Its the final week of the 2015 CrossFit Games Open and we at CrossFit Thermal, hope that you had a blast.  Things are wrapping up with a nice couplet to test our quads and lungs.  Come early, and sign up, heats will begin at 9:30am.  We planned on a BBQ afterward hoping the weather would...Read More

For strength, find a 1RM turkish getup for each arm. Use dumbbells, kettlebells, or even barbells. Conditioning is the same 5 minute AMRAP with a 2 minute rest between. For every rep difference, do an equal amount of penalty burpees after the AMRAP (untimed) DON’T game round 1. Strength 1RM Turkish getup (each arm) Conditioning...Read More

Strength today is a pressing complex: take the bar out of the rack and do 5 shoulder presses and follow immediately with 3 push presses. Find the highest weight you can do for this complex. Conditioning is a triplet ladder consisting of front squats, burpees over bar, and toes to bar. The front squats are...Read More

As we learned from the Open, the muscle up is a high level strength and skill exercise. Use the beginning of class to work towards this. For beginners, this might mean banded strict pull ups, box assisted pull ups, or strict pull ups. For intermediates, this might mean working on unassisted ring pull ups, kipping...Read More

The Catalyst Athletics 8 week General Cycle for CrossFit Thermal Start Date: Monday, April 6, 2015 As CrossFit athletes, we are constantly trying to raise our fitness levels to new heights.  Over the past 5 weeks many of us have participated in the CrossFit Games Open, and tried to quantify where exactly we land on the...Read More

Take 20 minutes to find a 1RM front squat. You may want to do a static hold with 105-110% of your intended 1RM and then deload the bar to the intended 1RM. This will hopefully “trick” the body into thinking your new 1RM is “light.” You also should not tie your previous PR. (i.e. if...Read More

“Filthy Fifty” For time: 50 Box jumps, 24/20″ 50 Jumping pull ups 50 Kettlebell swings, 55/35# 50 Walking Lunges 50 Knees to elbows 50 Push press, 45# 50 Supermans 50 Wall ball shots, 20/14# 50 Burpees 50 Double undersRead More

Today for strength, you will complete 2 snatches every minute on the minute.  Have additional weight nearby but not in the way, so that you can load additional weight in between rounds.  You should try to increase the weight with each successful set, but make sure you’re hitting the lift safely and efficiently instead of...Read More

Reebok CrossFit Games Open 15.4 8-minute AMRAP: 3 handstand push-ups 3 cleans (185/125) 6 handstand push-ups 3 cleans 9 handstand push-ups 3 cleans 12 handstand push-ups 6 cleans 15 handstand push-ups 6 cleans 18 handstand push-ups 6 cleans 21 handstand push-ups 9 cleans Etc., following same pattern Scaled Version Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:...Read More

The shoulder press today should be considered prep work for tomorrow’s Open 15.4 WOD containing HSPU’s (Rx) or push presses (scale). Stay light if you’d like, but press up and get your head through on those reps to achieve full range of motion. Conditioning are two couplets separated by rest: overhead squats/double unders and toes...Read More