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June 25, 2008

Wednesday June 25 2008 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD

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CrossFit The Woodlands Oxygen Deprivation Training

I feel I needed to write about this type of training because I have been getting tons of questions “and crazy looks” as to why I am running with a shirt tied around my head covering my nose and mouth. Even though it looks like I just robbed a bank and eluding the police, I am just doing what we call Oxygen Deprivation Training. Let me start by explaining what this is and why we chose the type of method we do. First of all let’s talk about the method. Just like everything else we do here at CrossFit The Woodlands, it’s very simple. All you have to do is take a t-shirt, fold it from one tip to the opposite tip of the sleeve, and cover your nose and your mouth. You will finish off by tying the two ends around the back of your head. It should look like your have a mask around your face that covers your nose and mouth. I’m going to let the secret be known and you don’t even need a master’s degree to figure this one out. Are you ready? It’s going to be much harder to breathe, and there your go, oxygen deprivation 101. So why the hell would we do this. It’s actually very simple. If you go to a place where the altitude is the limiting factor, your performance will decrease dramatically. If you keep training at this high altitude, the body will adapt to its surroundings. There is something to be said for top athletes who travel to

Utah and

Colorado to train at these altitudes. They want to increase their anaerobic and aerobic capacity, therefore increasing their overall fitness level. This is nothing new but it’s just a new twist on an old trick. Now please have some common sense. If getting in and out of your car gets you out of breath, you do not need to be doing this kind of training. You do not have the neuromuscular efficiency nor the fitness level yet. Take it one step at a time and you will eventually get there.

I wanted to share with everyone what we did today in our Oxygen Deprivation workout so you can get a clearer picture of what it’s all about. Today’s workout was to do as many rounds in 20 min. of: Deadlift @ 225lbs x 5reps, muscle ups x 5reps, and run 200m. That would consist of one total round. So Daniel and I started this insane workout and it had to be about 100 degrees outside. This is where we take advantage of the oxygen deprivation and the wonderful humid weather we have here in

Houston. Did I forget to mention I put on a 20lbs weight vest to make it even more fun? The weight vest not only adds the twenty extra pounds, now you have to deal with it strapping down against your diaphragm making it even more of a challenge to breathe. As I took off the deadlifts were not too bad. I got to the muscle ups and that is where it started getting hard. I did two muscle ups and then had to scale the rest of them from then on. Basically I was doing a small jump to get to the dip part of the muscle up and finished off with the ring dip. The run was not too bad at first. When I got to the fifth round, the shirt that I had tied around my neck was soaked with sweat making even harder to draw in oxygen. I did not know if I was even going to finish. At the seventh round I could have swore I saw a UFO asking for directions to the mall. This is when I knew the oxygen was not getting to my head. When I got back I had to pull the shirt down and get some air. When it was all said and done I had done a total of 11 rounds. The theory behind this is that when you go out and start running on your own, you will be faster and more efficient because your breathing will not be a problem. This is just another simple technique that produces great results.

Scott Wells

CrossFit The Woodlands

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5 rounds for time of:

Run x 400m

Box jump x 30

Wall ball x 30

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