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WOD 4-1-15: The Swing Set Grip Challenge
"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." -Agnes Repplier APK WOD 4-1-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up The Swing Set Grip Challenge Find a "bipod swingset" at a playground, the taller, the better. They have only 2...
WOD 3-31-15: Strength. Dips.
"Life's more amusing than we thought." -Andrew Lang APK WOD 3-31-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Strength. Dips. The Dip is a fundamental exercise is developing pushing strength. Moreover, the dip motion is important in climbing, wall passes, and vaulting. To build...
WOD 3-30-15: Balance Work- Rails
"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision." -Maimonides APK WOD 3-30-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Balance Work- Rails Rails are the classic balance improvement tool for parkour. They are abundant in almost all locations and offer a lot of...
WOD 3-27-15: One Arm Push Up Strength Skill
"If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?" -Sidney Buchman APK WOD 3-27-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up One Arm Push Up Strength Skill One-Arm-Push-Up : For 30 minutes, work the one-arm push-up and requisite skills. If you are...
WOD 5-26-15: Pull-Up Strength Training
"Freedom lies in being bold." -Robert Frost APK WOD 5-26-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Pull-Up Strength Training Do 5 sets of 5 Pull-Ups at a high level of difficulty. If you can already do 10 or more strict pull-ups with full Range Of Motion and no kipping, try adding...
WOD 5-25-15: Ambidexterity Training
"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance." -Robert Quillen APK WOD 5-25-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Ambidexterity Training Part of being a complete mover is being comfortable moving in either direction, on either side. Most of us...
WOD 3-24-15: Overhead Squat
"You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths." -John Wesley Powell APK WOD 3-24-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Overhead...
WOD 3-23-15: Core Conditioning
"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots." -Erich Fromm APK WOD 3-23-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Core Conditioning From a hanging position on a bar or branch perform: 10 Toes to Bar 10 Windshield...
WOD 3-19-15: Strength Training: BSS
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." -Wyatt Earp APK WOD 3-19-15 Start with an APK Warm-Up Strength Training: BSS Weighted Bulgarian Split Squats. (This wall is a little high, try to put your foot a bit lower if you can.) Find access to a set of Dumbells if you...