Rest Days -by Clark Hibbs —————— Ever felt beat up after a week in the gym? Absolutely toasted? Sore in places you never thought possible… like elbow joints or the actual shoulder blade? A soreness so deep that it’s in your literal bones? Woof… I have, and it sucks. If
Time, Consistency, and Comparison. -by Clark Hibbs ————— The other day I found myself disgruntled and frustrated with coach Dan. Not because of anything he did coaching wise or anything he said… but because he is so. freaking. fit. and I am insanely jealous. Annoyingly fit, really. I mean,
Daily Workouts Are Templates -Clark Hibbs There’s a lot to be said about our workout philosophy and methodology. So much that it could be a 10,000 word post if we really wanted it to be, and that would be on the short side. But today will just be a brief
Express What You Possess –Clark Hibbs When working out, we coaches want you to “express what you possess.” Stay with me here… Ever leave a workout feeling like you’ve been absolutely crushed? Destroyed? Dismantled? Feeling like a puddle of goo where you contemplate on if you could even come in
Don’t Wait Did you know it’s October? I know, hard to believe since it was 96 degrees yesterday. But that means in 8 weeks, it’s going to be Thanksgiving. In 12 weeks, it’s going to be Christmas. In 13 weeks, we ring in the new year. BAM – 2020 is
10 Elements of Fitness -Clark Hibbs When Greg Glassman started developing the CrossFit methodology, he knew that he wanted to create a well rounded fitness ideology that would hit all areas of fitness. He saw problems with the bodybuilding community — there wasn’t enough emphasis on cardiovascular health, flexibility, and
What Does Your Fridge Look Like? -Clark Hibbs Here’s a question I like to ask someone whenever they want to get serious about a healthy lifestyle or trying to lose weight… What Does Your Fridge Look Like? “Uhhh… stainless steel, french door top, then that annoying “basement freezer” which feels
Rate of Perceived Exertion -Clark Hibbs “So today we have 3 sets of 5 reps in the back squat. We want this to be challenging, but not too heavy, so we want this to be around a 7/10 RPE. Any questions?” “Yes, what the hell does RPE mean?” Very, very
Why the EMOM? -by Clark Hibbs I was chatting with one of our newer members the other day about the workouts we do at the gym (also known as “the programming”). We went through the usual questions and the usual functional fitness spiels… “Our goal is to use movements that
*Stay On Track Friday – Sunday* -by Clark Hibbs Whenever I talk with people about weight loss goals, there’s one big area that we really try to focus on… Weekends. Weekends can be tough whenever it comes to weight loss. There’s always events, parties, errands on errands on errands
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