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2.6.2016

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Saturday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots
ROM drills

30-20-10
Air Squats
KB Swings

Work Capacity
Every 2 min x 7 Rounds
200m Run
ME Burpees

Durability
2 Rounds
400m Sprint
400m Jog

Yoga or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, nutrition, and gratitude daily.

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2.5.2016

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Sign up to join us for the Spartan Race in Houston on March 12!  The distance is 3-5 miles, and you do not need to be a runner.  There will be mud and obstacles, which we will get through as a team!  And don't worry, no electric shocks are involved ;)  Register with team Octane Training for the 11:15 wave.  Discount code ORM15 will get you 15% off.

Friday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots
ROM drills

3 Rounds, Double KB
6 Suitcase DL
6 Cleans
6 FSQ
6 Push Press
6 Pushups

Strength
10 Rounds
3 Deadlifts (Double or Single KB)

Work Capacity
5 RFT
5/5 Cleans
10 Pushups
25 DU

Durability
30 Knee-ups (in plank position with feet in rings, or modify to v-ups)

Yoga or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, nutrition, and gratitude daily.

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2.4.2016

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Thursday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots
ROM drills

3 Rounds
10 Walking Lunges
10 Bear Crawl Steps
10 Good Mornings
10 Straight Leg March
10 KB Swings

Work Capacity
Partners
A- 400m Run
B- 100m Lunges + 100m Traveling KB Swings

B Starts lunges, while A runs 400m.  Once A returns, he takes over the lunges while B runs.  Partners continue swapping until both 100m of lunges and 100m of traveling swings are complete.

Durability

Yoga or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, nutrition, and gratitude daily.

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2.2.2016

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Tuesday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots
ROM drills

400m Run
15 OH Squats
400m Run
15 Kipping Pullups (or practice kips)

Work Capacity
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
OH Squats
Ring Dips
2- count Lateral jumps over KB 

Durability
10 Rounds
50m Sprint + walk back

Yoga hip mobility

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, nutrition, and gratitude daily.

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2.1.2016

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Week 5

Congratulations!  You guys have complete the on ramp section of our SEAL training program.  By this point you have learned that each session is much more than a workout… we don’t just roll in the door, kick our own butts, and walk back out.  The attention to detail is what matters here, from the breathing, to the baseline, to the workout briefing, to the yoga and/or stretching cool down.  There is a protocol that we strictly follow in order to be sure each training session is holistic and addresses our bodies and our minds, our training and our recovery.  Now that we have this system down, it’s time to move on to the basic training phase!  

Goal of the week- practice gratitude

Focus on the positive things that happened every day.  Record three things you are grateful for in your journal nightly.  

One of the aspects of the SEALFIT training program that sets it apart from most others, is the importance it places on mental training and a positive attitude.  Mark Devine makes it clear that you need to get your mind right in order to get your body right.  He says that you shouldn’t even begin to tackle any physical challenge until you have already won it in your mind.  In order to reach any of your goals, it’s important to begin with an optimistic attitude;  a negative attitude certainly won’t get you very far.

One very simple way to work on cultivating optimism is by practicing gratitude. By focusing on the positive things in your life, no matter how small, you will begin to see and attract MORE positive things, and the negative things will disappear.  If you focus on the negative, you will only continue to create more negative.  Creating an optimistic attitude improves your psychological health, which improves your physical health.  It’s all connected!  We can’t optimize our physical health without optimizing our mental health, so it’s important to be as driven and consistent with your mental exercises as you are with the workouts in the gym.  This practice will only take a few minutes every night, but the key is consistency!  Don’t skip a single day.  Your training journal will nowcontain your workout results, water intake, daily nutrition, and three things you’re grateful for every day.  

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Monday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots
ROM drills

3 Rounds
200m Run
5 Air Squats
5 GSQ
5 Pushups
30 sec Plank

Strength
10 Rounds
3 Double KB Front Squats

Work Capacity
For Time
100 DU
80 Air Squats
60 Situps
40 Wall Balls
20 Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups (modify to chin over bar, jumping, or ring rows)
10 Clapping Pushups (modify to plyo pushups, or shoulder tap pushups)

Durability
3 Rounds
15 Weighted Situps
30 sec Handstand hold (or hollow body)
10 Supermans

Yoga Short Form A or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, nutrition, and gratitude daily.

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1.29.2016

The Paleo Treats have to go!  Unfortunately, their prices are going up due to cost of the ingredients, so I won't be ordering more.  These treats sell for $7 each, but I'm getting rid of them for $4 each or 3 for $10.  Get them while …

The Paleo Treats have to go!  Unfortunately, their prices are going up due to cost of the ingredients, so I won't be ordering more.  These treats sell for $7 each, but I'm getting rid of them for $4 each or 3 for $10.  Get them while you can, because once they're gone, they're gone! 

Friday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots/ ROM drills

250m Row
15 Push Press
200m Run
15 Box Jumps

Strength
5 Rounds
5 Push Press

Work Capacity
Crossfit’s Fight Gone Bad
3 Rounds

1 min ME Wall Balls
1 min ME KB Swing*
1 min ME Box Jumps (modify to broad jumps)
1 min ME Push Press (16/12kg)
1 min Max Calorie Row (sub for 50m shuttle runs, if needed)
1 min Rest

*We are subbing KB swings for the sumo deadlift high pulls that are traditionally in the Fight Gone Bad workout.

Clock never stops- no transition time between exercises. 

Durability
Shoulder mobility or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, and nutrition daily.

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1.28.2016

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Save the dates!!  Spartan Race Houston Sprint on March 12, and Mud Run in the Sun on April 9 in Jonesboro.  What a great way to  finish off the SEAL training!  We'll get a team going for these races... details coming soon so you guys can get signed up!

 

Thursday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots/ ROM drills

200m Run
30 Jumping Jacks

200m Run
30 Singles
200m Run
30 DU

Work Capacity
30 Min AMRAP
400m Run
50 DU (If modifying, everyone should attempt at least 10 DU before switching to singles.  Multiply remaining double unders by 3 to determine how many singles are left.)

Durability
Yoga, any form, or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, and nutrition daily.

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1.27.2016

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Wednesday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots/ ROM drills

400m Run
3 Rounds
5 Air Squats
5 Squat Jumps
5 Pushups
5 Situps

Strength
5 Rounds
5 Double Front Squats

Work Capacity
Crossfit’s Angie
For Time

100 Pullups (modify with bands, as jumping pull-ups or ring rows)
100 Pushups
100 Situps
100 Air Squats

* All reps must be completed of one exercise before moving to the next.  Modify the workout to 1/4 or 1/2 reps when needed.  2 people can also partner up to complete a full Angie as a pair!

Durability
Yoga Short or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, and nutrition daily.

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1.26.2016

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Tuesday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots/ ROM drills

10 Minutes
TGU

Work Capacity
15-12-9-6-3
KB Swings
Box Jumps
Weighted Situps (using wall ball or kettle bell)

Durability
Yoga Short Form A or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, and nutrition.

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1.25.2016

Week 4

Goal of the week- Nutrition

Eat protein, veggies and/or fruit, and fat at every meal.  No processed foods, added sugar, or grains!  Limit fruit to 2 per day and get in as many veggies as you can.

Now that you guys have your breathing, hydration and sleep in order, it’s time to start fueling up properly!  Together, these four pieces complete the physical aspects of your durability (or recovery) habits.  If you still haven’t been consistent with the breathing practice, water intake or sleep, stop right here!  Don’t even attempt these nutrition guidelines until the other habits are solidly in place.  Go back to the goals you haven’t been consistent with and work on those.  Record your progress daily in your journal, and then come back to this week’s goal.

So, what does SEAL fuel look like?  Basically, it’s a modified version of the Paleo diet.  And why the heck does this dang Paleo diet keep popping up?!  Because it decreases inflammation.  Whether or not you have allergies or sensitivities to wheat, the fact is, wheat (along with many other foods in our modern diet) is highly inflammatory.  If your body doesn’t have to work hard to recover from the “foods” you’re eating, then it can focus more energy on muscle recovery!  In short, fresh food makes healthy bodies.  You won’t find a healthy body in a box of cereal.

Here are the 5 steps you need to follow; please, don’t count calories!  Just focus on the types of foods you’re eating, and use these 5 rules to guide your food choices:

  1. Cut out sugar and processed foods.  Remember the real food challenge?  Here it is again.  Read your labels, and don’t buy or eat anything that has ingredients you don’t recognize.  If an ingredient wasn’t found in nature, it shouldn’t be put into your body.  But what about honey and maple syrup, you ask?  Fine, but you need to limit them to treats; as in, maybe once a week.  Sugar shouldn’t show up in your diet on a daily basis!
  2. Remove grains 80% of the time.  This means ALL grains… wheat, rice, pasta, crackers, tortilla chips (yes, corn is a grain), etc.  This 80% rule means that you can include grains on occasion (maybe 1-2 times per week), but for the most part, your carbohydrate sources will come from produce.  
  3. Eliminate cow’s milk and highly processed cheese and yogurt.  If you don’t have any dairy sensitivities, you may include REAL cheese (not Velveeta) and full fat, unsweetened dairy products (like plain, whole yogurt and full fat sour cream).  If you are including dairy products, it’s very important that you choose grass-fed, organic products!  Kerrygold butter and cheese, Organic Valley cream cheese, etc.  If you’re going to eat it, get the best quality you can find!
  4. Eliminate most starches and legumes (white potatoes*, corn, beans, etc).  They can be included 20% of the time, just like grains.  Sweet potatoes are fine, so you may include them as a veggie.  The goal is to fuel up with as many fresh veggies and fruits as possible, so those will be your main carb source.  Remember that hummus is made from legumes, so this should be limited to once or twice per week!  
  5. Remove processed vegetable oils, and replace them with olive oil and coconut oil.  Avocados, walnuts, almonds and fatty fish are all excellent fat sources that should be eaten in place of vegetable oils.  

*Many paleo nutritionists have gone back on the “no white potatoes” rule and now state that it’s ok to keep them in your diet.  The SEALFIT book still recommends that you remove them, but it was published in 2014.  So this one is up to you! 

Is you're head spinning yet?  To make this simpler, every meal should consist of vegetables and/or fruit, protein (eggs, poultry, meat, fish, of as high a quality as possible), and quality fat.  Don't count calories- just eat real food!  

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Monday

Baseline
Box breathing/ rolling trouble spots/ ROM drills

3 Rounds
200m Run
10 OH Squats with PVC
10 Pushups

Strength
5 Rounds
5 Overhead Squats (double kettlebells, or modify to single KB, or Front Rack Squats)

Work Capacity
Crossfit’s Nancy
5RFT

400m Run
15 OH Squats

Durability
Yoga Short Form B or active stretch.

Record workout results in training journal.
Also record box breathing practice, water intake, hours of sleep, and food daily.

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