Best CrossFit Workouts from the Top Icelandic Athletes

Some Viking style workouts to add to your next trip to the gym.

Tommy Messano
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Tommy Messano
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The Best CrossFit Workouts come from some of the best Icelandic Athletes. There must be something in the water in Iceland.

The small Nordic country has consistently produced some of the top CrossFit competitors year-in and year-out. Names like Jakobina Jonsdottir, Sara Sigmundsdóttir, Thuri Helgadottir, Solveig Sigurdardottir, Anna Hulda Olafsdottir, and Eik Gylfadottir set the bar for female CrossFit athletes.

Organized by the Icelandic Athletes, here are some of the Best CrossFit Workouts from Iceland.

PARTNER WORKOUT FROM JAKOBINA JONSDOTTIR

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In pairs of two:
“I Go, You go”- 12 round each:

6 Deadlifts (60/40)
4 HPC
2 FS
Then 10 round each:

3 PC (60/40)
3 S2OH
6 Box Jumps

CROSSFIT WORKOUTS: SARA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR

Every 2 minutes, 4 rounds:

10 KB Thrusters (2x24kg)
Ten Strict-Pulls (feet stay in front of the bar)
10 Box Jumps

HANG POWER CLEAN / THRUSTER WORKOUT

“Find a daily max in this complex – hang power clean + thruster = did 87,5 kg”

Drop down to 50% and do 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Hang power clean
Thruster

CROSSFIT WORKOUTS: KETTLEBELL HELL

If you want to work on your mental side I recommend this workout ,”Kettlebell Hell”

4 Rounds for increasing load:

10 Double KB Clean
10m Double KB FR Carry
10 Double KB STOH
10m Double KB FR Carry
10 Double KB FR Lunges
10m Double KB FR Carry
10 Double KB FR Squat
REST 3 minutes b/t rounds

RUNNING WORKOUT WITH SARA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR AND CHRIS HINSHAW

Loved starting my day here on the track! Doing a workout from my amazing running coach Chris Hinshaw

3x (4 x 400m run- 30-sec rest between reps, 3 minutes rest between sets)

BARBELL COMPLEX FROM THURI HELGADOTTIR

97,5 kg (215 lbs) ➡ 1 clean + 3 front squats + 1 split jerk ??

THURI HELGADOTTIR GAMES WORKOUT

Yesterday I did the Clean/HSPU WOD from the 2010 CrossFit Games. I did the HSPU’s on the rings and added some weight to the bar so it was 175 lbs/ 80 kgs.

7 rds for time:
3 Cleans
4 Ring HSPUs
Time cap: 12 min

CROSSFIT WORKOUTS: SOLVEIG SIGURDARDOTTIR

“1-10 okay this is fine
10-20 mmmm looked easier on paper
20-30 ….kill me now please
30-40 this is bullshit
40-50 why are there no rest minutes???
50-60 close your eyes and think of something pretty”

ANNA HULDA OLAFSDOTTIR’S 3 PART AMRAP WORKOUT

8 min amrap

12-9-6
DB sq snatch (22kg/36kg)
15 m HW
4 min rest

400 m buy in run

Amrap up to 8 min

4 HSPU
8 pullups
12 air sq
4 min rest

Amrap 8 min

15 m OH DB lungest (22kg, 36 kg)
50 DU
15 WB

CROSSFIT WORKOUTS: EIK GYLFADOTTIR

5RFT

400 m Run
21 Deadlift (205/145)
7 Muscle Up

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