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

Get a little bit intimidated and test your Strength

This Wednesday at 6:30pm we are going to have the Strength Test night.  This is the test night for people finishing Raw Strength and it is open to anyone who has a desire to test their lifts.  If you think you might be interested in the next Raw Strength Series this is a good [...]

Free Community Workout

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

Bottom of the kettlebell swing

No matter how many pictures taken, JSchae does not vary the bottom of her kettlebell swing.  It is really solid.  Notice that her weight is back on her heels, the kettlebell is not dangling down below her knees and she is not dropping her chest and looking down at the ground.  Nice [...]

Christening the USS Michael Murphy

Tomorrow, May 7, 2011, the christening of the USS Michael Murphy, a brand new guided missile destroyer, will occur in Bath, Maine.  Bath Iron Works naval shipyard built the ship, and so it is, on the rocky coast of Maine that the family of Michael Murphy will see the ship, named for their [...]

Carrying weight

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. [...]

The BBC like Pose Running too and meet tiny little baby Cook!

“Hello Cross Fit Team!

Wanted to introduce the bump in my tummy for 10 months to all of the

supportive folks at Crossfit Works.  He popped out in 15 min (after a long

labor) and I am sure it was due to [...]

Special Saturday Workout and some Upcoming Events

This Saturday CrossFit Works will host a special workout in honor of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry who was killed recently here in Arizona.  Open Gym will be cancelled.  Everyone is welcome to do this workout.  It will be scaleable.  We will meet at 9:30 and the workout will get started at 10:00. [...]

Independence Weekend Team Challenge for Disabled Firefighters

“TURN UP THE HEAT!!”

CrossFit Works has teamed up with some of Tucson’s most excellent firefighters to host a Team Showdown on Saturday July 3rd at 5:00pm. What better way to celebrate a long weekend than to get together, get sweaty and work out?  Proceeds from the event will benefit the Southern Arizona [...]

JULY 3rd POTLUCK PALEO BBQ

Bone is for the Dog, Meat is for the Man, Bone+Meat is for the Paleo Kid

This is my niece.  My sister got the girl started right.  Skin, meat, cartilage, gristle, bone, marrow-just what a growing person needs.  Also just what a CrossFitter needs.  Let’s have some!  On July 3rd we will have [...]

No excuses, because yours will sound lame. Meet Sarah.

Today is Sarah’s 28th birthday.  Through an excellent grapevine she heard about our 2 week Paleo-Zone Challenge and she got started with that, came to a couple free Sat workouts and then signed up for her Fundamentals.  She is now, a few weeks later in her first week of group workouts.  Today she [...]