CrossFit Wrath Kids

Big truth.

🎉New month, new focus! 🎉In December, we will focus on the deadlift.👏🏻

The deadlift is one of CrossFit’s foundational movements 👍🏻and, quite frankly, one of life’s most functional movements. It’s a fancy name for “picking things up” (and here's the important part) 👉🏼correctly. Whether it's 🎒, 🚲, or barbells🏋🏼 - this month our Crossfit Kids will be working hard at perfecting the application of the Angry Gorilla Back in order to learn how to lift safely 👍🏻and correctly 👏🏻in the gym and in life.

They will be all prepared for that humongous wrapped gift on Christmas morning!👀👉🏼🎅🏼

New month, new skill! 💪🏻

We just wrapped up our throwing and catching skill 🔵🔴and this month will be focusing on the press series. 🏋🏻‍♀️We will focus on creating a stable platform out of the torso and lower body in order to efficiently push something up ☝🏻️overhead.

We will work with dumbbells and our brand new youth barbells! 🙌🏻This series increases the requirement for shoulder stabilization as they learn to move an external load. 💪🏻

Our practice last month with wall balls has helped prepare us to explore the shoulder press, push press, and thrusters! 👍🏻

November is going to be exciting! 🐲👫🎉

Last month we focused on pull-ups and learned how to manipulate our bodies through time and space. This month we are going to focus on how to use our bodies to move an object (or stop it from moving) with accuracy!

While throwing and catching are not part of the 9 Foundational Movements we use in Crossfit, they are a very functional skill in the life of a child. This month we will be honing our Wrath Kid's throwing skills in terms of stance, energy transfer, and accuracy, as well as the age appropriate fundamentals of a coordinated catch. (think wall balls and prepping them for an epic game of dodgeball!)

Did you know early sport specialization does more harm than good? We generally think that getting kids started in a single sport early on will give them a competitive edge, but it can lead to burnout and an increased risk of injury.

Crossfit Kids utilizes skills used in a wide variety of sports, as well as in everyday life. Take that heavy backpack your kids lug around every day. They pick it up off the ground (deadlift) and they lift it up overhead to put it in their locker (push press). We want to help teach them proper mechanics they will use every day and establish good movement patterns, as well as promote a lifelong love of fitness.

We start our fall session TOMORROW (Thursday) night at 5pm. Haven't signed up yet? No problem! Email us at [email protected]. We'd love to help put the FUN in FUNctional fitness!!

It's been an awesome summer! Thanks for sharing your kids with me! ❤️🐲👫

That's a wrap! Thank you for an AWESOME summer of FUNctional fitness! Our Wrath Kids are the best! ❤️🐲👫 Regular classes resume September 1st (Thursday's at 5pm). We can't wait!

That's a wrap! Thank you for an AWESOME summer of FUNctional fitness! Our Wrath Kids are the best! ❤️🐲👫 Regular classes resume September 1st (Thursday's at 5pm). We can't wait!

REMINDER: Tomorrow (Friday Aug 12) is our LAST summer crossfit kids day! Our Wrath Kids will be getting SOAKED! Plan to either wear a bathing suit or bring a change of clothes and bring a towel! If you have a Crossfit Wrath Kids shirt, please wear it tomorrow.

If you decide on a girl's bathing suit, it must be a one piece that is secure for all the movements we do. For our guys, they must wear a shirt with their swimsuit. Please also wear shoes that are comfortable to still run in. Let's get DRENCHED!

Today our Wrath Kids met "Sally" 😏for a little squat therapy! We put our heels on plates and practiced keeping our weight through our heels 👍🏻and our toes free and off the plate! We also snuck in some clean practice 🏋🏼with a barbell and closed out with a water relay💦. Great work Wrath Kids!!!🐲🏋🏼👫

Crossfit kids - Bring Sally Up https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=MA5RQQYFssg