Thursday March 26 2009 CrossFit The Woodlands WOD
We have people who come in with previous injuries and after learning to work in a proper range of motion and strengthing the muscles in a proper way, the injuries usually heal and the pain is gone. We get people who are reluctant to start the CrossFit program because they think it is going to be too intense. This is not the case. The first thing you must remember is everything is SCALEABLE. Second of all, if you have a knee injury and it hurts to do exercises that involve impact, we are not going to do those exercises. People will ask me all the time, “Scott, my right knee hurts like hell when I jump on it.” Well, here is a crazy idea, don’t jump on your right knee. It’s that simple. I give the knee example because this is what we see the most of. We use the rower as a good non impact exercise. The rower is a workout all in itself. If you have never rowed or been taught to row properly, then the rower might seem silly to you. After all, no one ever uses it at the commercial gym, so it must not work well. The reason people don’t use it at a commercial gym is because it’s tough. It’s a great piece of equipment to train total body. I never understood why a globo gym had treadmills, steppers, and bikes farther than the eye can see but only had two rowers. At CrossFit this is the other way around. We look at a person’s previous injury and analyze how we can help that person overcome, heal, and prevent that injury from reoccurring. Usually this involves teaching someone to work through a full range of motion, understanding different stretching techniques, and making that person realize what they can and cannot do. So if you are hesitant about coming in because of a previous injury “or current injury” don’t be, we are here to help. You will always get an honest answer. If we can’t help you then we will tell you, but most of the time it’s just taking the time to get a person understanding the basics.
M.B. squat clean to ball slam 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
K.B.S.D.L.H.P. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
*Do 1 squat clean then do 10 high pulls. Then do 2 squat cleans and 9 high pulls and so on*
