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

Food Journals

This week you should be seeing some random pieces of paper hanging on the gym walls.  Closer inspection should reveal that these pieces of paper are food journals.  The competitive crossfitters at CrossFit Works will be hanging their food journals.  Why would they do this you might ask?

Performance CrossFit with a [...]

Reminders

The Women-Only CrossFit class busted out the weight vests yesterday and finished up with some picture perfect Deadlift complexes.  Very very inspired by this group of women who said they want a class of all women, but they don’t want an easier workout.  Grab onto your bootstraps…

Tonight at 6pm is the second in [...]

Why the Epsom Salts?

What’s the first place to stop after two days of studying with the CrossFit Football crew?  How about after the Tough Mudder?  What about The OC Throwdown?  First stop is the pharmacy for a couple giant bags of Epsom Salts, chemical composition Magnesium Sulfate.

Magnesium is an sadly neglected mineral.  Lots [...]

Primal Plan 8 hr Nutrition Learning Lab

At last.  An opportunity to spend many hours talking about food, nutrition, health and wellness!  My friend Ryan Koch and I are going to lead/teach an eight hour “class” on the evolutionary approach to food, eating and wellness.  Ryan and I share a belief in the wisdom of the diets of our long-ago [...]

Gluten-free because gluten makes you miss things!!

“What is gluten-free?”

“Why does everyone want to be gluten-free now?”

I hear these questions quite often.  My usual answer is an abbreviated explanation [...]

CrossFit Works Kids in the neighborhood!! Help Casa De Los Ninos.

Today is a big day for the CrossFit Works Kids program.  This morning Mark L. took Chris and me over to our next door neighbors, an elementary/middle school, and we were a part of their Wellness Fair.  Along with Wilma and Wilbur, University of Arizona’s warmly dressed mascots, we warmed up the entire [...]

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 [...]

Order of Operations

What a reminder!!  You all have to check out the blog today of John Welbourne, creator of CrossFit Football programming and former NFL player.  John is an extremely knowledgeable and wise strength and conditioning coach.  He is also one of the founders of Paleo Brands food company, so not only does he know [...]

Lose 50 lbs, stay as strong as ever.

50lbs Lost from this guy and no pounds lost from his barbell!!  Amazing.  Maybe it is because he is a rocket scientist.  For real.  Or maybe he got serious about what is in his kitchen.

Don’t forget this Saturday. August 27th, is our Free Community Workout at [...]

The deadlift and being coachable

Don’t forget Nutrition Basics lecture this Saturday at 11:30am.  Bring your friends, bring your questions, bring your goals!

Ask yourself a question.  How coachable are you?  Do you plow on through a set of deadlifts basically ignoring the cues your coach gave you?  How is that some people hurt themselves with a lightweight and [...]

Checking in with the CrossFit Kids!!

Quick Update: Steve Haessler will compete at 10:40am and 3:20pm today. Watch it live at http://games.crossfit.com/ GUEST BLOGGER: Mark Lapczynski, CrossFit Works Kids Coach There is literally nothing better than seeing kids running into the gym with huge smiles on their faces in anticipation of a fun workout . Whether we are building forts [...]

“Helen” Meets “Grace” and other upcoming events

This morning we bid adieu to Dr. Stephen Haessler  and his coach, the lovely and talented Chris Gartrell, as they head to The Home Depot Center in California to the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games.  We don’t want Prof Steve to be embarrassed by his coach so we marshaled all our beauty experts and [...]

Paleo Baby Steps…

What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than watching Nic’s MMA conditioning crew do some rope pullups and then talk a little nutrition?

Here are a few reminders about how to approach your Paleo transition.  Remember that if you are a performance athlete you might do some of this a little [...]

Tough Mudder

Sunday 2:00pm Nutrition lecture.  You can learn how to eat like Sam C.

Watching weighted ring rows at 7am can be…

I know that January 2012 is a long ways away, but it just about the right time to contemplate training for an event like The Tough Mudder Race.  It will take place [...]

Nutrition Basics Lecture-Sunday

Green Fish salad: shredded napa cabbage, diced zucchini, grilled fish with lime and cumin, avocado, tomatillo salsa and cilantro.

This Sunday, June 12 at 2:00pm will be the CrossFit Works Introduction to Excellent Eating lecture.  Otherwise known as Paleo Basics.  During this lecture we cover some of the reasons why a hunter-gatherer [...]