January, 2013

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Friday 11 January

 

Cath and Sandy pushing a 120kg sled

Strength:

Find 5RM Push Press

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WOD:

500n Double unders for time

Do 10 burpees every 50 double unders.

- Int: 200 or 300 double unders (do 10 burpees every 20 or 30 double unders)

- Beg: 500n Singeles (10 burpees every 50 singles)

Thursday 10 January

Kirsty is one of our newer members. She’s already fallen in love with CrossFit and wants to take it into her school where she teaches. She’s doing her CrossFit level one certification at the end of the month and is flying to Brisbane with us next month to do he CrossFit Kids certification – legend! Here is a bit more about Kirsty:
Sports and fitness background: Competitive swimmer for 11 years and water polo player for 8 years. 
 
Profession: Primary Teacher
 
How I got involved with cross fit: Was bored of the gym and unmotivated to go – was recommended cross fit by Blake who convinced me to come along.
 
First WOD: Can’t remember, just remember wanting to throw up.
 
First started coming: Approx September 2012
 
Favorite movement: Deadlift  Least favorite: clean & jerk
 
Goals:
Short term: finish my level 1 and cross fit kids course. Train at least 4 times a week.
Long term: get back to the fitness level I had when swimming and the muscle tone. One day compete in a competition.
 
Biggest accomplishment: Mastering a deadlift, when I first started I was too unco no it’s one of my favorite movements.
 
Something about me: I trailed for the NZ water polo u16 and u18 teams. 
 
Advice: even though you may feel like dying during a WOD they are short enough to get through and 5 minutes after you’re finished when you have your breath back is an awesome feeling.
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Strenght:

Find 5 rm o/h squat

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WOD

Pair vs pair 12min AMRAP

Cindy

Sled push

*pair 1 max rounds of cindy

*pair 2 40m sled push (100/60kg)

Wednesday 9 January

The boys getting creative during the holidays.

So good to see everyone back in the cage again, and those who are back next week we cant wait to have you back!

Now as we’re sure you’ve realized, we cover a massive variety of movements in CrossFit – its constantly varied. To get regular exposure to the large amount of  movements we cover you really need to get in the cage a minimum of 3 times per week. To get the most out of the program and to hit all three of our key areas – metabolic conditioning, gymnastics and weight lifting you should be coming in 4-5 times per week. We know this seems like a lot of sessions but hey we want to make fitness part of our lifestyle don’t we? And we can assure you that the sessions are well planned and programmed so that you don’t hit the same movements back to back or over train. If you want to know more about how we program and what our structure looks like please talk to Coach. 

The reason we don’t do tiered memberships but instead allow all members unlimited access to classes is so that you can get in here 3-5 times a week – the way the CrossFit program is intended to work.

Make it a goal this year to get in the cage no less than 3 times a week and watch what happens!

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Strength:

Find 5rm Squat clean (tap n go)

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WOD:

5 rounds for time

7 High Hang Squat Snatches 75/45

9 Box Jumps

Tuesday 8 January

We’ll be doing a benchmark (the girls) WOD every Tuesday this year guys. They will also come up on Saturdays so that you get the opportunity to do each of the benchmarks 3 times a year. Check out the cool ‘Girls’ wall next time you are in the gym.
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Strength:
Find 5Rm bench press
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WOD:
ANGIE
100 pull ups, 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats

Monday 7 January


Member profile: Doug Maarschalk

 
1. Tell us about your sports and fitness background?
 I played rugby through school and university but was plagued by injury niggles. More recently, before Andfit, most of my fitness activity involved social sport and infrequent weights training at the gym.
 
2. What do you do for a profession?
I’m operations manager for a niche financial services firm in Auckland, Tax Management New Zealand Ltd. A lot of sitting at a desk so hip flexibility is a challenge.
 
3. How did you get involved in CrossFit?
Daniel Faris. The great CrossFit evangelist. I had always really liked the concept of CrossFit but the price and distance from home of other CF gyms were prohibitive. It made sense that I should join when Andfit provided an option where neither was a problem. Have loved it from day one!
 
4. Do you remember what your first WOD was?
Not exactly but I do remember I wanted to throw up afterwards. I think Kettle Bell swings were involved.
 
5. When did you start coming to AndFit?
Last week of November 2011… back when we had those nasty pull up bars.
 
6. What is your favorite WOD/Movement(s)? Least favorite?
Favorite movements would be pull ups, bench press and ring dips.
Least favorite is probably wall balls and hill runs.
 
7. What are your short term and long term goals of CrossFit?

   

Short Term:

Master double unders and Ring muscle ups. Increase intensity in WOD’s (no resting).

Long term:
Increased strength and flexibility. Compete in CF competitions.
 
8. What is your biggest accomplishment in CrossFit so far?
22 pull ups in a row.
 
9. What is something that we don’t know about you? 
 I can blow air out of my right eye… you asked for obscure talents! Its been captured on an underwater camera.
 
10. Any advice for people just getting started? 
Keep turning up. Even if you have injury niggles, you will be able to find other exercises to do that don’t affect the injured area. You’ll be surprised how quickly your fitness and strength improve. It’s also a great bunch of people to train with.
 
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Strength:
Find 5Rm back squat.
 
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WOD:
5 x 400m run
*90sec rest between sets
*score equals total time for all five rounds including the rest.

Saturday 5 January

I love Adrian Bozman! He took me through my level 1 Crossfit Certification. Absolute champion.


Tom
Complete as many rounds in 25 minutes
7 muscle ups
11 thrusters (70/45kg)
14 toes to bar

*Scale muscle ups with 7 Ring Dips.

Friday 4 January

WOD

For Time:

50 Double unders, then….

100 Kettle bell swings (32kg/24 kg)

On the minute penalty:

10 Double unders

Thursday 3 January

I’m gonna start talking to you guys like this guys is talking to the class… NOT! Wow I can hardly make out what he is on about. He does have some good points on the rope climb though

For time:
50 Medicine ball cleans
Rope climb, 5 ascents
40 Medicine ball cleans
Rope climb, 4 ascents
30 Medicine ball cleans
Rope climb, 3 ascents
20 Medicine ball cleans
Rope climb, 2 ascents
10 Medicine ball cleans
Rope climb, 1 ascent