Max week in Strength Class!

Posted by on Feb 21, 2012 in Featured Clients, In The Gym, Movement, Uncategorized | 3 comments This week we will be maxing in Strength Class. As a reminder, on Tuesday we will be maxing on the back squat, hang power clean and the weighted bar dip. On Thursday it will be the dead lift, the press and the weighted chin-up. Michele started max week early, and hit a back squat PR of 165lbs, a press PR of 92lbs and even crushed a 37lb chin-up! Check out her back squat photo below☺ Nice work...
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Consistently Going Heavier

Posted by on Feb 20, 2012 in In The Gym, Movement, Uncategorized | 0 comments As a trainer I often get the question (in some way, shape, or form) “How much weight should I use?” Now, I’m the first to keep the weight low for a novice lifter, someone who’s injured/not feeling well, or for someone who just plain needs to work on form. However, if someone’s been working at a comfortable “working weight” for a while, then I’m also...
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Newbie Throwdown…Be There!!

Posted by on Feb 1, 2012 in Events, Movement, News, Outside the gym | 5 comments The time has come for 11 of our fellow Norcal-ers to show us what they’re made of.  THIS SATURDAY (2/4/12) Level 10 CrossFit will be holding their first ever Newbie Throwdown!  The athletes listed below will be making their strength competition debuts.  The day involves 3 workouts testing their strength, skill, and stamina.  It’s going to be a day of exciting workouts and fun...
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Bragging Rights: Accomplishments from 2011

Posted by on Jan 27, 2012 in Featured Clients, In The Gym, Movement, Nutrition & Health, Outside the gym | 15 comments 2011 was a really big year for many clients in the gym.  I saw things ranging from PRs in standing press, back squat,  and dead lift.  To things like making the board for a diagnostic workout, getting their first rope climb, or their first pull up!  I also saw dramatic changes in body composition with many of the clients from all their hard work and persistence with their training and diet. ...
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Desk Job Blues

Posted by on Jan 25, 2012 in Movement, Nutrition & Health, Outside the gym, Uncategorized | 9 comments Do you struggle to get get full range of motion on your press?  Do you feel a deep “stretch” in your forearms every time you do a frog stand?  Do your wrists hurt every time you do a handstand?  Do you have trouble keeping your chest tall on a front squat?  Do your shoulders consistently round forward with your body row? A large majority of the population is “lucky”...
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New Glute Workshop

Posted by on Jan 18, 2012 in In The Gym, Movement, Uncategorized | 12 comments I’m excited to announce a glute training workshop that will start next week. This specialized workshop will focus solely on lower body development, specifically exercises that target the posterior chain. Over the course of six weeks, clients will be introduced to glute activation exercises, box squats, sumo dead lifts, hip thrusts, sled drags, single leg movements, plyometrics, sprint...
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