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WOD 2-21-14: HSPU and Burpee+Broad Jump

"Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it." -Chuck Palahniuk WOD 2-21-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up HSPU and Burpee+Broad Jump 4 rounds, each for time, :45 rest between each round: 5...

WOD 2-20-14: 10 Minutes Focus

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." -Ansel Adams APK WOD 2-20-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up 10 Minute Focus 10 sets of 3 @ the top of the minute: Pull-Up (Beginner or Advanced) Rest 3:00 Dip (Beginner, or Advanced) Set a...

WOD 2-19-14: Simple Conditioning

"To see far is one thing, going there is another." -Constantin Brancusi APK WOD 2-19-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Simple Conditioning Workout, 3 rounds for time: Run 400m 25 Burpees Finish up with a stretch.

WOD 2-18-14: Jump Power Training

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. -A. R. Ammons APK WOD 2-18-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Jump Power Training Box Jumps 10x3 Broad Jump 10x1 Perform three high-effort box jumps (either adding weight...

WOD 2-17-14: Head Over Heels- Basic Tumbling

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way. -Isabelle Eberhardt APK WOD 2-17-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Head Over Heels- Basic Tumbling Getting familiar with the basics of tumbling will translate into better body awareness...

WOD 2-14-14: Vault Conditioning

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. -Kevyn Aucoin APK WOD 2-14-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Vault Conditioning Find a low wall, railing, table, or bench you're able to vault over. Practice vaulting effectively for 5-10 minutes. Use a...

WOD 2-13-14: QM Creativity

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off. -Chuck Yeager APK WOD 2-13-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Spend 25 minutes doing Quadrupedal Movement. Cover ground, move creatively, try to find different possibilites. Here...

WOD 2-12-14: Core Conditioning

Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I are walking around with outdated software running in our bodies, which evolved in a very different era. -Ray Kurzweil APK WOD 2-12-14 Start with an...

WOD 2-11-14: Warm-Up Check!

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -Thomas A. Edison APK WOD 2-11-14 A lot of parkour athletes gloss over the warm-up part of a workout or training session, when in fact it's the most important...