Posts Tagged ‘WOD’

12 weeks to my second Pikes Peak Double.  Uh-Oh! A shade under of 40 miles of bliss in two-days to prepare for – Saturday Aug 20th is the Ascent and Sunday Aug 21st is the marathon.  Two years ago I was in the midst of preparing for the first Double.  I had a few Ascents [...]

CrossFit Ryan and Growth of XFAN

Posted: April 1, 2011 by David Kohrell in Crossfit, XFAN
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It’s been a good, killer week so far for both CrossFit Workouts Of the Day (WODs) and the new eXtreme Fitness Around Nebraska. The picture is a trophy from the CrossFit Ryan workout.  My constant running and occasional swim/bike companion Heidi has the “gee, are you sure you know what you’re doing?” look on her [...]

Fun lunch time workout (WOD) at  CrossFitLincoln.  I picked up a couple, 1 focused on Olympic lifting skill (Split Jerk) the other a metcon (metabolic conditioning) called “Karen” which involves a 150 wall ball shots. CFL trainer Cole provided a great tutorial and reminder on Split Jerk Form and practice: Shoulder Press with up position [...]

The CrossFit workout of the day (WOD) called Linda.  A perfect torture of Olympic lifting and speed.   It’s a declining repetition workout of deadlift, bench and cleans (10 reps each down to 1, until 55 per lift are done). I was leery of this one since my last “Linda” in May of 2010.  A day [...]

Today I learned the importance of camera zoom for my CrossFit WOD.  Try to minimize your scaling (down in my case) and avoid the firebreathers!  Related articles 1 Year of CrossFit WOD’s and Triathlon Training (Week 48-52) (coachdavek.com) Saturday 110108 (crossfit.com) Week 43-47 of CrossFit WOD’s and Triathlon Training (coachdavek.com) 2010 Year in Review and [...]

52 weeks of CrossFit Workouts Of the Day and Triathlon Training.   Add in the P90x round from October of 2009 to January 17 of 2010 and that’s a solid 65 week test of cross training.  The detailed statistics are available in a year end capper.  I also shared some candid results in the “Proof Positive [...]

Weekly stats – total miles 30.2,  total time –  6 hours, 6 minutes * Running – 21 miles * Walking – .6 miles * Bike/spinning – 8 miles * Swimming – .57 miles * Rowing – 0 miles * Crossfit – WOD (workout of the day) – 4 13 weeks of Crossfit infused training completed.  [...]

Weekly stats * Running – 28.5 miles * Walking – 2.75 * Bike/spinning – 23 miles * Swimming – .14 mile * Rowing – .5 kilometers * Crossfit – WOD (workout of the day) – 4 A good mix this week of biking, running and Crossfit WOD’s with a little swimming and rowing.  Highlight was [...]

Weekly stats * Running – 22 miles * Bike/spinning – 10 miles * Swimming – 0 mile * Rowing – 0 kilometers * Crossfit – WOD (workout of the day) – 4 total A little over 20 miles of running, 10 mile bike ride and some Crossfit mixed in.  It’s a trend.  Over the next [...]

Weekly stats * Running – 24 miles * Bike/spinning – 8 miles * Swimming – .43 mile * Rowing – 0 kilometers * Crossfit – WOD (workout of the day) – 3 total Another week of 24 running miles, some bike and swim to pitch in to the “total” as well.  Years ago I would [...]