What's the WOD?!

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 Everyday, Crossfit athletes look forward to checking for the WOD. The WOD is an acronym for workout of the day. It is randomly selected and involves a combination of different skills. There is usually no time frame for these workouts. You have to complete them as fast as your body will let you. Some WODs will consist of completing as many rounds of the workout as possible, within a certain time frame. Greg Glassman is the founder and Crossfit and he has named some WODs. A popular one is named Fran. It consists of 21 thursters, 21 pull ups, 15 thursters, 15 pull ups, 9 thursters and 9 pull ups. (Thurster Demo) I gave this one a try and by the end of it I was on my hands and knees. Another example of a different WOD is called Cindy. This consists of 5 pull ups 10 push ups and 15 squats. You have to complete as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) in twenty minutes. While attending a Crossfit gym over the summer, a typical day consisted of a warm up, skill work and then the WOD. My friends at the gym would joke and say that our warm up was harder than people's workouts. The skill work out would consist of getting stronger. The trainer would pick something that he thought you needed to work on. These skills would randomly show up in WODs so the skill work is a time where people could work on something that slowed them down during their WODs. Also, it was a time to get stronger and do as much weight as possible. Finally, the WOD is what everyone waits for and you give it your all. All you hear are grunts, yells, metal plates dropping, and the screaming encouragement of fellow cross fitters. Chalk dust fills the air as athletes prepare themselves to grip the heavy weights. If you can't do the prescribed weight then you can scale it and change it to a lighter weight. Most athletes work towards Rx. This means you lift the amount of weight that is posted. After a typical workout athletes are usually laid out on the floor. Times are posted so that others can compete. 

Posted by Nikita Reddy