CrossFit Trivium – CrossFit Daily Focus (No Measure) Today, we are tackling our Back Squat progression and moving into sets of 2-4 reps with the emphasis on getting to a “heavy” double for the day. The goal here should be a weight that athletes still feel that they have another 2 reps in the tank. A note that the time for these sets is moved out to being on a 3:00 minute clock in an effort to allow athletes to really tackle these sets well and hit the % with maximum force production. This provides beneficial neuromuscular benefits that carry over to better maximal strength gains as well as injury protection. We have included some light primers for Toe to Bar, and athletes can hit some jump rope sets in warm-up as well if they feel antsy. We will then move into the main workout with the emphasis on building...Read more

CrossFit Trivium – CrossFit Back Squat (Every 3:00 x 5 Set 1: 4 @ 77% Set 2: 4 @ 80% Set 3: 3 @ 82% Set 4: 3 @ 85% Set 5: 2 @ 87% )Read more

CrossFit Trivium – CrossFit Daily Focus (No Measure) Today, we are tackling our Back Squat progression and moving into sets of 2-4 reps with the emphasis on getting to a “heavy” double for the day. The goal here should be a weight that athletes still feel that they have another 2 reps in the tank. A note that the time for these sets is moved out to being on a 3:00 minute clock in an effort to allow athletes to really tackle these sets well and hit the % with maximum force production. This provides beneficial neuromuscular benefits that carry over to better maximal strength gains as well as injury protection. We have included some light primers for Toe to Bar, and athletes can hit some jump rope sets in warm-up as well if they feel antsy. We will then move into the main workout with the emphasis on building...Read more

CrossFit Trivium – CrossFit Daily Focus (No Measure) Today, we are tackling our Back Squat progression and moving into sets of 2-4 reps with the emphasis on getting to a “heavy” double for the day. The goal here should be a weight that athletes still feel that they have another 2 reps in the tank. A note that the time for these sets is moved out to being on a 3:00 minute clock in an effort to allow athletes to really tackle these sets well and hit the % with maximum force production. This provides beneficial neuromuscular benefits that carry over to better maximal strength gains as well as injury protection. We have included some light primers for Toe to Bar, and athletes can hit some jump rope sets in warm-up as well if they feel antsy. We will then move into the main workout with the emphasis on building...Read more

CrossFit Trivium – CrossFit Daily Focus (No Measure) Today, we are tackling an upper body focused day, specifically the upper body press. We will be starting things off with a targeted warm-up to allow for athletes to feel primed and ready to hit the heavy Bench Press, while also working in some specific work to get inverted before we move into our conditioning piece which is the CrossFit Main Site workout from January 29th. This one is a fun 12:00 minute workout done in 3 x 4:00 minute AMRAP sections with the target of tackling shuttle runs and varying Handstand Push-Ups. Due to the volume here of Handstand Push-Ups, choose help athletes choose scaling modifications that allow for adequate volume to develop strength and stamina in these positions. Utilize different options based on the varying levels of athletes in your class, by moving through pike handstand push-ups (either on box...Read more