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The NorCal Regionals start Friday
The Northern California Regionals for the 2012 CrossFit Games start this Friday, May 18th, at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. After participating in the Games for the past three years, team ARCFit will not be competing after falling just outside the top-30 cut-off (too many ladies having babies around here!). Just the same, I would recommend getting [...]
Matty P. is our May AOTM
Quiet. Unassuming, Beastly. Three words that describe our May Athlete of the Month, Matt P. Matt jumped into ARCFit with both feet and has been setting new PR’s on a regular basis ever since. He qualified for our novice team for the SacTown Throwdown and kicked some serious ass! He particapted in the CrossFit Open [...]
The Face-Off(s)
Today’s WOD Workout A: Skill: 20 Skin the Cats or practice Front Levers (video demos courtesy of Gymnastics WOD) Then: 5 rounds for time 100 m run 9 power snatch (75/55) 6 ball slams 3 burpees Program B: Hang Power Clean: 5 x 5 Hang Power Snatch: 5 x 5 Hang Power Snatch Then: 3 rounds for time 500 [...]
K9 CrossFit
Today’s WOD Program A: Spend 20 minutes working on your muscle-ups or other skill practice Program B: Spend 20 minutes working on the snatch or other skill practice Then A/B: 3 x 500m sprint row Rest 3 minutes between rounds ********************************************* Don’t forget that this Saturday everyone is invited up to Auburn CrossFit to get a WOD in [...]
Masters Training Camp
TJs Gym will be hosting a masters training camp designed for the “mature” athlete (wink, wink) on June 9-10. This 2-day seminar is designated for the over forty athlete and will focus on nutrition, mobility, recovery, and competition among other areas. There will be several top notch instructors throughout the weekend including Mark Bell, Carl Paoli, [...]
Cole is our AOTM for April
I still remember when Cole walked into our box and told me that she wanted to sign up for 6 months. She told me that if she was going to do this CrossFit thing, she was going to do it all the way! Well Cole hasn’t disappointed on that front to say the least. She [...]
It was a Grand Opening
We had a busy first day in the new box and I think the general consensus was that people were stoked! We still have a few bugs to work out, among them is getting the heater turned on. It was a little chilly during the morning classes. We will get PG&E out there ASAP to [...]
Coming Together
Today’s WOD Workout A: Row 5000m -If you haven’t strapped into a rower and pulled a 5k, you don’t know what you’re missing! This is as much mental as it is physical. Don’t ditch out on this workout. Take the challenge, grab the handle and pull. Finish with 100 sit-ups Workout B: Weighted Pull-Ups: 2-2-2-2-2 [...]
The Next Iceland Annie? I Think Not!
Today’s WOD (A/B) Weighted Pull-Up*: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 *Not quite there yet? Move up on a band, practice your kip, work some dead hangs, switch your grip around, etc. Optional: 3 Rounds 300m row 20 wall balls (20/14) 10 pull-ups Chris Spealler is crazy! ”Ode To Fran” – video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Throwdown Highlights
Thanks again to everyone who came out and supported our teams at the SacTown Throwdown! The first workout for the CrossFit Open gets released today. We will be running these WODs on Thursday’s and Saturday’s. If you are a registered athlete, you will need to have one of the coaches judge your workout. Movement standards [...]
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