Rest Day
Shoveling snow, or dirt, or anything else can be a great workout as long as proper form is maintained. CrossFit programming centers on functional fitness, but the correlation between what we do in the box and the real world is sometimes hard to see. This weekend most of us received the opportunity to see what functional fitness means. How many of you thought about your deadlift form while shoveling out your cars, driveways and sidewalks this weekend? Did you all maintain a flat back, with your chest up and did you use your hamstrings as the prime movers? Although your feet position had to be altered to compensate for the distribution of the weight on only one end of the shovel, all other aspects of the deadlift form should have held true. Following what we have learned in the box should have made the task of shoveling out, less painful and more productive. Happy Shoveling.
Took me about 2 hours to shovel out yesterday. Tried to maintin form through most of it. As a reward I was able to do the HERO wod posted on the main site today.
"Stephen"
30-25-20-15-10-5 rep rounds of:
GHD sit-up
Back extension
Knees to elbow
95 pound Stiff legged deadlift
Totally kicked the crap out of my core this weekend.
25:11 Rxd
Posted by: Jim Wingerter | February 07, 2010 at 11:11 AM
No driveway but good form saved my back. It took me two shovels before thinking of dead lifting and virtual shoveling wod's. Nice post Jim.
See u all Monday!
Posted by: Steve Wakefoose | February 07, 2010 at 11:32 AM
No shovel so went with the squat and throw
Posted by: Pat C | February 07, 2010 at 02:37 PM
Gooooo Peyton!!!!
Posted by: Jenny b | February 07, 2010 at 07:36 PM