Universal Principles of Movement Part 3: Bar over the middle of the your feet. Whether deadlifting, pressing, snatching, cleaning or squatting, the bar must remain over the middle of your feet. This will keep you and the bar in the most balanced position throughout the movement. Keeping the bar over your center of balance means [...]
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Universal Principles of Movement Part 2: Core to Extremity Annie shows us here what is called triple extension for the clean. This is the “jump and shrug” we always practice in our clean progressions. This jump and shrug with straight arms is a great example of a “core-to-extremity” movement. The core (primarily the glutes, hams [...]
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Universal Principles of Movement Part 1: The Neutral Spine The neutral spine is the position of the back when the relationships between the vertebrae are the same as when standing in normal anatomical position. This position is universal to almost all of our movements. Whether you are at the bottom of a GHD sit up, [...]
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Five rounds for time of: Run 400 meters 145 pound Deadlift, 20 reps 20 Push-ups 145 pound Deadlift, 10 reps 10 Push-ups Post time to comments.
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Weighted pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps Post loads to comments. If you can’t do unassisted pull ups, practice pull ups during this time. Use as little band as you can. If you can’t kip yet, take this time to learn. then… Then complete as many rounds as possible in 9 minutes of: 30 sit ups 30 squats [...]
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I’m bringing back one of my summer favorites. This is one of my all time favorites, not only because it’s delicious and nutritious, but Zoey calls it Bazpacho, and we always make her say it over and over and it never gets old. I spent years scared of a gazpacho, the idea of tomato-y, cucumber-y cold [...]
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“DT“ 9 AM Class Five rounds for time of: 155 pound Deadlift, 12 reps 155 pound Hang power clean, 9 reps 155 pound Push jerk, 6 reps Post time to comments. Compare to here.
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This WOD for most for most everyone on the planet will be a lesson in scaling. The movements in here are extremely advanced. This is one of the beauties of CrossFit. Infinite scalability. Prepare to be creative. Brainstorm scaling options before coming to class. In collaboration with your coach choose the best option for you. [...]
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U.S. Army Specialist Scott Morrison, 23, of Blue Ash, Ohio, assigned to 584th Mobility Augmentation Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, died on September 26, 2010, from injuries suffered on September 25 when insurgents in Kandahar, Afghanistan attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He is survived [...]
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Jesse on the Games Site Click here to watch our Games favorite Jesse Disch on the CrossFit Games site. I must say, he’s an easy guy to cheer for! Shoulder Press 5-5-5-5 reps Post loads to comments. then… 2 rounds for time of: 400m run 90 foot bear crawl 20 ring rows Post time to [...]
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