7 Ways to Improve your Ankle Movement for CrossFit
For coaches and physical therapists, range of motion through the ankle is often the last area of the body looked at, when trying to improve a clients movement or to why they have developed hip and knee pain on the same or opposite side. We'll show you why it should be one of this first.
The Gym Rules you Need
Use the smallest possible number of plates.
Load the heaviest plates closest to the centre.
Put them back where they go, neatly and in order.
Trust(ing) the Process: Check yourself before you wreck yourself
Okay, so, now it's my turn to blog and I'm going to be a bad cop to Phill's good cop.
If you've been into the clinic or met us you'll you know that these are pretty obvious roles for us – his hair is higher, he smiles a lot and he has less of a tendency to go off on elaborate angry rants for unclear reasons.
The Deadlift, Friend or Foe?
The deadlift is considered the grand-daddy of the gym and strength and conditioning world. If you want a bigger snatch or bench… get deadlifting. If you want to run faster, jump higher.. Get deadlifting. The hype about the deadlift is warranted. It is one of the most bang for your buck exercises and if executed well can give you big rewards in performance. But if this lift is so good why are deadlifts kryptonite for some lifters?
Just Move
So as it’s my first blog for the legends at Evolutio, I thought I’d start by introducing myself. I’m Sarah, 31, former chef in both career and lifestyle. I now coach at Wards Gym and I also work for the YMCA. I promote both CrossFit and Les Mills respectively which, I’ll admit, is a confusing and contradictory combination. I generally try my hardest to not put the training style that I personally love more than anything in the world (CrossFit) on a pedestal and mindlessly criticize all others. If I wasn’t trying though, I would say something like this:
Bad Squats are the Reason your Knee Hurts
Have you heard the old adage of ‘Practice makes Perfect’? Most people have. When learning a new skill or movement at the gym you need to spend time ‘under the bar’, or breaking a movement down into parts and then piecing them back together. This adage is true - you get better at what you practice, and if you practice perfectly, you get better at performing perfectly.
How to Train for a Half Marathon without Running at All
As we finish our month’s focus on all things ‘Running’, we dovetail into our next with the hot topic of ‘CrossFit’ (Open Season…oh yeah!)
But before we get stuck into the real CrossFit stuff, we want to explore the commonly asked question about whether CrossFit and training for an endurance running event (like a half or a full marathon) can live together…
Coming out of Hibernation - Programming Essentials for your Training
Preventing Tendinopathies
Its that time of the year again where we all emerge from hibernation and hit the track ready for summer. But far too often this sudden increase in activity can be more damaging than good, so clever programming and exercise timing can keep you going strong all summer long.
The focus of this article will be on programming essentials to help prevent tendinopathies in the athlete that’s considering adding a little extra to their training.
A recent blog by Jacinda outlined the pathogenesis of tendinopathies and a number of tips on what we can do to combat this issue. You can view the blog here.
This article will be a continuum of Jacida’s 4 Ways to Create Invincible Tendons for Improving your Athletic Performance, with the focus being on programming essentials to help prevent tendinopathies in the athlete that’s considering adding a little extra to their training.