Don’t Forget Skills Training

September 29, 2008 · Filed Under Work Out of the Day · Comment

Sometimes, as CrossFitters, it seems we can get so caught up in the benchmark workouts and improvement of our times, that we can sometimes neglect skills training.

This week, I am purposely taking some time away from HQ workouts and working directly on my olympic lifting skills. It’s important to me to get stronger while also getting faster, and I’ve noticed that my cleans, presses, deadlifts, squats and snatches have all sort leveled out. …at lower weights than I’d like I might add.

WOD - Oly Skillz

Double Bergerner warmup
Lots of snatches from bar to 85lbs
Lots of clean and jerk, from the ground, up to 105 and 135
Push press 5×5x5×5
- 135 lbs
- 145 lbs
- 155 lbs - 2 reps, stripped to 145, 3 reps
- 135
Lots of overhead squats with weighted bar
Turkish get-ups 35, 45 - Max 60 lb kettlebell