Monday With weightlifting, it’s really important to understand and feel the movements. When a coach gives you an adjustment, try and really be aware of how it felt before and after the adjustment. A good goal is to try and make every rep feel the same! Hard to achieve, but it’s a really good tool in […]
As some of you start to add more skills (muscle ups, pull ups, chest to bar pull ups, handstand push ups, rope climbs, etc…) to your bag of tricks, the next step would be to use them in workouts! One thing that I try to remind folks is that just because you can do a […]
As we approach the halfway point of the 2018 CrossFit Open, I can see the competitive fire being lit inside a lot of you guys! First and foremost, I hope you all are having fun getting the opportunity to test your fitness with whatever Dave Castro throws at us. Secondly, I look forward to seeing the […]
During 18.1 last week, I noticed that there were some members that were “lost” in warming up for their heat. I noticed anywhere from people going into the workout completely cold to some who were trying to warm up but with really no rhyme or reason behind it. Now that 18.2 is announced, I would like to […]
Monday Today’s focus will be on Clean & Jerks. I like the 1:30 format as it allows enough time for the coaches to give some pointers to each of you in class AND allow for adequate rest in between sets. If something is feeling “off” I highly recommend taking it back a step and doing […]
The 2018 CrossFit Open is exactly one week from today! Not sure what the Open is? The CrossFit Open is simply a 5 week competition that involves the entire world! Cool! There are many different divisions to choose from so that all ability levels may compete. For more information, feel free to check it out here! With that […]
Monday My intent for this day is to re-test a good ol’ fashioned workout from 2014! The workout has a little bit of everything! It has some running, simple barbell movements, and basic gymnastic skills. No one part of the workout should stop you in your tracks, allowing you to keep moving at a nice […]
EMOM = Every Minute On The Minute By now most of you are comfortable with this format as we utilize it for strength on a weekly basis. For example, you may have seen something like this… Every 1:00 for 12:00 2 Clean & Jerks We use another form of this EMOM, an alternating EMOM, when […]
New Year, New You! As 2017 has come and gone, we are just a little over a week into 2018! The beginning of the year provides us with a great opportunity to set some goals for ourselves and look back at the end of the year to see how far we’ve come. Check out JB’s post […]
