Guys, when you sign up for the Open, you have to join the team “CrossFit Thermal” Go into your profile and edit where it says “team” and select CrossFit Thermal You may have to do this for the “affiliate” as well. ThanksRead more

Thanks to Pat Sherwood and CF Linchpin for this WOD. A Workout fromt “the 12 Tests”, aka, the Linchpin Dirty Dozen, which were created by Pat Sherwood as a way for athletes and coaches to measure progress and expose weaknesses. They cover a broad range of movements, loadings, repetition ranges, and time domains. This is one of their heavy ones. 4 Rounds for Time 4 Power Cleans (205/145) 4 Front Squats 4 Shoulder to Overhead Accessory Work – not for time to be completed after clean up and recovery. Accumulate 40 HSPU or Scale or Accumulate 20 Strict Pull-ups + 20 Strict Ring DipsRead more

Let’s start today with somewhat of a structured warm-up. We’ll pull out a bunch of dumbbells and kettlebells and allow you to practice one arm snatches. Try different techniques and weights and get comfortable with the movement since we’ll likely see it in the Open soon. Of course we’ll coach the movement in advance so you understand what it should look like. After that we’ll be hitting an Open repeat from 2013 – snatches and burpees. In 2013, we had to do burpees to a target 6″ above our reach. If you want to set that up, have at it, otherwise just make sure your burpees are legit – as always. Warm-up EMOM x 10 Minutes A. Bike / Row :40 B. One Arm Snatch Practice Reebok CrossFit Games Open Workout 13.1 17 min time cap 40 burpees, 30 snatches (75/45 lbs) 30 burpees, 30 snatches (135/75 lbs) 20 burpees,...Read more

CrossFit Thermal’s exciting Open announcement #2 Hey guys, as you know this Saturday we’ll be hosting the CrossFit Games Open Workout 17.1.  Before Saturday’s kickoff, we like to start the games season with an an announcement viewing party!  Starting after the 6:30 class on Thursday, we’ll tune into the live feed from Dave Castro and the CrossFit Games, we can watch the action of 17.1 unfold live right here at Thermal! Castro will announce Open Workout 17.1 from Reebok CrossFit Louvre in Paris, France. Shortly after the announcement, we’ll throw it to an entirely different country as Patrick Vellner and Brent Fikowski—2016’s third- and fourth-fittest men on Earth, respectively—kick off the 2017 Games season from Reebok CrossFit Yul, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We’ll also get to watch 2013 Games champion Samantha Briggs and 2016 Games 12th-place finisher Kristin Holte throw down on 17.1 in Paris. This is a great way to get into the...Read more

Let’s hit some strength work to start off the week, lock those knees on the way up and press! For the met-con, scale bar MU to c2b pull-ups, pull-ups or MU progressions as needed. As always, one of the best ways to scale is with volume, get as close to the prescribed movement as possible.  Strength Take 12 minutes to build up to a heavy 2RM Push Press Take 8 minutes to complete 2×3 @80% of today’s heavy set Conditioning 4 Rounds for Time 20 KB Swings (55/35) 7 Bar Muscle-Ups 20 Wall Balls (20/14)Read more