I know what you’re thinking! It just snowed, why am I worried about becoming acclimated to the heat now? The truth is it can take up to a month to fully acclimate to the summer months. In Colorado our spring and summers tend to be gradual, which is a good thing. We want to avoid [...]
What Now?
Steve @ NerdFitness.com has a really cool website with some real good content that is really fun to read. Sometimes it helps to read a different style to get remotivated. Here’s one of his recent articles that applies to all of us right now wrapping up our Body Pod Challenge. You did it. Months and months (or [...]
Chief Drummond Interview
A-Shift Battalion Chief Jim Drummond is down to 10 shifts before retiring. Watch this short interview as he talks about his health and fitness history, what he’s doing now and why. He’s an inspiration to work out with at Crossfit Parker. Awesome to see a firefighter with mere days left on the job still putting in the [...]
Handstands
We’re not encouraging everyone to head out to the bay and start practicing your handstands, but for some it’s a nice challenge and a way to change up your routine. Check this out and if you need a little jumpstart, start inverting. Remember, regularly practice and train at new sports! Thal gives us a quick [...]
Gymnastic Rings
The gymnastics rings hanging in the firehouses can be a bit intimidating if you’re not really sure what exercises to do on them. Let’s go over the basics and the benefits here. Once you see how simple they are, start incorporating them more often in your workout program or warm-up. Some of the many benefits [...]
Interview with D-shifts Bryan Grogan
Engineer Bryan Grogan talks a little about what’s working for him during the body pod challenge…
REP Fitness Equipment
A brand new equipment supplier, Rep Fitness, has started up in Colorado and they seem to have some really good quality stuff to offer. One of the coolest for the Crossfit garage gym enthusiast is some really good quality and affordable bumper plates under their own name. Check them out here. What’s even better is that they [...]
Change it up with the Oly Lifts
My Thoughts on Rudy Nielson’s Thoughts…by Kourt So, I hit a lull and I know we all do it. We all lose motivation or hit a plateau, stop eating healthy, stop making time or just stop caring. Okay, maybe that last one is just me, but I had to do something about my developing ‘doughnuts [...]
A Personal Rewards Program
Bod Pod Challenger’s we’re three weeks in. That initial burst of motivation may be wearing thin and we may be questioning whether the hard work we’re putting in is worth it. The temptations of Easter jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and just plain being lazy are all around, circling your mind. It’s time to give yourself a secret weapon [...]
SMFR’s in the Crossfit Open
We have several of our members and spouses currently competing against 120,000 other worldwide crossfitters in the 2013 Crossfit Games Open. Two workouts down and three to go. Click the link below for the leaderboard. Here’s our people and what theyve done so far… Week 1′s workout was: Workout 13.1 MEN – includes Masters Men [...]
Rhino Mobility – Lacrosse Ball Trigger Point: Shoulder
Ryan gives a quick look at a way to target the mobility of the shoulder. Watch, Practice, Repeat. Easy enough.
Getting Fit – Part 3: Raising INTENSITY
Intensity…the “Go Hard or Go Home” mentality of fitness. There’s a lot to this one for the firefighter: Our competitive spirit, the need to stay fresh for a big call, the 80% rule, firehouse peer pressure, etc. Hopefully we’ve already established (in the first two pieces of this three part series) that the Intensity component comes only after establishing good Mechanics and [...]
Getting Fit – Part 2: Being CONSISTENT
While all three aspects, Mechanics, Consistency & Intensity, are bound together and interrelated, possibly the single most important part of an exercise program is ones consistency in actually DOING IT. Crossfit HQ explains the Consistency aspect to training as a two-part application: 1) That you are consistent in performing the correct movements (like we talked [...]
Getting Fit – Part 1: Good MECHANICS
One of the most basic concepts of Crossfit and functional fitness, or any style of exercise for that matter, is the mastering and order of the three words: 1. Mechanics, 2. Consistency & 3. Intensity. In other words first we do it right, next we do it right and often and finally we do it [...]
Rhino Mobility – PNF Stretching
PNF stretching, or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching, are stretching techniques commonly used in clinical environments to enhance both active and passive range of motion with the ultimate goal being to optimize motor performance and rehabilitation. Definition from Wikipedia. Awesome, fair enough, I believe, now show me how…OK we will, watch Thal give a run down [...]
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