Author: honeybadgergym

12/11/2019

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Honey Badger Gym – CrossFit

MINDSET

“When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” – Kurt Vonnegut

It can be easy to forget that even the greats are full of awkwardness and clumsiness. Yet the man quoted above is known to have changed the face of American literature.

But despite Vonnegut’s success, he didn’t start that way. It was full of fumbles, false starts, and embarrassing mistakes. Yet where others in his shoes stopped, he chose to keep going. Forcing himself to move forward. He kept taking one more step, even when the process did not seem rewarding.

Awkward and clumsy are not just OK… they’re part of the way.

Warm-up (No Measure)

3 Sets

30 Seconds Assault Bike

30 Seconds Single Unders

Increasing Intensity & Height with Each Round

Glute Bridge Sequence

40 Seconds Each:

Glute Bridges

Single Leg Glute Bridges (40s Each Side)

Glute Bridge Walkouts

Slow Air Squats

“Barbell Stretches”

5 Good Mornings

5 Back Squats

5 Elbow Rotations

5 Strict Press & Reach

5 Romanian Deadlifts

5 Front Squats

MOBILITY:

Barbell Ankle Stretch: 1 Minute

Front Rack Stretch: 1 Minute

Wrist Stretch: 30 Seconds Each Direction

Front Squat (3 reps E2MOM x 10 min)

Metcon (AMRAP – Rounds and Reps)

15 min AMRAP:

60 Double Unders

30/21 Calorie Assault Bike

15 Front Squats (155/105)

RX+

Erg bike or assault

10 thrusters instead of 15 front squats

12/10/2019

By

Honey Badger Gym – CrossFit

MINDSET

“For most of us, the problem is not a lack of goals. But rather too many of them.” – Roy F. Baumeister

Goal setting can be exciting. We all love doing it… thinking about the future. To plan, visualize, and dream. It’s arguably a major strength of ours, as there rarely ever is a shortage we can list off.

The quote brings to light that this strength is however a double-edged sword. For we can create so many goals that we actually dilute our focus. And dilute our time and effort. It’s not that some aren’t important to us, but… if everything is important, then nothing is important.

Less can be more. In the words of Confucius, “Person who chases two rabbits, catches neither”.

Warm-up (No Measure)

30 Seconds Each:

Active Spidermans

Side Plank (30 Seconds Each Side)

Mountain Climbers

Flutter Kicks

Frog Hops

Shoulder Taps

8 rounds of ROWling w/ a partner:

Partners alternate(4 each)

Burpee Penalty For Any Meters Over or Under 100 Meters. Partner can’t go until penalty is completed.

Example: 94 or 106 = 6 Burpee Penalty

MOBILITY:

Couch Stretch: 1 Minute Each Side

Pec Stretch on Wall: 30 Seconds Each Side

Lead Foot (3 Rounds for reps)

4 min AMRAP:

27/21 Calorie Row

27 Burpees

27 Chest to Bar Pull-ups*

rest 4 minutes

4 min AMRAP:

21/15 Calorie Row

21 Burpees

21 Toes to Bar

rest 4 minutes

4 min AMRAP:

15/9 Calorie Row

15 Burpees

15 Pull-ups

*RX will do pull-ups in the 1st and 3rd round

12/09/2019

By

Honey Badger Gym – CrossFit

MINDSET

“I’ve always wondered why birds stay in the same place, when they could fly anywhere in the world. And then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

We are like the bird. We can fly anywhere in the world. But… we hold ourselves back.

I don’t have the time. I’m not educated enough. I’m too old. I’m too young. I’m not a natural with this. I can’t afford it. I’m afraid of what might go wrong.

Every single one of the above can be legitimately true. But even with that being the case, we still want to see what they are at their core. A list of self-induced doubts and fears.

What Harun Yahya expresses is a powerful perspective we can take into our day: we sometimes can forget that we have wings.

Warm-up (No Measure)

30 Seconds Each

PVC Pass Throughs

Active Samson + Air Squat

Box Facing Alternating Step-ups (Low Box)

PVC Overhead Squats

Inchworm to Push-up

Lateral Box Step Overs

PVC Overhead Squats (More Narrow)

Push-up to Down Dog

Box Facing Alternating Step-ups (Higher Box)

“Barbell Stretches”

5 Good Mornings

5 Back Squats

5 Elbow Rotations

5 Snatch Grip Push Press (Behind the Neck)

5 Snatch Grip Romanian Deadlifts

5 Overhead Squats

MOBILITY:

Pigeon Pose on Box: 1 Minute Each Side

Child’s Pose on Box: 1 Minute

Overhead Squat (10 min to establish a heavy single for the day)

no misses today

Metcon (AMRAP – Rounds and Reps)

10 min AMRAP:

6 Power Snatches 95/63

9 Overhead Squats 95/63

12 Box Jumps 24/20″

12/08/2019

By

Honey Badger Gym – CrossFit

Metcon (Time)

For Time:

75/55 Calorie Asault Bike

150′ Walking Lunge

75 AbMat Sit-ups

150′ Walking Lunge

75/55 Calorie Assault Bike

12/07/2019

By

Honey Badger Gym – CrossFit

MINDSET

“I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.” – Seth Godin

It’s not abnormal to feel the nerves before something big. We have a several thousand year-old survival mechanism that wants to protect us. A bit outdated maybe, but it’s still alive and well.

This made sense when being chased by predators, or at risk of running out of food. Yet, our day to day actions are different now. Not only do we not need to prepare for catastrophic failure… we should resist it.

What we think, we will become. And if we dwell on the thought on failing, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. We start to focus in, on a subconscious level, on the reasons we will fail. Of course, we’re not in an imaginary world here… we will fail… but it’s the paradigm shift we’re after. Think less about all the reasons we’ll fail, and more, about all the reasons we will succeed.

Warm-up (No Measure)

30 Seconds at Each Station

Station 1: Easy Row

Station 2: Active Samson

Station 3: 5 Good Mornings + 5 Back Squats

Station 1: Moderate Row

Station 2: Active Spidermans

Station 3: 5 Elbow Rotations + 5 Strict Press & Reach

Station 1: Faster Row

Station 2: Push-up to Down Dog

Station 3: 5 Romanian Deadlifts + 5 Front Squats

*Each Partner Starts at One Station and Rotates Through

Metcon (AMRAP – Rounds and Reps)

Teams of 3, 30 min AMRAP:

60 Calorie Row

50 Pull-ups

40 Power Cleans

30 Thrusters

Round 1: 95/63

Round 2: 115/83

Round 3: 135/93

Round 4: 155/103

Round 5: 175/113