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Sports and Events

CFP Meet-up @ State Lounge with AfroSonic
Fri Mar 12th 930pm
Meet up at State and listen to AfroSonic Collective - a great combination of DJs and African drumming.  Proper dress required.

Urban Greens Food Co-Op Fundraiser, Providence
Mar 16th 2010 6-8pm
 
Come to Loie Fuller's at 1455 Westminster St for a drink and help raise funds to establish this wonderful co-op on the West Side. 

St. Pat's 5K Race
Sat Mar 20th 2010
Run with CFP!  Click on link to register.  Team name is CrossFit Providence, password is CrossFit.

CrossFit Endurance Certification, CFP
April 24-25th 2010

The endurance community is largely overtraining and this is an indispensable tool at learning how to effectively train someone and keep them healthy and ready for their next race. 

Spend 2 full days with the CrossFit Endurance staff learning, studying and applying the principles of CrossFit Endurance.  You will learn how CrossFit Endurance works for endurance athletes and CrossFit athletes.  You will also learn how to apply and progress training at an individual and group level, and the basic mechanics of running essentials.  This has NOT been posted to the main site as of yet, and WILL sell out. Register as soon as you can!

Tough Mudder, Bear Creek, PA
Sunday May 2nd 2010
Join team CFP in this 7 mile run/obstacle course.  Click here to register, email Jeff Nelson with any questions.

Team Name: CrossFit Providence
Password: CrossFit

Indoor Winter Cycling, McFadden's Pub, Providence
Mondays, 6pm, until March 29.  Email Sarah Thomas to join our cycling team - Team CrossFit Providence (CFP)

Rowing with the Narragansett Boat Club

The Seekonk River in Providence.  Email Peter:  petetime@aol.com

Indoor Soccer, Co-Ed
Sunday nights.  Interested in playing co-ed indoor soccer in Warwick?  Email mike@crossfitprovidence.com

World Class Fitness in 100 words
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.

These were compiled by George Mounce and posted in the forums on the CrossFit main site.  They originally came from Eva T. Enjoy!

Run 1/2 mile 50 air squats - 3 rounds.

10 push-ups 10 sit ups 10 squats - 10 rounds.

200 air squats for time.

“Susan” Run 200m 10 squats 10 push ups 5 rounds.

Sprint 200m and do 25 push ups, 3 rounds.

10 Handstand push ups and a 200m run 3 rounds.

Tabata squats and tabata pushups.

5 push ups 5 squats 5 sit ups, 20 rounds.

Walk 100 meters on your hands, even if it is 2 meters at a time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 sets of sit-ups and a 100 meter sprint between each set.

Invisible Fran…21-15-9 of air squats and push ups for time.

Spend a total of 5 minutes in a handstand, or headstand. If you are using the headstand do not stay over a minute at a time.

Run 1 mile for time.

10 push ups 10 air squats and 10 sit ups, 6 rounds for time.

Do one air squat and take one breath, ( you can breath all you want while you do the squat or squats) do 2 and take 2 breaths etc…up to 10, and then come back down to one.

3 vertical jumps 3 squats 3 long jumps - 5 rounds.

Handstand 30 seconds and 10 squats, 8 rounds.

10 push-ups 100M dash 10x.

Tabata squats.

5x 400M sprints.

10 X 100 m dash.

25 pressing snatch balances each arm. No weight.

Run 1 mile, lunging 30 steps every 1 minute.

handstand 30 seconds and 20 air squats, 5 rounds.

10 handstand jackknife to vertical jump, 10 handstand jackknife to tuck jump, 10 handstand jackknife to straddle jump.

100 air squats. For time.

4x 25 jumping squats

10 vertical jumps, 10 push ups, 10 sit ups, 4 rounds…for time.

10 air squats every 1 minute of your 1 mile run.

100 burpies for time.

Run 1 mile for time.

10 push-ups 10 squats 10 sit ups 10 rounds.

10 vertical jumps, run 400 meters, 5 rounds.

spend a total of 3 minutes in a handstand.

100 air squats for time.

Handstand 1 minute, hold bottom of the squat for 1 minute, 5 rounds.

Sprint 100 meters, Walk 100 meters, 10 rounds.

100 push ups for time.

Run 1 mile for time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Burpies and Sit ups.

50 sit-ups, 400 meter run or sprint or walk. 3 rounds.

10 walking lunges, 10 push-ups, 10 rounds.

Tabata Squats.

50 split jumps for time.

Workout…Handstand for 30 seconds or 5 handstand push ups…400 meter run. 4 rounds.

10 burpies, 100meter sprint 10x for time.

“L” sit off the floor. 10 rounds of 10 seconds…if you can’t do it sit with your legs straight out and try to lift your heels of the ground for 10 seconds instead!!!

run 400 meters, 50 air squats. 4rounds.

handstand 30 seconds, to squat hold 30 seconds. 10 rounds.

Ten vertical jumps ( jump as high as you can, land and do it again), 10 push-ups 5 rounds.

Run 1 mile for time.

10 push-ups, 10 squats, 10 rounds.

Tabata Squats: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

Handstand to Jack-Knife to vertical jump. 30 Reps.

Run 1 mile with 100 air squats at midpoint, for time.

7 squats, 7 burpies, seven rounds, for time.

10x 30 second handstand to 30 second bottom of the squat hold.

Burpee to the push up position, do 10 push ups, burpie out. 5 rounds.

Run 1 mile, plus 50 squats-for time.

100 burpies for time.

5 squats, 5 push-ups, 5 sit ups, 20 rounds.

Plebs plank, bottom of squat, hollow rock hold, 30 seconds each for 10 rounds. Use the transition times as your rest periods…they should be as brief as possible.

5 push ups with a 30 second plebs plank(a hold at the top of the push up, arms extended and body tight like a plank!) at the end of each 5 reps, 10 rounds. Then 3x 100m dash @ 80%.

Handstand practice, 25 tries at free handstands, then a 1 mile run at 80%.

Handstand 10 seconds jack-knife to vertical jump. 25 reps…

Mime 4x 25 sumo deadlift high pulls, make them perfect. Be sure the hips extend before the arms bend!

50 air squats x 5. Rest equal amounts as it took to do each 50.

Run 1 mile and do 10 push-ups every 1 minute.

sprint 100m 30 squats…8 rounds.

30 push ups, 30 second handstand or Plebs Plank..3 rounds.

10 sit ups and 10 burpies…10 rounds-for time.

handstand hold, 30 seconds, squat hold 30 seconds…10 rounds.

250 jumping jacks…for time.

100 jumping jacks, 75 air squats, 50 push ups, 25 burpies. For time.

Tabata Push-ups.

30 second handstand against a wall, followed by a 30 second static hold at the bottom of the squat. 5 rounds.

with eyes closed do 10 air squats, open eyes..do 10 push ups eyes closed, 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 minute, squat 1 minute 5 rounds.

run 1 mile for time.

air squat x 10 push up x 10 sit up x 10 3 rounds for time

10 push-ups, 10 hollow rocks, run 200 meters….5 rounds.

Do Tabata Squats with eyes closed.

bottom to bottom ( rest at the bottom of the squat instead of standing….without support on your hands or butt and make the bottom good, straight back, butt back)…..tabata squats.

20 sit ups with support under the lumbar spine, 20 push ups, run 400m, 4 rounds.

Handstands, 30 second hold, 30 second static squat, 30 second rest, 8 rounds.

sprint 50 meters, 10 push ups. 10 rounds.

50 air squats, 4 rounds. rest for 2 minutes between rounds.

3x 20 tuck jumps. 3x 30 second handstands.

400m run/sprint 30 air squats, 3rounds for time.

20 jumping jacks, 20 burpies, 20 air squats…3 rounds

Warm up. Run 100 meters and do 20 air squats. 10 rounds.

Handstand 5x 30 seconds. Run: 2x 800 meters for time. Do the handstands first. Rest and recover and do the runs with a rest in between that is as long as it took you to run your first 800.

100 air squats 3 min. rest, 100 air squats.

Run with high knees for 15 seconds and drop into a pushup, get back up and run with high knees again for 15 seconds…….repeat 5x. Each pushup counts as 1 rep. Rest. Do 3 more rounds.

10x 50 meter sprint.

Test yourself on a max set of push ups…tight body chest to the floor…full extension!
If you cannot do “mens style” do your pushups from the knees. After that do 100 air squats for time.

Tabata…20 seconds on 10 second rest 8 rounds of…tuck jumps and then sit ups

run 400m air squat 30 hand stand 30 seconds 3 rounds for time

5 handstand to jacknife to high jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to tuck jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to split jump, 3 rounds…for form

50 burpies for time.

5 pushups, 5 squats, 5 sit-ups - 20 rounds

Run 1 mile, stopping every minute to do 20 air squats.

30 second handstand, 60 second squat hold ( at the bottom of the squat) - 5 rounds

run 200 meters, 50 squats, 3 rounds

Tabata Squats

Air squatsx20, Burpiesx20, Push-Upsx20 - 3 rounds…for time.