cycle 131

Dynamic warmup followed by some sprint-climb repeats.

Warmup

  • Bad Romance (BBC Live Version) – 30 Seconds to Mars. Easy spin.
  • Kicking and Screaming – The Presets. 30:30 x 5, easy spin, lockouts.
  • Losing My Edge – LCD Soundsystem. 30:30 x 7, start at false flat, +1 each minute.
  • Fainting Spells – Crystal Castles. 2 min standing climb.
  • Houndini – Foster the People. Active recovery.

Intervals

5 rounds of 1 min max power, 1 min flat road, 30 sec standing climb, 30 sec flat road.

  • Turn Me On – Nicki Minaj
  • Stockholm Syndrome – Muse
  • Attack – 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Architects – Rise Against

Cash Out

  • Call Call – The Faint.
  • Worked Up So Sexual – The Faint.


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cycle 128

Symmetry is beautiful… climbs, max effort sprints, climbs.

Warm up

  • Harmonic – Unwritten Law

Climb section 1

  • The Sharpest Lives – My Chemical Romance: false flat, seated sprints
  • Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge: seated/standing climb
  • My Hero – Foo Fighters: seated climb/standing hill sprints

Sprint Section

2:1, 4:2, 2:1, max effort (wattage) sprints.

  • 2:1: Wattershed – Foo Fighters / Interlude 1 – Enter Shikari
  • 4:2: The Mission – 30 Seconds to Mars / Intro – The XX
  • 2:1: Light Grenades – Incubus / Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 2 (Cross-pollination) – Muse

Climb section 2

  • Butterflies and Hurricanes – Muse: seated sprints
  • Policy of Truth – Depeche Mode: seated/standing climb
  • Freedom 90 – George Michael: seated climb/standing hill sprints

Cool down

  • Something About You – Level 42
  • Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins
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cycle 127

CrossFit Endurance 2×5, 5×1 with a different warm-up and a different playlist.

Warm-up

  1. Dance Yrself Clean – LCD Soundsystem: flat road, false flat, accelerations
  2. My People – The Presets: seated/standing climb
  3. Planetary (GO!) – My Chemical Romance: flat road to standing climb/standing acceleration
  4. Everlong – Foo Fighters: power intervals
  5. Take Me Out – Atomic Tom: active recovery

Workout

2x 5 min efforts, max distance in 5 min, 2 min recovery.

  1. Propane Nightmares (V.I.P. Remix) – Pendulum / Love Like a Sunset, Pt. II – Phoenix
  2. Beside You In Time –  Nine Inch Nails / Intro – The XX

5x 1 min efforts, max power in 1 min, 30 sec recovery.

  1. Silverfuck – Smashing Pumpkins

Cool down

Bad Romance (BBC Live Version) – 30 Seconds To Mars

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cycle 125 (tabata omg)

4 rounds of tabata work (20:10×8) with different movements… you’ll know if you’re doing it right when all you want to do is cuss me out or get a trash can — or both.

Warm up

  • Disco Infiltrator – LCD Soundsystem: easy spin
  • The Cave – Mumford & Sons: flat road, +20 rpm sprints
  • Take Me Out – Atomic Tom: seated climb, standing jog. easy hill
  • Animal – Miike Snow: seated/standing climb, moderate hill
  • Uprising – Muse: seated climb, standing attack, steep hill
  • Parlez vous francais? – Art vs. Science: false flat, leadout sprints
  • Crystalised – The XX: active recovery

Work out

20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 8 rounds. 1 minute rest between each tabata set. start each 20 second bout from a stopped position or rest in a light gear.

  • round 1: Brazil – Deadmau5: seated sprint, false flat gear
  • round 2: My Hero – Foo Fighters: standing sprint, false flat gear (rest song: Islands – The XX)
  • round 3: Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance: seated climb, moderate to steep hill
  • round 4: Savior – Rise Against: hill attacks, steep hill

Cool down

This Boy’s in Love – The Presets

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cycle 124 (2:1 pacing)

Credit goes to CrossFit Endurance for this workout.

Warm-up

  1. In Your Honor – Foo Fighters: flat road to hill climb to sprint
  2. Let Let Go Tonight – Atomic Tom: seated/standing climb
  3. Na Na Na – My Chemical Romance: false flat, sprints

Workout

2:1 pacing: 8x 2 minutes on, 1 minute off. Same distance on each round.

  1. Not Exactly – Deadmau5
  2. Sound of Violence – Dennis de Laat
  3. Don’t Stop – Innerpartysystem
  4. Vox Populi – 30 Seconds to Mars

Cash out

  1. Interlude – Muse
  2. Hysteria – Muse: flat road, seated sprints
  3. Bullet With Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins: ladder climb

Cool down

  1. The Finish Line – Snow Patrol
  2. Twisted Logic – Coldplay
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