January 28th, 2012

9 AM Class Run 5k Click here to check out your route. It is an “out and back” route. Shortly before you reach your turn around point you will pass through a gate. After that gate is 159th Pl SE, as you can see on the map, this is your turn around point. It is 2.5K out. 10 [...]

January 26th, 2012

AMRAP in 20 Minutes of: 5 Clean and Jerk (PC/PJ) 165# 10 KBS 53# 20 Deadlifts 165# 40 Double Unders. Post rounds and partial rounds completed to comments.

January 25th, 2012

2012 The Year of the Push Up: Part 2 Great job to everyone on our 7 minute AMRAP with the new push up standard. Check out the picture above and watch the video for the new 2012 CFS push up standard and some explanation regarding push ups and the best way to do them. Seven [...]

January 24th, 2012

2012- The Year of the Push up! No, this is not a plank for goodness sake! Push ups are the most cheated exercise in CrossFit abroad…and in our gym! Ouch! Yeah I said it. I’m callin’ you out! This gym (read you guys) keeps a really high standard for movement. Your squats are deep, your [...]

January 23rd, 2012

Seven rounds for time of: 225 pound Deadlift, 7 reps 7 L-pull-ups Post time to comments.

Real Foods Mayo

There was a time I routinely made fun of Jeff Vale.  Not because he does weird things (I’m still not sure if we ever heard the meaning of this).  Not because he gave me this key to the gym.  Rather for his constant talk about mayo!  I’m not joking when I say there were days, maybe [...]

January 21st, 2012

9 AM Class Three rounds for time of: Row 1000 meters or Run 800 meters 45 pound Thruster, 50 reps 30 Pull-ups Post time to comments. 10 AM Yoga

January 20th, 2012

Nutrition The Weston A. Price Foundation is, in my opinion, the best internet resource on Real Food nutrition. The links below are 20 minute previews of a 2 hour video about his research and real food. Take a few minutes to watch the previews. They break down Weston Price’s research into simple understandable terms. If [...]

Baby News

We have a new addition to the CF Snohomish family. Bailey Noelle Lundquist – Born 10:39 AM on 01/17/12, 6 lbs 2 ounces, 19.75″ Congratulations Brooke & Ryan!

January 17th, 2012

The Rack Position The rack position, pictured above, is one of the most problematic positions for CrossFitters and new Olympic lifters to achieve. This position is used in the fronts squat, squat clean and to a slightly lesser degree, the push press and jerk. The problem here usually manifests itself as wrist and hand pain, [...]

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