Strength Building

JT Scott | 07/01/2018 | 4

The value of consistency and repetition can not be overstated. Coming to CrossFit 3 days per week is much more than 50% more effective than twice a week – and making it a 5-6 day per week habit is better still. Doing even simple and highly scaled movements consistently can build capacity rapidly towards more complex skills. The most important thing you can do to progress is to keep doing the things.

Today we’re working on strength building in a few ways. First is an 8-minute tabata that will definitely get your heart rate up, but will also strengthen your shoulders and grip in a way that will prove very helpful for your pullups, chest-to-bars, and muscle-ups. For the Hang Squat Cleans your coaches will have an eye on making sure you move very fast, while the bar will prevent you from “selling out” the movement into bad form habits.

Then it’s just squat day… blessed, wonderful squat day. In terms of strength building, there’s little in the world that’s better for you than squat day. So enjoy it, and let’s keep climbing that capacity chain!

WOD:
Tabata 8
a) Hang Squat Clean (45/35)
b) Kip Swings

STRENGTH:
Back Squat
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