Skill of th MOnth

We have been spending a lot of time the last few months on overhead squat mobility and strengthening.  Most of the warmups have included banded squats or walks to strengthen up the glutes.  The Mobility at the end of the class has been tailored to opening up the hips, chest or stretching out the ankles.  […]

Westshore: Most reps Female – Chuckie with 20 reps Most Improved Female – Most reps Male – Bill with 30 reps Most Improved Male – Todd with 8 reps scaled, Bill and Paul with 5 reps RX Average increase – 4.1 reps Downtown: Most reps Female – Laura 32 scaled, Cheri 13 RX Most Improved Female

Photo – May 2013 “We miss you Brandon and Kyla!” There are some missing scores on the ring dips from the skill of the month(s).  Please make sure to retest your max set before the end of the week so I can analyze the scores and get them out to you. Thanks! Coaches Notes: Row

For the next two months we will be working on Overhead Squat mobility, not strength directly.  It is very important to make sure that you can get into proper positioning before loading the bar. Once you have the mobility, the strength will follow. Form Stand with your feet hip-width apart, and your arms raised above

My apologies for the late post about the Wall Ball Skill of the Month.  Not everyone retested their Wall balls, so this is not an accurate result. Westshore: Most reps Female – Louise with 42 reps Most Improved Female – Most reps Male – Bill with 67 reps Most Improved Male –  Todd with 18

Photo credit – Agustu.com A month is a very short time to improve on a skill, so we will be extending the skill to last 2 months to help you get better results.  We are bringing in the RING DIP for the month of April and May.  We will be testing your max ring dips

I have tallied up the scores from the Max pullups in 2 minutes skill of the month.  Unfortunately a lot of the downtown numbers have been wiped off, so I am not able to get a true reading of the most improved.  But based on what I could read, here are the results…. Westshore: Most

Time to retest February`s skill – max Pullups in 2 minutes.  Through the Open season it is very important for us to keep our conditioning up.  With conditioning comes stringing reps together.  How much have you improved on your pullups?  Retest this skill with the same type of pullup you did at the beginning of

Westshore: Most weight lifted Female – Keshia & Stephanie 165lbs Most Improved Female – Louise by 25lbs Most weight lifted Male – Nick R 250lbs Most Improved Male – Phil & Bill by 35lbs Average increase – 21.4lbs Downtown: Most weight lifted Female – Mars 200lbs Most Improved Female –  Jill VG & Kyla by

It is time to introduce the next skill of the month!!!  This month we will be working on a very important gymnastics skill, the pullup.  With the Open approaching, it is important that we work on our conditioning, so we have the ability to do more work in a shorter amount of time.  The skill