Sunday, May 25, 2008

Reice The Beast!

It was a blast witnessing little Reice's tremendous effort (and awesome haircut) in our workout. The kids a stud! If he keeps up with Crossfit, and continues to work as hard as he did yesterday, I have no doubt that he will grow up to be an incredible athlete. Reice got me thinking about the benefits that Crossfit can have for kids. Eventually, I found myself checking out the Crossfit Kids website and found a huge community there that is bringing elite physical fitness to kids of all ages. From what I have seen and heard, it is an incredible program that has been having great success with getting youth excited and excelling in fitness. Crossfit Kids even has it's own monthly journal and certification program. It is all very cool and worth a glance, especially if you have kids or spend a lot of time working with kids.

Have a great Memorial Day tomorrow and good luck to those who are participating in one of the many Crossfit affiliates' Trevor Win'E Memorial!

W.O.D

"The Bear"

7 sets of the sequence:
Power Clean
Front Squat
Push Press
Back Squat
Push Press

5 Rounds, Rest Between Rounds as Needed
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**please check out the following video for the rules regarding this workout

7 comments:

Migs said...

Took 'er a bit easy on this one to test the knee:

45
65
75
85
95

Felt good. Grip was giving out towards the end...

Unknown said...

35 all the way through.

Having issues with squat stance. Short left leg or hips out of whack causing imbalance. Can that be fixed/compensated for?

MillerTime said...

45
45
45
49
49

I was dying at the end. My legs are so shaky right now.

Matthew J. Crossley said...

65
65
95
115
115

The name is fitting... this thing is a $#@!ing beast.

CJ said...

Sue,
what kind of issues exactly? having one slightly short leg is extremely common. And yes, it can create some imbalances that need to be compensated for. But, unless your case is extreme, a little fixing up of your squatting technique should solve the problem fairly easily. If your hips are really out of whack, then it may take a little more work. We'll take a look at it this Saturday and see what we can do for ya. Good luck!

Unknown said...

Hi Colin,

I'm using my right leg to compensate somehow for left leg weakness/shortness/maybe it just doesn't feel like doing as much work as the other leg :-) and/or hip misalignment. I end up using my right leg to compensate and I notice strain in my lower back (rt. side). I can clearly see in the mirror that something is off when I do a squat and when Miguel looked at my stance he noticed that my left foot was about 2 inches in front of my right. I would appreciate you taking a look on Sat. and giving my left leg a stern talking to!

sue

Anonymous said...

65
95
105
115
115

This was a killer! Grip was gone on that last set. A GOOD TIME though!