Complete as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of: 4 bar muscle-ups 45-lb. dumbbell Turkish get-ups, 6 reps 8 ring push-ups As we gear up for the start of the 2017 Benchmark Series, we thought we’d take a moment to talk about some of the whys behind the daily “what’s the workout?” and programming at Roots. Yesterday we discussed that our intent is that our athletes get better at the defined goal of CrossFit – “increasing work capacity across broad time and modal domains.” The programming that enables this is one that is carefully thought out, planned, and hits the mark on variance in a number of different areas. Shane and I have crafted spreadsheets – that would make your eyes glaze over – so that we can tally information on the upcoming weeks of programming – total reps, total time under tension, time domains, number of times below parallel, light, moderate, heavy,...
Read more