“I am an addict. It’s the longest I’ve ever spent on one fitness discipline, and I’ll do it until my body fails me. I am so excited about it I pretty much tell everyone I know about it. Which, apparently is the first step of becoming a Crossfit Bro. If I’m not careful, I will turn into THIS GUY”, says Penn Holderness– a CrossFit Bro!
He even made a jingle to prove it:
The Torian Pro went down the 17th and 18th of October at CrossFit Torian, Brisbane.
The comp consisted of Open level Team events and Regionals level individual events.
Some big name attendees such as as second fittest woman in the world Tia-Clair Toomey and CrossFit Games 16-17 year female champion Isabella Vallejo competed along side Jackie Perez, CJ Walker, Royce Dunne and a stellar field of super fit humans.
Watch out for the stunning highlights reel below of the 2015 Torian Pro!
https://vimeo.com/143713578
This is too good!
Bodybuilder Steve Cook takes on CrossFit’s notorious benchmark workout FRAN.
Check out how he does below:
Thrusters, snatches, and muscle-ups are the word! WOD 04, put together by our friends over at Raw Strength & Conditioning, is the perfect way to kickoff your weekend!
Grab a mate and see who comes out on top. Check week 04 below!
Each of the WODs have been designed and tested by Raw Strength & Conditioning and will and will suit anyone from advanced to aspiring athlete.
Interested in gaining access to RAW specific training or individualized programming? Be sure to get in touch with RAW Strength & Conditioning here: Rawstrengthconditioning@gmail.com
Miss out on the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games? No worries, the live archive is all over YouTube and TWL wants to make sure you know about it.
Be sure to hit up CrossFit’s original post RIGHT HERE. That link will redirect you to where you can watch every single second of the most grueling CrossFit Games to date.
In the meantime, let’s all relive the madness of MURPH.
Schwartz’s Crossfit present The Schwartzs Challenge 2015 which will take place at the Westgate Indoor Sports Centre on November 7th & 8th of this year.
With some of Australia and New Zealand’s top CrossFit Athletes, it is set to be a great weekend. Ben Schwartz has been known to provide some great programming, which will not only test the athletes but let their skills shine!
The official heat list has been released and it is absolutely stacked! The WOD Life are proud to be represented by Stephanie Ortiz, Luke McMahon, Sean Brickwood and Josh Santhou. Don’t call it a come back but The Schwartz Challenge will also feature Australia’s most successful finisher at the CrossFit Games, Steve “Commando Steve” Willis. We cannot wait to watch the action go down!
Your crew from TWL will be slinging all of the best gear at our pop-up shop both days of the event. Be sure to stop by and throw us a high five.
Head to the Corner Grieve Parade and Doherty’s Road,Melbourne,VIC,3025, Australia
https://vimeo.com/107141824
Credit: Kim Pedersen
Original Post: Schwartz CrossFit Melbourne
Noah Ohlsen takes on Karen, Diane, Grace, and Randy… all… at… once.
This dude is just unstoppable!
Watch it here:
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With the rapidly expanding popularity of CrossFit, there are now over 10,000 Affiliates across the globe and that number is growly daily. More and more people are being exposed to CrossFit whether it’s through word of mouth from family and friends or by watching ESPN’s live coverage of the CrossFit Games. Undoubtedly it’s hugely entertaining and awe inspiring to watch the best athletes in CrossFit compete for the title of “The World’s Fittest.” The sport of fitness has truly become a phenomenon. Beginning in 2007, the CrossFit Games began as a fairly small group of garage athletes who came together to battle it out at during a 1 day competition held at a private ranch. Every year the games become bigger and harder. In 2015, the CrossFit Games was held over 4 days of gruelling competition in the heat of California, testing the athlete’s capacity to endure a massive amount of work and prove their fitness over 12 individual events.
For many people, watching the Games or any other high level CrossFit competition, this is their first impression of what CrossFit is about. This can be a double edged sword in many aspects. Admittedly, watching the Games athletes perform is an incredible spectacle and can be very inspiring for those that see it, for others I’m sure it could be intimidating. These Games athletes are 0.01 percent of those who participant in CrossFit as a strength and conditioning program. The other 99.99 percent of those that do CrossFit are those who collectively make the CrossFit community what it is. They are the stay at home mother, the local fire fighter, the retired couple, the netball player and the 16 year old High School student. This is the diversity of the CrossFit community.
There is a gigantic difference between CrossFit “The Sport of Fitness” and CrossFit as a training methodology. CrossFit Games athletes and those who compete have chosen CrossFit as their sport. It’s not uncommon that competitors will train twice a day, 5-6 days a week, often for hours at a time. They need to become highly proficient at Gymnastics movements like pull ups, muscle ups and handstands. They need to be as strong and powerful as possible, while possessing a huge aerobic capacity and the ability to work efficiently across multiple time domains. They literally eat, sleep and breathe CrossFit.
The other 99.99% of the community simply don’t need this amount of training to see results and live a healthier lifestyle. They are the ones who want to be stronger so their backs don’t ache. The ones who want to live long enough to play with their grandchildren. The ones who want to stay active, have fun with their fitness and learn new things.They don’t want to be out of breath when they walk up the stairs. They want to carry the grocery bags in a single trip!
These are the people who make up the 99.99%
This is the difference between “The training methodology” and “The Sport of Fitness.”
Jesse Rhynard
Clarence Valley CrossFit Owner/Coach/Media Guru Guy
And another one!
Workout 03 provided by Raw Strength is 15 minutes of the alternating movements below. I don’t know about you, but I think I just found a spicy Saturday WOD!
If you missed last week’s fun, be sure to check it out right here – WOD 02
Be sure to hit up the guys over at RAW if you’re interested in gaining access to RAW specific training or individualized programming. Email them direct here: Rawstrengthconditioning@gmail.com
The Wodpalooza 2016 online qualifiers are in full swing and it’s going off! TWL is here to give you the deets on one of the biggest CrossFit comps of the year based out of Miami, Florida.
Here’s the rundown for Wodapalooza 2016:
January 15 – 17 2016
Miami, Flordia
Individual – Closed
Elite Team – Open (Starts Oct. 29)
Individual
1st – $30,000
2nd – $10,000
3rd – $6,000
4th – $4,000
5th – $3,500
Team
1st – $20,000
2nd – $10,000
3rd – $5,000
4th – $2,000
5th – $1,000
For Max Load:
3 Rep Max, 3 Position Snatch in a 3min Clock
https://vimeo.com/140949276
12min AMRAP of:
12 Thrusters
Double-unders
Each round, increasing load.
https://vimeo.com/140957892
7min AMRAP of:
21-15-9
HSPU
Chest-to-bar Pull-ups
https://vimeo.com/141574117
Complete for time:
30 Calorie Row
30 Wallballs (20lbs, 14lbs)
30 Toes to Bar
30 Deadlifts (185lbs, 135lbs)
30 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24″, 20″)
30 Deadlifts
30 Toes to Bar
30 Wallballs
30 Calorie Row
https://vimeo.com/141574544
In 5 minutes, complete for total cumulative load:
5 Clean & Jerks
https://vimeo.com/142464050
6 min AMRAP, ascending by 2 reps each round, of:
(ie. 2/2, 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, 12/12, etc…)
Muscle-ups
Squat Snatches (135, 95)
https://vimeo.com/142409332
For different division WODs, division standards, current leaderboard, and all other details check out the Wodapalooza site link below for the nitty gritty: www.thewodapalooza.com/compete.html
https://vimeo.com/120644385
Wodapalooza 2015 Highlight Reel
Nothing like a good WOD with some burpees and thrusters! Here’s WOD 2 provided by the experts over at RAW Strength & Conditioning.
If you missed last week’s burner, be sure to check it out right here – WOD 01
Be sure to hit up the guys over at RAW if you’re interested in gaining access to RAW specific training or individualized programming. Email direct: Rawstrengthconditioning@gmail.com
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