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Keeping it Close: Hurting your technique?

By: Jason Fernandez 0

One of the most popular cues coaches use when teaching and coaching the snatch and clean is to “Keep the bar as close to your body as possible.” Biomechanically, we will all agree that anything close to our center of mass will be easier to lift. However, there is an…
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2017 02 13

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Light Weights Aren’t Just For Warm-Up!

By: Jason Fernandez 0

I was having a conversation with a good friend and lifter of mine a few years ago. He said something that really resonated with me. “Never miss an opportunity to practice” We make thousands of reps in a given period of training. It’s very easy to be overly concerned with…
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2017 02 06

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Are You Actually Getting Weaker?

By: Jason Rife 0

  The short answer- NO! In order for you to make the adaptations necessary for strength development, you must (and will) undergo performance suppression. Training is nothing more than: Performance Suppression (Feeling and Performing Poorly) + Recovery (Long Term and Short Term) = GAINZ !   (Translation of that Suppression into…
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2017 01 17

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Point and Shoot

By: Jason Rife 0

I see it every day- PR weight is on I the bar, the lifter gets psyched up and approaches the bar. She bends down, pulls on the bar a few times, gets set and is about to separate the bar from the floor, and…. inhales, exhales… inhales, exhales… inhales again,…
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2017 01 10

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Is Your Training Too Physical

By: Jason Rife 0

Is Your Training Too Physical? There are an infinite number of training methods and philosophies out there, all intended to make you stronger, improve your technique, and even rehabilitate your imbalances. All of these have one common theme- Physical Change. It’s no secret that in order to get strong, you…
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2017 01 04

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Rhabdo: Sifting through the nonsense

By: breyene barnes 0

I was asked to address the subject of Rhabdomyolysis with respect to CrossFit since it has been hammered on in a very vague, frightening, and uninformative way in the news and social media as of late.  This isn’t going to be some story about a guy I knew once who…
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2016 03 19

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Supplements..What should you take, if anything at all???

By: breyene barnes 0

Supplements..What should you take, if anything at all??? What protein, fish oil, recovery mix, multivitamin, stimulants, deer antler, or whatever should you take???  Well the answer is convolutedly simple.  If you have your nutrition in check and your sole goal is just health and wellness then you don’t need to…
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2016 03 19

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Gear, gear, and gear…

By: breyene barnes 0

Ok so let’s discuss using gear for your WOD. I’m referring to everything from knee sleeves, to knee wraps, wrist wraps, gymnastics grips, belts, Oly shoes you name it. Let’s start with a couple disclaimers. Competitions don’t count for this discussion, we are talking training. If you are competing wear…
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2016 03 19

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Hand Care: Guest Post by Jeff Decker

By: breyene barnes 0

For this installment we have a Guest Blog Post by Jeff Decker. While I might not stack up to the fighting houseplant, he has graciously allowed me to share something with all of you that I hope comes in handy.     courtesy Crossfit Downey Just about everyone has torn…
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2016 03 19

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High Rep Box Jumps and Achilles Injuries

By: breyene barnes 0

I was on my 297th rep with about 50 seconds left in open WOD 13.2 and on 298 I found myself on the floor with only one working foot.  Box jumps were always a go to movement for me and now I am looking at a 9-12 month recovery before…
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2016 03 19

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