
I’m working on a special project with a photographer friend that will depict a pre-wedding CrossFit-style workout for the bride, groom and entire wedding party; it’s going to be awesome!
As part of that I’ve been brainstorming workouts and CrossFit moves that relate to marriage, a wedding, and couples and it’s seriously a fun exercise! (Haha. Get it? Oh, how I love the puns!)
So, whether you’re planning a pre-wedding workout, couples workout or actual wedding WOD, consider any of these awesome approaches to making working out, wedding-relevant!
WOD 1 “The proposal”
Cause he got on bended knee to pop the question!
Now you’ll both be doing knee taps with alternating lunges across the gym (10 meters each way) carrying a bumper plate and building a “cake” on the other end!
- Men (stack three 45 lb plates, two 15 lb plates, two 10 lb plates, two 5 lb plates, and one baby 1 pounder)
- Women (stack three 25 lb plates, two 10 lb plates, two 5 lb plates, two 2.5 lb plates, and one baby 1 pounder)
Lunge in both directions, one direction carrying a plate that you leave stacked at one end, and one direction empty handed (on the way back).
WOD 2 “[Med]ball and Chain”
The old ball and chain!
Therefore, with a partner:
- Run 400 meters with a medball (14 lbs); switch at the 200 m mark
- 10 medball chest passes
- 10 medball overhead passes
- 10 over-your-partner burpees while they hold a medball plank
- Switch and repeat burpee/plank combo
- 10 wall balls with the medball (one throws the ball up, the other catches)
- 10 medball situp passes
- Run 400 meters with a medball (14 lbs); switch at the 200 m mark
Repeat three times for a serious workout!
WOD 3 “Teamwork”
A married couple must be able to work together!
Like a three-legged race, tie your legs together and perform the following stationary exercises:
- 20 push-ups
- 20 pull-ups
- 20 air squats
- 20 step-ups
- 20 sit-ups
For a good laugh, you could try to complete a burpee together!
Also, check out the graphic below of movements that you can correlate to aspects of marriage below! Use these to create your own wedding WOD!

Are you planning a pre-wedding or wedding WOD?
What CrossFit moves would you say have to do with marriage?
Photo by Katie Nesbitt.
possibly one of the best posts on CF I’ve ever read!
Aw, thanks Cherie!! I like this one too! 🙂