CrossFit Santa Cruz Central - Serving Santa Cruz, Capitola, Soquel, Scotts Valley, CA - Personal Training, Fitness Center, Workout Gym

Uriah; all smiles.
Maybe it was the workout, maybe it was the birthday donuts!

Workout (for Monday August 24):

4 Sets:
2-3 Back Squats

It’s easy to have an excuse to not make it into the gym. We all have busy full lives. But you will ALWAYS feel better if you can make the time for yourself and come in. We have classes from 6am to 5:30pm; there’s almost no reason you can’t find one hour to come take care of yourself!

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The name of the game today was INTENSITY. So choosing a weight that elicited that response was critical. Too heavy, and you have to break the thrusters up too much. Too light, and you won’t understand what all the fuss is about. Joel chose wisely today. He only had to break the thrusters up once, and he finished in 6:20! ...

As we age it’s easy to stop trying to learn new skills, especially physical ones. Today provided an opportunity to learn something new; the bar pull over, which can be unnerving because it involves going upside down while hanging (something almost all of us did when we were young.) But because skills are neurological AND physical, the more we try to learn new ones, the easier it...

Think back to the last time you asked Marshall how he was doing. I’ll wager the response was something to the effect of “fantastic, excellent, amazing”. There’s a chance that he’s just never tired, work is never hard and life is really easy. But I think it’s more that Marshall chooses (yes, consciously CHOOSES, which implies we can all do the same) to put his focus on what’s pos...