CrossFit EXP

Getting Better at Push-ups

Push-ups in the Rack: For these push-ups, the athlete sets a bar up in a rack between waist and chest high. The higher the bar is set, the easier the push-up. This progression works well for developing the strength necessary to do a push-up and for teaching the athlete how to develop full body tension as they move from fully extended arms to chest touching the bar. Once an athlete can do 10-15 strict reps at a certain bar height, they can lower the bar a few inches to increase difficulty.

Slow Eccentrics: From the top position of a push-up, the athlete lowers slowly to the ground maintaining a rigid body position until they make contact with the ground. This is a great version for developing strength and eliminating reaching, loss of midline stability, or shorting. Each rep should take 10 seconds or so.

Starting in the Bottom Position: For an athlete who can do a few push-ups, this is a useful technique for refining body position. Each rep starts with the athlete lying on the ground in the bottom of a push-up position, hands just outside the shoulders. The athlete tightens up their entire body and keeps their body rigid as they press up from the ground to fully extended arms. The athlete then resets in the bottom position to prepare for the next rep.

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Congrats to Karli and her partner Becky for competing at CrossFit Nashua this past weekend! Great work ladies!
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Happy Friday the 13th!

Don't walk under any ladders,
Don't break any mirrors,
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Don't open an umbrella indoors,
Don't pick up a penny facing down,
Don't walk by any black cats.

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DO Get to the gym!
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Looking good is secondary.
Having a healthy relationship with your body should be your priority!
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Your work will never be done. It's not meant to be. As long as you breath, there's work for you to do. Your time is limited to 24 hours each day. Decide how to spend your time in a way that attends to every area of life - health, relationships, making money, serving in your communities.

-Paraphrase Jim Collins
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We LOVE watching Britt's consistency & drive to constantly improve! Get it girl!
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Keep your gaze ahead!
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GOOD LUCK COACH DANA!
She competes in the 2022 National Masters Weightlifting Championships in Salt Lake City tonight!
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Ponytail beast mode!
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Contrary to what we usually believe … the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times—although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

-Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, Author of Flow
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Obviously a CrossFitter stops her road trip to find the largest barbell! Janice looking tiny under all that weight!
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Congrats to Jackie & Josh for kicking butt at the Cougars & Cradle Robbers Comp this past weekend!
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Flex it Friday!!! The Morin crew 💪💪
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Life is not merely being alive.
It's being healthy & well!
HAPPY WORLD HEALTH DAY!
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Sweating for Ross! We love you always buddy!

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Don't mess with a girl who does burpees for fun 💪
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Wake up
Drink Water
Workout
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Be Awesome!
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