Date archive: September 2016
Friday 30th September 2016
Well Done to everyone for getting through a week of NO LOADING. Hopefully everyone saw the benefits of taking the load off and focussing more on technique, accessory work and gymnastics. These are all elements that we should be training more or using in our warm ups. Today we will bring back some weighted work…
Thursday 29th September 2016
Range of Movement – What is this and why does the coach go on about it when we are exercising. My short answer to this is the following. We all come and exercise and we all want to be better. I like to put everyone on the same playing field. Every movement has a start position…
Wednesday 28th September 2016
YOUR CORE – What is this. What muscle groups does it involve. Who understands the job of our core. We have 4 internal muscle groups that are known as our inner core and then we have our outer core which are predominantly the muscles we see in the mirror. The core is so important in everyday…
Tuesday 27th September 2016
OVERTRAINING – Have you ever been at the stage where you are feeling tired during your training and everything feels really hard and this pattern seems to be happening day after day. If you have, then these are signs of over training. Pending your sport or goals, there is a pyramid that we follow, with setting…
Monday 26th September 2016
DELOAD WEEK – This is compulsory for everyone and focuses on taking the load off our bodies and giving our joints and tendons a chance to recover. You may choose to scale workouts accordingly and focus more on the accessory work as well. When we work with barbells this week its not about load but…
Saturday 24th September 2016
NO CLASSES TODAY – TWO TO TANGO COMPETITION at the North Shore Events Centre in Glenfield. If you feel like training, I have added a workout that you can do at home, the beach or a park. Simply mark out a 400m track, find someone to work out with and off you go. 🙂 Workout…
Friday 23rd September 2016
NO CLASSES THIS SATURDAY due to TWO TO TANGO Tomorrow we have 10 teams competing at Two to Tango at the North Shore Events centre. Come down and support your peers and see what the wider CrossFit community is all about. Its great to see people of all ages, sizes, shapes and capabilities compete in…