Dear CrossFit, Use The Pool!

Can’t do a handstand?  I’ll bet you can in the pool!

Can’t do a pistol?  I’ll bet you can in the pool!

Can’t do a great air squat?  I’ll bet you can do a spectacular water squat.

Do you have a broken foot because you foolishly swam in between a mommy dolphin and her babies?  Then the pool is the place for you…

The water supports part of your body weight, cushions your fall, slows things down so you can get some successful reps, and is just crazy fun.

So, CrossFit, in the spirt of constantly varied and finding out what works, get into the pool, work on those movements that are challenging you on dry land, and then do a swim WOD.  Here’s one of my favorite swim WODS:

400m warmup, alternating front crawl and breast stroke

8×25 all out (or 8x one length all out)

Swim all out front crawl up the pool, then laze back doing breast stroke or elementary back stroke or side stroke or some rest stroke.

400m cool down.

Do this metcon after working on your skills and you’ll have a great WOD.

I wonder what tomorrow’s WOD will be.