7/17 - World Class Fitness in 100 Words

Yesterday, we introduced the 10 general physical skills CrossFit aims to optimize. According to CrossFit's founder, Greg Glassman, this is how we optimize those skills and achieve world class fitness. 

1. Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.
2. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. 
3. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense.
4. Regularly learn and play new sports 

Are you doing these four things to achieve optimal health and fitness? No? Contact us, we're here to help you develop a personalized plan to become your best version of you. 

Today's Workout
Clean 
Work on technique and then get heavy. If it feels good, go for a max effort. These are not power cleans, today you will practice getting under the bar. Namaste. 

Texas Cardio
2 (squat) cleans on the minute every minute for 10 minutes.  Use 85% of your 1 rep max clean.