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Members of the Month (March)
Congratulations to all the Members of the Month for March!
InnerFight: AYDEN STEFANIUK
Ayden smashed his first ever CrossFit open! His confidence since becoming apart of the community has improved greatly which has helped him achieve a lot in such a short space of time! Keep smashing life and we look forward to seeing what he can in the future!
Youth: MAISON KIRKHAM
The March Member of the Month is Maison Kirkham. As a member of our preteens program, Maison is dedicated to improving his fitness level and mastering moving well. He recognizes how the hard work he puts in during class positively impacts what happens outside of the gym. Maison is always willing to help demo movements or help put equipment away (he can stack the boxes!) and brings great enthusiasm to class.
In March, we saw Maison crush both the community workout with his family and take on the Ramadan Challenge with his dad. As always, well done, Maison!
Endurance: HOUDA BOUHAYAT
Improving your strength is a long-term process. It takes consistency and dedication. Most runners neglect strength work - Not Houda. She has worked tirelessly and consistently on her strength and run mechanics in a bid to become a more durable and efficient Ultra runner. We had kept the runs purposely short until a few weekends ago when we tested ’the new her’ Not only did she cruise through a 50km mountain training run but she was back training a full week right after. The Ultra trail season is looking very bright for Houda! Watch this space.
Ladies Run Club: NICOLA OFFORD
Nicky has been chipping away at her Milan marathon training week in week out, following our LRC Marathon training plan. In order to keep the race fun, and pressure free, she has been doing all the training on complete RPE; she simply does not wear a watch.
Nicky leans into the community, asks excellent questions, and is ready to reflect and amend when things don’t feel right. Seeing her improvement and heightened self awareness as the miles have been building throughout March has been incredible.
Enjoy the race Nicky, we are all rooting for you!!
Endurance - Ireland: ROB GRANT
Congrats Rob, We commend you for the hard efforts and dedication you have applied this month and for over the last 12 weeks of your training block to Milan. You have stayed humble and quiet yet your training speaks volumes.. Your commitment, resilience and questions have been the recipe to your successful training block. Good luck next week in Milan, We are routing for you.
Endurance - New Zealand: KIM WILLIAMS
Kim jumped on board for coaching at the start of this year with one goal, to smash out the Rotorua Marathon in a new PB after running her first marathon 12 years ago before having her 3 boys.
Kim has always been a strong runner, often programming her training herself but this was a bigger goal that she wanted to achieve and thus sort out coaching to structure her runs more specifically.
Kim works her training around family life and work, hitting some extremely tough training sessions by herself, including track Tuesday sets around her suburb rather than on the track.
She’s a great example of getting the work done no matter where she is and what time of day it is - I’ve loved watching you nail every single session you’ve had Kim.
Congrats Kim on giving yourself some ‘me time’ through running and showing your kids what dedication, resilience and mental toughness looks like! Bring on the marathon party in May.
ENGINE
Building those engines with a partner, which means shorter higher intensity intervals across machines and body weight exercises
GYMNASTICS
This week, we will focus on TTB progressions, followed by gymnastics-focused strength work.
HYROX
40 mins of Hyrox interval work. The faster you go, the more rest you can earn.
MOBILITY
Stability/activation has been showing up as a big weakness in mobility classes, so this session's primary focus will be on these on both the upper & lower body.
PURE STRENGTH
This week in pure strength, we kick off a new training block, transitioning from high-volume speed reps to heavier weights and less volume. On Monday, we are hitting a paused bench press, followed by some upper-body bodybuilding. On Wednesday, we start a progression on box-front squats with a hearty dose of single-leg work.
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week, we will spend time overhead in weightlifting. Moving onto a classic lifting complex, ‘clean + front squat + split jerk’. Finishing off with some clean pulls
Monday Ride
A skills and fitness based ride at the BikeDXB track in Dubai. Some simply structured intervals to enhance cycling ability.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Bike DXB
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Entrance fee: https://isddubai.com/athletics-venuehire/
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/oomJAa31vKy3hQNG6
Wednesday - Coffee Spin
With Muscat 70.3 on the weekend, today is an easy spin out with a coffee at the end.
Start time: 05:59 am
Location : BOTS - https://goo.gl/maps/6AwtJXW8nA45Cy9H8
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. This run is currently gearing run fitness towards the incoming half marathons. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Saturday Ride
An endurance ride with a mixed group of road cyclists and triathletes. There is an option to do 85 or 105km. Speak to coach Rob Foster if attending, rf@innerfight.com
Start time: 05:59 am
Location: BOTS - https://goo.gl/maps/6AwtJXW8nA45Cy9H8
Sunday - Burj to Burj
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Monday
Time: 5:59am and 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Mobility and Tempo
AM Session:
This morning we will focus on mobility to help you recover from your weekend of racing, running, or general training load.
PM Session:
This evening we will drop the duration for our tempo blocks, but increase the rep scheme. So there will be 7x reps of 4 mins Tempo, each with a 1 min recovery.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/oomJAa31vKy3hQNG6
Entrance fee: https://isddubai.com/athletics-venuehire/
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. The session today will be 2 x 800m @ 10k pace, 60 seconds rest
2 x 400 @ 5k pace, 40 seconds rest
2 x 200 @ 3k pace - 20 seconds rest
1 x 1km @ best effort
3mins rest before round 2.
Wednesday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Intervals
If you didn't run track, today we have some speed work for you. Today we will run 800s at a 8/10 effort, each with a 2 mins rest.
Friday
Brief time: 5:54am
Start Time: 5:59am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run
This week we will return to the canal bridge for some hill repeats. An excellent session to get some strength in the legs, espeically if you are running Two Oceans.
Sunday
Time: 05:59am
Session: Burj to Burj
Today is the B2B Half Marathon. Warm up location, time, and pin will be shared in WhatsApp.
This week, we kick start the week with a clean complex and then the Macho Mile. Tuesday is about a gymnastics EMOM, then into 2 short fast couplets. We are working on our overhead pressing strength and getting upside down on Wednesday, and then we have a tough conditioning piece. We continue progressing with the overhead squats and a very leggy Thursday workout. Friday therapy, we have more gymnastics skills, followed by a partner workout to round out your week.
Monday:
Strength:
Get ready to lift as we start with a Clean Complex, which consists of 1 Hang Power Clean, 1 Low Hang Power Clean and 1 Power Clean, intending to build the weight over 8 sets!
Every 90 sec x 8 Sets
1 hang power clean
1 low hang power clean
1 power clean
Conditioning:
The Macho Mile: this workout is epic and has been tested by the coaching team! We want a heavy barbell and some consistent efforts on the run for this workout! Get excited, folks. It is going to be a belter!
"Macho" Mile
4 rounds For Time:
Park Run
3 rounds of Macho Man
(3 power clean + 3 front squat + 3 shoulder to overhead (80/60)
Tuesday:
Strength:
This strength piece is all about gymnastics and positioning. Building some Volume in the Toes to Bar with 15-second efforts. Positional work to develop the core shoulders and arms with some 30-second Front Leaning Rest Holds. Chin over bar holds an isometric exercise to work on activation of the muscle groups responsible for the movement. We then hit the floor and work on our Arch Holds!
EMOM 16
A) 15-sec Toes to Bar
B) 30-sec F
C) 10-15 sec chin over bar hold into 10-15 sec dead hang
d) 30-sec Arch Hold
Conditioning:
For the workout, we have 4-minute AMRAPs where we look for high outputs on the machines and can then maintain the gymnastics movements under fatigue. For each AMRAP, we are targeting 3+ Rounds.
2 Rounds:
4 min amrap
12/9 Cal ass bike
9 TTB
rest 2 mins
4 min amrap
12/9 Cal ski
9 burpees to target
rest 2 mins
Wednesday:
Strength:
There is a big emphasis here on unilateral pushing strength, working single arm with a Dumbell Push Press before working upside down in a Piked Handstand Pushup, where we take the reps up and look for volume!
Every 90 sec x 8 alt between
A: 3/3 DB push press *building in weight
B: 8-15 Piked Handstand Push Ups
Conditioning:
This one is all about working hard to earn some rest! The shoulders will be fatigued, and that's intentional to develop resilience in this area. The aim here is to complete the work with 2 minutes to 90 seconds of rest each round. Can you keep it consistent?
Every 4 mins alternate between x 3 rounds
A: 5 wall walks
50 Double Unders
20 American KB swing (20/12)
B: 15-hand-release push-ups
50 Double Unders
20 Hang KB snatch
rest 2 mins
Thursday:
Strength:
We dial in some positioning with Band Resisted Overhead Squats before getting onto the barbell, where we look to progress into some loaded Tempo Overhead Squats. We will be looking for strict Tempo here which will help to develop good movement patterns for the Overhead Squat.
EMOM 6
5 band resisted OHS (Tempo 32x1)
Every 2 mins x 6
3 OHS (Tempo 21x1)
Conditioning:
The race is on, but will your legs be able to hold on? The time for this workout will be 15 minutes. The key will be to stay consistent on the lunges and work through an ascending ladder or High Box Jumps!
For Time
6 Alt Front Dumbell Rev Lunges (2 x 50/35)
2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20 Reps Box Jumps (30/24 in)
Friday:
Strength:
The focus will be volume in the Chest to Bar movement. We will be working at a scale where we can execute the movement for 15 seconds consistently with good movement patterns. We will be super setting this with some leg endurance with 60-sec wall sits!
Conditioning:
As usual, we end the week with a Bang! A partner workout includes the row, thrusters, and rope climbing. In what order, what distance, and what reps must you show up to find out! Therapy!!!
InnerFight: AYDEN STEFANIUK
Ayden smashed his first ever CrossFit open! His confidence since becoming apart of the community has improved greatly which has helped him achieve a lot in such a short space of time! Keep smashing life and we look forward to seeing what he can in the future!
Youth: MAISON KIRKHAM
The March Member of the Month is Maison Kirkham. As a member of our preteens program, Maison is dedicated to improving his fitness level and mastering moving well. He recognizes how the hard work he puts in during class positively impacts what happens outside of the gym. Maison is always willing to help demo movements or help put equipment away (he can stack the boxes!) and brings great enthusiasm to class.
In March, we saw Maison crush both the community workout with his family and take on the Ramadan Challenge with his dad. As always, well done, Maison!
Endurance: HOUDA BOUHAYAT
Improving your strength is a long-term process. It takes consistency and dedication. Most runners neglect strength work - Not Houda. She has worked tirelessly and consistently on her strength and run mechanics in a bid to become a more durable and efficient Ultra runner. We had kept the runs purposely short until a few weekends ago when we tested ’the new her’ Not only did she cruise through a 50km mountain training run but she was back training a full week right after. The Ultra trail season is looking very bright for Houda! Watch this space.
Ladies Run Club: NICOLA OFFORD
Nicky has been chipping away at her Milan marathon training week in week out, following our LRC Marathon training plan. In order to keep the race fun, and pressure free, she has been doing all the training on complete RPE; she simply does not wear a watch.
Nicky leans into the community, asks excellent questions, and is ready to reflect and amend when things don’t feel right. Seeing her improvement and heightened self awareness as the miles have been building throughout March has been incredible.
Enjoy the race Nicky, we are all rooting for you!!
Endurance - Ireland: ROB GRANT
Congrats Rob, We commend you for the hard efforts and dedication you have applied this month and for over the last 12 weeks of your training block to Milan. You have stayed humble and quiet yet your training speaks volumes.. Your commitment, resilience and questions have been the recipe to your successful training block. Good luck next week in Milan, We are routing for you.
Endurance - New Zealand: KIM WILLIAMS
Kim jumped on board for coaching at the start of this year with one goal, to smash out the Rotorua Marathon in a new PB after running her first marathon 12 years ago before having her 3 boys.
Kim has always been a strong runner, often programming her training herself but this was a bigger goal that she wanted to achieve and thus sort out coaching to structure her runs more specifically.
Kim works her training around family life and work, hitting some extremely tough training sessions by herself, including track Tuesday sets around her suburb rather than on the track.
She’s a great example of getting the work done no matter where she is and what time of day it is - I’ve loved watching you nail every single session you’ve had Kim.
Congrats Kim on giving yourself some ‘me time’ through running and showing your kids what dedication, resilience and mental toughness looks like! Bring on the marathon party in May.
Monday Ride
A skills and fitness based ride at the BikeDXB track in Dubai. Some simply structured intervals to enhance cycling ability.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Bike DXB
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Entrance fee: https://isddubai.com/athletics-venuehire/
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/oomJAa31vKy3hQNG6
Wednesday - Coffee Spin
With Muscat 70.3 on the weekend, today is an easy spin out with a coffee at the end.
Start time: 05:59 am
Location : BOTS - https://goo.gl/maps/6AwtJXW8nA45Cy9H8
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. This run is currently gearing run fitness towards the incoming half marathons. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Saturday Ride
An endurance ride with a mixed group of road cyclists and triathletes. There is an option to do 85 or 105km. Speak to coach Rob Foster if attending, rf@innerfight.com
Start time: 05:59 am
Location: BOTS - https://goo.gl/maps/6AwtJXW8nA45Cy9H8
Sunday - Burj to Burj
https://www.burj2burj.com/about
Monday
Time: 5:59am and 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Mobility and Tempo
AM Session:
This morning we will focus on mobility to help you recover from your weekend of racing, running, or general training load.
PM Session:
This evening we will drop the duration for our tempo blocks, but increase the rep scheme. So there will be 7x reps of 4 mins Tempo, each with a 1 min recovery.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/oomJAa31vKy3hQNG6
Entrance fee: https://isddubai.com/athletics-venuehire/
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. The session today will be 2 x 800m @ 10k pace, 60 seconds rest
2 x 400 @ 5k pace, 40 seconds rest
2 x 200 @ 3k pace - 20 seconds rest
1 x 1km @ best effort
3mins rest before round 2.
Wednesday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Intervals
If you didn't run track, today we have some speed work for you. Today we will run 800s at a 8/10 effort, each with a 2 mins rest.
Friday
Brief time: 5:54am
Start Time: 5:59am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run
This week we will return to the canal bridge for some hill repeats. An excellent session to get some strength in the legs, espeically if you are running Two Oceans.
Sunday
Time: 05:59am
Session: Burj to Burj
Today is the B2B Half Marathon. Warm up location, time, and pin will be shared in WhatsApp.
This week, we kick start the week with a clean complex and then the Macho Mile. Tuesday is about a gymnastics EMOM, then into 2 short fast couplets. We are working on our overhead pressing strength and getting upside down on Wednesday, and then we have a tough conditioning piece. We continue progressing with the overhead squats and a very leggy Thursday workout. Friday therapy, we have more gymnastics skills, followed by a partner workout to round out your week.
Monday:
Strength:
Get ready to lift as we start with a Clean Complex, which consists of 1 Hang Power Clean, 1 Low Hang Power Clean and 1 Power Clean, intending to build the weight over 8 sets!
Every 90 sec x 8 Sets
1 hang power clean
1 low hang power clean
1 power clean
Conditioning:
The Macho Mile: this workout is epic and has been tested by the coaching team! We want a heavy barbell and some consistent efforts on the run for this workout! Get excited, folks. It is going to be a belter!
"Macho" Mile
4 rounds For Time:
Park Run
3 rounds of Macho Man
(3 power clean + 3 front squat + 3 shoulder to overhead (80/60)
Tuesday:
Strength:
This strength piece is all about gymnastics and positioning. Building some Volume in the Toes to Bar with 15-second efforts. Positional work to develop the core shoulders and arms with some 30-second Front Leaning Rest Holds. Chin over bar holds an isometric exercise to work on activation of the muscle groups responsible for the movement. We then hit the floor and work on our Arch Holds!
EMOM 16
A) 15-sec Toes to Bar
B) 30-sec F
C) 10-15 sec chin over bar hold into 10-15 sec dead hang
d) 30-sec Arch Hold
Conditioning:
For the workout, we have 4-minute AMRAPs where we look for high outputs on the machines and can then maintain the gymnastics movements under fatigue. For each AMRAP, we are targeting 3+ Rounds.
2 Rounds:
4 min amrap
12/9 Cal ass bike
9 TTB
rest 2 mins
4 min amrap
12/9 Cal ski
9 burpees to target
rest 2 mins
Wednesday:
Strength:
There is a big emphasis here on unilateral pushing strength, working single arm with a Dumbell Push Press before working upside down in a Piked Handstand Pushup, where we take the reps up and look for volume!
Every 90 sec x 8 alt between
A: 3/3 DB push press *building in weight
B: 8-15 Piked Handstand Push Ups
Conditioning:
This one is all about working hard to earn some rest! The shoulders will be fatigued, and that's intentional to develop resilience in this area. The aim here is to complete the work with 2 minutes to 90 seconds of rest each round. Can you keep it consistent?
Every 4 mins alternate between x 3 rounds
A: 5 wall walks
50 Double Unders
20 American KB swing (20/12)
B: 15-hand-release push-ups
50 Double Unders
20 Hang KB snatch
rest 2 mins
Thursday:
Strength:
We dial in some positioning with Band Resisted Overhead Squats before getting onto the barbell, where we look to progress into some loaded Tempo Overhead Squats. We will be looking for strict Tempo here which will help to develop good movement patterns for the Overhead Squat.
EMOM 6
5 band resisted OHS (Tempo 32x1)
Every 2 mins x 6
3 OHS (Tempo 21x1)
Conditioning:
The race is on, but will your legs be able to hold on? The time for this workout will be 15 minutes. The key will be to stay consistent on the lunges and work through an ascending ladder or High Box Jumps!
For Time
6 Alt Front Dumbell Rev Lunges (2 x 50/35)
2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20 Reps Box Jumps (30/24 in)
Friday:
Strength:
The focus will be volume in the Chest to Bar movement. We will be working at a scale where we can execute the movement for 15 seconds consistently with good movement patterns. We will be super setting this with some leg endurance with 60-sec wall sits!
Conditioning:
As usual, we end the week with a Bang! A partner workout includes the row, thrusters, and rope climbing. In what order, what distance, and what reps must you show up to find out! Therapy!!!
ENGINE
Building those engines with a partner, which means shorter higher intensity intervals across machines and body weight exercises
GYMNASTICS
This week, we will focus on TTB progressions, followed by gymnastics-focused strength work.
HYROX
40 mins of Hyrox interval work. The faster you go, the more rest you can earn.
MOBILITY
Stability/activation has been showing up as a big weakness in mobility classes, so this session's primary focus will be on these on both the upper & lower body.
PURE STRENGTH
This week in pure strength, we kick off a new training block, transitioning from high-volume speed reps to heavier weights and less volume. On Monday, we are hitting a paused bench press, followed by some upper-body bodybuilding. On Wednesday, we start a progression on box-front squats with a hearty dose of single-leg work.
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week, we will spend time overhead in weightlifting. Moving onto a classic lifting complex, ‘clean + front squat + split jerk’. Finishing off with some clean pulls
InnerFight: AYDEN STEFANIUK
Ayden smashed his first ever CrossFit open! His confidence since becoming apart of the community has improved greatly which has helped him achieve a lot in such a short space of time! Keep smashing life and we look forward to seeing what he can in the future!
Youth: MAISON KIRKHAM
The March Member of the Month is Maison Kirkham. As a member of our preteens program, Maison is dedicated to improving his fitness level and mastering moving well. He recognizes how the hard work he puts in during class positively impacts what happens outside of the gym. Maison is always willing to help demo movements or help put equipment away (he can stack the boxes!) and brings great enthusiasm to class.
In March, we saw Maison crush both the community workout with his family and take on the Ramadan Challenge with his dad. As always, well done, Maison!
Endurance: HOUDA BOUHAYAT
Improving your strength is a long-term process. It takes consistency and dedication. Most runners neglect strength work - Not Houda. She has worked tirelessly and consistently on her strength and run mechanics in a bid to become a more durable and efficient Ultra runner. We had kept the runs purposely short until a few weekends ago when we tested ’the new her’ Not only did she cruise through a 50km mountain training run but she was back training a full week right after. The Ultra trail season is looking very bright for Houda! Watch this space.
Ladies Run Club: NICOLA OFFORD
Nicky has been chipping away at her Milan marathon training week in week out, following our LRC Marathon training plan. In order to keep the race fun, and pressure free, she has been doing all the training on complete RPE; she simply does not wear a watch.
Nicky leans into the community, asks excellent questions, and is ready to reflect and amend when things don’t feel right. Seeing her improvement and heightened self awareness as the miles have been building throughout March has been incredible.
Enjoy the race Nicky, we are all rooting for you!!
Endurance - Ireland: ROB GRANT
Congrats Rob, We commend you for the hard efforts and dedication you have applied this month and for over the last 12 weeks of your training block to Milan. You have stayed humble and quiet yet your training speaks volumes.. Your commitment, resilience and questions have been the recipe to your successful training block. Good luck next week in Milan, We are routing for you.
Endurance - New Zealand: KIM WILLIAMS
Kim jumped on board for coaching at the start of this year with one goal, to smash out the Rotorua Marathon in a new PB after running her first marathon 12 years ago before having her 3 boys.
Kim has always been a strong runner, often programming her training herself but this was a bigger goal that she wanted to achieve and thus sort out coaching to structure her runs more specifically.
Kim works her training around family life and work, hitting some extremely tough training sessions by herself, including track Tuesday sets around her suburb rather than on the track.
She’s a great example of getting the work done no matter where she is and what time of day it is - I’ve loved watching you nail every single session you’ve had Kim.
Congrats Kim on giving yourself some ‘me time’ through running and showing your kids what dedication, resilience and mental toughness looks like! Bring on the marathon party in May.
Monday
Time: 5:59am and 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Mobility and Tempo
AM Session:
This morning we will focus on mobility to help you recover from your weekend of racing, running, or general training load.
PM Session:
This evening we will drop the duration for our tempo blocks, but increase the rep scheme. So there will be 7x reps of 4 mins Tempo, each with a 1 min recovery.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/oomJAa31vKy3hQNG6
Entrance fee: https://isddubai.com/athletics-venuehire/
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. The session today will be 2 x 800m @ 10k pace, 60 seconds rest
2 x 400 @ 5k pace, 40 seconds rest
2 x 200 @ 3k pace - 20 seconds rest
1 x 1km @ best effort
3mins rest before round 2.
Wednesday
Time: 5:59am & 5:59pm
Location: InnerFight
Session: LRC Intervals
If you didn't run track, today we have some speed work for you. Today we will run 800s at a 8/10 effort, each with a 2 mins rest.
Friday
Brief time: 5:54am
Start Time: 5:59am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run
This week we will return to the canal bridge for some hill repeats. An excellent session to get some strength in the legs, espeically if you are running Two Oceans.
Sunday
Time: 05:59am
Session: Burj to Burj
Today is the B2B Half Marathon. Warm up location, time, and pin will be shared in WhatsApp.
This week, we kick start the week with a clean complex and then the Macho Mile. Tuesday is about a gymnastics EMOM, then into 2 short fast couplets. We are working on our overhead pressing strength and getting upside down on Wednesday, and then we have a tough conditioning piece. We continue progressing with the overhead squats and a very leggy Thursday workout. Friday therapy, we have more gymnastics skills, followed by a partner workout to round out your week.
Monday:
Strength:
Get ready to lift as we start with a Clean Complex, which consists of 1 Hang Power Clean, 1 Low Hang Power Clean and 1 Power Clean, intending to build the weight over 8 sets!
Every 90 sec x 8 Sets
1 hang power clean
1 low hang power clean
1 power clean
Conditioning:
The Macho Mile: this workout is epic and has been tested by the coaching team! We want a heavy barbell and some consistent efforts on the run for this workout! Get excited, folks. It is going to be a belter!
"Macho" Mile
4 rounds For Time:
Park Run
3 rounds of Macho Man
(3 power clean + 3 front squat + 3 shoulder to overhead (80/60)
Tuesday:
Strength:
This strength piece is all about gymnastics and positioning. Building some Volume in the Toes to Bar with 15-second efforts. Positional work to develop the core shoulders and arms with some 30-second Front Leaning Rest Holds. Chin over bar holds an isometric exercise to work on activation of the muscle groups responsible for the movement. We then hit the floor and work on our Arch Holds!
EMOM 16
A) 15-sec Toes to Bar
B) 30-sec F
C) 10-15 sec chin over bar hold into 10-15 sec dead hang
d) 30-sec Arch Hold
Conditioning:
For the workout, we have 4-minute AMRAPs where we look for high outputs on the machines and can then maintain the gymnastics movements under fatigue. For each AMRAP, we are targeting 3+ Rounds.
2 Rounds:
4 min amrap
12/9 Cal ass bike
9 TTB
rest 2 mins
4 min amrap
12/9 Cal ski
9 burpees to target
rest 2 mins
Wednesday:
Strength:
There is a big emphasis here on unilateral pushing strength, working single arm with a Dumbell Push Press before working upside down in a Piked Handstand Pushup, where we take the reps up and look for volume!
Every 90 sec x 8 alt between
A: 3/3 DB push press *building in weight
B: 8-15 Piked Handstand Push Ups
Conditioning:
This one is all about working hard to earn some rest! The shoulders will be fatigued, and that's intentional to develop resilience in this area. The aim here is to complete the work with 2 minutes to 90 seconds of rest each round. Can you keep it consistent?
Every 4 mins alternate between x 3 rounds
A: 5 wall walks
50 Double Unders
20 American KB swing (20/12)
B: 15-hand-release push-ups
50 Double Unders
20 Hang KB snatch
rest 2 mins
Thursday:
Strength:
We dial in some positioning with Band Resisted Overhead Squats before getting onto the barbell, where we look to progress into some loaded Tempo Overhead Squats. We will be looking for strict Tempo here which will help to develop good movement patterns for the Overhead Squat.
EMOM 6
5 band resisted OHS (Tempo 32x1)
Every 2 mins x 6
3 OHS (Tempo 21x1)
Conditioning:
The race is on, but will your legs be able to hold on? The time for this workout will be 15 minutes. The key will be to stay consistent on the lunges and work through an ascending ladder or High Box Jumps!
For Time
6 Alt Front Dumbell Rev Lunges (2 x 50/35)
2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20 Reps Box Jumps (30/24 in)
Friday:
Strength:
The focus will be volume in the Chest to Bar movement. We will be working at a scale where we can execute the movement for 15 seconds consistently with good movement patterns. We will be super setting this with some leg endurance with 60-sec wall sits!
Conditioning:
As usual, we end the week with a Bang! A partner workout includes the row, thrusters, and rope climbing. In what order, what distance, and what reps must you show up to find out! Therapy!!!
ENGINE
Building those engines with a partner, which means shorter higher intensity intervals across machines and body weight exercises
GYMNASTICS
This week, we will focus on TTB progressions, followed by gymnastics-focused strength work.
HYROX
40 mins of Hyrox interval work. The faster you go, the more rest you can earn.
MOBILITY
Stability/activation has been showing up as a big weakness in mobility classes, so this session's primary focus will be on these on both the upper & lower body.
PURE STRENGTH
This week in pure strength, we kick off a new training block, transitioning from high-volume speed reps to heavier weights and less volume. On Monday, we are hitting a paused bench press, followed by some upper-body bodybuilding. On Wednesday, we start a progression on box-front squats with a hearty dose of single-leg work.
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week, we will spend time overhead in weightlifting. Moving onto a classic lifting complex, ‘clean + front squat + split jerk’. Finishing off with some clean pulls
Monday Ride
A skills and fitness based ride at the BikeDXB track in Dubai. Some simply structured intervals to enhance cycling ability.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Bike DXB
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Entrance fee: https://isddubai.com/athletics-venuehire/
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/oomJAa31vKy3hQNG6
Wednesday - Coffee Spin
With Muscat 70.3 on the weekend, today is an easy spin out with a coffee at the end.
Start time: 05:59 am
Location : BOTS - https://goo.gl/maps/6AwtJXW8nA45Cy9H8
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. This run is currently gearing run fitness towards the incoming half marathons. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Saturday Ride
An endurance ride with a mixed group of road cyclists and triathletes. There is an option to do 85 or 105km. Speak to coach Rob Foster if attending, rf@innerfight.com
Start time: 05:59 am
Location: BOTS - https://goo.gl/maps/6AwtJXW8nA45Cy9H8
Sunday - Burj to Burj
https://www.burj2burj.com/about
InnerFight: AYDEN STEFANIUK
Ayden smashed his first ever CrossFit open! His confidence since becoming apart of the community has improved greatly which has helped him achieve a lot in such a short space of time! Keep smashing life and we look forward to seeing what he can in the future!
Youth: MAISON KIRKHAM
The March Member of the Month is Maison Kirkham. As a member of our preteens program, Maison is dedicated to improving his fitness level and mastering moving well. He recognizes how the hard work he puts in during class positively impacts what happens outside of the gym. Maison is always willing to help demo movements or help put equipment away (he can stack the boxes!) and brings great enthusiasm to class.
In March, we saw Maison crush both the community workout with his family and take on the Ramadan Challenge with his dad. As always, well done, Maison!
Endurance: HOUDA BOUHAYAT
Improving your strength is a long-term process. It takes consistency and dedication. Most runners neglect strength work - Not Houda. She has worked tirelessly and consistently on her strength and run mechanics in a bid to become a more durable and efficient Ultra runner. We had kept the runs purposely short until a few weekends ago when we tested ’the new her’ Not only did she cruise through a 50km mountain training run but she was back training a full week right after. The Ultra trail season is looking very bright for Houda! Watch this space.
Ladies Run Club: NICOLA OFFORD
Nicky has been chipping away at her Milan marathon training week in week out, following our LRC Marathon training plan. In order to keep the race fun, and pressure free, she has been doing all the training on complete RPE; she simply does not wear a watch.
Nicky leans into the community, asks excellent questions, and is ready to reflect and amend when things don’t feel right. Seeing her improvement and heightened self awareness as the miles have been building throughout March has been incredible.
Enjoy the race Nicky, we are all rooting for you!!
Endurance - Ireland: ROB GRANT
Congrats Rob, We commend you for the hard efforts and dedication you have applied this month and for over the last 12 weeks of your training block to Milan. You have stayed humble and quiet yet your training speaks volumes.. Your commitment, resilience and questions have been the recipe to your successful training block. Good luck next week in Milan, We are routing for you.
Endurance - New Zealand: KIM WILLIAMS
Kim jumped on board for coaching at the start of this year with one goal, to smash out the Rotorua Marathon in a new PB after running her first marathon 12 years ago before having her 3 boys.
Kim has always been a strong runner, often programming her training herself but this was a bigger goal that she wanted to achieve and thus sort out coaching to structure her runs more specifically.
Kim works her training around family life and work, hitting some extremely tough training sessions by herself, including track Tuesday sets around her suburb rather than on the track.
She’s a great example of getting the work done no matter where she is and what time of day it is - I’ve loved watching you nail every single session you’ve had Kim.
Congrats Kim on giving yourself some ‘me time’ through running and showing your kids what dedication, resilience and mental toughness looks like! Bring on the marathon party in May.
InnerFight: AYDEN STEFANIUK
Ayden smashed his first ever CrossFit open! His confidence since becoming apart of the community has improved greatly which has helped him achieve a lot in such a short space of time! Keep smashing life and we look forward to seeing what he can in the future!
Youth: MAISON KIRKHAM
The March Member of the Month is Maison Kirkham. As a member of our preteens program, Maison is dedicated to improving his fitness level and mastering moving well. He recognizes how the hard work he puts in during class positively impacts what happens outside of the gym. Maison is always willing to help demo movements or help put equipment away (he can stack the boxes!) and brings great enthusiasm to class.
In March, we saw Maison crush both the community workout with his family and take on the Ramadan Challenge with his dad. As always, well done, Maison!
Endurance: HOUDA BOUHAYAT
Improving your strength is a long-term process. It takes consistency and dedication. Most runners neglect strength work - Not Houda. She has worked tirelessly and consistently on her strength and run mechanics in a bid to become a more durable and efficient Ultra runner. We had kept the runs purposely short until a few weekends ago when we tested ’the new her’ Not only did she cruise through a 50km mountain training run but she was back training a full week right after. The Ultra trail season is looking very bright for Houda! Watch this space.
Ladies Run Club: NICOLA OFFORD
Nicky has been chipping away at her Milan marathon training week in week out, following our LRC Marathon training plan. In order to keep the race fun, and pressure free, she has been doing all the training on complete RPE; she simply does not wear a watch.
Nicky leans into the community, asks excellent questions, and is ready to reflect and amend when things don’t feel right. Seeing her improvement and heightened self awareness as the miles have been building throughout March has been incredible.
Enjoy the race Nicky, we are all rooting for you!!
Endurance - Ireland: ROB GRANT
Congrats Rob, We commend you for the hard efforts and dedication you have applied this month and for over the last 12 weeks of your training block to Milan. You have stayed humble and quiet yet your training speaks volumes.. Your commitment, resilience and questions have been the recipe to your successful training block. Good luck next week in Milan, We are routing for you.
Endurance - New Zealand: KIM WILLIAMS
Kim jumped on board for coaching at the start of this year with one goal, to smash out the Rotorua Marathon in a new PB after running her first marathon 12 years ago before having her 3 boys.
Kim has always been a strong runner, often programming her training herself but this was a bigger goal that she wanted to achieve and thus sort out coaching to structure her runs more specifically.
Kim works her training around family life and work, hitting some extremely tough training sessions by herself, including track Tuesday sets around her suburb rather than on the track.
She’s a great example of getting the work done no matter where she is and what time of day it is - I’ve loved watching you nail every single session you’ve had Kim.
Congrats Kim on giving yourself some ‘me time’ through running and showing your kids what dedication, resilience and mental toughness looks like! Bring on the marathon party in May.
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