Bare Bones Barbell Club
Barebones Barbell Club of Tucson: strength training, power lifting, Olympic Lifting, private weight lifting facility
Crossfit Works, Inc., Fitness Centers,
Tucson, AZ

New digs!

Greetings!!

The blog has been quiet…because so much is happening in real life (and because my computer currently is visiting its place of origin, the Mac factory, for some much needed TLC.  We have begun our life in earnest in our new home at 244 S. Tucson Blvd, half way down the parking lot [...]

The Jekyll and Hyde of the kipping pullup, or where is your hollow rock?

The photo on the left shows hollow body, on the right, not hollow.

This time, the photo on the left is not hollow and the one on the right is.

This little nagging body position called the hollow rock, or globally flexed position, just keeps coming back at us from every direction!  As [...]

Stay true to yourself

WHAT ABOUT THOSE HANDSTAND PROGRESSIONS!!  Thanks to Chris Pinedo and his apprentice coaches!  Andrew L. was clearly the CrossFitter who has a future in any sport upside down (as well as any sport involving 7 minutes of burpees, Andrew has one of the best scores in our region on that one).  My take aways [...]

Stay Young

We have three events this week designed to keep you fresh, sprite-like and kick a**.  Keep learning.  Keep experimenting.  Keep playing.

The first event is our Wednesday night Chris Gartrell Mobility hour from 5:30 to 6:30pm.  These are the tricks of the trade that allow us all to stay in the gym until we [...]

Getting comfortable working upside down

The Pike-Position Box Walk

Moms in headstand

Strong shoulder girdles and strong foundations for hand stand pushups.  Hand stand pushups are like building the pyramids.  From the base [...]

Open Qualifiers, Nutrition, Mobility, Raw Strength!!!!!

February 15th, Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm Mobility for CrossFitters, Olympic Lifters and Power Lifters resumes.  It will occur each Wednesday night from 5:30 to 6:30pm.  You do not need to sign up on line for this class.

Kelly Starrett, originator of the CrossFit-oriented Mobility Program

Feb 22nd, Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm we will [...]

Resistance

On Monday our Blueprint classes did work under manual resistance including resisted negative pullups and resisted band sprints.  On a side note, I have heard more than one of our competitive team members, after dropping in to a Blueprint class, whisper shocked, “whoa, that Blueprint class kicked my a**”!  Manual resistance is nice [...]

Everyday is Training Day!!!

I LOVE this lady!  Rain, dirt, no fancy stuff.  No juice bar, no coffee bar, no music.  No air conditioning, no heat.  Bare Bones…and Beast Mode.

And scorpion, diamond hand stand pushups… I think CrossFit HQ is filing this away right now for the 2012 Games.

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CrossFit, Innovation and Inspiration

Creators of a CrossFit-specific On-Line Scoring Platform

Creating an athletic event for 200 athletes is an incredible opportunity to immerse ourselves in the wider world of CrossFit.  The Life As Rx’d 2012 Winter Open is sponsored by dozens of companies and will be showcasing athletes from all over the country as well [...]

Creating a Framework for Understanding Supplements

Incorporating lateral movement and change-of-direction into the training

As health-conscious, performance-oriented people I think we all wonder about supplements.  Should we take them?  Which ones?  How much?  Which brand?  Why?  Why not?  It would be simply wonderful if there were a simple answer to any of these questions.  If only there [...]

Why we do it the way we do…

For years now we have used a home class system and a three-workout-a-week program at CrossFit Works.  This is not common in CrossFit gyms.  This is something we began doing way-back-when.  As CrossFit becomes more and more well known and people have more and more exposure to the concept of CrossFit, I receive more [...]

The Seasonality of Eggs

I’ve had some questions about why we don’t have as many eggs for sale as we have in the past.  There is sometimes a little undertone that someone (or some chicken!) is not doing their job properly.

Even us nutrition-conscious CrossFitters sometimes lose touch with the fact that a food so ubiquitous as [...]

Travel Workouts

We know you all lead very busy and adventurous lives that often involve quite a bit of travel.  Some of you end up in hotels with at least minimal facilities and some of you end up places with no “workout” stuff.  Here are some travel workout ideas for you:

1.  The Tabata Interval. [...]

“Knees Out!”: Gender-based anatomical situation

If we did a word count on the most common coaching cues in our gym, “knees out” or some similar version, would probably top the list.

Using a resistance band as a physical cue for an athlete to remember “knees out”

How come we are always pestering you about “knees out”?  Usually [...]

Skill Check

This Saturday, if you are interested in assessing your skill set for Daily CrossFit, be at the gym at 9:30am.  We will proceed through the list.

Last Saturday’s Team Sledgehammer work!

Don’t forget our Saturday CrossFit class at 11:30-12:30!

The structure of the Skill Check is that you will move through the [...]