The Return of Benchmark Saturdays
It’s that time of year … Benchmark Saturdays are back!
What Are You Talking About?
Last November, we opened the gym for a few Saturdays so that everyone at the box had the opportunity to come down, pick a benchmark workout and get some. Those that did all of the Benchmark Saturdays last year were rewarded with a super-cool bracelet. More super-cool, awesome prizes await those CrossFit enough to take on the challenge this year.
What the $#@& is a Benchmark?
In CrossFit, we have a series of workouts that are named after either a lady or a hero (scroll down the linked page to get to the Ladies and Heroes, or, check in the back of one of our gym notebooks for a list of these workouts).
Benchmark WODs are particularly tough and are used as a basis for gauging your physical fitness. As you select your benchmarks, pick ones that you can do as prescribed (i.e., Rx) so that you are getting a true test from the WOD. For myself, this means nothing with muscle ups because, well, I still don’t have muscle ups. I also don’t have double unders but that’s a whole other rant.
The Schedule
The gym will be open on the following three Saturdays at 9 AM for the Benchmark WODs: October 20th, October 27th, and November 3rd.
The Cost
$15 for all 3 Benchmark WODs
The Plan
Here’s what we want you to do:
- Pick three Benchmark WODs
- Do one of them on each of the Saturdays noted above
- CRUSH IT
- RECORD YOUR RESULTS
- In April, when we do our next Benchmark Saturdays, do these same WODs. This will allow you to get a good sense of how your fitness has improved over the 6 months between now and next April. Pretty smart, huh? (don’t answer that).
Helpful Advice
If you are interested, checkout the CrossFit Journal article on benchmarks.The article is a bit dated (it’s from 2006) so it does not list all the benchmark workouts we now have but has some good advice about tackling them.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Get out, if the weather will cooperate that is, and have some fun!
