http://www.santacruzstudio831.com Welcome to Studio 831, your locally owned gym, offering CrossFit, X-Train, Urban Rebound, and more! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:44:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1629" align="alignnone" width="199" caption="Paige at the affiliate cup"][/caption] Yea you! All you laborers out there, kick your feet up because monday is all about you! But... if you are in need of a workout, we will be open from 8am-3pm. Crossfit at 8am, cross-train at 9. No afternoon classes on monday WOD: 5x3 ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1630 [caption id="attachment_1627" align="alignnone" width="275" caption="Left=Good... Right=Bad"][/caption] For the past couple weeks I have been a real stickler about limiting lumbar curve in the overhead position. I demo what I am looking for only to get puzzled stares. Today I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and realized I am ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1626 Once again, I have failed to provide my faithful blog followers with an original video. But given we just did this workout, this vid may now have a special place in your heart. It does in mine. So I have decided we should try a little one week test to see ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1620 [caption id="attachment_1617" align="alignnone" width="199" caption="Niall working hard"][/caption] WOD: 400m run 21-15-9 KBS (53/35) wall ball finnish with 400m run This workout is SUPER paleo. Think of it like a hamburger with the KBS and wall balls the meat and veggies, and the runs are buns. Some people eat flower buns, some eat whole wheat, we just run ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1618 [caption id="attachment_1614" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="The gang"][/caption] I am bummed I couldn't be there for the affiliate challenge this saturday but it seems like everybody had a really good time. My sources tell me you represented the gym well. Thanks to Janet for taken several great pics of the comp. Check them ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1613 Ok this is big! Kelly Starrett of San Francisco Crossfit has just started a blog for a daily mobility drill. The guy knows about this stuff and the blog is designed to provide tools for dealing with all of your nasty little secrets (tight hips, shoulders etc). So you already ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1611 [caption id="attachment_1598" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Kate and Sam at last years affiliate challenge"][/caption] So the comp is this Saturday at Crossfit SC Central. Registration is from 7-7:45 and the action gets started at 8. You can meet at the gym at 7:15 if you want to carpool. Remember to bring some food ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1599 Check out this video of South Alabama's football team. Make sure you get to the training scenes. Remember the Affiliate challenge is this weekend. If you are competing make sure to taper off a bit so your ready to go by saturday. And keep that nutrition dialed in! 5x3 bench press then: 5 ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1596 Today Tristan departs for Whitman College in Washington where hr will play baseball and study to be a doctor. He has been one of the most dedicated athletes we have had. As a 6am regular he made dramatic improvements over the past year or so. Were definitely going to miss ... http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1594 The workouts for the SC affiliate challenge has been announced! CHECK THEM OUT!!! http://www.santacruzstudio831.com/?p=1591