HERO FRIDAY
"SEVERIN"U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Severin W. Summers III, 43, of Bentonia, Mississippi, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), headquartered at Jackson, Mississippi, died August 2, 2009 in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan, after his vehicle was struck by a command wire improvised explosive device. Summers is survived by his wife Tammy Fraser and his daughters Jessica, Shelby & Sarah.
The Standard Warm-up used at Catalyst Athletics is a series of Dynamic Stretching Drills that combined with the a modified version of the CrossFit Warm-up is an effective method for training prepartion.
The "official" CrossFit Warm-up is in the
April 2003 CrossFit Journal .
1-2 rounds of 10-15 reps of:
- Squat or Overhead Squat
- AbMat or GHD Sit-up
- Back-extension
- Pull-up
- Ring Dip or HSPU
- Down and up
- Elbows high and outside
- Muscle snatch
- Snatch land
- Snatch drop
- Hang power snatch
- Rx 1RFT
- 50 STRICT Pull ups
- 100 C2D HR Push ups
- 5k Run
Scaled
5 RFT
- 10 STRICT(with or without band) Pull ups
- 20 C2D HR Push ups
- 1k Run
Novice
5 RFT
- 5 banded Pull ups
- 15 Push ups
- 500m Run
50 Strict Pull-ups
100 Push-ups, release hands from floor at the bottom
Run 5K
If you've got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.