Gymnastics Practice

then…

“GFY”

Tabata Deadlifts 315/225

*Choose a weight that will allow you to get about 50 deadlifts in the 8 rounds.

Tyler at the Firefighter combat challenge in Michigan.

Molly! she is fuzzy in the picture, but here she is at her new gym!

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Just a quick thing about range of motion.

If any of us coaches are getting on you about range of motion, we aren’t trying to be D-Bags.

Mechanics, Consistency, Then Intensity.–If you’ll notice, its in the start up guide. To regurgitate some CF lvl 1 stuff.

To quote Mike Burgener

“Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.”

I know the temptation to shorten a range of motion is there when you are going all out and trying to either beat someone or PR on a wod. I know, we have all done it, including me. But, if you shorten the range of motion for even a few repetitions, you can no longer be considered RX’d. You have shortened that range of motion, and if there were a judge next to you, in a judging scenario, you would hear “No rep, No rep, No rep.” it would cost you the win.

Also, I have seen people come in from other Crossfit gyms to drop in on a wod. I can tell how good their coaches are by two things.

Asking them, “How long have you been crossfitting?”

Then watching them perform the wod.

If that person has been Crossfitting for over a year, they are injury free, with no other reason that they shouldn’t be able to perform a damn good air squat. But their repetitions are still very poor, It tells me a lot about the coaching at their box. What standard their coach holds them to.

Lets hold ourselves to a high standard of the movement. I try not to be a Nazi about these things. Just remember

Quality before Quantity. Struggle for Virtuosity. Do the common, uncommonly well.

-B

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Are you hurt or are you injured? -TTMJ

If you are injured you need to go the doctor, get an MRI or xray and take some time to lets things calm down. The doc will give you a script for some NAIDs  or pain killers, tell you to stay away from lifting weights or any training that might aggravate it. The doctor’s job is to manage pain not fix your injury. In layman’s terms, you cannot train or compete.

If you are hurt then you need to assess what is hurting, see if you need to make changes and keep moving forward. If you lift weights long enough you are not going to feel good. Actually, the more you lift the worse you will feel as your body will be beat up. This is a normal part of training. If someone tells you that they have been training for 10 years and has never had an ache, a pain or strain then their “training” consists of sitting on the elliptical machine exercising.

I am making towels soon, and will be ordering shirts. We will do a voting process for the towels. Starting now, I want you to place your vote. You can vote once. I will leave the polls open for a couple of weeks

Know the difference between training and exercise.

Exercise is about getting sweaty.

Training is about closing in on a goal.

If you click back on the site I have written a few posts on recovery . At this point you are going to need every trick in your bag o’ tricks to keep getting stronger.

I will leave with this thought: Is it harder for a weak man to get strong or a strong man to get strong?

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