8 Days of Chanukah

We had a great time today doing the First Inaugural 8 Days of Chanukah Workout. The Maccabees were Rob, Allison, Lisa, Paul and Heather. Got 8 of a little bit of everything in.

If you want to see what it looked like and also give the 5 some bragging rights look. So everyone understands it we did about 40 laps around the parking lot, 56 sit ups, 40 box jumps and on and on.

Paul is trying to remember the 40 day Christian holiday for the next one.

See you at the gym.

Aryeh

CrossFit for Triathletes

I'm hoping that by now most of you know about the strength and running programs I'm leading at Trifitness. Unlike regular crossfit gyms our workouts are specifically structured to make you a better runner, cyclist, swimmer and triathlete.

If you've seen us you probably think either a) there's no way I can do that or b) they're having too much fun for this to be really hard. Ask people who are doing it, talk to me or better yet try one. You'll be surprised.

I'm going to get into how a crossfit endurance plan directly benefits you in the next couple blogs but for now I wanted to show you the goals of CrossFit in general. Think about how many of them would make you a better athlete (sorry about the formatting).

1. Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance - The ability of body systems to

gather, process, and deliver oxygen.

2. Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and

utilize energy.

3. Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units,

to apply force.

4. Flexibility - the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.

5. Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.

6. Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.

7. Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.

8. Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement

pattern to another.

9. Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.

10. Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.

Until next time,

Coach Aryeh

Burpee Challenge

WooHoo! Can you believe we're up to day 24 of the Burpee Challenge. I'm not sure how many of you are left but you must be expert Burpers by now. You've officially reached the bragging hurdle.

Let us know how it's going and if you've had to do any during half time of your kid's basketball game. I did that last night. Kim, is your family hanging in there? Rob, way to crank them out at the end of a killer WOD (workout of the day). Pascal, you can't complain if you accidentally do more than you're supposed to.

If anyone wants to do the challenge just let me know. Piece of cake putting another group together to start at the beginning. I promise you'll be a better human being when you're done. That might be an exaggeration.