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Recently you may have noticed our slightly awkward but amazingly informative training videos dubbed over with killer, non-copyrighted music, titled MovementRVA. This is our next evolution to create as much helpful training information as possible. We believe that thoughtful information builds better athletes.Our mission is to deliver instructive, interesting, and polished print and video media to CrossFit RVA and the …
And so we’re coming to an end of another racing season and looking forward to fattening up for the holidays before more races come our way in Feb 2015. Everyone did really well on their individual races last weekend. Eileen got a PR of nearly 5 minutes on her 8K with 51:24 (write it on the board!!) and knows that …
If you’re smelling blue liquid all over the place, you’ve either passed out behind the porta johns at Coachella, or it’s race time in Richmond! The Richmond Marathon, Half Marathon and 8K are on Saturday the 15th. We already know it’s going to be tough to get around so why not get outside early and cheer some people on? We …
Last week we touched on some different ways to start scaling your push-ups. The other movement we see a lot of new members struggle with is the pull-up. Setup Hands should be shoulder width or very slightly wider. Overhand (palms facing away) is what we do most commonly, but it’s great to make your pull-up strength progress more well-rounded by …
RVA Owner Jake Rowell and 2014 4th Place Finisher at NAS Nationals Morgan German go through the points of performance for the Atlas stone load.
Many of you come into CrossFit RVA unable to do push-ups and pull-ups. Through routine exposure in classes, there’s a good chance you’ve reached the point where you could do these movements unassisted. But, it’s very common for this progress to take a long time, and for some, it seems like the day may never come when you can knock …
RVA Owner Jake Rowell and 2014 4th Place Finisher at NAS Nationals Morgan German go through the points of performance for the log press.
You’re almost done Congratulations! If you’re a first time PNCer or done multiple rounds you’ve come close to the end of this iteration. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The mantle will be lifted. These chains of kale and grass-fed beef will soon break and you can again go sprinting toward loaves of hot, toasted bread. Should …
RVA Instructor Brandon walks through our standard warm-up and explains elements of movement preparation and selection.
