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  • CrossFit Santa Cruz is a collective of dedicated trainers brought together by the belief in the Foundations of CrossFit. The stimulus provided is always varied and the results are dramatic. The atmosphere is one of support and camaraderie to anyone willing to put in the work.

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  • The CrossFit Journal is a digital monthly dedicated to functional fitness. Articles include capstone documents of the CrossFit concept and readily understood how-to classics by contributing coaches, trainers, and athletes.

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  • Crossfit Santa Cruz
    207 McPherson. Suite B Santa Cruz, CA 95060 malleejs@gmail.com

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December 31, 2007

Happy New Year

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Bob Amos doing his last workout of 2007.

Workout:
Find your max Shoulder Press

Wednesday, Jan. 2 we will have all of our normal classes except for the 6am.

December 30, 2007

Shoulder Rehab

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Alisa Van Dissen has had a 'bum' shoulder for some time now. Instead of choosing to not 'go overhead', she carefully and deliberately went through the shoulder press. With good form, and great coaching, she was able to comfortably press 82# overhead.

Workout:
4 Rounds for time:
Run 400m
Row 500m

New Year's Schedule:
We will be holding classes at 8, 9, 10 am, and Noon on Monday, Dec. 31st.
There will be ONE CLASS on Tuesday, Jan. 1st at Noon.
Wednesday, Jan. 2 we will have all of our normal classes except for the 6am.


December 29, 2007

Bench Mark

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Skip Hanson, representing for the rugby players out there.

Workout:
Run 400m
30 Bench Press (Gents use 155# and Ladies use 95#)
30 Pull Ups
Run 400m
20 Bench Press
20 Pull Ups
Run 400m
10 Bench Press

New Year's Schedule:
We will be holding classes at 8, 9, 10 am, and Noon on Monday, Dec. 31st.
There will be ONE CLASS on Tuesday, Jan. 1st at Noon.
Wednesday, Jan. 2 we will have all of our normal classes except for the 6am.

10 Pull Ups

December 28, 2007

Back Squatting

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Rachel Frankl, on her way to a new back squat PR.

Workout:
Find your max back squat

December 27, 2007

CF Coronado

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Crossfit Coronado; then and now.

Workout:
Row 5k

Compare to your 5k run time

December 26, 2007

Crossfit Anywhere

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Vanessa Fullerton, who started out at Crossfit Long Beach, now calls her self "Crossfit Anywhere I Can". Vanessa wants her Crossfit workouts so bad, she'll do them in a Gold's Gym if need be.

Workout:
150 Burpees for time

December 25, 2007

Maxin'

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Hannah Halpern setting up for the deadlift.

Workout:
Find your max deadlift

Check out this video of a 1003# deadlift: Andy Bolton--1003 lb. Deadlift

December 24, 2007

Feliz Navidad

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How the Twardoken's spend Christmas....

December 23, 2007

12 Days of Christmas

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Erin Asamoto (top) and Robert Asamoto during the '12 Days of Christmas'.

Workout:
'12 Days of Christmas'
1 Body Weight Clean and Jerk
2 1 1/2 Body Weight Deadlift
3 Muscle Ups
4 Box Jumps
5 Weighted Pull Ups (Gents use 30# and Ladies use 20#)
6 Weighted Walking Lunges (Gents use 30# dumbbells and Ladies use 20#)
7 Burpees
8 KBS (Gents use 24kg and Ladies use 16kg)
9 Single Arm Snatch (Gents use 35# and Ladies use 25#)
10 Push Ups
11 Dips
12 Handstand Push Ups

The workout should be executed just as 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' song is sung; start with one clean and jerk, then do two deadlifts and one clean and jerk, then three muscle ups, two deadlifts and one clean and jerk, four box jumps, three muscle ups, two deadlifts and one clean and jerk, etc.

December 22, 2007

Garage Gym

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Jeremy Ford's Garage Gym.
What do you think are the most important things to have in a Crossfit (garage) gym?

Looking to outfit your Crossfit gym? Check out The Garage Gym Store for almost all of your equipment needs.

Workout:
Run 5k

100 Day Burpee Challenge


  • Beginning Monday, July 14th, Burpee Challenge participants are doing one burpee on day one and adding one each day until we get to 100 burpees on the 100th day! That's a total of 5050 burpees!

  • If you're interested in doing the Challenge with us and want your name on this list, email malleejs@gmail.com for more info on how to "buy-in" with missed burpees!
  • Burpee Challenge Participants
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