CrossFit Rife

It’s the new year and the “new you” has decided you want to address your health once and for all. Or maybe you just woke up and decided a change was in order. CrossFit seems intriguing because you saw it on ESPN and you have met those crazy people who…

2018 01 03

It Takes Time and Reps

By: Jason Fernandez 0

Give it a 1,000 reps and you’re halfway there. When it comes to muscular development there are four main characteristics to improve in fitness; hypertrophy, strength, power, and muscular endurance. Since CrossFit programming is based around General Physical Preparedness we develop all of these characteristics in our programming. One of…

2017 12 28

The Value of Group Training

By: Jason Fernandez 0

One of the biggest resolutions with each New Year is to join a gym, get a personal trainer, or simply exercise more! For some we immediately jump in and sign a gym membership based on the closest location. Some ask friends and try out a recommended personal trainer. And for…

2017 12 06

Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail

By: Jason Fernandez 0

“New Year, new you!” or at least that’s what most people think of when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions. With a new year people want a reset button and a lot of times that has to do with fitness and nutrition. Statistically though, Forbes and U.S. Health News puts…

2017 11 29

Stop Trying to Win

By: Jason Fernandez 0

I was a multisport athlete growing up and played four years of Div. I basketball. In all of my years of athletics I never once won a practice. I’ve been trying to find someone who has. I’m still on the hunt for that person. Many of our athletes that are…

2017 04 17

Learn and Adjust

By: Jason Rife 0

The single greatest thing a weightlifter can do is to learn how to make their own adjustments. Early on in a weightlifters career, the coach acts to guide the athlete into how they should feel, and how it should look, etc. This is one of the most important jobs a…

2017 04 13

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…

2017 02 13

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…

2017 02 06

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…

2017 01 17

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,…

2017 01 10

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