Helpful Tips

Coaching Tips: Don’t let this one’s nice name and simple scheme fool you. It can be one of the hardest workouts you’ve done in a long time if you aren’t careful. Keep a steady pace on the burpees and try to save your shoulders a bit for the clusters. The clusters are a squat clean […]

And after spring comes SUMMER!  Are you ready for summer? When people come into the gym, their goals are either for aesthetics or to be healthier/longevity.  Let me tell you what, when I hear people say that they work out just to be healthy, I know that they are also interested in aesthetics and just

The best way to work off that Chocolate is …… Burpees!

When it comes to warming up, people are full of excuses: “I don’t need to warm up.” “I’m already warm.” “Caffeine is all I need. Caffeinate and dominate!” “It doesn’t simulate real life. If someone needs help moving a couch, you don’t ask to warm-up with the lighter couch…” “I only have 45 minutes, so

Nigel O’Connor, owner of CrossFit Basingstoke (http://www.crossfitbasingstoke.co.uk ) in the UK, tried an experiment a little while ago. He didn’t post his gym’s workouts on their blog for one week. All hell broke loose! “It was like I told them Christmas was cancelled,” O’Connor said. “As much as I try to educate my members that

One of the biggest mistakes athletes make—especially inexperienced ones—is mis-pacing their conditioning workouts. They go out too hard and hit a wall. Fly and die. It’s painful for the athlete, and almost as painful for the coach to watch. It occurred to me recently that many athletes don’t even realize how much they mis-pace a

Some tips for today’s work. Keep the pace steady on the beginning of the clean and jerks so you can finish strong at the end of the set.  Hustle between transitions and go for unbroken sets since there is a bit of rest built into every transition. The single arm swings are Russian height, and make

Are you starting to get a hang of the front box squat? Are you below parallel or almost there? This week I want you to really focus on driving up off the box in the same position as you lowered down in. Let’s stay as upright as we can, drive those knees out and use

Lifting weights is just part of the puzzle for a great life 2. Clean Eating (90% of the time): Although diets will differ from person to person depending on your wants and needs, we believe for optimal health, your diet should consist mostly of whole, unprocessed foods—90% of the time. The other 10% simply means

We have the Prescription for a Great Life! When we opened the Zone, our purpose wasn’t about producing elite athletes to compete at the CrossFit Games. And it still isn’t. Yes, we want you improving your fitness and hitting PRs regularly, but our mission is so much bigger than that. Our intention has, and always