For the WoD, as always, pay attention to your form.
Warm Up
- 25 Jumping Jacks
- 2 rounds of:
- 10 Pushups
- 10 Sit Ups
- 10 Squats
- 10 Mountain Climbers
WoD
7 Rounds - 25 Minute Cap
- 3 Burpees every minute
- 15 Decline Pushups
- 15 Dips
- 15 Thrusters
- 15 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. - Situps
Keep your feet in butterfly position (heels touching each other), since that isolates your abs. Come up all the way so that your torso is perpendicular to the ground. - Mountian Climbers
Get down on all fours, almost as if you were about to start a race. It's also a bit like being in a push up position with a bend at the waist, with only one leg back. From the starting position, simultaneously bring your lead leg back & your rear leg forward. Make sure that your lead leg also slides sideways, so that it is outside of your arm on that side. Do it again to switch the positioning of your legs, again making sure your lead leg ends up outside of your arm.
Both of your legs have to come forward one time to complete a single rep. For simplicity's sake, we describe that as "right/left = 1." - Decline Pushups
Despite the name, it's more like an incline bench press. Set up a platform with as many risers as you can handle (the highest is usually 6 risers). Put your feet on the platform and your hands on the ground; your feet should be higher than your face. Do your push ups that way, with your chest touching the ground for each rep. - Dips
Using the same set up that you had for the jump box, position yourself so your arms are holding you up/off the edge of your platform, with your legs straight out in front of you. You should just be barely forward of the platform; your butt should practically touch the platform as you do your reps. If you come forward too far, you'll put unnecessary strain on your shoulders.
Lower yourself so that your butt touches the ground, and then raise yourself back to the starting position. That's 1 rep. If you do the exercise properly, you'll feel the exercise the most in your triceps.
Scale down: Bend your legs, and put your feet flat on the ground before doing your dips. Since you're lifting less weight this way, this makes the dips easier - Thrusters
Grab two dumbbells - most guys used 15-20lbs, and most women used 8-10 lbs. Hold the weights up near your shoulders so your knuckles face away from you (this position is often called "racking" the weights). Do an air squat. As you come up, press the two dumbbells over your head, until your arms are fully extended. Push the weights straight up & down, since any horizontal motion will put undue stress on your shoulders. Bring the dumbbell back to the "racked" position to finish the rep. For this, you can actually make it a smooth motion, and go straight into the next squat instead of stopping at starting position. This is fine so long as you fully extend the dumbbells, bring the weights back down before you start your next squat, and keep a good curve on your lower back the whole time. - Jump Box
Set up stackable risers with a platform on top of them (most anyone used was 6). Before you jump on it, 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, to help prevent injury.
Jump up on to the platform, and stand straight up once you're on it (you can also think of it as bringing your hips forward). You want both your feet to land flush on the platform. The idea is to not stay hunched over the whole time as you're doing your reps. Jump back down, and make sure your hips come forward as you're jumping down, too.
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.
As always, have fun with it.
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