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7 Key Factors for Successful Crossfit Performance Post-Rehabilitation

7 Key Factors for Successful Crossfit Performance Post-Rehabilitation

Melissa Baudo2023-12-20T01:09:20-05:00December 21st, 2018|Categories: Sports Medicine Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Crossfit Articles|Tags: Recreation, sports, Pilates, Human behavior, Squat, Powerlifting, Physical exercise, Squatting position, Individual sports, Deadlift, CrossFit, Nancy Pickett, Sports injury, CrossFit Games, Pull-up, Barbell, Bodyweight exercises, Mat Fraser|

The sport of Crossfit continues to evolve; asking the most elite athletes in the world to perform seemingly superhuman physical tasks. While the sport continues to test the boundaries of human form, there is always an ability to scale the movements for those more lay people, like myself. What is Crossfit? Crossfit defines itself as “constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity”. The most important principle to keep in mind when approaching an apparently impossible workout is the intended [...]

Functional Strength Training is for You & Everyone Else Too

Alex Wilkins2018-11-07T18:53:01-05:00April 11th, 2018|Categories: Strength Training Articles, Injury Prevention Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles|Tags: CrossFit, Nancy Pickett, Bench press, Deadlift, Individual sports, Squatting position, Physical exercise, Powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting, Squat, Human behavior, health, sports, weight lifting, wellness, strength, strength training, Recreation|

"Strength training" has come to be synonymous with Crossfit, powerlifting and Olympic lifting, which can be highly intimidating to those of us who are wanting to stay healthy, but have no prior experience in the previous matters. However, functional strength training is vital for injury prevention, despite fitness level, and can be scaled for everyone. Our bodies are pretty incredible. Without our conscious thought they coordinate our movements, fight infections, regulate our heart beat and temperature, and digest food amongst [...]

10 Minute Pilates Warm Up

Alex Wilkins2018-11-19T19:12:55-05:00October 25th, 2017|Categories: Prevention Articles, Pilates Articles, General Information, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: running, Deadlift, Physical exercise, Powerlifting, Human behavior, Medicine, exercise, sports, Warming up, warm-up, athlete, health, Tennis, Pilates, Muscular system, Soft tissue, Gluteus maximus, Asanas, Waking|

Looking for a Great 10 Minute Pilates Warm-up? Do you find yourself waking up early, a little stiff from your night’s sleep, but wanting to get that early morning run or walk in before work? Or maybe you prefer after work, but find yourself feeling tight after driving in rush-hour traffic. Before you hit the road, you think about warming up all of the important muscle groups used in running and walking, but want something quick, yet effective! Here are [...]