We had to find 3RM in Overhead Squat today.

This squat is “the ultimate core exercice, the heart of the Snatch and peerless in developing effective athletic movement […] it is an essential tool for developing speed and power“.

“The Overhead Squat also demands and develops functional flexibility“.

It “is to midline control, stability, and balance what the Clean and Snatch are to power – unsurpassed“.

As you can read in the Level 1 training guide this movement in referred as a “functional gem“.

So it’s not easy and I saw many persons putting weights on their bar, standing on the rack, realizing once it was over their head that they couldn’t make it or they would barely bend the knees but not squat.

So we have to air squat over and over, get a good posture, have the chest up.

Practice against the wall for instance.

I was really happy that Robin was around to help me with the Overhead Squat today. Thanks Lee! 🥋🏋🏼‍♀️

The conditioning part was a 1/2 Cindy.

As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of body weights movements :

• Pull-ups
• Push-ups
• Air Squats

At 18 we had Strength Training and Olympic Weightlifting – great classes to learn from the best and improve lifts.

Congrats today for their PRs to :

• Melissa and László in Back Squat

• Petter in Clean & Jerk

• Karoline in Overhead Squat

• Kari in Power Clean

Then Ove had the late classes and his expertise is an asset to CrossFit Bryggen. 🙇🏻‍♂️

The board :

Today’s focus is on Lars Jørgen member at CrossFit Bryggen for about 3 years now.

What’s your opinion about CrossFit as a doctor?

Any exercise is better than no exercice at all.

Personally for me now I can say that I’ve found the sport I want to do for the rest of my life.

I’ve been doing ski, cross country ski, track and field, decathlon. During my studies I trained bodybuilding but became fat. Then I decided to run and did half & full marathons. I got back to a good shape but had no strength.

And Cecilie (his wife) introduced me to CrossFit. Now I have to confess that I’m totally obsessed by it! It’s the perfect combinaison for strength, conditioning, mobility and also for the atmosphere within the gym!

On a health aspect everyone needs to take care of their conditioning about their breathing, the oxygen (cardiovascular/respiratory endurance which is the ability to gather, process and deliver oxygen – one of the 10 recognized fitness domains to optimize physical competences i.e) and make our muscles stay or get strong and CrossFit do that.

Also if you’re looking for permanent fat loss, CrossFit is a really good sport to achieve that. Not like doing a cure which works like waves : losing weight and gaining back.

What would you say about injuries?

As a doctor I would say like Henrik (our Kettlebell coach) : “technic first”.

But then in a wod you want to beat your partners and it becomes easy to compromise the technic.

So you need to listen to your body.

I like that on crossfit.com we have workout of the day : Rest Day.

Use this day to do something else like going to Stolzen, cycling, having an active rest day.

What’s your favorite movement?

Back Squat & Deadlift.

And the worst?

(He takes a short break before answering and smiles) Muscle up because I can’t do it! But I’m still hoping.

And that’s the good thing in our sport : there is always something to improve and you can’t ever get bored!

-TP