Every year I look forward to watching the CrossFit Games. I probably look forward to the Games more than NCAA Nationals for gymnastics, which now seems strange to me. Both are only on once per year. Both are sports that I love. Gymnastics was my only love for 16 years, and only being able to...Read More
In football it’s the scream-filled, helmet-slap-laden sack dance on a second down play when the team trails by four touchdowns. In baseball it’s the bat-flipping, chest-beating homerun celebration the lands in seats already emptied by a lopsided score In basketball it’s the Jordan-esque jump and fist pump after a last second shot that ends the...Read More
Using Accommodating Resistance We use this equation each and everyday when we workout. The force we apply to the bar is equal to the mass (plates used) times the acceleration (speed at which the bar moves). All too often we only focus on increasing the mass aspect of this equation. It is very rare to...Read More
It’s 6 o’clock, people are starting to file into the triple wide and you find yourself standing in front of the monitors looking at the WOD. Your coach then begins to go over what you will be doing that day. What kind of thoughts are running through your head? Are you still mentally stuck at...Read More
As Crossfitters, we typically perform multi-joint functional movements. These movements are designed to work core to extremity and to transfer over to our daily lives. The squat, deadliest, or push press are great movements for us to improve our daily quality of life. However, have you ever thought of incorporating isolation movements to improve your...Read More
As I sit here tonight, unpacking and washing clothes and watching the archived video from this past weekends CrossFit games, I started to process what actually happened this weekend. I looked forward to this weekend for such a long time. It would be my first time to the CrossFit Regionals, and it would be my...Read More
Announcing Albany CrossFit’s first ever maternity leave! As if you can’t tell…Kat is about to pop! Next week will be her last week coaching, from there she will continue to show up Mondays and Thursdays at 7pm, but in an assistant role for our newest addition to the team, Peter Gannon. Kat has been an...Read More
