EDITOR'S NOTE: Pamela Gagnon was launched to CrossFit in 2010 and not too long ago completed eighth on the CrossFit Video games Masters Division. Pamela has made Regionals as a person for 4 consecutive years. She coaches at Rising CrossFit Ballantyne in Charlotte, North Carolina and travels the world as a Lead Coach for CrossFit Gymnastics Certifications with Jeff Tucker. As a busy mom and spouse, she feels fortunate to have the ability to coach, prepare, and do gymnastics into her forties.
4 Weeks of Handstands and Handstand-Based mostly Expertise and Energy
All through the following 4 weeks, I might be programming important actions to assist along with your stability, shoulder and core power, and coordination – all important parts of handstands, freestanding handstand push ups, press handstands, and handstand strolling.
Deal with these 4 issues when doing handstand work:
- Type issues! Pointed toes, tight core, and energetic shoulders are all necessary.
- Hold nearly all of your weight mid palm however use your fingers to "grip" the ground to seek out stability.
- Gaze your eyes in-between your thumbs (with out transferring your head an excessive amount of). This can show you how to discover your stability.
- Unfold your fingers for extra floor space.
*** All the time ask for a spot when wanted or scale the motion.
Click on on every week to go on to any of the 4 weeks of programming:
- Week 1: Stability, Handstand, and Core
- Week 2: Strolling and Core
- Week 3: HSPU, Urgent, and Core
- Week 4: Placing all of it Collectively
Or, click on right here to obtain the PDF together with a hyperlink to the YouTube playlist.
Week 4 – Placing all of it Collectively
Day One
Strict Diane with a "rocky" twist
21-15-9
Deadlift (225/155)
Hole rocks (tuck place for scaled model)
Strict HSPU
Day Two
Relaxation as wanted between units.
Rx'd work:
3 rounds for high quality
- 20 field shoulder shrugs off rings (preserve arms straight)
- 15 HSPU
- 60-second handstand maintain
Scaled work:
3 rounds for high quality
- 20 field shoulder shrugs off field (preserve arms straight)
- 15 HSPU on field
- 60-second handstand maintain
Day Three
Ability: 3 x max-effort handstand maintain (in opposition to wall or freestanding) relaxation as wanted between units
Then:
12 minute AMRAP of:
- 10 V-ups
- 12 shoulder touches
- 12 squat to 1/2 leap flip
- 12 inchworm with pushup
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