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Dec 19

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Noble”

By Chris | Creative Writing, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Memory, wod | No Comments

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Write a story that begins with the word “Noble,” includes the word “evil,” and ends with the word “sweeping.”

Scaling: Under 6: <50 words

7-10: 50-100 words

11-15: 150-200 words

16+: >250 words

…for every occurrence of “the” in your story, do five wall balls. For every occurrence of “and,” do five pushups. For every occurrence of “but” or “that,” do five burpees. Perform each exercise as soon as you use its associated word.

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Dec 15

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Rainbow Shuttle”

By Chris | Competitions, Enrichment, Enrichment for Adults, Games, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Interventions, Memory, wod | No Comments

Behind a visual barrier, arrange three cones of differing colors.

Set one cone of each color at 10m, 20m and 30m from the visual barrier.

Athlete races to the first set of cones, and guesses at the correct order to match the hidden pattern behind the visual barrier. Then they race back to the coach, who tells them how many they have correct.

The athlete races to the second set of cones and makes a more educated guess at the correct arrangement of cones. They sprint back to the coach and are told how many they have correct.

If necessary, they take their final chance on the third set of cones.

To make the challenge more difficult:

increase the distance between cones
increase the number of colors to four or five
remove previous attempts from eyesight (athlete has to recall previous attempts)

To make the challenge easier:

decrease the distance between cones
use only two colors with three cones (two red and one yellow, for example)

The purpose of this exercise is to plan for failure: few will make correct guesses on the first attempt. The key is for the athlete to learn that failure is expected and critical to eventual success as long as lessons are learned from each attempt.

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) Warmups, focus drills, pre-CrossFit Kids workouts and anchoring activities precede and follow this challenge for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Dec 09

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Speed Cards”

By Chris | Enrichment, Enrichment for Adults, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Memory, Testing, wod | No Comments

Speed Cards: 5 minutes to memorize a freshly shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. For those Mental Athletes who expect to memorize the complete pack in less than 5 minutes, a judge is nearby with a stopwatch to record the precise moment memorization stopped. The recall will take place once the entire 5 minute memorization period is complete.

Once the memorization period is over, the Mental Athletes will have 5 minutes for recall.

Every minute, on the minute, for 20 minutes:

10 burpees.

Then:

Repeat Speed Cards, above.

The full rules of the Speed Cards event from the USA Memory Championship are here.

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) Warmups, focus drills, pre-CrossFit Kids workouts and anchoring activities precede and follow this challenge for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Nov 24

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Today’s BrainWOD: Mental Calculation

By Chris | Games, Ignite! At Home, Math, Memory, wod | No Comments

Warmup:

Older students: 3x or 5:00
Handstand walk or bear crawl => 5 perfect squats => 5 perfect push-ups => 5 strict pull-ups => 10 one-legged hop on a low box or curb, each leg => 50-meter high-knee skip => 50-meter back pedal

Younger students: 3x or 5:00
Bear crawl => 3-5 super-slow squats => 3-5 push-ups => 2-4 monkey hangs => 5-10 one-legged hops, each leg => 25-meter skip => 25-meter side shuffle

Challenge: AMRAP in 10:00 (ages 5-8,) 15:00 (ages 9-12,) or 20:00 (13+)

10 “Man On Fire” Burpees

Army Crawl 30 feet

Add random numbers*

Wheelbarrow walk to start

*in the first round, add two randomly-drawn numbers. In the second round, add three. In the third round, add four, continuing as high as possible.

Number range: up to student’s age. For example, an eight-year-old would use the numbers from 1 to 8.

Bonus: The Chemistry of Cookies.

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) Warmups, focus drills, pre-lesson challenges and anchoring activities should precede and follow this challenge for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Nov 17

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Today’s BrainWOD: “Speed Cards”

By Chris | Memory, Testing, wod | No Comments

Warmup (courtesy of CrossFit Kids):

3x or 5:00
5-10 squats => 3-5 push-ups => alligator crawl => 2 forward rolls => 3 broad jumps => basic dot drill x 10 => 25-meter high-knee skip => 25-meter carioca

Then:

4 Rounds for Time

7 Box Dips

7 Overhead Squats

7 Wall Ball Shots

7 Man on Fire Burpees

Then, immediately after the workout: “Speed Cards”:

Mental Athletes will have 5 minutes to memorize a freshly shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. For those Mental Athletes who expect to memorize the complete pack in less than 5 minutes, a judge is nearby with a stopwatch to record the precise moment memorization stopped. The recall will take place once the entire 5 minute memorization period is complete.

Once the memorization period is over, the Mental Athletes will have 5 minutes for recall.

An athlete may take two attempts if time permits.

Read about the ‘Speed Cards’ event at the USA Memory Championships.

Memory World Record: Speed Cards from Flauwy on Vimeo.

The ConcussionPro tracking log is now available for purchase in our online store!

Ignite BrainWODs are comprised of 7 phases (the Ignite 7 Steps.) The above can be used on its own for a fun challenge, or incorporated into the 7 Steps for optimal benefit.

The Ignite 7 Steps are outlined in Enrichment Through Exercise, and taught in our NeuroMotive Coach Certifications.

Jan 24

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Daily Challenge: Courier Confusion

By Chris | Memory, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

3 rounds:

At the beginning of each round, open the phone book and memorize a random phone number.

10 double unders

10 box jumps

10 basic dot drills

Recall the phone number at the end of the round.

Focus:

Trace 10 x patterns with each hand

WOD:

Mr. Cooper has a letter to deliver but has trouble remembering the address. Study the address below for 2 minutes and then him him fill in the information at the end of the workout.

2 minutes to memorize

Jason Smith

The Oaks

7th Floor

49 Willow Avenue

Cookstown, MI

93304

8:00 AMRAP
8 handstand push ups/stinkbugs
8 push ups
8 lunges

Fill in the information:

_________ Smith

The ______

____th floor

49 ______ Ave.

_________ ,MI

_________

Post rounds and amount of address correct to comments.

Jan 03

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Daily Challenge: Letter Manipulation

By Chris | Memory, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

First, spell the word “watermelon”

3 rounds

10 line hops => forward roll => 10 squats => backwards roll => 10 burpees => log roll

Between each round, move the first letter in the word 2 places to the right, and spell the word again.

Focus:

Trace 10 figure 8 patterns with each hand.

WOD:

Spell the word “zucchini”

then…
3 rounds:

3 deadlifts
3 hang power cleans
3 front squats
3 push jerks

Between each round, move the ‘z’ two places to the right and spell the new word.

Post total time to comments.

Dec 20

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Daily Challenge: Number Relationships

By Chris | Memory, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

3 rounds:

5m log roll

10 walking lunges

2 forward rolls

10m army crawl

10 squats

Then…

Develop a detailed picture for each digit. For example, a “1” looks like a skyscraper. Determine how high it is, what colour it is, picture the birds flying around it. Do that for each number. Make it memorable. Write them down.

Focus:

Draw 10 figure 8’s with each hand.

WOD:

Give your list of “pictures” to a partner. Between each round, they will give you 3 simple math questions. However, they are to use your pictures instead of numbers. For example “skyscraper plus snowman” might mean “1 + 8”. You provide the correct numerical answer. Your partner may not help you remember what each picture means.

5 rounds for time:

4 10m shuttle runs

10 push ups

10 squats

3 math questions

Post time to comments. How well did you do remembering your numbers? Keep your list of number pictures. They come in handy for remembering long lists!

Nov 26

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Ignite Worldwide Challenge

By Chris | Blog, Competitions, Current Affairs, Enrichment, Ignite! At Home, Ignite! At School, Ignite! In The Workplace, Math, Memory, News, wod | No Comments

On December 15, Ignite will host a worldwide throwdown for all ages.

What: three events, each combining a CrossFit-style workout with a cognitive challenge.

Who: age groups 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12+, and Adult

Any CrossFit gym or school can participate, even if you’re new to the Ignite program!

Each challenge will focus on a different type of cognition. Any of the three events could include one or more of:

Math
Reading
Memory
Attention
Focus

CrossFit portions of the challenges will be scaleable for all ages and abilities.

Participating gyms and schools will have from 6am PT (9am EST) until 5pm PT (8pm PST) to complete the challenges.

Fee is $10 per participating gym (each may have unlimited athletes.) REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Upon registration, the host will receive an information package containing standards of movement, a brief outline of the challenges, a scoresheet, and instructions for submitting scores.

It’s your chance to try Ignite in your gym! Simple to implement, and fun for everyone! Give it a shot!

Sample challenge: Plate Pyramid

Plate Challenge

Nov 15

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Daily Challenge: Make it Memorable

By Chris | Memory, wod | No Comments

Warm up:

3 rounds:

10 jumping jacks

10 mountain climbers

10 line hops

10 squats

After the first round, solve the following math problems:

7-4+3 x 2 = ?

11-9 x 3 + 7= ?

3 x 3 – 4 + 7 = ?

After the third round, what were those answers again?

Focus:

20 seconds of figure 8s with your right hand

20 seconds of figure 8s with your left hand

20 seconds of figure 8s with both hands

WOD:

6 rounds
8 box jumps,
12 push press,
48 double-unders

After the odd number rounds, roll a pair of a die three times. Remember the total of each die roll. Attach a meaning to each number to make it memorable!

After the even number rounds, recall the totals from the previous round.