If I weren’t working next Sunday I would be at Tamalpias CrossFit for their Grand Opening party. Here’s what’s on tap… Schedule of events: 9:00 Doors Open/Sign in 9:30-Kelly Starrett Mobility and Recovery Lecture Coach Kelly Starrett founded San Francisco CrossFit in 2005 with his wife Juliet. Kelly received his Doctor of Physical Therapy in…
There’s a tendency to get lax with air squats. Some people view air squats as something unnecessary of their full attention. They let the chest fall, the knees come in, the heels come up…who cares, it’s not weighted. DEAD WRONG The Air Squat is your foundation. Nearly every movement you execute is a derivative of…
Crossfit is comprised of functional movements. What qualifies a movement to be considered “functional” is it’s real world application. The deadlift is damn functional, but why it is may not be your first guess. Yes, we do pick up stuff from the ground on a daily basis and it would behoove you to know how…
Sometimes we get a tad carried away with competition. A little friendly competition never hurt anyone. In fact, it probably helped you accelerate past what you would have accomplished working out alone. But there’s been some unhealthy competition brewing for awhile now. Throwing form by the wayside and risking injury in order to attain the…
A clip from the documentary, Fat Head: Ready to start eating a diet rich in protein, vegetables, and good fat, but don’t know how you’re going to give up that bread, pasta, and dessert? The Food Renegade has an excellent post on taking the leap. Read up. For those of you in our midst that…
At SRSC, class always begins with a general warm up – like a run or row – which is to get your blood flowing to your muscles and literally get you warmer. Following the general warm up is dynamic stretching. The dynamic stretches we prescribe are based on what the exercises are in that day’s…
If you shudder in horror when you think of brussels sprouts, then you were probably served them boiled. They had an olive-colored tone to them, right? That’s a shame. Brussels sprouts are actually delicious when not boiled. Members of the brassica family, they’re related to broccoli, kale, cauliflower, and collards. Even though we can grow…
Eating carb-heavy meals is about as American as Bruce Springsteen singing about Pink Cadillacs. Unfortunately, so is obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. So I offer you this, the sanest way to eat your mashed potato sandwich: do it post workout. During a workout you’re expending muscle glycogen. Eating a carb heavy meal after a…
