CrossFit South Bay | Hermosa Beach, CA

  Many weeks ago we threw out a poll for your CrossFit goals.  It’s been over 8 weeks and it’s time to see who attained them, who’s still working on it, and what your new goal is for the next 8 weeks.  Post to comments. REST DAY 06.14.09 

Dutch Lowy recently threw down the gauntlet amongst CrossFit affiliates and challenged us all to a monthly competition.  Here’s the June WOD: Max Thrusters at your Fran weight (i.e.  if you scale Fran to 45#, it’s your max thrusters at 45#) Rule:  If bar drops below your shoulder rack position at any time, your set [...]

This last Thursday, Nanie (one of our newest athletes) got his first muscle up. This was only his second day attempting to do it and his determination was fierce. Check out the video below!  Congratulations, Nanie!!! Also, we’re throwing down the first CFSB Guerrilla Burpee Contest.  Check out CF NI’s video explaining the newest CrossFit [...]

CrossFit Santa Cruz Central recently blogged about some things to consider when choosing your protein for all you zone eaters out there.  When you eat protein, your body releases the hormone Glucagon, which essentially tells your body to burn fat.  Robb Wolf stressed the importance of choosing “pure” protein, which basically means it had a [...]

Drank Kool-Aid:  Home Box March 08, CFSB Feb 09  (Level 1 Cert Mar 09) Fave Girl: Helen 10:55 Fave WOD: heavy days Fave Movement:  Insert Max’s Potty Humor here. Least Fave Movement: Thrusters Least Fave WOD: anything with rowing DL:  300, FS: 202, Bench: Forrest’s BW Best CF Accomplishments:  Gained almost 30# of lean mass from paleo-zone, and [...]

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend and getting some well-deserved rest. If you’re like me, the last thing you probably want to think about on your Sunday afternoon is returning to work tomorrow but maybe this article, entitled “Tabata My Job” [pdf], will help you look at the daily grind in a whole new [...]

Ruth just returned from her tour of Ireland – a hard earned vacation after powering through the SoCal Regionals two weekends ago. She worked out at CrossFit Ireland one day and was graciously adopted by CrossFit Northern Ireland for a few days after that. She returned from her trip bearing gifts which we proudly displayed [...]

Hopefully you are enjoying the beautiful weather for your rest day today. Don’t forget this coming Saturday, May 2nd, will be our next free beach workout. You also might recall that the same evening as our last beach workout, our own Tori’s band EOiQ performed at The Crest in Torrance. In case you missed out, [...]

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, cooked 24 [...]

Kipping Pull ups, Muscle Ups, Hand Stand Push Ups, oh my! CrossFit is so constantly varied that your head can spin with all the milestones and benchmarks there are. Recently, we had three of our ladies (Avelyne, Michelle, and Anna) get their first kipping pullups. This week’s CFSB’s Poll is challenging you all to pick [...]