CrossFit Mean Streets

265 S Main St Los Angeles CA 90012 (NW corner of 3rd and Main) (213) 290-2367

Blog Posts worth sitting down for:


No Regrets in life

Achievement is as simple as trying over and over and over again.

The CrossFit Open and the Cheaters

Moving Properly

Why we crave sweets, and why carbohydrates make humans FAT

“I believe and know there is only One, and how I do one thing is how I do everything.”

The Body Mind Connection

Accountability

2010 Year in review

WODing to Learn

Competing: Is it for me? When will I be ready?

The Diet of Ronnie Teasdale.... and CrossFit Mean Streets Los Angeles SUNDAY MASS

The importance of Focus Part Deux: Controlling your mind and body through blistering workouts

The Importance of Focus. Part 1 heavy Lifts

The World Sucks, But You Don’t Have To: A Badass Introduction

Do not feel bad for people who do not succeed

Things with Brains move, things that don't move don't have brains

The more you hurt in here, the less you hurt in life.

The World HATES you

Winning is the only option

The Mystery of Stretching and Flexibility:

Critiquing your life to optimization

Chronic Cardio is Forcing Your Body to Kill You and How You Can Save Yourself

Insights from inside the Global Gym....

A Word to all Competitors who train at CrossFit Mean Streets:

“Foods” that are commonly thought of as healthy but are really just killing you

CrossFit is Striving to be the BEST

It's not about the workout, It's about the effort,.... that will change lives

CrossFit at Mean Streets,… or anywhere in the World

Being functional all the way through life is important.

What Should You Avoid Eating?

You are human, and humans are amazing:

How to make a Sumo Wrestler
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CrossFit Mean Streets is a gym operated by Competitors. We compete in the sport of fitness and are ready to do the unknown and the unknowable full time. We train our athletes in the gym the same way. We want our people capable of all tasks this world has to offer. This is a gym made for people who want to be good at everything and make no excuses about it.

World-Class Fitness in 100 Words:

■ Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds,
some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep
intake to levels that will support exercise but
not body fat.

■ Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean,
squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly,
master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups,
dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to
handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds.
Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.

■ Five or six days per week mix these elements
in as many combinations and patterns
as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy.
Keep workouts short and intense.

■ Regularly learn and play new sports.

-Provided by CrossFit.com

Thur

Lets compare two types of training,…. 1st THE RACK:

Points of Performance:

“Wanna look like this”
Cut off Cargo Pants
WEIGHS 30 POUNDS!
BAM!!!!
“Zone Progression Training”
Most ridiculous bicep curls I have ever seen
POWER SQUATS with 30 pounds!
….all of this shot in what looks like the exact same warehouse as P90x, complete with car tires and lockers

OR just lift a 175lbs [...]

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WED

Charlie, our Parkour instructor came by the other day and started playing on our ball. His balance is amazing for barely having any experience on it. We took out a ball and started throwing it at him,… check it out:

BTW Parkour tonight at 7:30….. We may someday get rid of the CrossFit class Wednesdays at [...]

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Tuesday

Hey Everyone,

Matt Aporta from Stronger Faster Healthier will be in the gym for at least the 4:30 and 6:00 classes today. He will be giving out samples of their awesome Fish Oil and Recovery Drinks. He will also be able to explain their product and answer any questions you have about them.

Check out their blog: [...]

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Frantastic

This is a great video,… there are 9 parts…. watch them all.

My favorite part is at the end of part 7 when he says that 20 or 30 million is a “small amount of money”

CrossFit:

WOD:

“Frantastic”

21 Thrusters (95/65)
21 Pullups
15 Thrusters (95/65)
15 Pullups
9 Thrusters (95/65)
9 Pullups
21 Power Cleans (95/65)
21 Burpees
15 Power Cleans (95/65)
15 Burpees
9 Power Cleans (95/65)
9 [...]

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Sunday Mass

Sunday Mass:

Pause jerk + jerk:
1RM x 1+1
95% x 1+1
90% x 1+1

Mid-hang power clean

Find 3RM
95% x 3
90% x 3

Snatch balance
2RM
95% x 2
90% x 2

Mid-hang clean high-pull (stay flat-footed) –
3 x 6

High Bar Back squat

3 X 3 at 80% of 1RM

CrossFit Mean Streets
Downtown Los Angeles

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Week of WODS

Monday

CrossFit:

Strength:

Sumo Deadlift

-Work up to 1 rep at about 80% of your max Deadlift

WOD:

On the minute every minute for 15:

3 Sumo Deadlifts at 275/195 (for scaling use about 60% of your max)
5 burpee chest to ring-pullups

WhipCON:

4-5 Rounds

1 Min Tire Flip
Rest a min
1 Min Sledge Hammer into Tire
Rest a min
1 min Jumps (in and out of [...]

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Sunday MASS

SealFit Dirt Dive:

Warm Up: ROM Drills

To be done outside:

SealFit Dirt Dive:

You are planning an op and need to dirt dive the plan. The op is a simple Recon mission. The plan is as follows:

Insert: Move 1000 Meters with your gear as fast as possible (1 x 53# KB, and 1 x 45# plate)/(1 x 35#KB, [...]

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Friday

CrossFit:

4 Rounds:

2 Rope climbs
4 Overhead Squats (115/85)
6 Barbell Rainbows (115/85)
8 Barbell Good Mornings (115/85)
10 Toes through Rings

WhipCON

1 min each. For max reps. At the beginning of each station you do 5 situps before doing the movement.
-Start at a Different Station each round.

5 rounds:

-Single Jump Ropes
-Side to side lateral jump over abmat
-Hold bumper plate over head [...]

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THUR

CrossFit:

For time:

AMRAP 20 min

5 sec free (no wall) handstand hold
10 sec parelette (or kettlebell) L-sit
15 sec chin up hold

-keep an eye on the clock everytime you start a movement.
-If you break movement before required time, then start from where you left off.
-If you cannot hold handstands freely, use wall for 10 sec, or plank on [...]

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WED

CrossFit:

A:

Power Snatch:

Straight set sets of 5:

5-5-5-5-5

Rest precisely 3 minutes in between sets. Try and start comfortable. And the last sets should be challenging.

B:

Find max Kettle bell press from standing shoulder rack position.

C:

Sprint 530m, TIME TRAIL

This is important to know this,… try as hard as you can, so that you can gauge every run against this [...]

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