Category Archives: About CrossFit
The Medicine Ball Clean
The Clean is an olympic weightlifting movement that combines two of the exercises illustrated below, the deadlift and the front squat. In the olympics, the clean is combined with the jerk, where the weight goes from the ground to overhead. Different implements can be cleaned including but not limited to a barbell, kettlebells, [...]
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The Front Squat
The Front Squat is a variation of the squat where the load is carried across the front of the body on the muscles of the shoulders. It is an integral part of the “Clean” which is where the weight is picked up from the floor and placed on the shoulders. In the front [...]
Press – Push Press – Push Jerk
The Shoulder Press or simply “Press” is the foundation of these three movements. The main reason for the three different movements is to lift more weight or in CrossFit terms, move larger loads over a long distance quicker. With the press you are solely relying on your upper body to move the weight. The Push [...]
The Deadlift
The Deadlift sounds scarier than it is. Many are unfamiliar with the movement as it seems to have been relegated to the dark corners of bodybuilding gyms, but in CrossFit everyone deadlifts. It is one of the best exercises you can do to build strength through your posterior chain (i.e. lower back, glutes [...]
The Air Squat / Body-weight Squat
The Air Squat is at the foundation of CrossFit. It’s the first move you will learn in our Fundamentals program and you will likely do them at every class thereafter. This video does a good job of describing the major points of progression with this movement.
The Kipping Pull up
The Kipping Pull-Up is an essential movement in CrossFit. Take a look at the video below to get an idea of how we do certain things differently in CrossFit.
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The Overhead Squat