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Snatch and Komodo Dragon Crawls

AllanMisner
AllanMisner Posts: 4,136 Member
edited February 16 in Social Groups
I'm new to crossfit and our workout today included komodo dragon crawls during the warmup and snatch complexes in both sessions (if anyone cares to educate me on the what each session is really called, much appreciated). Well as a newbie, I did scale down, but still these two clearly highlighted all of my mobility issues (hips, back, shoulders). I have a long way to go, but I'll keep moving forward. I'll be working on mobility over the weekend. I'll also pull out my copy of Supple Leopard, but do any of you have any favorites?

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  • Flab2Fab27
    Flab2Fab27 Posts: 461 Member
    Komodo dragon crawls???
  • Howbouto
    Howbouto Posts: 2,117 Member
    Hehe, I had to look up dragon crawls. We call it spiderman crawl. We don't do the push up as much as try to same low the ground. And yes they suck. My mobility is horrible as well.
  • jordymils
    jordymils Posts: 230 Member
    I'm new to crossfit and our workout today included komodo dragon crawls during the warmup and snatch complexes in both sessions (if anyone cares to educate me on the what each session is really called, much appreciated). Well as a newbie, I did scale down, but still these two clearly highlighted all of my mobility issues (hips, back, shoulders). I have a long way to go, but I'll keep moving forward. I'll be working on mobility over the weekend. I'll also pull out my copy of Supple Leopard, but do any of you have any favorites?

    The actual session is called a WOD. So usually you'll have your warm up, then a strength component (usually working on movements like back squat, power clean, deadlift, etc but won't necessarily be every day) and then you'll have the WOD which is the metcon part of the session.

    Shoulder mobility is huge for snatches, but it's also quite a difficult movement and something that will get better and easier as you progress and get better at crossfit in general. Sorry I know that's not overly helpful to you right now, but don't stress if there's movements that you're struggling with right now coz they all work together, so as you get stronger and more flexible in one movement, like overhead squat, that will in turn help you with snatches, toes to bar help with rope climbs, etc.
    Take some time before and after each session to work on mobility and you should see some progress in no time :)
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