Welcome to New Species Crossfit, Royal Oak, MI

The urge that brought you here will be the one that keeps you here. That voice is your inner athlete begging for something more. It's telling you all the cookie-cutter Globo Gyms just don’t cut it. You need a change. You want a change. A chance to realize your ultimate potential. It’s not easy. It’s CrossFit. And not just any CrossFit, it’s New Species CrossFit.
CrossFit is about constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensities. New Species CrossFit builds off that platform and gives you a chance to do it with our community of like-minded people that will motivate you to work harder than you ever have. Our team of certified coaches pride themselves on working with you to unleash your full potential and create goals to release the inner athlete begging to get out. Do you crave to be faster, stronger, more powerful or just better? Follow the urge. Unleash the evolution, unleash YOUR evolution.
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New Species Crossfit
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New Species Crossfit
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Workout of The Day

WOD 5.23.13

Strength:
Shoulder Press, 5-5-5-5-5

WOD:
AMRAP in 15 Minutes of:
5 Squat Cleans, 135/95
7 Box Jumps, 24/20inches
9 Sit-ups, (chest to thigh)

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WOD 5.22.13

My Tribe. I do my best to program very balanced, and to keep you guessing at all times as to what tomorrow’s WOD might be. Today’s WOD has some get distinct similarities to yesterday’s; but today’s is done with a great purpose, to honor our friend and brother, Garret Whitley’s mother, Lucy who passed to her next journey on May 20th. From now on, every May 20th will be dedicated to Lucy. Honor her memory and give your all.

Skill:
Handstand practice:
Advanced/Intermediate: Handstand Walks
Novice: Handstand Holds

WOD:
” Lucy”
WOD:
5RFT
5 pull-ups
10 burpees
400m run

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WOD 5.21.13

Strength:
Hang Squat Snatch, 3-3-3-3-3

WOD:

3 rounds for time of:
30 Burpees
21 Russian Swings, 2/1.5 pood
12 Pull-ups

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WOD 5.20.13

Strength:
Front Squat, 5-5-5-5-5

WOD:
Head to Head:
In teams of no more than 4:
7 Rounds per athlete:
10 Gymnastic shoot throughs, (on parallettes or kettle bells)
4 cone suicide drill x2

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WOD 5.19.13

WarmUp:
2 minute Achilles Plank
1 minute each of:
·Bushman Pose
·Stationary Lunge
·Mt.Climber
·Hollow Rock

PVC Shoulders + Overhead Squat/Coaching Cues

BuyIn Only: 5 tabata interval Jingle Jangles

Group A -8 minute AMRAP
-Box Jump On/Over x12
-12 Calorie Row
**Rest Exactly 4 minutes
Group B -AMRAP
-Candlestick x8
-Ball Slam (50/40) x8

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WOD 5.18.13

Speed/Endurance:
1 mile run, time trial

WOD:
4 rounds for time of:
25 Russian Kettlebell Swings, (AHAP with technique as focus)
15 Ring Dips
10 Supine Pull-ups, (Ring Rows)

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FORGED FRIDAY

“Forged Friday”

WarmUp:
2 minute Achilles Plank
1 minute each of:
·Bushman Pose
·Stationary Lunge
·Mt.Climber
·Hollow Rock

PVC Shoulders + Overhead Squat/Coaching Cues

BuyIn/CashOut
·Group A-120m KB Farmer Carry (2poodx2/1.5poodx2)
·Group B-1k meter Row

W.O.D. *7RFTx
·Overhead Squat x10 (95#/65#) *Clean from ground to OH
·Grappling Shoot Thru x14
·200m Run

Today and every day at New Species CrossFit we are Patriots.
As Americans, let us do our best to support our troops and the first responders that sacrifice their lives to keep this country free and it’s people out of harm’s way.

*patriot -noun
-a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies.

Source: *http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot

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WOD 5.16.13

Strength:
Power Clean, 3 reps EMOTM for 12 minutes at 65% of 1 RM

WOD:
Death by Burpees*
Complete 1 burpee on the 1st minute, 2 on the second minute, : on the 3rd, etc. until the burpees can no longer be completed in 1 minute

*after missing, take 1 minute rest and start over until the last athlete misses

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WOD 5.15.13

Buy in/Cash out:
50 Hollow Rocks, (try for unbroken)

Skill:
Rope Climb

WOD:
EVADE.ATTACK.EVADE
Zombie Response Team

3 rounds for time:
400m run with sledge
20 sledge hammer strikes
40 yard bear crawl
3 rope climbs

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WOD 5.14.13

Strength:
Thruster, 2 reps EMOTM for 12 minutes, 50% 1RM

WOD:
Tabata Something Else
8 rounds each, 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest. For Reps:
Pull Ups
Push Ups
Sit Ups
Squats

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WOD 5.13.13

Strength:
Deadlift, 3 reps EMOTM for 12 minutes at 60% 1RM

WOD:
21-15-9 reps for time of;
Back Squats, 135/95lba
Burpees

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Happy Mother’s Day

Sunday PT
Warm Up:
Achilles Plank 2 minutes
5min RC WarmUp-
*Jumping Jacks
*Air squats
*Mt. Climbers
*Hollow Rocks

BuyIn/CashOut:
4 Rounds
*20m Forward Bear Crawl
*20m Reverse Bear Crawl

W.O.D.
“Your Mom”
*War & Peace x30 (50/40)
*HR Push Up x30
*Box StepUp/Down x30 (24/20)
*PullUp x30
*KB Rack Squat x30 (1.5/1pood)
*Grappling Shoot Thru x30
*Candlestick x30

Happy Mother’s Day

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WOD 5.11.13

Speed:
800m Run, 2 minutes rest x3

WOD:
AMRAP in 15 minutes of:
10 KB swings
10 Sit-ups
10 pistols

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Forged Friday

“Forged Friday”

·2 minute Achilles Plank
·1 minute Mt. Climbers
·1 minute Jumping Jacks
·1 minute Hollow Rock

BuyIn/CashOut: 7>1 Ladder
·AirSquat
·HR PushUp
·Butterfly SitUp

W.O.D.
*Athletes will be assigned to one of two groups

W.O.D. #1 *9 Minute AMRAP
·Wall Ball Shot x5
·Burpee x2
·200m Sprint x1 @ 4:30

*REST EXACTLY 3 minutes

W.O.D. #2 *9 Minute AMRAP
·Toes to Bar or Toes to Rings x5
·Burpee x2
·200m Sprint x1 @ 4:30

Brian Woehlke, 29, of the Wayne-Westland Fire Department was killed Tuesday, May 8th, after a roof collapsed on him during a fire at a strip mall. He was the first firefighter killed in the line of duty in the Westland department’s 47-year history. Family members, firefighters and neighbors are mourning the death of the married father described as a man who never shied away from helping someone in need.

Today New Species Athletes W.O.D. in order to honor Brian. We also W.O.D. in hope that our First Responders remain safe while conducting their daily duties to help preserve our very safety.

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WOD 5.09.13

Strength:
Power Clean, 1-1-1-1-1

WOD:
4 rounds for time of:
10 Front Squats, 135/95lbs
30 Walking Lunges

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