Chats with the Chief – Blog 2
PART 2 : “ Coach Knows “ Coaching, it seems that we are now smack bang in the middle of a fitness phenomenon with gyms and online training / coaching platforms popping up on our news feeds daily. More than ever, we have the world at our fingertips which has lead me to the topic…
[ READ MORE ]
My First CrossFit Open, by Coach Chris
SHOUT OUT. My thoughts on my first Crossfit Open at The Crossfit Chamber. Let’s throw it all the way back to 19.1, those wall balls and rowing. The gym floor was lined with rowers and wall balls. People came in with smiles excited to start their open campaign. The energy was high. A simple wod brief,…
[ READ MORE ]
Chats with the Chief – Blog 1
PART 1 : “ Power to the People “ 4 weeks ago to the day and very much true to previous history, I made the somewhat confusing and irrational decision to sign up for the Busselton 70.3 half Ironman held on May 4th 2019. Over the coming weeks, I will be documenting a few of…
[ READ MORE ]
COACH K’S – TRAINING TIP
WHY WE PROGRAM SCALING OPTIONS? So, I’ve coached a few wild cats in my time and one of the most frustrating points to get across is the importance of scaling. I know you are thinking to yourself “Coach K I’m a peacock, you gotta let me fly”. Well my functional friend before you get RX’D…
[ READ MORE ]
BUILDING YOUR CROSSFIT ENGINE
COACH K’S – TRAINING TIP This is a term you hear in CrossFit a lot these days, building your engine or conditioning. I know you are sitting thinking, Coach K I’m still very much lost in translation here. Let’s take a step back and let me start with saying that human beings are designed to…
[ READ MORE ]
Childhood obesity
Childhood obesityDid you know that the rate of obesity among children has more than doubled over the past 30 years or so? Yes, it’s true. As a matter of fact, more than one third of children and adolescents were considered to be either overweight or obese in the year 2012. Since then, childhood obesity rates…
[ READ MORE ]
THE BENEFITS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING
COACH K’S TRAINING TIP So, here we go my fellow brothers and sisters of the barbell. Let’s explore the much talked about intermittent fasting method that has been introduced in our Fitter, Faster and Stronger Nutrition Challenge. I know a lot of you have been left dazed and confusion as to what exactly is this…
[ READ MORE ]
COACH K’S TRAINING TIP
THE EVER ELUSIVE DOUBLE-UNDER You’re sitting there thinking to yourself, Coach K you have to be genetically predisposed to being able to do double unders or blessed by CrossFit baby Jesus. That you are wrong my friend that is functional. Anyone can learn to double-under, it just takes some painstaking practice. I think Ryan Lennon...
[ READ MORE ]
COACH K’S – TRAINING TIPS
IMPORTANCE OF CORE STRENGTH Here wego friends of functionality, lets conquer the world of core. Now when most people think of core strength, they immediately think of their abs. I know if I asked most of you what exercises you think work the core you would immediately think of crunches, sit-ups, leg raises, hanging knee…
[ READ MORE ]
COACH K’S – TRAINING TIP
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING THE SMALLER MUSCLES(SYNERGISTS) Picture this crew, I’m at the whiteboard and I’m talking through our strength piece for the day and our assistance strength exercise (e.g. 1 Arm D/Bell Row). This is usually followed by a very blank look on some of your faces when referring to assistance exercises. I get…
[ READ MORE ]