5 Weight Loss Obstacles Busy Moms Face I’ve had the pleasure of personally working with thousands of busy moms over the course of my 20-year fitness career. Mother’s are without a doubt the most selfless clients I have ever worked with, almost to a fault. Honestly, I wish they would just be a little more…
Deadlines ! Galveston Island CrossFit Tips Have you ever told yourself that you are going to lose weight and get fit in time for spring, only to be frustrated when warm weather rolls around? It’s easy to hide behind heavy winter clothes, but when the mercury starts climbing, the clothes get lighter and we can’t…
How to progress the Dip The dip is a classic gym movement that has been utilized to build both strength and those vanity shoulders, pecs, and triceps. The growth of CrossFit has re-popularized the dip, the ring dip, and the muscle up. But the dip is not as simple as it looks. It requires great…
CrossFit Programming in Galveston for Last Week Day 1 Front Squat – Take 6-8 sets and build to a 3RM. – Use a 13-15″” Box – Same technique as speed box squats, but does not need to be wide stance Beg: Front Squat: 5 x 5. WOD Ascending Reps in 9:00 of: 1 Power Clean…
Soul Crusher Saturday (Advanced Workout) This Saturday Galveston Island had another challenging fitness endeavor. CrossFit Tidal Wave unleashed another of the popular Soul Crusher workout series. These workouts are designed to build mental toughness in our athletes having them push through mental barriers. Mental toughness is important for all Crossfitters, athletes and for life in…
Our Community Rocks We are incredibly proud of the Community we have developed at our facility. So much so that we like to give everyone a little spotlight to share what makes them special ! Have you ever heard that saying? ”You need to associate with people who inspire you, people who challenge you to…
Ladies Boot Camp Slim Program Galveston Each session of our Miss-Fit Program has an overall theme for the 6 weeks. With the Summer coming up quickly the next 6 weeks will be focused on getting us leaner and getting our cardio up ! Miss-Fit Training: A ladies only fitness class designed for those that are interested…
30min Cardio Class “Sweat +” Last week we released our 30min Cardio Lunchtime class to some fanfare. This class is a short and intense class designed to get your heart rate elevated and keep it there. With no two classes the same we get use unique equipment not seen in a regular CrossFit WOD. Class…
CrossFit Open 17.2 Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 12 minutes of: 2 rounds of: 50-ft. weighted walking lunge (50/35) 16 toes-to-bars 8 power cleans (50/35) Then, 2 rounds of: 50-ft. weighted walking lunge 16 bar muscle-ups 8 power cleans Etc., alternating between toes-to-bars and bar muscle-ups every 2 rounds. Scaled 17.2…
Last Weeks Workouts: Level Testing This was our retesting week from 10 weeks ago. Athletes that had glaring deficiencies were given homework to do before/after class to address their specific needs. The scoring was based on a Level 1-Level 3 methodology. Typically most General Population hang around Level 1 for most tests with one or…