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

Still a Salt ‘n’ Pepa girl, but now an athlete

SUBTITLE: DOES YOUR FITNESS PROGRAM TREAT YOU LIKE AN ATHLETE?

My girls.

In our CrossFit gym each and every client is considered an athlete.  This is a radical difference from the way that clients are dealt with in other gyms and fitness programs. Being identified as an athlete is indicative [...]

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 [...]

Vitamin D – it makes your muscles more powerful

Liver is one of the best sources of Vitamin D.  When I lived with a Lakota family on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation raw liver was a special treat, shared equally amongst the family members.  If you aren’t thrilled at that idea you can try a supplement that some of the most [...]

Women of Perfection

Well, I know, no one is perfect, but there are moments when we achieve something with a movement that near perfection.  I have had the great pleasure to coach the intrepid 5:30am class this week and witnessed some true moments of greatness.  On Thursday during the Coach’s-Choice workout (a special feature [...]

Egg Winner is Ellie

The 6pm Mob (Flash?).  Midori and Leslie, the only Sister members of the Mob.  As a head’s up, we are taking names right now.  As in attendance.  Some of our classes are full.  We will be addressing this soon!  Hang in there.

I had to give Ellie the winning spot for [...]

2 Min “Fran” Tonight!!!

5:30 tonight kicks off the 2 Minute Holiday “Fran” Challenge.  The Affiliate Team will be here doing 2 minutes of “Fran” and hopefully so will lots of you newer crossfitters.  It will be an excellent way to work on two tough crossfit movements: the thruster and the pullup.  Plus, there will be the awesome [...]

Announcing 2 Minute “Fran” Holiday Challenge

Is this your holiday season?

CrossFit Games Super Girl Camille Leblanc-Bazinet does “Fran”

OR is this your Holiday Season?

The holiday season is such an easy time to focus on a million things besides your own health and well being.  Training time goes out the window while [...]

Free Community Workout

Don’t forget this Saturday 2pm for the Free Community Workout!  Appropriate for anyone and everyone regardless of fitness level.

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 [...]

Ladies Only CrossFit prepares for the ALL Women’s Strength Challenge!!

Ladies-Only posse gets a special guest on Monday Oct 3rd.  We have been relentlessly talking you all into registering for the All Women’s Strength Challenge on Saturday November 12th.  I know we have Toby, Audrey, Mona, hopefully Lucy, Ellie, Jessica, I’m gonna work on Taarna.  I’ve heard a little bit of worry about [...]

Last Chance for “Filthy Fifty” Conditioning Challenge

Plans are being made, challenges set, t-shirts ordered, score boards created.  If you have not registered for the CrossFit Works October Filthy Fifty Challenge do it now!!  Go right here to register. If you are interested in doing this Challenge, but have not signed up because you don’t have a partner call us [...]

Saturday’s Free Community Workout

Nice work to the ladies above!  You are looking at the two winning duos from the Death by 10m/Wall Sit throw down.  The Saturday Community workouts are such a good time because the situation is always different.  We’ve been enjoying some of the women from the Tucson Lightning Women’s Rugby Club as well as [...]

That Just Turns My Stomach

TV’s newest half-naked abuser

Once, in my gym, a few weeks ago, I was talking with the grandmother of one of the little boys in the CrossFit Kids’ class.  Her grandson is pretty overweight and she raises him.  She has made a committment to help him get healthier.  She told me that [...]

Keeping Up With the Happenings

Saturday’s Free Community Workout was a great full house.  Special thanks to Cody, Eddie, Josh and Glenn of the Tucson Magpies who came out and gave us a hand.  Nothing says “intro to CrossFit Works” like a little Hoover Ball.  It was also a special honor to have Sam Chavez and his Mom [...]

Practice Olympic Lifting Meet and Competition Meeting

It hasn’t taken long for the lull of the Tucson summer to wear off and be replaced by an upcoming flurry of events!  Lazing around in a heat-induced daze is done.

I sincerely hope will be seeing these two on the evening of August 29th!!

This Saturday August 20th at [...]