Friday’s WOD, visit commonly referred to as the “Filthy Fifty” is a CrossFit “chipper”. For the most part, find we train couplets (2 exercises back to back, visit this site repeating) or triplets (same concept, with 3 exercises). Think of a chipper as a series of task, stacked on each other, and you “chip” away at the stack. Or, doing the WOD is like putting you body in a wood chipper 😉 For a new athlete, this WOD may seem intimidating. Athletes usually fall into 2 camps: hate heavy stuff or hate running. (I love heavy, and hate running. Shhhh, Don’t tell anyone.) The Filthy Fifty is a hard workout, but look at what it’s not. It’s not heavy and there’s no running! That’s gotta appeal to nearly everyone, right? The movements are considered basic, which can be tricky, as once stacked up, they get tougher. Remember, we can scale...
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