11/11 Monday

Warm Up 

Combo Activation #13

3x

2x Sampson stretch + worlds greater stretch (hold for 3 count)

Dynamic walk + toy soldier combo 10 ft in each direction

Bootstrap squats 10 reps 

Push up toe reach 10 reps

Lateral band walks 10 ft in each direction

Hitchhikers 20 reps

WOD

(In a weight vest/ using a plate, MB, DB, or KB)

8 rounds of:

3 weighted pull ps

6 weighted dips

9 weighted walking lunges

Ray Traitz
11/9 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HERO SATURDAY ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Hamilton 

Three rounds for time of:

Row 1000 meters

50 Push-ups

Run 1000 meters

50 Pull-ups

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Hamilton, 22, of Kent, Ohio, assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Fort Riley, Kansas, died on May 28, 2011 in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. 

Ray Traitz
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11/8 Friday

Warm Up 

The Complex warm-up

3-minute jump rope complex

10 singles/ 10 singles as fast as possible/ 10 singles/ 10 double unders

3x

  1. Push up complex (5 close/ 5 shoulder with apart/ 5 ultra wide) 

  2. Pull up complex (5 close/ 5 shoulder with apart/ 5 ultra wide) 

  3. Mid section complex (5 tucks/ 5 v-ups/ 5 Hollow rocks) 

  4. Posterior complex (5 superman/ 5 super rock/ 5 good morning)

  5. Stationary lunge complex (5 forward lunges/ 5 lateral lunges/ 5 reverse lunges)

WOD

3 rounds ASAP of:

1 minute cardio

15 step up and over box (18 inches or higher)

7 reps of (5 mountain climber stand up)

Ray Traitz