December Programming Focus
Friendly Reminder:
Please register for class in advance using Wodify. This really helps our coaches prepare accordingly, as you know some workouts are more complex and include more equipment than others, so it is really valuable to know if we have 6 or 16 athletes coming to class. Our coaches do plan ahead, so please help us out and reserve your spot early! We’ve had more and more instances lately where there are 6 reservations and then class starts with 16. We want to give you the best class experience possible everyday. Thank you!
CrossFit December Focus:
Ho, Ho, Ho Holddd up. It’s December!? Where did they year go, people. Regardless, we are here, and we are way fitter. We will be doing a year recap of the NC60 program that will highlight everything from benchmarks, hero workouts, and some thoughts and musings about what we learned over the year. It’s important to remember that fitness and health is a journey. No one gets fit from one workout...it’s the accumulation of work and effort over time that leads to fitness and ultimately health. If you worked hard, showed up, and push yourself when/where appropriate, there is absolutely no doubt you got fitter. Let’s end the year with a whole lot of positivity and even more amazing workouts.
Before we dive into December, let’s do a quick recap of the month of thanks, November. The goals for November were pretty straight forward -- have a hell of a lot of fun post-Open, kick-off the Wendler 5-3-1 cycle, and get after our monthly benchmarks: Jackie, Helen & Cali Bear. We saw each of these workouts three times over the course of 2019. Hopefully, this final test pushed a few more athletes over the hump on some PRs!
As we tackle December, we will be focusing on ending the year with some serious fitness. Wendler will wrap up in early December giving athletes an opportunity for PRs on the Push Press & Front Squat 1RMs. In addition, we will also take the gains from Wendler and apply those to the 1RM Clean & Jerk and 1RM Snatch toward the end of the month or right after the new year. We’ve also got our final run at California Love in December as well as a few planned retests of some other “crowd favorites” from the year. Earlier in the year we launched a series of NCFIT named workouts (Speed Demon, Point Break, Push.Pull, Rip Cord...etc.). In December, we will see these NCFIT creations pop-up week by week to get the blood pumping and the PR bells ringing. Last but not least, we’ve got a few special things up our sleeves for the holidays. We will see a “12 Days” workout coming toward the end of the month as well as a couple of classics for XMAS Eve and New Year’s Eve. Looking forward to a month of really fun and really challenging workouts. Let’s send 2019 out with bang.
Petram 30 December Focus:
Wow, holiday time is here! Where has the time gone?! Let’s read through a brief highlight reel of what our NC30 crews got a taste of over 2019. At the beginning of 2019, we saw a slight shift into more structured workout formats, holding us accountable to timelines and where to push our threshold and when to dial it back a bit. We moved into dumbbell and kettlebell weightlifting complexes, practiced our gymnastics and single-limb stability, and saw the first of many benchmark workouts - classic and NCFIT specific ones. We topped everything off with a squat heavy focus in October and a row specific focus for November! Everything is able to be layered on top of each other and will round us out as athletes - in and out of the gym.
Now, we totally understand that the holiday time gets CRAZY! That’s why we’re here to help. NC30 through December will keep the holiday craziness in mind with workouts that can be done in the gym, at home, or in open gym. Even if we are traveling, the workouts this month will be focused around minimal equipment that are bound to get you moving and feeling great. We will see shorter, more sprint-like formats with rest built-in, followed by some fun finishers to continue to build that community. Keep holding each other accountable, even if it is only for 20-30 minutes. We promise you will leave feeling accomplished and energized for this holiday season! We can’t wait to see you in 2020.