Wine Country CrossFit | Olympic Weightlifting

Check this out. At around :35 the clean and jerk is shown. The winner goes into a split jerk. When that weight starts to get heavy, you better believe you want to start dropping under that bar in a split stance. Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) Wins 75kg Weightlifting Gold - London…

2015 04 21

BottleRock, Meat, Mobility, Hang Clean Push Jerk

By: Beth Rypins 0

BottleRock is just under two months away, and here's your opportunity to both win tickets and support a great cause: Stone Bridge School (which educates many children in our Xfit community). They are raising money to fund unique educational opportunities for students. Gardening, baking, plays, knitting, music, movement, language,…

2015 04 01

Clean Up That Clean

By: Beth Rypins 0

Muscle Development. Explosive Power. Burn Body Fat. Bone-Shattering Grip Strength. A Full Body Workout. Great for Athletes and Trainees, these are all things you will get when you work on your Power Cleans. This Olympic lifting exercise requires the coordination of every muscle group in the body. In time, the exercise adds muscle…

2015 03 16

The Press Complex and A Couplet

By: Beth Rypins 0

An excellent read from "Old School" CrossFit Journal dated 2003, The Press Complex: "This progression offers the opportunity to acquire some essential motor recruitment patterns found in sport and life (functionality) while greatly improving strength in the “power zone” and upper body. In terms of power zone and functional recruitment patterns, the…

2015 02 24

Snatch Complex and Recovery

By: Beth Rypins 0

The snatch is probably the most complicated and technically difficult lift to accomplish for most people. It requires a thorough knowledge of your own limits and lots and lots of drilling and practice in all of the components of the lift before actually doing the entire lift on its own.…

2015 02 19

CrossFit IS Anti-Aging, Dates & Press Complex

By: Beth Rypins 0

[caption id="attachment_8060" align="alignleft" width="160"] Anti Aging at its finest![/caption] Sandy Schiek from the 4.30 class is the new face of CrossFit. On Monday she took 7 minutes off her previous Angie time. Now, that's a big deal for anyone. But Sandy is 69 years old! In fact…

2015 02 11

Olympic Lifting Seminar & Angie

By: Beth Rypins 0

Mark your calendars and sign up HERE! September 21st we will host a 2.5 hour Olympic Lifting seminar. This seminar is led by John and Jeff from CTS Training Systems. They are the nice folks who have been using our space for their bootcamps early morning and late evenings while…

2015 02 08

Foundations Training, Clean & Jerk, Lurong WOD

By: Beth Rypins 0

We still offer Foundations Training on Mondays and Wednesday's at 4PM. This 30 minute class strengthens and stabilizes, and makes you ready for the Workout Of The Day. Don't want to suffer for an entire half hour before your Xfit class starts? No problem. Just jump in! Those loosened hamstrings will…

2014 11 04

Level II Expectations, Double Under Clinic and Split Jerks

By: Beth Rypins 0

The Level II classes are at 6PM on Wednesdays, and they are an hour and a half long. Our expectation is that you will show up at 6PM ready to move, and that you will have handled your mobility work prior to the start of the class. Please know that…

2014 06 17

Oly Seminar Details and Kettlebells

By: Beth Rypins 0

Sign up NOW for Olympic Lifting Seminar on Saturday May 24, 1-4PM. Come to this event to get better at your Oly lifts. Looking for new PR's? This is the place for you. A recent seminar participant had this to say: "I had a great time and PR'd!! If you…

2014 05 15

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