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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 [...]

January’s Blueprint becomes February’s

“Romanian deadlifts are an excellent assistance exercise for deadlifts and squats. They build muscle and power in the hamstrings and glutes and also hit the lower back quite well. The Romanian deadlift is great for athletes because it’s performed in the stance very similar to the “ready position” used in so many sports (hips [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

The Reebok Commercial

If you watched football yesterday you might have seen this:

I think this means that CrossFit has officially become “mainstream”. You better believe this generates plenty of controversy in the world of CrossFit. At this gym, we see excellent potential for CrossFit because of their cooperation with Reebok, but we also haven’t forgotten what [...]

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 [...]

It’s a G-Row, Mobility Guest on Schedule

Surprisingly a**-challenging! Engaging your posterior chain is not optimal on this movement. In some other posterior chain lifts like the deadlift, it is tricky sometimes for people to concentrate both on good upper back and shoulder positioning while engaging and using the glutes and hamstrings. All taken care of for you on this [...]

Purpose-of-the-Day

The New Year is here and so are a barrage of New Year’s Resolutions. There are so many ways to set goals, so many ways to resolve to make changes. Just like choosing the right exercise program depends on individual needs and personality type, so does choosing the best way to set your goals [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Taking Ownership of your Effort with the RPE scale

I realize it might feel a little differently not being on the beach…

There are many different systems designed to help an athlete communicate with their coach (and yes, CrossFit considers every single person who does CrossFit to be an athlete). One of the systems we use to facilitate communication between [...]