Wine Country CrossFit

Do you use Yelp? If so, we ask you please to go to the Wine Country CrossFit Yelp page and write a review. Simply click here to share a few thoughts on your experience with us. Thank you! -Beth ________________________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday's WOD: Kettlebell work of coaches choice 4 rounds for…

2012 07 31

New Shoe Store

By: Beth Rypins 0

Athletic Feat is in the new running shoe store in the Vallergas shopping center, and it is definitely worth a visit. It's run by Dame (pronounced like Amy with a D) and Francois, and they are super knowledgeable about shoes, gait, and the movement toward low profile soles. They carry…

2012 07 30

Nasty Girls

By: Beth Rypins 0

Have you been watching the Olympics? Of course there are many amazing events to watch but as a CrossFitter, and someone who actively practices Olympic weightlifting and basic gymnastics, I can't help but be completely enthralled watching these events. I often find myself watching the Oly lifting and comparing to…

2012 07 29

Gymnastics and Push Ups

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Friday's WOD: Gymnastic work of coaches choice Complete 5 rounds: Max Push Ups Sprint to telephone pole *Make sure to begin sprint from push up position. So once you finish your last push up, start the sprint from the push up or prone position. *The rest & recovery for this…

2012 07 26

Back Squats & Wedding Kudos

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Congratulations to Lexey and Brian in their recent nuptials!!! -Beth _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Thursday's WOD: Back Squat - Find 1rm After 1rm, reduce weight to 75% and complete a set of 20. NO RE-RACKING THE WEIGHT. If you need to rack the weight in the middle, you are finished. If you have…

2012 07 25

Pull Ups, Burpees & Well Fed!

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Paleo enthusiasts, this is my new favorite cookbook, and we now carry it at the gym! You can purchase it online or in shops for $29.95, and you can pick it up here for $25 even. Author Melissa Joulwan creates accessible and delicious recipes, and her style if easy and…

2012 07 24

Power Cleans & New 8AM Classes

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We are adding 8AM classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting next week, on July 31st. We acknowledge that classes are getting full, and in order to give everyone the coaching they deserve this is the first in a line of additions we are making. In August we will add a…

2012 07 23

What kind of shoes for CrossFit?

By: Beth Rypins 3 Comments

Recently, in the CrossFit Journal, there was a video posted from a CrossFit Endurance seminar that I think really gets to the heart of the CrossFit shoe issue. If you subscribe to the journal, it is well worth a watch. It delves into the issue of minimalist shoes for running,…

2012 07 22

Death Juice!

By: Beth Rypins 3 Comments

Anyone who has been apart of one of our recent Paleo challenges has heard me use Robb Wolf's term "Death Juice" to describe agave nectar (and maybe to hassle Lourdes a bit). I have struggled for some time to find an article on this that was concise and clear on…

2012 07 19

2012 Games Chipper, Oh NO, Not That Again!?!

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"Oh my goodness, why are we back squatting again?" "Oh geez, it seems like I always am here on deadlift day... " "I thought CrossFit was all about variety, and now I have to back squat when I just did that one week ago!" Do these sound familiar to…

2012 07 18

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