It’s not often that you find the Sumo Deadlift High Pull in our programming. It’s one of the “9 Foundational Movements of CrossFit ™” but it lives in a real gray zone for a whole lot of coaches. For myself, I’ve generally not thrown it out there more than once or twice a year. I […]
We’re closed Friday Nov 10 for Veteran’s Day (observed). No group WOD classes, your coaches are off. On Saturday, join us at 10am for MONTI, in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Whenever you see a workout with a person’s name on it, it’s more likely than not named after a US armed services veteran who was killed in action. On Veteran’s Day (Saturday 11/11) we’ll be gathering at 10am to do one of those that has special significance to Coach Michael: Monti. We’ve been preparing y’all […]
I’ll let you in on a little secret: sometimes it’s okay to skimp (or skip) the metcon. Not always, of course – but it’s perfectly okay from time to time to just lift heavy and go home to sit on the couch for a while. Now, while programming for a whole facility and for folks […]
One of my favorite warm up games / movement explorations is Getting Up. Start with laying down (of course), and then just get up. Get to standing. I bet we can all find a lot of ways to do that using both feet and both hands. Then… try it with both feet and just one […]
It’s an old spin on the even older saying, but like a lot of old sayings there’s something to it. Sure enough, you can ingrain a bad habit just as easy (maybe easier?) as a good habit. So there’s merit to paying attention to form even in the warmup – because what you do there […]
