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So I just want to take some time to rave about EMOTM WOD's....
On Wednesday I did EMOTM for 20 minutes:
2 Power cleans w/ 225 (increase to 3 reps half way)
4 over bar burpee's
I just have to say, that if you are ever on a trip. Recovering from an injury. Want to get in great skill work. Or just get stronger while getting conditioned. Do EMOTM training.
I think there is a reason why Rich Froning and some of the other big name CrossFitter's do this type of WOD set up quite a bit. Because this type of training forces you to have to improve on form as you get tired.
What I mean by that is that by time the 15th minute came around on Wednesday's WOD, I was starting to get really tired. But I still had to get each set done in under 20 second's if I still wanted ample time to rest. So what I had to do was rely on my form to carry me through the rest of the workout. Because when you become really fatigued in EMOTM workouts, you can't just muscle through the movement, because your going to end up failing, and haveing to rest an entire minute before you can pick up the bar again, or jump on the ring's again, or what ever.
Plus EMOTM workouts are a really good way to avoid overtraining. Because you are still allowing for rest in the workout. But since the focus is form and being efficient. You actually build better body mechanics and learn how to recover faster. Plus you can make this type of training as intense or non-intense as you'd like.
All great athlete's do some sort of interval training in there practices. And EMOTM is just that. So its a great way to improve in CrossFit and continue to get fit.
See! I love this type of training. But at the same time nothing compares with good ole' fashioned CrossFit WOD's. But it is very easy to overtrain and plateau if all you do are WOD's like Fran or Murph. So inspect your training. And balance out what kind of workout's you need to do.
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