One of the trickiest movements for many people beginning Olympic weightlifting is the overhead squat. The combination of thoracic, hip, and ankle mobility required to safely and efficiently perform the movement challenges most, and stumps some. Check out this Catalyst Athletics Q&A for some tips to improve your flexibility for the OHS: Flexibility for the […]
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Don’t despair, we’re back on the partner workouts. Should be a fun one today, especially with only the one class on Saturday. Don’t forget your rope!
How strong is your upper back? In CrossFit, we do lots of squatting, lower body pulling, pressing, and pull-ups. There’s not much in the way of upper body pulling, though, and this can create an imbalance that can lead to shoulder and back dysfunction. We are adding in more upper body pulling variety. If you’re
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Today we travel in to nigh unknown country with our strength component: 10’s. Using the alternating every minute on the minute (EMOM) that we’ve been working with for the past several weeks, we will be putting two movements back to back for 10 repetitions each.This levels very little time for mobilizing, socializing, or even thinking.
Nasty one today. Don’t let it trick you. The strength of your plank will make or break you today. Channel your inner 2×4!
The snatch. Probably one of the most challenging movements in a CrossFitter’s repertoire. It doesn’t have to been that way, though: it can get easier. All that is required is practice. Lots of it. In upcoming months you’ll see an increase in Olympic weightlifting technique work in our regular classes. Our goal is to give
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Once in awhile the phrase “prison rules” pops up in our programming. Beyond sounding tough, what does it actually mean? What are prison rules? Prison rules means that you are working on cycle time between repetitions. You will perform unbroken reps of the exercise listed. Any of the reps that you perform from the ground
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We’ve been doing a lot of squatting this week, so enjoy the break (outside of the squatting in the warm-up…). They’re listed as cleans in Beyond the Whiteboard, but I’m sure you guys will survive. Have fun, be safe!
Every once in awhile a strange acronym shows up in our programming. It sounds vaguely like some teenage insult, but, in fact, it’s a valuable training tool: it’s called an EMOM, which stands for Every Minute On the Minute. You perform a movement (or series of movements) every minute for an allotted period of time
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You’ll be seeing some extra credit work make its way back in to our programming. It will be predominately skill-based for the next few months, but will transition in to conditioning-supporting work as we get closer to the CrossFit Open. If you have extra time after class, stick around to do it. If you’re pressed
