What happens when you combine Crossfit and yoga?
WOD Asana!
Sunday morning started bright and early with an hour and a half combination workout; half Crossfit, half yoga. Rochester, Auburn Hills, Royal Oak and the surrounding communities have a large-ish Crossfit population with boxes everywhere. We headed to New Species Crossfit in Royal Oak; one of the assistant managers and educators trains there and both were leading us through the Crossfit portion.
We started with a timed-5 minute warm up of 15 seconds each:
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jumping jacks
- “air” squats
- mountain climbers
- hollow rock
After that..duh-duh-duh.
12-minutes:
7 burpees
14 tuck jumps
7 candlesticks
The burpees were different from the ones I usually do; they had us come all the way to the ground, then almost peel ourselves off to come to standing, clapping overhead. When I do them, I either perform a push-up or hold a plank, then jump my feet back in and jump up. The Crossfit burpees were more challenging since pushing up from the ground is the hardest part-NO MOMENTUM.
Burpees have 6 movements:
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hands to the ground
- walking or jumping feet back to plank
- push-up, hold plank, or drop completely on the floor
- pushing up from the ground to a full extension
- walking or jumping feet back in to a squat
- standing/jumping up or clapping arms overhead
Another reason they’re so challenging? Think about the amount of mass (your entire body weight) you move over a distance (your full height plus the height of your vertical jump); transitioning from a squat to plank to squat to a vertical jump requires tons of muscles and lots of energy. Breaking a burpee down makes us quickly realize why burpees are a functional exercise and calorie/fat burner! Please add them to your workouts; yes, they’re hard and test every aspect of you but there are SO many variations to make them easier/harder!
How do you burpee?