To participate in the Richmond Affiliate Gathering, athletes need to register here. On Saturday, June 26th, we’ll be holding a gathering of the local Richmond, VA CrossFit affiliates. The gathering will include three workouts and a cookout. Workouts will start at 10:00am, the cookout will follow the last workout. The workouts are: 1. AMRAP 7: 5 Ground to Overhead (155#/95#), …
Why We Like Olympic Lifts.
CrossFit defines fitness in 10 ways, most of which you should be familiar with. How many of them do you know offhand? List as many of them as you can in your head or on a piece of paper (I’m listing them in the next sentence, so don’t cheat and read ahead). They are cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, …
Xterra East Championship
The Xterra Championship will be held June 19th and 20th. On the 19th, there’s a 21k and 10k trail run. On the 20th, there will be the Sport distance off-road triathlon. We had several compete in the 10k last year, and John competed in the tri. We’d love to see a bigger crowd this year, and we’ll be there with …
Dominion River Rock
May 14th and 15th brings the Dominion River Rock to the river here in Richmond, VA, and with it, the James River Scramble 10k and Filthy 5K Mud Run. Our RVA Endurance folks and CrossFit RVA members alike should check it out! http://www.dominionriverrock.com/
Bring a Friend Day
Do you find it difficult to explain exactly what CrossFit is? After doing this for years, I still do. Some days I think I’ve got it down- I say something about the police and military using our methods and that Crossfit uses constantly varied, functional movements performed at high intensity – and then I usually just wait for the inevitable …
Post-Nutrition Challenge Party
John and Nikki, who won our Performance Nutrition Challenge, have offered to throw a party at the gym for both Nutrition Challenge participants as well as any CrossFit RVA members who would like to join in. John and Nikki will be supplying Pizza and some beer. Please BYOB, and non-Nutrition Challenge folks, bring $5 to chip in on some pizza. …
2010 VA/DC Sectionals Wrap-Up
To start off, the VA/DC/MD sectionals was a great experience, both for myself and the four guys from CrossFit RVA who competed. The event was much larger than I anticipated, with a total of 250+ people competing. The event was well-run; scores were updated quickly on the games site, heats started when they were supposed to, and things stayed well …
Olympic Weightlifting Seminar with Wilkes Weightlifting
Seminar Flyer This full day Seminar is 7 hours and includes classroom instruction and hands-on coaching in the Olympic lifts. The Snatch is taught for 3.5 hours, followed by lunch, then 3.5 hours on the Clean and Jerk. Coach Wilkes will go over the stages of each lift and practice skills and drills that produce better lifters, increasing efficiency in …
Gettin’ Loose
We work our bodies hard. We lift heavy, run fast, and do a little bit of everything in between – some of us 5-6 days a week. Progress is being made, times are dropping, weights are going up. So what’s the issue? The issues is that if you’ve been training with us for awhile, you likely aren’t satisfied with “just†…
Footwear
As a sport, CrossFit requires very little in the way of equipment. Most everyone owns workout clothes and shoes that can be used at the gym. We don’t really care what kind of clothes you wear, but we do think that your shoes can affect your ability to work out effectively. Start here with How We’re Wrecking Our Feet With …