Bringing Healthy Back

If you move perfectly and are free of pain, this post is not for you.  For everyone else these exercises could help alleviate pain and/or limited range of motion.  While I don't have pain in my low back, I definitely have tightness in my…

Measuring Success

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This post will relate to Nabil's post on remembering your why and JB's post he made a while back about you versus you. I wanted to make this post because when I am not blasting the latest EDM hits while I am driving around, I like to listen…

Own Your Mobility

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Roll this. Smash that. Stretch this way. When it comes to mobility the list is endless in terms of what we should and could do in order to become a more mobile human beings. A lot of the times it can be overwhelming, and we do not know where…

Remembering your “Why” Part II

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Since 2009 I've written a lot of blog posts.  This may be the most important one to date.  If you're like most people, you started CrossFit to get or stay in shape, perhaps lose a few pounds of body fat, gain a little lean muscle, and just…

Improving Handstand Push-Ups

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Apart from Friday being the first day of the California Regional where our very own Briana Gaipa will be competing (which you can watch the live stream of here), we have a workout with one of my favorite alternating EMOM formats. We have the…

You versus You

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https://youtu.be/dHYAIe8nKFg In sports and CrossFit, whether you are a competitor or someone just looking to improve, the main focus should be on yourself, what you are doing, and how you are doing it. While this seems like an over-posted topic,…

Row, Row, Row your boat….with good technique!

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Since we have a time trial row coming up this Thursday, and we also frequently use the rower, this is a good opportunity to talk about efficiency on the rower. Now in comparison with other CrossFit movements rowing is often thought of as not…

Keep Moving

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Nabil did a great post on pacing yesterday, which if you haven't, give it a read. Coupled with pacing, another helpful method of staying consistent on workouts that I have adapted over the years is moving from one movement to the next with…

Want to Improve Your Ability to Pace? Drop Your Ego.

For a while now we've been talking a lot about pacing.  And while often times this is in context of the CrossFit Open and/or those looking to be competitive in the sport of CrossFit, pacing is also important to those just looking to get in…