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Yesterday we launched our New Schedule! We will be running classes 7 days a week with more times and more types of classes. Check the New Schedule Here.
Also a big welcome to all our new clients who have signed up in the last week. Susan, Ria, Joseph, Barb, Karen, Chindy, Andrea, Paul, Adrianna, Barb, and Kathleen. Welcome to Crossfit Westside, we look forward to training you and having you be part of our community.
Big Congratulations to Ellen for getting her first couple of Kipping Pull ups! She never thought it was going to happen, but we knew it would. And it did!! Great job Ellen! 50 years old and still rockin it!
Crossfit Westside is also very EXCITED to announce that we will be open 7 days a week. Starting July 2nd, we will be offering 11 new classes and be open Monday thru Sunday. Thanks again to all of our clients who have supported us and continue to do so. This would not be happening without you!
Getting your butt below parallel is essential to athletic development. That is where all the good stuff is. The posterior chain is the good stuff. This includes the glutes, the hamstrings, and the adductors. These muscles help you run faster, jump higher, and lift heavier among other things. The only time you activate these AMAZING muscles is when you get your hip crease below the knee cap. In addition, you want to hold this position while keeping your chest up high, slight lumber curve in your back, knees tracking your toes, and the weight on your heels. Keep practicing, we know you can do it!
July 1st CANADA DAY CLASSES ARE: 7am and 10:30am only.
A big part of doing Crossfit, and sport for that matter, is focus. The last 4 weeks we have had a group of athletes doing a dry run of the CFWS Performance Program. Everyday we train we are lifting heavy. Getting ready to attempt a new PR for a back squat, deadlift, press
etc. takes tons of energy and mental focus to push through and make it happen. There have been days where athletes are just plain exhausted, tired, and fatigued from training at such a high level.If you are just walking up to the bar and not
prepping yourself mentally for what could be the greatest and heaviest
lift of your life, you may not get it. This is the same for any athlete when playing their game at an elite level. Do you think Michael Jordan just grabbed his basketball and went out there 5 minutes before he played a game? Having some sort of routine set up to help you focus, so you can lift that last lift or play the whole game at an unbelievable level, is necessary. So what do you do before you step under the bar? What do you say to yourself before you hit the pitch for your game? What things do you do to make sure you have what it takes to play the best damn game of your life or make that PR in your back squat?
Intensity is where you see athletic development, therefore RESULTS. Does this mean we want you to be laying out on the ground at the end of each workout with nothing left to give....well yea. You don't have to lay down, but we want you to give everything you got without hurting yourself. We know that everyone's level of intensity is going to be different. For a beginner, pressing 15lb dumbell thrusters is going to be as tough and as intense as a Crossfitter who has been crossfitting for a year and lifting 45lb dumbell thrusters. Do they both have intensity... well yea! If they are both exhausted and have nothing left to give at the end of the workout, then they both had intensity. If you are someone who leaves the workout and says "oh that was an easy workout," then obviously you did not push yourself hard enough. You need to run faster, take a shorter rest between rounds or reps, or grab a little extra weight. Find your "edge of the cliff!" Find that fine line of intensity in your workouts. We want you to get it! We want you to get results!
Today we started our "Crossfit Boxing" Classes. It was great to see everyone out this am!
Drew hitting it hard!
One of our 5 Boxing Classes below.
Jason Demo's the JAB
Michelle ripping it up!
Group workout. You guys rocked it!
Boxing Classes will be part of our schedule come July 1st.
July 1st we will be adding in more Crossfit Classes, as well, as our Boxing Crossfit Classes. Please Email Us for more information.
If you have never done Crossfit before, the Elements Class is a great place to start. Each class we focus on 1 or 2 movements depending on the skill component. The purpose of the class is to get you up to speed on the moves and the lingo we use here at Crossfit so you can move into the regular classes.
Last week we learned how to deadlift. We had some people who had never lifted weights before, some who had never deadlifted, and some who had deadlifted a couple of times. By the end of the class everyone was rockin it. Great job guys!
We are very excited to have Jason Noel as our new trainer here at Crossfit Westside! Jason will be teaching Crossfit classes, as well as incorporating his passion for boxing and Crossfit. We will be introducing "Crossfit Boxing" classes this week. Please sign up at the gym if you would like to try one.
