It’s like riding a bike!

It’s been a fun vibe lately at the gym. It’s feels like a little reunion at every class. I expect things to feel normal again by the end of the week. From what I’ve seen, you guys haven’t missed a beat, looking good!

For those that weren’t around during the Olympics, there’s an overwhelming curiosity as to what Olympic skiers do for training. During their time here in the gym, they didn’t do all that much. Their goal was simply to be ready, and they spent the last 4 years doing that. There’s not much that can accomplished a few days before. I can tell you that their strength and conditioning coach had a lot of respect for what you do. We take on more complex/difficult movements, and have to master a larger skill set. So don’t be so hard on yourself if you struggle with the Snatch, you won’t see that in Bode Miller’s program;) In fact, the one time there was overlap between their training and ours, it seemed that their athletes were far more intrigued on what we were doing than vice versa. And how they build their athletes is not that far off from what we do here. Cleans, squats, deadlifts, jumps, etc… The only difference is, you have a trainer during every session, they don’t all have that!

Geoff was at the gym, a fellow crossfitter from the city. He is also the guy who helps us all our toys (He works at fitness town if you ever need a fitness toy or 2). And the comment he made was funny, and that was you know you’re a true crossfitter if you don’t know what your bench press numbers are. And although I agree with that statement, I don’t know if I accept it. The bench press is valuable strength tool, and we should all know what we can accomplish in that lift. Learn to bench correctly, it can really help your pushups. So without further ado…….

Wednesday 03/03/10
Skills:
Bench Press
5 x 5
Good Mornings
5 x 5

WOD:
Tabata Row

Jordan

1 Comment

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  By Bruce, March 3, 2010 @ 9:27 am

  Here’s a fun link about weed killer and frogs. Wonder what its doing to us. Glad most of my veggies are organic.

  http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/03/01/pesticide.study.frogs/index.html

  Courtesy of OPT’s blog

  And nice to see everyone back on the board. No Bruce trailing at the bottom anymore though.

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