Thursday 4 February


“The Chief”

Complete as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) in 3 minutes of:

3 Power Cleans (135lbs, 85lbs)

6 pushups

9 Squats

Rest 1 minute. Repeat for a total of 5 rounds.

Post totals of each rounds and the sum total.

  1. Jeff Barnett
    February 3, 2010 at 9:30 pm #

    Have never done this one before. Looking forward to it.

  2. Michael
    February 4, 2010 at 9:15 am #

    Very sore…Rest day.

  3. Kristin
    February 4, 2010 at 9:50 am #

    Looks like I needed a power nap! ;-)

  4. Michael
    February 4, 2010 at 10:46 am #

    Goober…

  5. Hudson
    February 4, 2010 at 6:41 pm #

    26 + 5 reps. Spent the whole time trying to keep up with Jeff.

    Thanks again Jeff for the help on the back squats

  6. Steven
    February 4, 2010 at 8:09 pm #

    15 Rx. The Chief should be promoted to Master Chief. I didn’t even think I was going to make it.

  7. Christina Barnett
    February 4, 2010 at 8:12 pm #

    “The Chief” was a great workout. I really enjoy these types of WODs.
    5-4-4-4-4 with 61lbs & reg. pushups

    Total rounds completed: 21

    The air squats were the most difficult part for me. Rest kept getting shorter and shorter to ensure I got the fourth round complete. Really enjoyed this one in a sick kind of way :)

  8. Andy Smith
    February 4, 2010 at 8:14 pm #

    OK everyone, please do not kick me out of Crossfit Impulse….

    I worked out with a board member today. He created the workout. We did a circuit of stationary bike, flyes (oh my goodness!), lat pulldowns, and then we did some like plank things. ha.

    Good rest day I suppose :-)

    • Jeff Barnett
      February 4, 2010 at 8:27 pm #

      Andy, first the good: Constantly varied can mean anything. Whatever the WOD, as CrossFitters we should be willing to try it and kick its ass!

      Now the bad: [sarcasm and ridicule] Where’s the bicep curls? Surely you guys could have used one more non-functional globo-gym movement? Maybe some wrist curls? Really shock those tarsals and metatarsals! Perhaps a few bouts on the inner/outer thigh machine (aka the “yes/no” machine)? Don’t forget to really squeeze those pec flys on the contraction. What are you doing tomorrow to isolate your subclavius? [/sarcasm and ridicule]

      Sorry, it would not be in my nature to pass up an opportunity such as that.

  9. Jeff Barnett
    February 4, 2010 at 8:15 pm #

    Hudson, I’m just glad the back squat advice helped. When Mike G gave me the same advice at my level 1 Cert my back squat PR was 295. I immediately came home and hit 305 the next week. I’ve now advanced to 320, and I think hip drive out of the bottom has played a large part. Rippetoe talks about pretending that you have a chain attached to your ass that’s pulling it up towards the ceiling from the bottom of the squat.

    My results for “The Chief”

    6+5+5+4+5 = 25 + 3 reps. Spent the whole time trying to keep up with Hudson. The difference is that he was successful in his goal. I was not. I tried to mentally game round 4, thinking that if I didn’t allow myself to drop to 4 that I would be so burned that I wouldn’t even hit 4 on my last round. I was wrong, and in retrospect, taking the easy way out. Lesson learned. Of course, the post-WOD “I could have done more” feeling is almost a constant, but it’s much harder to find those reps during the WOD.

  10. Tristan Whitson
    February 4, 2010 at 8:46 pm #

    Didn’t get to do the Chief. Had a training meeting with the recruits but prior to it I decided to do my own WOD waiting on people to show up

    100 burpees for time.
    9:36

    Good call Jeff on the sarcasm. I watched that video from the journal last night. I loved the part about the wrist curls.

  11. Zan
    February 4, 2010 at 9:14 pm #

    Okay, first time posting my results and just for you two; David and Christina! Christina, I failed you girl. 61lbs 3-3-3-2-1…and sadly no my results are not typos. It turns out not only do i have difficulty counting when i add weights (sorry bout that jordan) but apparently theres somthing missing with my understanding of 3 min intervals. in my fourth 3 min round i looked at the clock after a min and stopped to take a min break. i dont’ know what i was thinking…luckily, Davids “WTF are you doing girl” look on his face and steven still busting out the workout caught my attention. BUT, thanks to David, I knocked out a PR for power cleans at 81lbs. Its not a lot but hey, a PR’s a PR! Got awesome help with the form…its a working progress ; ) also learned by experience not to go to failure on these WODs (the worst but most enduring ways to learn). so all-in-all a good teaching WOD today!

  12. David Clem
    February 4, 2010 at 9:27 pm #

    It was awesome watching everyone take on “The Chief” tonight. The chase between Hudson and Jeff was great to witness. I honestly couldn’t tell who was ahead but I knew they were neck to neck. Great work to both of you! Christina and Lisa had a chase going on as well. It was intense at the 5 pm class. Kudos to Lisa for going Rx’d! Way to fight through the squats Christina. Everyone worked hard tonight. Zan got a power clean PR while warming up!

    Rest day for me.

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