General Training Demos
How do you Define Success?
We all love the days where we have big PR’s. Lifting a heavy weight, going faster than ever and learning new skills are the major boosts that show your hard work is paying off. The trouble is these days are few and far between. Unless you’re a true beginner, there are...
Forget Goal Setting, Align your Life
In the traditional sense a goal is a finite achievement, an end result. Once you achieve a goal you have to either make a new one, or find something new to hold your attention. This is why diets don’t work in the long term and why New Year’s resolutions burnout by the...
How to Fix your Weak Overhead Position
The ability to place something above your own head and hold it there is the ultimate showing of strength. It requires a full range of motion in the shoulder, great core control and the raw strength to hold the weight once it gets heavy. As a bonus, a strong overhead...
Chew, Chew, Chew your Food
Have you ever thought about chewing your food? How many times do you chew per bite? Do you add more food before you finish what’s already in your mouth? Do you chew at all or just inhale your food? The mouth is where we begin to process food mechanically and...
Two Great Resources for Learning how to Lift
When you first start CrossFit your coaches are sage-like possessors of wisdom unfathomable. They guide you, teaching you to control your body, keep your heels on the ground, hinge at the hip and keep your spine secure with the mysterious “core” muscles. After a while,...
Training vs. Testing
CrossFit is a wonderful thing. It has brought a love of fitness to the general public as never seen before. Just a few years ago running and aerobics were considered fitness in and of themselves. Now we are finding there are countless ways to achieve physical mastery...