Crossfit

[JWG223]

only managed 215# on the overhead push-press yesterday. got beat by a girl

 

[RedStickChick]

only managed 215# on the overhead push-press yesterday. got beat by a girl

GOOD

 

[JWG223]

GOOD

I'm fine with it. As long as it's not YOU :P

 

[RedStickChick]

I'm fine with it. As long as it's not YOU :P

Ha! I haven't picked up a barbell since October. I'm letting my body restart so I can challenge myself more when I jump back into the box.

 

[JWG223]

Ha! I haven't picked up a barbell since October. I'm letting my body restart so I can challenge myself more when I jump back into the box.

I've told myself similar things before, but unless you have an injury, it re-started months ago, lol

 

[AustinBR]

I ripped on muscle ups tonight. Crawfish will be fun tomorrow :/

 

[JBP55]

I ripped on muscle ups tonight. Crawfish will be fun tomorrow :/

I saw a friend that does Crossfit lift a huge ball that looked quite heavy. What is that all about and what do they weight?

 

[JWG223]

I saw a friend that does Crossfit lift a huge ball that looked quite heavy. What is that all about and what do they weight?

How big is huge? I toss tiny beach ball sized weights that vary from 8 to 30#. Typically only used for wall ball tosses though. It's a cardiovascular beatdown.

 

[RedStickChick]

I saw a friend that does Crossfit lift a huge ball that looked quite heavy. What is that all about and what do they weight?

Was it a wallball or an atlas stone?

 

[JBP55]

Was it a wallball or an atlas stone?

Looked huge compared to a basketball, it may have been a grey stone. Knowing him it was quite heavy and they said only 3 people had ever lifted it.

 

[AustinBR]

Looked huge compared to a basketball, it may have been a grey stone. Knowing him it was quite heavy and they said only 3 people had ever lifted it.

Yeah, we don't do that at my gym haha.

 

[RedStickChick]

Looked huge compared to a basketball, it may have been a grey stone. Knowing him it was quite heavy and they said only 3 people had ever lifted it.

Atlas stone.

One of the guys at my gym lifts them. He's a Highland Games World Champion.

 

[JBP55]

Yeah, we don't do that at my gym haha.

He used to have a section of a utility pole about 15' long he would lift and press. The type of poles you see on highway right of way. You probably do not use them either.

 

[JWG223]

I just wish I could do a muscle-up. It's a skill I just don't have. My lifts are decent, I can bang out 15 strict dead-hang pull ups over or under-hand, whichever, blah blah blah, but nowhere close to a MU on rings or bar.

 

[AustinBR]

I just wish I could do a muscle-up. It's a skill I just don't have. My lifts are decent, I can bang out 15 strict dead-hang pull ups over or under-hand, whichever, blah blah blah, but nowhere close to a MU on rings or bar.

It's ALL form. Once you get the form, it's actually EASIER than a chest to bar pullup. No joke.

 

[JWG223]

It's ALL form. Once you get the form, it's actually EASIER than a chest to bar pullup. No joke.

Really? Those are cake. Meh. I'm just doing it wrong I guess.

 

[AustinBR]

Really? Those are cake. Meh. I'm just doing it wrong I guess.

Just gotta kip correctly. Look at how little bitty gymnast girls do it. You don't want to do it like them because you won't have the range of motion of them, but you can try to slightly mimic their form. Get with your coach and work on hanging from the bar and use your core to do in and outs (or whatever you call them). Basically the front of a kip and the back. Once you get good at that, the kip with a big explosion will shoot you up to the bar. Rings are a bit different because you have to keep them in. I find bar muscle ups much easier.

Wider than shoulder grip, feet forward, then core forward, then explode your feet back and your chest up and OVER the bar. You should end up catching yourself with your hip bone touching the bar. Then either keep the momentum throwing you all the way up to a lockout, or press up.

 

[JWG223]

Just gotta kip correctly. Look at how little bitty gymnast girls do it. You don't want to do it like them because you won't have the range of motion of them, but you can try to slightly mimic their form. Get with your coach and work on hanging from the bar and use your core to do in and outs (or whatever you call them). Basically the front of a kip and the back. Once you get good at that, the kip with a big explosion will shoot you up to the bar. Rings are a bit different because you have to keep them in. I find bar muscle ups much easier.

Wider than shoulder grip, feet forward, then core forward, then explode your feet back and your chest up and OVER the bar. You should end up catching yourself with your hip bone touching the bar. Then either keep the momentum throwing you all the way up to a lockout, or press up.

I'll give it a go. Stuff like that takes me forever to learn.

 

[AustinBR]

I'll give it a go. Stuff like that takes me forever to learn.

Try this:

Set up a box under a bar where your shoulders are almost to the bar or are right at it. Jump up and practice flipping your elbows up and rotating over the bar. That's probably the hardest part for people (getting their elbows rolled over). Are you on instagram? If so, PM me.

 

[spanky]

Hit a 185 snatch from the hang so I got that going for me which is nice.