Active Stretch
Skill Warm up
5 Muscle-ups
10 Box Jumps
20 Double Unders
WOD
Complete as many rounds as possible in twenty minutes of:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 L Pull-ups
15 Steps, Walking Lunge
Post rounds completed to comments.
Tabata workout: 20 seconds of work / 10 seconds of rest
From "Quality of Life, Not Leisure"
For many years I, as well as many others, have witnessed a lack of comprehension of what quality of life really means, so in response I’ve decided to conduct an experiment to see if I could use CrossFit methodology to re-educate our people.
Ask any supply officer what two questions he or she most often receives, and I’ll bet my next paycheck that the answer will be something to the effect of, “How much money do we have?” and “Where are my parts?” Now that my experiment is underway, the questions I am more likely to receive on a regular basis range are very different:
“Why am I off-balance on my overhead squat?”
“What should I be eating?”
“What’s the WOD?” This last one is the most common, of course.
These questions are not only more entertaining to field, but they also mean people have begun the paradigm shift from TVs to GPP—general physical preparedness.
And I’ll let you in on a little secret: if you can keep them worrying about how sore their legs are or get them to realize they can wear their kit more comfortably for longer periods of time, they won’t sweat the small stuff as much! It is my experience that CrossFit makes sailors more capable of “doing without” when the situation mandates it, and inevitably it always does. CrossFit not only realigns their priorities but also, as advertised, helps them better prepare for the unknown and unknowable.
-Crossfit Journal article (March 6) by Lt. Jason Fernandez
