CrossFit West Knox

What will game day look like?

 

We are taking a small break until December 30th.  We are using this time to relax, heal up and get prepared for the upcoming training cycle.  Enjoy the time off and have a happy and health Holiday!

Merry Christmas!

 

On the 12th day of Christmas, Crossfit gave to me
12 KBs swinging
11 knees to elbows
10 box jump burpees
9 GHD situps
8 towel pullups
7 slow good mornings
6 wall ball shots
5 dips on rings
4 handstand pushups
3 power cleans
2 front squats
and a sumo deadlift HP

Don't drink eggnog before attempting the Wod.  For those in the Xmas spirit, 3 rounds for time for you!  Have a great holiday!

Here is your ab work

 

Great movement.  Great way to develop your mid-line stability.  If your gym has one of these, use it daily.  If your gym doesn't, why not?  Respect this movement.  It is potent, you will feel the effects.

What about abs?

What type of Fitness system claims they don't do abs?  The kind that is concerned with developing your functional fitness.  What Coach meant when he made this statement is that CrossFit does not encourage exercises that work the abs in isolation from the rest of the body. Isolating your abs and working them without knowing how their development fits into the big picture of how your body performs is really missing the mark.  Abs and ab strength are but a portion of "core strength".   Aesthetics are really where the benefit of crunches end.  Working movements like the overhead squats will help you look and perform more like an athlete.  Functional movements that require you to stabilize the mid-line will help with injury prevention and help reduce pain and improve posture.  These are benefits that we can all appreciate.

 

FxD/T

What defines true fitness to you?  CrossFit has done a great job of defining fitness.  They have also put the stopwatch,scale,and measuring tape to use.  What this does is give us all a method to collect data and measure fitness.  How does your training measure fitness?