Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Workout of the Week, 5/17/2011

This is the Crossfit Balance workout of the day:

AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) for 15 minutes:
5 Clapping Push-ups*
30 mountain climbers (each leg)
3 Turkish Get-ups (each arm)**
30 mountain climbers (each leg)

*Scaling options:
1) If you usually do push-ups from the knees but can do a few regular push-ups, try regular push-ups
2) If you can do regular push-ups but can't do a full clapping pushup, try plyo push-ups. 
The guy in this video isn't getting his chest all the way down so just use this as a reference for the plyo aspect - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjtdydB1v80
Note:  Do not do clapping push-ups from the knees for this workout

**The prescribed weight using kettlebells (or dumbbells) is 54lbs men /35lbs women.
Here are two videos on turkish getups:
This one is very detailed:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqyIuFIdgRk
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmzFAgYCAu0&feature=related

My workout:  I did 4 rounds plus 5 clapping pushups.  I used 25lb and it was quite challenging.

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