[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13006" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text] WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-rounder this week: pushups calorie row double DB chest flye We'll cash out with a spicy EMOM on the barbell. TUESDAY The 5:30 class will meet tonight due to the early closing on Wednesday for the holiday....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13000" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-rounder is back to four exercises this week: new movement: seated power clean bear crawl broad jump jump rope Then, we'll revisit the "Pizza Game". Round 2! WEDNESDAY Traditional squat and push press for our strength, with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12996" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-round Monday will see a 2:00 row for meters, a new movement (can't even label it yet!) and a DB HPC & J/PP. Then, we'll finish with a heavy carry drill. WEDNESDAY Traditional squat and deadlift...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12988" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]REMEMBER THIS? (image above) LAST YEAR, around January we posted this. Every single week for 52 week carved a square off and blacked it out. Why? To illustrate how easily it is for time to slip away if you're not setting goals and working...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12980" img_size="large"][vc_column_text]The Whiteboard. It's a thing. It's an old-school, strength and conditioning gym, original CrossFit, community building "thing". And, alas, a lot of gyms have gone away from it. We, however, are hanging in. Why don't we switch to a screen and cast from an app? We change things...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12976" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-round Monday is back to what we're used to seeing. We'll work through rope ascents, broad jumps, planks and split or Bulgarian split squats. Then with a partner we'll work on our Olympic barbell skills. TUESDAY: REMINDER:...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12967" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Click the image to read the article on The Broken Science Initiative's website. The question is: if we have seniors above the age of 75 that are getting stronger, muscularly - like their strength is going up - then the studies are not reflective...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12963" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Reads like a weightlifting gym: Low bar back squat, strict press superseding with high rep DB shoulder work, then traditional hinge deadlift. WEDNESDAY Our 4 rounds for quality, swapping Wednesday and Monday this week, will see: 3 minute row (focus:...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12953" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]METFIX FOUNDATIONS, COMPLETE! Dang was that a blast from the past! Ed drove us (Sam, Moana and Jean) to Jacksonville for the weekend to attend the MetFix Foundations Seminar. Lemme catch you all up here: In 2007 Ed and I started CF'ing and were introduced to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12945" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_single_image image="12588" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_zigzag color="custom" custom_color="#dd3333"][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY After the best warm up ever, we'll hit our 4 rounds for quality - upping the rowing time by a minute, plus some front squats and progressions toward knees to elbows (insanely hard). Then, a...