You have likely noticed over the last month that your warm-ups at CrossFit Iron Legion have been… …well… …a little bit different. Actually, they have been a whole lot different. Gone are the days of the same predictable warm-up movements: Run or row 500m followed by 20 pass throughs, 20 air squats, 20 lunges, some […]
It’s that time again. The New Year is upon us. No – err, wait a minute… it’s not. It’s only November. I know – I know, you don’t want to hear anything related to fitness and health right now. I get it – you are focused on time off and getting your food coma on. […]
“The handstand is the first step to developing a catlike capacity for landing on your feet.”—Greg Glassman A distinguishing factor between CrossFit and many other fitness endeavors is its goal to develop both the breadth and depth of our fitness. Many (if not most) fitness programs are primarily concerned with developing the depth […]
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” – Laird Hamilton (Professional Surfer) When you’re in the middle of your workout and you drop the bar, come off the rig, or kick off the wall because you just can’t do any more – are you really done? Have you reached your […]
There is probably not a day that goes by at the box where many of you probably don’t think to yourself: “When is Wingo going to stop harping on hollow and arches and my stinking shoulder position in the overhead movement?” Well I’m here to tell you that day isn’t going to come. And for […]
Are you ready to take your fundamentals and quality of movement to the next level? This is a reminder we are going to help you do so through our new gymnastics specific class. In our gymnastics focused class you will get extra coaching and training time to pursue virtuosity in the hollow and arch and […]
You know what I’m talking about. The clock is on that 10 second count down – you rush to the chalk bucket and grab that last minute two handfuls of chalk. “Running out of time” you think to yourself as you crush that powder into your hands running towards your barbell. It literally feels like […]
One thing that I’ve noticed since opening the doors at CrossFit Iron Legion is that folks unknowingly automatically assume that “CrossFit” is a franchise. It’s not. It’s easy to see why folks feel this way in a country full of “Mclook-a-like business-Marts”. Franchises follow a strict guideline to maintain the same – or […]
A great article by our friends at CrossFit Kings Point in Orlando! A few years ago, if you would have asked me about Groupon, I would have answered differently. We ran one deal, but were overstaffed at the time and made sure we structured it in a way that we could handle the […]