Our next Bring a Friend Day is 8/17. Bring your friends by to give our group classes a try.
Fight Gone Bad 6
CrossFit RVA will be hosting workouts for the FIght Gone Bad 6 fundraising. When Workouts will be held from 9am-Noon on 9/17. Additional heats will be added past noon if necessary. What Fight Gone Bad supports the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and the CrossFit Foundation. To participate as a CFRVA member, join our team, and start raising money. Show up …
Wilkes Weightlifting Seminar
-This seminar will cover the Olympic lifts; the Snatch as well as the Clean and Jerk. In a small group setting, the coaches of Wilkes Weightlifting will work with attendees on form correction and a general understanding of the lifts. A general understand of the lifts is assumed; the focus of the seminar will be on technical correction, not general …
PNC III: The Reckoning
Your eight weeks of fun are over! This week kicks off with the PNC II Retest workout, and we’ll also be sure to get you another three bodyfat tests to see how far you’ve come. A couple of reminders: Don’t forget to record your PNC III workout time for the retest. We’ll be recording it, but better to be on …
Find a SuperFit Partner
This post is here to serve as a virtual meeting ground for folks looking to compete at SuperFit that don’t have partners yet. Early bird registration was extended, so if you have any interest, use the comments below to find a buddy. You can do it like match.com and post your stats if you want. Just don’t make it weird.
Mobility Musings
Let’s talk mobility. For the past month you have all been eating better, sleeping better, lifting more, and moving faster. But can you touch your toes? Clasp your hands behind your back? If we did the Presidential Fitness Test, would you pass the flexibility portion? This is elementary school stuff, guys. The ability to bend over and pick something up …
River City Strongman Challenge 2011
The River City Strongman Challenge is coming to our new facility at 900 West Leigh Street on 9/10/11. 100% of spectator admission will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Please come spectate to cheer on competitors and contribute to a good cause. The RCSC will have a novice class to all interested in giving the sport of Strongman a …
Self Improvement
The secret to success in CrossFit is not dependent on conditions and objects found external to the body, nor is it dependent on heaven sent DNA. The barbell doesn’t care how bad your lungs hurt and the pull-up bar certainly doesn’t care how fried your forearms are. Likewise, most of us don’t hit the genetic jackpot for athletic ability and …
Travel WODs
If you guys are out of town for the holidays and are craving some minimal equipment CrossFit workouts, check out the link here. Enjoy your time away from RVA!
Trainee Profile: Alan M.
Biggest accomplishment in the gym so far: Drinking Four Loko with Ryan P and living to tell about it-just kidding (but that really did happen). I’d have to say meeting all the advanced standards on the last CrossFit total day because I had really been working basics and flexibility hard to try to meet those requirements. What do you want …