October 2022 CrossFit Programming Focus

September kicked off with a BANG!, testing 1-RM’s of the Front Squat, Clean & Jerk, and Snatch! This also marked the kick-off of our second Oly Cycle for 2022. It’s all about dialing in positional work with lighter bars for the first half of this cycle.

Don’t worry – we are getting to the heavier stuff soon! Let’s see what October has in store for us both for the second half of our cycle AND for any other focuses!

Let’s first touch on the second half of our Oly Cycle! Up until now we have kept things light and worked different positions, and the only below parallel we have touched is with the Front Squat. Well in the second half of this cycle that all changes! We now will take the position work we have practiced the past few weeks and implement them with heavier loads and start to fold in the squat variation of both movements.

We will also see the rep scheme for the Front Squats decrease which means we should be getting heavier and heavier each week. While there are no percentages associated with these, I would recommend recording what you completed the week before, and try to start/ end heavier!

The end of the month will bring us a retest of all 3 lifts (Halloween Bar Slam, anyone?), so get ready and get excited! Similar to last month the Oly Cycle is going to be the main driver this month so our other focuses are going to remain fairly similar. We will still see 1-2 Grind Workouts each week, as well as a new named workout. We will also see a retest of Cloudkicker and California Lovin so we can get excited to see those barbell heavy workouts come back up! Get excited for a SCARY amount of GAINS coming at you this month! 

Weekly October Commitments

  • (1-2) Grind Workouts 
  • (1) Snatch Day 
  • (1) Clean
  • (1) Jerk Day 
  • (1) Front Squat Day 

September/October Olympic Lifting Cycle

  • WEEK 1 (9/5) 
    • Heavy 1-Rep Snatch 
    • Heavy 1-Rep Clean & Jerk 
    • Front Squat (10-10-8)
  • WEEK 2 (9/12)  
    • Hang Muscle Snatch + Hang Power Snatch 
    • Hang Muscle Clean + Hang Power Clean 
    • Drop Jerks  
    • Front Squat (10-8-6)
  • WEEK 3 (9/19)  
    • High Hang Power Snatch + Hang Power Snatch 
    • High Hang Power Clean + Hang Power Clean 
    • Push Jerk + Split Jerk 
    • Front Squat (8-6-6)
  • WEEK 4 (9/26)  
    • Clean Deadlift + Clean Pull 
    • Pausing Snatch Deadlift + Snatch Pull 
    • Pausing Split Jerks  
    • Front Squat (6-6-4)
  • WEEK 5 (10/3)  
    • Power Snatch + Hang Squat Snatch 
    • Power Clean + Hang Squat Clean 
    • Split Jerks 
    • Front Squat (6-4-4)
  • WEEK 6 (10/10)  
    • Snatch + Hang Squat Snatch 
    • Clean + Hang Squat Clean 
    • Power Clean + Jerk
    • Front Squat (4-4-2)
  • WEEK 7 (10/17)  
    • Snatch 
    • Clean & Jerk 
    • Front Squat (4-2-2)
  • WEEK 8 (10/24)  
    • Deload
  • WEEK 9 (10/29 Halloween Bar Slam / week of 10/31)
    • Heavy 1-Rep Snatch
    • Heavy 1-Rep Clean and Jerk

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CrossFit Workouts for Week of 11/11-11/17/2024

Throughout November, we’ll continue to focus on Olympic Weightlifting.

Start this week with CHAD1000X in memory of Chad Wilkinson, who died by suicide on Oct. 29, 2018. Join the CrossFit community as we honor Chad’s life and legacy and raise awareness for suicide prevention.

Follow that with a quick couplet of wall-ball shots and double-unders on Wednesday.

Continue the month’s theme with heavy snatches with run efforts thrown in for fun on Thursday.

After Monday’s effort; be sure to stretch and scale accordingly throughout the week to allow for recovery.

CrossFit Workouts for Week of 11/4-11/10/2024

Welcome to November, a month focused on heavy days dedicated to developing the snatch and clean and jerk.

Expect a higher volume of light, moderate, and heavy barbell cycling.

Work on Olympic lifting-focused skill work for additional practice.

We will see benchmarks and Hero workouts such as CHAD1000X, Nate, and Open workout variations.

CrossFit Workouts for Week of 10/28-11/03/2024

Throughout October, we’ll continue to focus on classic benchmark workouts.

Kick off the week with a fun twist on a classic as athletes take on Heavy Grace.

Shift gears on Tuesday that has athletes partner up for a 30-minute max-distance effort on the machine of their choice.

Round out the week with Dia de los Deadlifts!

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