May 2009

2009 Affiliate Cup

May 31, 2009

The 2009 CrossFit Games are coming up fast!  Are you ready to see CrossFit Genesis compete in the affiliate cup?  If you’ve signed up to compete on our team, are you starting to get psyched up?  To get you in the mood, here are some videos of team workouts that other affiliates have done recently: [...]

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Know Thyself

May 31, 2009

One of the cool things about training with CrossFit or other rigorous exercise program is that you learn a lot about the human body as well as your human body. For example, over the many years of participating in various forms of exercise, I’ve gained quite a bit of working knowledge of physiology and basic [...]

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When the arms bend, the power ends.

May 29, 2009

The biggest fault in the Olympic lifts is not finishing the extension, or more succinctly, not fully opening the hips.  Beginning lifters, in an attempt to build speed in getting under the bar, will shorten their hip extension and bring in the arms too soon.  The lifter ends up sacrificing the power of the hip [...]

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Iron Woody Assistance Bands

May 28, 2009

Assistance bands are an essential tool for anyone dedicated to lifting, moving, or controlling their own bodyweight.  Simple bodyweight control is often overlooked in the fitness industry for the sake of weight training.  The heirarchy of fitness places gymnastics ahead of weightlifting in that you should be able to control your own bodyweight before controlling [...]

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Power to the pull-up

May 27, 2009

There’s something to be said about having the ability to move your own bodyweight up and over an obstacle, or in CrossFit’s case, a bar.  Pull-ups are a mainstay in athletic performance and something most people don’t inherently possess but still desire nonetheless. I started focusing on pull-ups when I decided to compete in the [...]

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