For those of you with “emotional hands” after 14.2 and a deadlift/T2B WOD. [vimeo 4895278 w=500 h=375] <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/4895278″>Taping your hands for pull-ups</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/petranekfitness”>CrossFit Los Angeles</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> Workout of the Day Strength/Skill Clean and Jerk Take 10 minutes to  build to 65-70% of 1RM. Use that weight and do 2 reps OTM for 7 Conditioning AMRAP 7 3 Cleans 165/105 10 Box Jumps 24/20Read more

14.2 was one of the most challenging WODs CrossFit has ever posted.  Congrats to all go you that wen deep into this test of will. Honestly, sales some of my favorite moments were the PRs that came out of 14.2.  Carlos, # 60mg Thomas, Brad, Danelle, Mike B, Scott, Jake and more PRed their Overhead Squat to get  at least 1 rep in 14.2.  Great work!  That’s why we do this stuff. Quick scheduling change – we haven’t had a lot of folks testing the WOD on Thursday night.  We will have normal CrossFit classes on Thursday nights – we’ll have Friday, Saturday and Sunday to crush the final 3 Open WODs. Workout of the Day Strength/Skill OTM for 5 15 Wallball Shots 20/14 This should take 30-35 seconds.  If it takes longer, do less reps each minute – 10 or 12. Conditioning 5 RFT 15 Deadlift 185/135 15 Toes...Read more

We’ve had some excellent runs at 14.2!  It’s a challenging WOD – maybe the most challenging Open WOD ever.  The two movements are both (relatively) high skill and the time domain leaves little room for error. We will have a fun WOD at 9am and will begin warming up OHS and pullups at 10.  Heats should begin at 10:30. If you want to try 14.2, page you can always scale using the masters weights/reps. Some strategy -this is equally a OHS or C2B WOD.  If you have trouble with either, sale it will be very apparent.  Ideally, tadalafil you can go slow in the first round of 10 or even 12.  Or even 14.  The best way to go slow is to hammer the OHS in big, steady sets and take the C2B in small, manageable sets.  3s 4s and 5 are best – more gets dangerous. -if you begin...Read more

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbAbMt932o?rel=0&w=560&h=315]   Workout of the Day From 0:00-3:00 2 rounds of: 10 overhead squats95/65 10 chest-to-bar pull-ups From 3:00-6:00 2 rounds of: 12 overhead squats 12 chest-to-bar pull-ups From 6:00-9:00 2 rounds of: 14 overhead squats 14 chest-to-bar pull-ups Etc., purchase following same pattern until you fail to complete both rounds Read more

14.2 drops at 5pm – we will have a test run at 6:30pm if you are interested.  For the first time in like, buy information pills forever, medicine I can’t make it due to work.  I’m going to do the WOD on Friday to test it out, shop homies.  My guess – a repeat of 12.3. How to Eat a Plant Based Diet and Not Die of Malnutrition from CrossFit Invictus.  This is a decent article if you haven’t spent some time on the Paleo diet. BUT…I was intrigued by the title because I thought there would be some additional insight besides “eat plants.”  There wasn’t.  I was curious about the “malnutrition” part as it effects performance.  When I have followed a paleo/primal diet, for the first couple of weeks I feel great.  As I continue to live the CrossFit lifestyle of challenging activity, I usually find it hard to...Read more