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The Memorial Day 9am crew.

PR! Lolo; slowly turning a weakness into a strength.

I recently came across the post below on the CrossFit Forum. To my mind, this post and the subsequent thread, there are about a dozen pages of replies, really drives home some of the great aspects of CrossFit. Sure, [...]

Couch Stretching

Your couch is a great tool to help you stretch.  The next time you sit down to watch a movie or the tv, do some mobility and stretching work.

Here are some examples:

The Monday class schedule is as usual.

Workout:

Jerk

Work up to a 1RM for the day.

Rack Jerk

Try to do more than your 1RM jerk.

Then:

7 Rounds

7 Thrusters [...]

The 'D' Word

6am sprints.

CrossFit warpaint; Jenny chalks up for a WOD.

Recently this quotation was posted on the main site.  It is from B. C. Forbes, the founder of Forbes magazine.

How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than [...]

Learning To Miss

Ian; hit or miss, at home in the bottom position.

The martial art/sport of judo has always held a lot of interest for me.  I trained a bit of judo when I was living in Japan, and I have tried to implement its philosophies, both exoteric and esoteric, ever since. Upon starting judo practice, the importance [...]

Bad Folks

Desmond focusing as he sets up for the Clean and Jerk

Jocelyn making her second attempt at 87kg

Yesterday 3 of our CrossFit Wester’s competed in the Bad Girl and Bad Boy open Olympic lifting meet at the Fit Barbell Club in Los Altos.  For those who don’t know a whole lot about Olympic lifting [...]

Cause and Effect

Matt Lutsky; CrossFit West Santa Cruz's first double body-weight squat! Congratulations Matt, that is an awesome achievement.

A cause does not become apparent until the effect is revealed.  Especially if there is no precedent.  Until the effect is apparent or unless there is a precedent, that cause is just a matter of faith.  In [...]

You're a CrossFitter

By Jocelyn

100 Words of Fitness. Surely you’ve heard it a million times before.

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and NO sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.

Practice and train major lifts: deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of [...]

History Geek

Leslie, aka the Tiger, pulls 203 for 5 at a bodyweight of 115#. That's strong.

Yep, that’s me.  History geek.  Bachelor of Arts, grad school, high school teacher (that’s where I met Kyle), museum exhibition writer and researcher—history, history, history, and more history.  Lots of teetering bookcases stuffed with enough money spent at Logos [...]

Paleo Finish Details

Paleo contestants: next week we will begin our Paleo 2.0 wrap up.  Sunday the 23rd is the official end date of the Paleo Challenge.  We will then begin retesting, etc.

Here’s the scoop:

Mon 24th and Tuesday 25th will be Christine and Max Pull Ups retesting in all classes.

Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th will be Max [...]

1 Week to the Finish Line

Although the lifestyle will stick for most people, the Paleo 2.0 Challenge will officially come to an end in 1 week- May 23rd.  We will be announcing details shortly about re-testing on the Back Squat, Pull Ups, 500m row, and Christine.  It’s time for the Paleo competitors to start thinking about their Paleo testimonials.

The testimonials [...]