Lots of bar work today so that means good preventative hand care! If you feel like a rip is starting to happen, scale the reps or sub the movement. Having a mitt full of hamburger isn’t going to help your long term training and those fb posts of scabbed hands are so 2014 😉 In all […]
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We have a long weekend coming up and will be observing our regular holiday schedule, which means only one class on Monday Saturday, Sept 3rd 9:30 am Sunday, Sept 4th HP, 9:30 am Monday, Sept 5th, 9:30 am ONLY
We are on day 8 and 9 out if 14 power clean days this week. You will see the lifts again on Monday and Friday. If you are missing those days, please talk to your coach about how to get them in twice this week. Remember this is our primary strength lift, so you will
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Just a reminder that Linda at Iron Bell Fitness is hosting a Bells on the Beach charity fundraiser and has invited us to attend. The fundraiser is for Lifetime Networks Victoria. Bring a friend and go have some fun at the beach 🙂 WHEN – Sunday, August 28th 12pm – 3pm WHERE – Cadboro Bay
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Not sure what happened. I had a post and then I didn’t. Sorry about that. Lots of snatching today so make sure you pick a weight that will re enforce a good movement pattern and not just encourage sloppy reps For gymnastics tonight, special guest star Garrett will be bringing his experiences to the class.
This week we will be hitting up the power cleans on Monday and Friday. Try to lift a little heavier than the previous weeks if you have refined your technique. If you are still having troubles with positioning, hitting triple extension (hips, knees and ankles) or pulling with your arms; ask your Coach for some
Keys to the pause snatch: So there is a reason we are doing this, it isn’t just so you can hang out in an awkward position. Pause work does a few things. Build strength in a movement by increasing the time under tension and more importantly in the olympic lifts, allow you to stop and
As the title says 😉 Sean’s away today so no gymnastics class. Everything else is in as per normal. For the wod, on those dumbbell cleans it’s really easy to get sloppy when you try to rush them. Take the time to do it right and you’ll perform so much better. Have fun!
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This is our last week of back squats, so give it all you got! We are hitting up back squats today (7×2 at 90-95%) and Friday (6×3 at 90-95%). This week begins our 14 session (7 week) power clean cycle. Like the back squats you will see power cleans programmed in different reps and percentages twice
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Happy BC Day! ONLY the 9:30am class today, all other classes are cancelled. Enjoy the sun 🙂
