Weekend Workouts (Rainstorm + Tabata Fight Gone Bad)

Posted in Sports, Videos on September 1st, 2008 by Hyphen

Even though it was a holiday, this was one of the busiest weekends I’ve had in a minute.  Thanks to the fine folks over at Foundation Crossfit, I was able to squeeze in two bad ass workouts.  First up, from Saturday:

Tabata bottom to bottom squats (8 rounds of 20 secs on, 10 off, hold for the ‘rest’)

then as far as you can go in 20 minutes, in order:
100m sprint
25 burpees
30 pull ups
40 sit ups
50 kettlebell swings
60 second L-sit
70 push ups
800m run
90 second active hang
100 box jumps

I got through 700m of the 800m run before time expired.  I love these kind of “checklist” workouts because you get a real sense of accomplishment as you’re flying through the exercises.  Next up, tonight’s workout was “Tabata Fight Gone Bad” (see the video above):

8 rounds of 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, with 1 minute rest in between exercises.  Take your lowest score in each round and that’s your score for the exercise:

Sumo Deadlift High Pull (75lbs)
Box Jumps
Push Press (75lbs)
Wall Ball
Row (count calories burned)

I finished with 38 (in order: 10, 8, 6, 9, 5).  Probably could have bumped that up by one or two, but this is a hard workout.  Very fun though.  Try it, or if you need some help getting started, hit up the Foundation fam!

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Fight Gone Bad

Posted in Sports on June 26th, 2008 by Hyphen

I think I’ll keep posting workout stuff until I can convince one of our Seattle readers to come check out the free crossfit workout at 11 AM on Saturdays @ Foundation Fitness.  Then I won’t jam up the blog with the CF workouts I try, since I know some of y’all will get all pissy if I don’t keep this music related.  Then again, this is my world and music’s only a small part of it.  We’ll see.  Anyway, last night’s workout was “Fight Gone Bad” (check the video above for an explanation of each station).

3 rounds, one-minute stations for reps, one-minute rest between rounds:
wall ball, 16lbs
sumo dead lift high pull, 70lbs
box jump, 20″
push press, 65lbs
row (count calories)

Add up every rep you complete (and every calorie for the row) and that’s your final score.  I got 235.  Next goal will be 240.  Try this one out if you can, it’s a crazy workout.  Plus it only takes 20 minutes!  Can’t beat that right?

If you can’t try it in your current gym, seek out your nearest crossfit spot.  Seattle people, holler @ me if you want to come to Foundation Fitness sometime.  We had Ricky Pharoe get hooked recently and DV-One will be checking it out soon.  Official Seattle hip-hop workouts, son.  Don’t be squishy for the summer.

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