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Get your “future” glasses on.

One requirement for my coaches at this gym is that they see big possibilities in every person who walks in the door. It doesn’t mean they see you winning half a million dollars from Reebok at the next CrossFit Games. It means they see in you a person who has not yet reached [...]

Olympic Weightlifting Coming Up

These two videos perfectly illustrate the sport of Olympic Lifting. Intense concentration, lots of misses and moments of brilliance. As always watching Olympic Lifting is more exciting when there is incomprehensible Eastern European commentary in the background.

This week the Games Prep crew is embarking on their Olympic Lifting cycle. The [...]

Crying in the Gym

As you all know I am a fan of the author of the 70sBig website. This post of his is so timely for us. We have a crew of super hardworking women preparing for the 2012 CrossFit Open Sectionals (as well as women who have been and are preparing to compete in Olympic [...]

Get Olympic Lifting on your mind!

It is time for some of you to put your minds on the Olympic lifts. Which of you should put your minds on the O-Lifts? If you possess decent mobility as is required to perform a set of overhead squats (light weight is fine), if you even dream of competing in next years CrossFit [...]

Upcoming Raw Strength and Olympic Lifting Series

CrossFit Works’ and Steve’s Club Tucson would like to welcome the young men and women of the 2011 Tucson Police Department Gang Prevention Program. Very nice work this morning.

Mark these dates on your calendars por favor!! The next 3 hour Mini-Olympic Lifting course will be held Saturday June 25th. I encourage absolutely everyone [...]

Snatch Grip Deadlift

Very fun to see you guys tackle the snatch grip deadlift. In the morning classes we talked about how this lift is clearly beneficial in improving the pull off the floor for the Snatch, but what if you don’t care about the Snatch? Is there any reason to do this movement? [...]

The Process of Critique

Beautiful deadlifts from all 18 folks in the 6pm class. I did have a really great picture of you guys, but with his lightening speed Ben managed to put his rear end right in the center of the picture and I didn’t think he would be happy about that view on the [...]

PRs in the house!!

Friday evening saw the old folks boogie, otherwise known as the master’s wod. Remind me that if I’m feeling mean I will program in wall balls followed by deadlifts!! What a horribly excellent combination. The burpees actually felt like a break! We have another one scheduled for Saturday Feb 12 during Open Gym [...]

Yo, Yo, Yo-What’s the Scenario?

It was so cool watching those bar muscle up progressions yesterday and what’s up with Matt T. very quietly and under the radar dashing out for a little running during the “rest” intervals?

Leave it to A Tribe Called Quest to ask all the right questions. We have some new scenarios [...]