoy, who crushed it. A long, heavy, brutal, sweaty, but strangely fun mess.
Unbelievable times. Nice work fellas.
Track night, Tabata running. Almost dry heaved after the 3rd interval, and it just felt like I was running while having a heart attack afterwards. Graeme, Flores, and JShap are beasts!
I have developed elbow pains, and assume it is tendonitis, as I am increasing my clean weight and performing pull-ups with smaller bands. I ordered the Voodoo Bands last night. We affected athletes are going to have do work out a buddy system to wrap and mobilize each other if enough of us are using them…
ha… the new batman trailer has the plane being ripped apart that we saw from across the parking lot so many months ago
worth checking out – cool to see the effect finished. http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/01/11487457-new-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-suggests-batman-may-meet-his-doom
Oooh. Looking forward to this one!
Cleared out the lungs this morning, did the same rep scheme up to 8 instead of 10. Parallette HSPU deficit to ear below hands, used a head marker and kipped rounds 7-6-5. The squat cleans felt good technique-wise, just heavy. Finished at 21:55. Was shooting for sub 20, but had a few coughing fits in the middle there:)
Also, here is a link if you want to buy the Voodoo Floss Band!
Thanks so much Diso! This is EXACTLY what I need.
How many people have these elbow problems?
Loved watching the dude’s face contort in pain. Haha.
You better believe Voodoo floss is in the mail as we speak. Did someone say 9 days?!?!