We didn't time this one, we concentrated on form.
Warm Up
- 25 Jumping Jacks
- 2 rounds of:
- 5 Pushups
- 10 Sit Ups
- 15 Squats
5 round of:
- 25 Squats with Bar
- 25 Good Mornings with Bar
- 25 Dumbbell Press
- 25 Jump Box
Exercises
- Pushups
Bring your chest to the ground for every single rep, and when you come up, make sure your arms are fully extended.
Scale down: Do the push ups on your knees. You lift less weight this way, so it's easier. - Squats with Bar
Make sure that when you go down, your bottom ends up closer to the ground than your knees (this is called "breaking parallel"). If you have to do your squats slower to accomplish this, that's fine. Regardless of how far you squat, you want to keep your weight on your heels the whole time. That will help ensure you keep a good lumbar curve & will help with any potential balance issues. For some people, it helps to look up at about 45 degrees to ensure you're not leaning forward & straining your lower back. To ensure this happens, you can throw your hands up to 45 degrees and focus your eyes on your hands on each rep. Scale down: If you can't squat that far, you should aim to end up with your thighs parallel to the ground at the bottom of your squat.
Hold the bar above your head so the bar is aligned with your spine. - Good Mornings with Bar
Grab a weighted bar. Most people usually use about 12 lbs, although the highest weight anyone uses is usually around 30lbs.
Stand with your feet about two shoulder-widths apart and rest the bar on your shoulders behind your neck. Keeping your legs locked, bend at the waist (as if you’re bowing), and keep your eyes forward. Keep your back flat as you do that, and finish so that your back is parallel to the ground. Come back up to standing to finish the rep. Unlike the other variation of this exercise, there shouldn't be a bend to your knees during any part of this. - Dumbbell Press
Grab two dumbbells (heaviest weight is usually 25 lbs) or a weight bar. Hold the two dumbbells at about shoulder level. Hold them with both your palms facing away from your body so that you could see both palms in a mirror, so that the weights are "racked" against your chest.
Press the dumbbells straight up (DO NOT do a quarter squat - we usually do, but this time we didn't). At the top of the motion you want your arms fully extended.
Also, make sure you move the weights directly up & down; if you start moving the horizontally, you'll put extra stress on your shoulders. If your elbows flare out, that's also going to make it difficult to press straight up & down. Your rep is finished when you bring the dumbbells back to beginning/racked position. - Jump Box
Set up a platform with stackable risers. Shoot for at least 4 risers; the most anyone uses is usually 6 risers. Before you even start the WoD, stomp on it really hard. You want to make sure it'll support your weight & won't move around when you jump on it. Just in case, look down at the platform when you jump. If it does move around at all, keeping your eyes on it should help prevent injury.
When you do jump on it, you want to make sure that you stand tall once you're on the platform. If you stay hunched over the whole time, you're not getting the full effect of the exercise. One way to think about this is that you want your hips to "open up" on both the jump up and the jump down; all that really means is that your butt shouldn't be sticking out at all and your hips should be pushed forward.
Scale down: Step up & step down instead of jumping on the platform. If you do step, make sure you alternate which leg is stepping up. Otherwise, you're only working one leg the whole time.
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