6/18/2008

5 rounds for time:
9 Overhead squats 95# (65#)
5 burpee broad jumps
20 knees to elbows

Results:

Peter: 13:11 (45#)

Barbara: 15:06 (18#)

Janelle: 14:26 (38#)

Jason: 15:48

Bree: 16:58 (18#)

Pete: 19:18 (45#)

This workout is going to tax your core strength. Core strength is often underappreciated for how much it actually helps in everyday activities; walking, lifting, running, throwing, etc. Core strength is becoming more and more popular with box gyms, using it as a catch phrase to their aerobics classes, but don't be confused by their marketing tactics. Just because they add "core" to their class title, it doesn't mean you'll be getting anything more than Jazzercise and situps.
CrossFit HQ's take on core strength:

CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning program in two distinct senses. First, we are a core strength and conditioning program in the sense that the fitness we develop is foundational to all other athletic needs. This is the same sense in which the university courses required of a particular major are called the "core curriculum". This is the stuff that everyone needs. Second, we are a "core" strength and conditioning program in the literal sense meaning the center of something. Much of our work focuses on the major functional axis of the human body, the extension and flexion, of the hips and extension, flexion, and rotation of the torso or trunk. The primacy of core strength and conditioning in this sense is supported by the simple observation that powerful hip extension alone is necessary and nearly sufficient for elite athletic performance. That is, our experience has been that no one without the capacity for powerful hip extension enjoys great athletic prowess and nearly everyone we’ve met with that capacity was a great athlete...read more