Vancouver CrossFit Gym: CrossfitWestside

Why Squat?

Do you want to climb moutains faster? Do you want to relieve pain in your lower back and knees? ... If so, SQUAT!

The squat is critical to your health, well-being, and functionality into your senior years. It is also the human bodies natural sitting postion and when you stand it is the bio-mechanically safest way to stand up. In fact, squatting keeps your hips, back, and knees sound and can repair damaged and/or delicate knees.

4 Basic Things To Improve Your Squat:

*Start with feet shoulder width apart, toes slightly turned out

*When descending, push your butt back and down.

*You have reached the bottom of the squat when the fold of the hip is below the knee.

*At the bottom, squeeze your glutes (butt) and drive up from the heel to standing position without leaning forward.

Check out how to do air squats on video.

Family

We love Johnny and we love that he shaved his head in support of his mother who is currently undergoing chemotherapy. We are all rooting for you mom to get better.

The Benefits Of Funtional Movements

Want to be able to function into your 80's and 90's? Want to be stronger, faster and leaner? Check out why functional moves are key to improving your overall fitness and quality of life.

* Functional movements mimic motor recruitment patterns that you use in everyday life. Eg. Squatting is standing from a seated postion. Deadlifting is picking an object off the ground.

* Functional movements are mechanically sound and therefore safe. The squat protects your hips, knees and back when performed correctly.

* Functional movements elicit a high neuro-endrocine response or a change in the body hormonally or neurologically. This is essential in athletic development, building lean muscle mass and increasing bone density.

Want to Increase your Cardiovascular Fitness?

Like Mandy, most people are looking for a way to improve their health, fat loss, and cardio without spending hours at the gym.  Look no farther because Olympic Lifting, aka, weightlifting is where its at!

Olympic lifting moves like the  "clean and jerk" and "snatch" have demonstrated their unique capacity to develop strength, muscle, power, speed, coordination, vertical leap, muscular endurance, and bone strength. In addition, Olympic lifts increase your MAXIMUM OXYGEN UPTAKE, the most important marker for cardiovascular fitness!! Increasing your VO2 Max allows you to run and bike longer distances at higher speeds without having to train for hours!

Want to learn more on this subject? Download "Crossfit Foundations" from our website.

Try this workout:

5 Clean and Jerk

10 KB Swings

15 Lunges

Do as many rounds as you can in 20 minutes.

Snowshoeing

We put our fitness to the test this weekend and went snowshoeing! Keep checking our website for the next Crossfit weekend outdoor event.

Deadlift PR

Asja has been training Crossfit for over 8 months. Today she PR'd in her deadlift at 175lbs. This is just the beginning. Congratulations Asja!

Join our New Year Classes

Check out all our classes for the New Year here.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all of our amazing clients. We love you guys and wish you all the best in 2008.