Post-comp blog

9.2.2014

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still kind of on cloud 9 from the In-House competition this last weekend. It was such a great showing of the community, and I loved it for a few reasons:

1. We train hard to be better at doing work. Week after week, we grind away at our weaknesses and sharpen our strengths. Once in a while, we need to express our improvements in our fitness by doing stuff like we did last Saturday. Imagine going to football practice day after day but never being allowed to play the game—it would be frustrating and not as rewarding. I highly encourage you all, whether you aspire to be competitive or not, to participate in things like this in the future. After all, I intend to offer them In-House like this every couple months just for that reason alone: to offer a familiar setting to have a friendly competition amongst your CFD family without the hassle of traveling and expensive entry fees.

2. Branching right off my first reason for loving Saturday’s events, an even more important reason that I thought it was awesome was because regardless of where everyone finished, damn near EVERYONE PR’d something! It was amazing watching people push themselves just a little bit harder than they normally would because they had a partner depending on them and they were being watched! Hopefully that made a lot of you realize you’re capable of more than you generally give yourself credit.

3. On a selfish note, Saturday was great for me because I got to hang out with my CFD family. You all are truly like family to me and I’m honored to be a part of such a great group of people. I’m very proud of everything you’ve accomplished and am very fortunate to have got to know many of you for up to almost 3 years now. I was even able to meet some family members I hadn’t met yet on Saturday (who, by the way, couldn’t have been more amazed of what was happening in front of them!).

Thanks a lot, CFD, for giving me a reason to work hard every single day. You all keep me on my toes, and I am very thankful for being where I am.

Let’s forge ahead, get even better, and look forward to the next event!

—Coach Phil

What is CrossFit?

CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.

Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.

The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.

How do I start?

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What do classes look like?

Each of our sessions are 100% guided and coached. Our classes are structured in smaller groups so that everyone is able to receive some individual attention. At times, we may bring in other trainers to help coach so as to not overlook anyone.

We will always begin with a dynamic warm up. This will usually consist of a few movements that ensure that the entire body is ready for the session. At this point, you should feel an elevated core temperature and maybe have a light sweat.

Next we work on skill moves. These include a variety of motions such as Olympic lifting, body awareness movements, or any number of others that fit into our programming. Coaching plays a big part in this section. Many of the movements we teach will be outside of the average skill set. Part of our goal is to broaden your base, constantly introducing new and different moves.

At this point we begin coaching the workout of the day (WOD). Often, the WOD will incorporate elements from the sessions’ skill work. After adjusting the WOD to each individual’s skill and fitness level, any last minute questions are answered. Then, it’s 3 2 1 GO! And we’re off!!

Are the coaches qualified?

We pride ourselves in the knowledge of our trainers. Each and every one of our trainers are qualified to guide you along your CrossFit journey. We also believe that continuing education is paramount to the success our of members, so we help our coaches get any additional training that will advance their knowledge in the field.

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