Want to try a Ring HSPU? ~ Photo credit Clock Tower Images Inc., photo by Mike Byrne We had a lot of requests for this Skill for the month of May, so here it is!!! We are bringing back the gymnastics move HANDSTAND PUSHUP! How the challenge will work: Test your max HANDSTAND PUSHUP (HSPU) […]
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Image courtesy of Clock Tower Images Inc., photo by Mike Byrne Last week to improve on your overhead squat for this month. Have you improved? ~ By Greg Glassman (founder of CrossFit) The overhead squat is the ultimate core exercise, the heart of the snatch, and peerless in developing effective athletic movement. This functional gem
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~ Nicola and Murphy in the zone during their doubles – Photo Credit Callendar Girl The end of the month is nearing and it will be time to retest your double unders. How are your doubles? Are you honing your skills? If not, book a skills session with your coach right away to get some
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I thought I would share this CrossFit Journal video with you. It is a point that I have brought up with many athletes in the past. Hopefully this video will help explain what I have been talking about. Some athletes are under the impression that they need to pull the bar up really high so
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Thanks for participating in technique week. It seems as though you learnt a lot this past week that you can use in your future CrossFitting career. We would love to hear your thoughts. Please answer the following questions and post to the comments section: What was your favourite day last week and why? What did
Photo from olympiclifting.net Last day of the technique week! You don’t want to miss out today because it is going to be a good one! We will be breaking down the snatch and the clean in to significant detail at each stage of the movement as much as possible in 60 minutes! Check out some
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~ Photo from Pose Tech Corp. Second to last day of our technique week! We will be focusing on the metabolic conditioning movements running, rowing and double unders. You will be surprised at how much technique goes into each of these exercises. Make sure to bring in your skipping rope adjusted to your perfect length
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~ Image from gagcartoons.com Time to play around with some movements that everyone loves…. Gymnastics! Just like all the lifts, gymnastics requires lots of core strength too. There are so many gymnastics movements, so it will be up to the specific coach and class to decide what they will be working on. We can
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Moving on to the upper body… we will be going over the shoulder press, push press, push jerk as well as the push-up. Check out the older posts that talk about some sort of pressing: https://crossfitzonex.com/thrust-it/ https://crossfitzonex.com/being-a-jerk/ https://crossfitzonex.com/the-missing-link/ https://crossfitzonex.com/shoulder-assessment-part-2/ Check out the video from K-Star that we posted on Monday if you have not
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Day two of technique week is deadlifts! Come learn how to deadlift safely and learn some mobility exercises that will help you get into a better pulling position. We will also be working on the sumo deadlift, sumo deadlift high pull and kettlebell swings Check out previous posts on Deadlifts: https://crossfitzonex.com/the-dead-truth/ https://crossfitzonex.com/hips-shrug-high-pull/ https://crossfitzonex.com/your-form-sucks/ https://crossfitzonex.com/swingers/ Please
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