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 [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Sometimes we carry things while we move in crossfit workouts like kettlebells, weight vests, med balls, or bumperplates. We might do a gym-length shuttle run or a 400m run while carrying something heavy. We’ve done team workouts where we carry each other or carry a bigger item like the heavy bag. [...] recipe Time for digging deeper. What’s very cool is that most of the folks in our world here have a pretty good exposure to the Paleo Diet. Most of you have been to hear me talk about Paleo basics at least once or ten times and many of you have experimented with [...] Yeah? Are you seeing it? Flavor Flav and Snoop on the pullup bar or Armando at the mike?
Here is a little lesson in how to get a 130lb weighted pullup from [...] There is a never-ending stream of really interesting studies coming out about the development of obesity and what kinds of exercise affect body composition and bone density. Some of it of course, could be relegated to the waste basket of “did we really need a study to prove that?”, but sometimes understanding the [...] No photo in a very long time has meant as much to our gym as this one does. ”Why?” you might ask. It looks like a couple kids sitting in the gym eating. Big deal. Seen that before. Look deeper. This photo was taken at 7am on a weekday. It wasn’t school vacation [...] Most gyms and fitness and nutrition professionals sell supplements. As with many of the important choices of life, there isn’t a black and white answer to using or recommending supplements. The vast majority are overpriced, sketchily produced and not effective. The placebo effect can be pretty powerful. There are certainly therapeutic situations (by [...] Lacinto kale with raw apple cider vinegar and hot sauce, avocado and ground bison cooked with tomato and salsa verde. LIFE IS DELICIOUS! There are many many of you that have not yet been to listen to our basic nutrition lecture on getting started with the Paleo diet. And I think there are some [...] Nice attention to detail on the scaled handstand pushups! Many of you really took the time to set up properly so that you were doing a modified handstand pushup instead of an inclined pushup. Shout out to Alejandro who shoulder pressed a little above his own body weight for a set of [...]
Make sure to appreciate the work of Rich, one of Ruben’s boxing students and a Steve’s Club Tucson athlete when you see him. He hand painted all the ten elements of fitness that underlie CrossFit’s programming on our wall for us. He did this work completely free hand [...] |
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