CrossFit South Bay | Hermosa Beach, CA
CrossFit South Bay
CrossFit is based on form. Your trainers beat range of motion (ROM) into you daily. Do you have one squat at perfect form? Great! Now do 10 reps and stay consistent with your ROM. Once consistency is achieved, we add the element of time and competition to push to intensity. Perform 10 …
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Reminder the Gym will be closed Saturday April 18 for the Southern California CrossFit Games Qualifier.
This will be the second CrossFit South Bay Family post for the week. The gym is closed this weekend but the family will be together. Many of the family are headed to the Regionals this week to …
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Now that Marcus has showed us some additional ways to dynamically warm up the shoulder girdle, here's a great article from the CrossFit Journal that explains why we go overhead. It also goes over a bit of the shoulder anatomy and why the active shoulder (shrugging shoulder to the ear when going …
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As you've probably noticed, we have begun to incorporate some more varied warm-up movements. Many of these are geared to loosen up your shoulders for the many pressing exercises that are part of the CrossFit repertoire.
Aside from the "Y, inverted Y, T, L, I and W" complex you should have tried by …
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The CrossFit Games SoCal Qualifier is going down this weekend! We're all headed down to Tustin to cheer on our CFSB representatives as they take part in this momentous event. Southern California has a deep, deep pool of talent and the athleticism on display will surely be an impressive sight! The …
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CrossFit is a sport of comrades. We attack WODs, seek PRs, and occasionally meet Pukie together. What sets us apart from the globo-gyms is that we get into each others' business. We ask how their week was. We also never miss an opportunity to torment and poke fun at each other.
We foster …
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Gluten is the protein in the germ of grains such as wheat, barley and rye. Bread is the most obvious food containing gluten, but many foods are unsuspecting. Click here for a list of foods that contain gluten. Gluten is the underlying factor in many autoimmune issues, including celiac …
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With the restrictions that paleo/zone puts on your food choices, it's hard to keep your meals "constantly varied!" From time to time, we'll be posting some meals that our own gym members put together just to mix it up a bit. Here's a fast and easy scramble (4 blocks).
4 oz chicken breast, …
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Crossfit Southbay would like to say a special Thank You to Michael Pommerening (of Crossfit Gotham) for the fantastic workout this morning. Michael lead the trainers through a workout at 8:00 AM (the warm-up he took us through was an intense workout on its own) and then lead the 9:00 AM workout in …
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We do our share of heavy lifting during our training. Most people LOVE the max days. There is something empowering about lifting heavy weights off of the ground. The ability to deadlift a bunch of weight in the gym will carry over into your ability to do the same outside of the gym. However, it's …
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