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Schedule Updates for this week
– No Class Monday, Sept 3
– Tuesday, Sept 4 we begin our 530am and 630am classes. Classes will run Mon,Tues,Thur,Fri in place of our previous 6am class
– No Noon class on Friday, Sept 7. We will be doing a noon class Thurs, Sept 6th to make up for the Friday class.
– Only on this Friday Sept 7 the 515pm afternoon class will be pushed back to a 530pm start time.
– Only on this Saturday, Sept 8 the 9am morning class will be moved forward to an 8am start time.
– Go to the Schedule to see changes

Announcements

– On Mondays and Fridays throughout the fall our Girl’s Lacrosse S&C will be finishing at 530pm.  Our afternoon classes will still begin at 515pm.  If you show up early, you are free to start warming up, but please stay clear of the equipment and space the girls are using to finish their training.  A coach will begin your normal dynamic warm up at 515pm, while one coach completes the Lacrosse training.

– Be on the look out for the new BOLT Kids schedule to come out soon.

– Who is ready for a nutrition challenge?  Details coming soon

– We have several members who will be competing at the Texas Barbell Massacre on Sept 15th and Sept 16th at GSX CrossFit.  There are still scaled individual slots available if you are interested.  http://wodkilla.com/location/barbell-massacre/

– I want to get a group together to do the Big D Climb on Jan 26th 2013.  This is race up 52 flights of stairs to benefit the North Texas Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Don’t register on your own as we will put together a team.  I plan on running the stairs with BOLT the CrossFit Bear.  More info here www.bigdclimb.org

Beware of Competition Madness

I know a bunch of you are interested, or will be competing in a CrossFit competition at some point in the future, so I wanted to share this blog post from CrossFit One World.  Until you make it to regionals and are in a position to compete for those top 3 spots to the CrossFit Games, bad movement is unacceptable!  Even then there is probably a better way.  Sure I want you to go fast and push your limits, but check yourself before you wreck yourself.  Finishing 27th vs 30th at a local competition, is not worth the risk of injury and loss of future training time.

One of the things I was most proud of about the Europa comp was how well our athletes moved, especially in comparison to the substantial amount of poor and short range of motion (ROM) movement I witnessed and that will not be acceptable at the highest levels of competition.  Sure technique will not always be perfect when performing 45 snatches, but movement should be sound and full ROM.  And ultimately the more you focus on sound technique and movement when training the more efficient you will be on game day.  Case in point, YouTube Rich Froning Jr. and watch him do anything.

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http://crossfitoneworld.com/