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Thursday

211230

Workout of the Day

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4 rounds for time of:

Run 400 meters
30 hip extensions

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Compare to 200612.


Scaling:
Today’s workout involves a relatively high volume of hip extensions on the glute-ham developer (GHD). If you are less familiar with the GHD, or you do not have the machine, modify the movement to a good morning or deadlift.

Intermediate Option:
4 rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
20 hip extensions

Beginner Option:
4 rounds for time of:
Run 200 meters
15 PVC good mornings

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Doug Brubacher
May 30th, 2024 at 12:58 am
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CFWUx2

13:02

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Pierre-Marie Mano
July 24th, 2023 at 5:44 am
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Excellent article ! C'est une excellente ressource pour en savoir plus sur la méthode Montessori. Pour plus d'informations, consultez le site https://montessori-methode.fr.

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Manchild Manchild
May 19th, 2022 at 6:13 pm
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on GWT, and subbed 15 TJs for hip extensions


13:14

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Sebastian Wieczorek
April 7th, 2022 at 1:29 pm
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shame on me; worst season of the year

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Dan Kremer
February 13th, 2022 at 2:41 am
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13:24

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Leonel Manzilla
January 23rd, 2022 at 9:31 pm
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This 3rd day was a nightmare after hitting my PRs on day 1


Home made ghd (rack and 30''box)

22:00


Male RX24y175cm86kg

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Mario Cruz
January 18th, 2022 at 1:07 am
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Rx

13:16

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Jeffrey Howard
January 14th, 2022 at 11:54 pm
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M/26/5'8"/155lb

CrossFit AFK


16:02 - Rx

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Kevin Miller
January 8th, 2022 at 10:53 pm
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M/48/180/5’7”

modified to 30 good mornings and 500m row per round

18:34

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Mja 204
January 8th, 2022 at 4:04 pm
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M / 37 / 87.6kg


Completed 400m efforts in 20x20m shuttles in gym

RX'd Back ext


11:26

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Chris Meldrum
January 6th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
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As rx’d, 10:48.


About a minute and a half faster than when I did this with a weight vest.  Tried to stay light and fast on the runs; first was under 1:30, the others were slower but definitely well under 2:00.  Unbroken hip extensions – those got spicy at the end.


48m/5'10"/180

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Matthew Aukstikalnes
January 5th, 2022 at 7:22 pm
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13:33 vs 12:43, both were using barbell good mornings instead of hip extensions

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QiHui Xing
January 5th, 2022 at 9:50 am
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Christian Simpson
January 4th, 2022 at 2:18 am
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6/12/20: Sub 3:1 echo bike (0.75 mile)/hip ext from bench...13:06

Today: same SC, 12:04

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Ralph Keeley
January 3rd, 2022 at 1:55 am
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M/35/6'/175#


16:00 Rx


Deo gratias

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Az Native
January 1st, 2022 at 7:19 pm
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15:58, paying the price for poor dietary choices…

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Anton Gross
January 1st, 2022 at 5:49 am
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M/ 47/ 138 lbs/ 5’-6”

As Rx:

4 rounds of:

Run 400m

30 hip extensions

I went out medium pace but tried to keep at that pace or go faster as I went on.

Small tight indoor track but still a fun quick different workout.

I will feel that in my hips tomorrow for sure. After the two heavy workouts my left shoulder is tweaked a bit. I was happy to do a lower body metcon WOD today. Ran the dog long in the woods not too long before doing the WOD.

Completed in about 13:38

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Phill Kiddoo
January 1st, 2022 at 12:39 am
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16:18 rxd

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Coastie Nick
December 31st, 2021 at 8:07 pm
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Rx’d 11:14

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Michael Arko
December 31st, 2021 at 6:57 pm
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Hotel gym, had to improvise. And I don't want to aggravate the calf, so I subbed out the running, too:


4 rounds

400m elliptical incline machine (max steep incline setting, I think??)

15 left-arm DB power snatch, 30lbs

15 right-arm DB power snatch, 30lbs

16:32

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Sam Meixell
December 31st, 2021 at 5:03 pm
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17:60

4 Rounds of:

Run 400 meters

30 Good mornings, 35# Kettlebell

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Antonio Alves
December 31st, 2021 at 9:08 am
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Modified:

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4 rounds for time of:

Run 400 meters

30 DB deadliftsw/ 2x 15 kg DBs

SCORE: 18:43

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Less than ideal conditions and a lot of time wasted on transitions, but it felt good to move hard after a really intense day.

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Dieter Block
December 31st, 2021 at 2:58 am
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11:10 Scaled

4 rounds

400m run

30 Good Morning at 95lb

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Charlie Pokorny
December 31st, 2021 at 1:32 am
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11:59 Rx'd

200612 was 12:42

This combo really hits my lower back.

m/53/5'11"/189#

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Lincoln Kerger
December 31st, 2021 at 1:10 am
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Subbed/Scaled

4RFT

500m row

20 Dead lift 115#

15:35


1:46-1:48 each row and DLs unbroken. Too much time in transitions.

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Troy Bruun
December 31st, 2021 at 1:09 am
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4rds: 10:04


.62 mile Echo Bike

30 Hip Ext

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Randy Crooker
December 31st, 2021 at 12:57 am
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Subbed 45# good mornings

11:33


Compare to 6-12-2020

12:43 same sub

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David Whiteman
December 30th, 2021 at 10:15 pm
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4 rounds for time of:

Run 400 meters

30 good mornings 45# bar

15:29


M48/5'7"/168#


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Mark Yates
December 30th, 2021 at 10:11 pm
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About 14 minutes (even though I have recently owned up to the fact that measurements matter I failed to time other than clock on the wall). I was in crowded globo-gym and the walk from treadmill to ghd equip seemed a long way back-and-forth, so it stretched out the time. My 400 m pace was pretty good each round. Good workout.

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Brian Louchis
December 30th, 2021 at 9:44 pm
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11:19

35 lb dumbbell deadlifts

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YooSik Kim
December 30th, 2021 at 9:13 pm
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‘Bye bye 2021’

For time

9-15-21 reps of

strict pull-ups

DB’s thrusters 22.5kg

-7:39

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Steve Day
December 30th, 2021 at 8:42 pm
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10:38

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Charlie Pokorny
December 31st, 2021 at 1:33 am

Nice work!

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Kevin Marshall
December 30th, 2021 at 8:41 pm
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Had to scale bc of foot to 500m row and the hip extensions were not on a ghd but a thing similar in the apartment gym. Managed 15:32 overall!

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Sam K
December 30th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
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Rx

12:24


Still fighting this cold 🤧

M/30s/225lbs

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Fabian Delaflor
December 30th, 2021 at 7:28 pm
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4 rds

400m run

30 good mornings #45

16:27

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Joe Conradi
December 30th, 2021 at 7:13 pm
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Rx: 10:42

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Honoré Boone
December 30th, 2021 at 6:33 pm
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Home version

4RFT :

50 hops over foam roller

30 KB swings 28kg

9'14

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Jim Rix
December 30th, 2021 at 4:58 pm
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17:55 rx


200612: 17:12, 25 hip extensions/round. Not really comparable, though. 400s on a flat road at 200’ vs. 400s on a hilly (and windy!) course at 8500’. Today was petty good for me. Those last 5-7 hip extensions each round were rough!


59/5’8”/157

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Jonathan Elmore
December 30th, 2021 at 4:53 pm
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14:48 with mask half the time and #20 vest

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Daniel Robinson
December 30th, 2021 at 4:26 pm
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Subbed 45# GM’s

18:17

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Charles Meyers
December 30th, 2021 at 2:51 pm
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Beginner Option:

4 rounds for time of:

Run 200 meters

15 PVC good mornings

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Christian Palomino
December 30th, 2021 at 1:30 pm
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Adapte el rack y una caja para hacer mi GHD y mi score: 17:45, definitivamente trabajas muy bien los isquiotibiales y femorales, además de las lumbares y el abdomen .... me gusto mucho

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James Gentile
December 30th, 2021 at 11:49 am
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my outdoor loop is 500m. no GHD, subbed 45lb GM's.


15:29.


that 2nd loop lower back feeling after the Good Morning's!

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Steven Thunander
December 30th, 2021 at 4:32 am
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Globo scale: If you do not have a GHD, Roman chair, or back extension apparatus, sub barbell good mornings 35/45lb barbell (or heavy band, if a barbell isn't available), or 95/135lb deadlifts. Dumbbells sub on the deadlifts 35/50lb dumbbells. Running sub 500m rows, 25 calories assault or echo bike, 1 mile bike, or 1000m bike erg.


Busy gym: do what works best today for your setup.


Bodyweight/ equipmentless sub: sub 40 supermans for the hip extensions. Runs as rxed. No room to run? Sub 25 burpees or 2 minutes of double or single unders per run.

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Chris Sinagoga
December 30th, 2021 at 2:12 am
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Champions Club Scaling Notes


RANT

This is something that would have been good to ask a long time ago, but for the people that read/use these notes, how many years have you been doing CrossFit?


WORKOUT THEMES

Medium (maybe short?) and light. Monostructural movement that can be sprinted, a very exaggerated version of squatting with a rather fatiguing emphasis on the posterior chain. Stamina doesn't play too much of a factor in breaking up reps, but has a factor in making the other exercise more difficult (ie. running makes hip extensions harder and hip extensions make running harder).


ASSUMED

Hip extensions are unbroken and the run is at a fast pace.


MAIN DECISION

Do I pace the run to try and get the best overall time, or do I sprint the run and allow myself to die out?


TECHNIQUE SCALE

Sub squats or deadlifts for hip extensions


CONSISTENCY SCALE

Either 2 rounds of 800/60, or 1 round of 1 mile/120


INTENSITY SCALE

Do each round individually for time, rest as needed between rounds.


MY STUFF

Did two and a half rounds. Didn't time it. I need to rest up for the Michigan game.


GENERAL FEAR LEVEL: 7

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Nathan Goisnard
December 30th, 2021 at 1:20 pm

Hi Chris,


I got into CrossFit in 2008 after a few false starts. Even took a couple rounds of Level 1. My workouts started mostly at community/globo gyms, with some time at local boxes, but now in our budding basement home gym built over the last seven ish years.


Again, thanks for your posts, I think the consistency has been really helpful

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Jim Rix
December 30th, 2021 at 5:03 pm

Chris, started CF in about 2009. 10+ years later, I still love it, mostly for the variability after mostly being a runner, 5 days/week, for years. Now I can’t run near as well, but I’m stronger, better power and stamina, and overall in far better shape. And I look forward to each day’s workout, rather than dreading it.


At my age I’m starting to see my strength wane, especially upper body. Inevitable as one ages, but CF will help we hold it off far better than daily 3 mile runs.

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Lincoln Kerger
December 31st, 2021 at 1:23 am

Chris, got turned on to CF in 2006 and haven't turned back since. Aside from a couple of isolated incidents I am entirely self-coached by reading and watching videos and evaluating my movements based on that. I have spent the vast majority of my time away on training exercises or deployed since 2006, so being in a place to receive coaching has been problematic at best. The most difficult part for me aside from having consistent facilities/equipment has been determining the right scaling/substitutions. Experience can teach you a lot, but having your posts and posts from others like Steven Thunander available has been extremely helpful. Keep it coming!

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Charlie Pokorny
December 31st, 2021 at 1:34 am

Hi Chris - I've been doing this for over seven years now.

Read your posts daily and appreciate what you share!

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Steve Day
December 30th, 2021 at 1:07 am
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Scaled the last two days to skiing with the family ⛷


Will jump back into the WODs tomorrow

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Lincoln Kerger
November 2nd, 2020 at 8:15 pm
Commented on: Next-Level Coaching: The Glute-Ham Developer


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