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Posted June 29, 2016Video Demo: Push Jerk
Posted June 16, 2016‘The barbell is driven off the shoulders with a violent dip-drive. In the split second that the upward drive of the hips and shoulders makes the barbell weightless, the athlete drives the body down with the arms until the bar is locked out solidly overhead.’ -The CrossFit Journal Articles
This week Coach Kirsten offers up tips for correctly executing your Push Jerk, as well as common errors to avoid. Next up: Split Jerk.
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3rd Annual Battle at the Board
Posted June 7, 2016
Thank you to all the athletes, volunteers, and spectators that came down to The Starboard for the 3rd Annual Battle at the Board competition. It was a great day teaming up with CrossFit Dover for the competition and raising money for Operation Underground Railroad!! Check out the video below for the highlights!!
Video Demo: Push Press
Posted June 3, 2016Building off of the Overhead Press, this week we are moving onto the Push Press. The Push Press allows you to cycle weight quicker and more efficiently by incorporating a leg/hip drive.
This week Coach Kirsten offers up tips for correctly executing your Push Press as well as common errors to avoid. Next up: Push Jerk.
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Video Demo: Strict Press
Posted April 7, 2016
‘I’m quite sure the first thing ever done with a barbell was a standing press, because it is the logical thing to do with a barbell.’
-The CrossFit Journal Articles (#45)
Now that we’ve fully covered squats, our video demo series is moving on to presses! We’re starting with the strict press.
Pushing a bar over your head is one of the most basic, obvious, functional movements, but just because the movement is simple doesn’t mean it can’t be tough. The strict press develops both upper body strength and your core.
This week Coach Kirsten offers up tips for correctly executing your strict press as well as common errors to avoid. Next up: push press.
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Video Demo: Overhead Squat
Posted March 28, 2016“The overhead squat is the ultimate core exercise, the heart of the snatch, and peerless in developing effective athletic movement. This functional gem trains for efficient transfer of energy from large to small body parts – the essence of sport movement. For this reason it is an indispensable tool for developing speed and power”. -CrossFit Journal Articles
The overhead squat is a difficult technical lift that is one of the hardest squats to master. They can be especially challenging for those who sit at a desk all day— pulling their shoulders forward— and have corresponding issues being comfortable with their arms behind their head.
Overhead squats increase mobility, flexibility, and stability as well as strength. Learning to do them well will help improve all your lifts, and greatly reduce the chances of injuring yourself while moving weight overhead day-to-day (a perfect example of what we mean by functional fitness).
Here’s Coach Kirsten going over the key elements of this fundamental movement.
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Other video demos in the Fundamental Movements: Squats series
Video Demo: Front Squats
Posted February 16, 2016Next up in our video demo series of Fundamental Movements is the front squat. This is a key lift that directly translates into other movements, specifically the clean. Watch Coach Kirsten as she discusses the key points of the front squat, as well as common mistakes to avoid.
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Video Demo: Back Squats
Posted February 1, 2016We’re back with another video demo!
Last time we went over the fundamentals of the air squat:
- go below parallel
- hips pushed back
- knees out
- chest up
Now let’s transfer that to a back squat by adding the bar.
Any questions? Let us know in the comments.