Wine Country CrossFit | Olympic Weightlifting

Front Squats – If you can't squat it, you won't be able to Clean it! Also, Elizabeth…

Front Squats and Your Squat Cleans Today's Benchmark WOD is Elizabeth, which is all about Squat Cleans! In our Clean skill sessions, we have been working a lot of Hang Power Cleans with the intention of building the basic skill of the movement. With Squat Cleans, however, the game is…

2014 02 23

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery – and a great way to get better at Olympic Lifts!

By: Beth Rypins 0

Imitation - a great way to improve your olympic lifts! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrWz1bmdSmY[/youtube] Have you been working your Olympic Lifts (also known as the Snatch, the Clean and the Jerk) for awhile now, and are still finding them a challenge? Well, first off, welcome to the club! These movements are complex and…

2014 02 17

Santa Wants Gifts & Snatches

By: Beth Rypins 0

Santa is doing handstands in the hopes that you will bring a toy or game for the big tire! This year our gift drive goes through Sunday December 14, and it benefits Safe Quest, an organization that provides support for children who are survivors of sexual trauma. Please bring…

2013 12 10

Wine Country CrossFit Retail Housekeeping and Grace

By: Beth Rypins 0

Happy Monday everyone! A few housekeeping notes for you all: The cash box for purchases (nutrition/hydration/apparel) has been moved to the Coaches' Office. If you want to make a csh purchase, please give the cash to the Coach on duty, and they will give you change if needed. Thanks! Have…

2013 11 03

High Bar Back Squat, Finally……

By: Beth Rypins 0

My intention with this blog post is to create some clarity surrounding the High Bar vs Low Bar conversation. If you look it up on the internet you will see that the adherents to each view point are as polemic as the Liberals and Conservatives in our political arena. But…

2013 04 17

Low Bar vs High Bar, Handstands

By: Beth Rypins 0

If you have been training with us for more than a few months you have probably noticed that we have changed some of the fundamentals of now we coach and train. We changed the way we introduce the Olympic lifts once Scott Hisaka came into our world, and now many…

2013 01 24

Back Squats, Running WOD & Why Oly Lifts

By: Beth Rypins 0

When many people start CrossFit they are quickly flustered with why we work on the Olympic lifts with such consistency. Here are 9 good reasons why the Oly lifts are superior to body building, and why they deliver the goods. 9 Reasons to Olympic Lift For a Better Physique…

2012 07 04

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