Comments on: Starrett and keeping our bodies working http://crossfittacoma.com/blog/2009/06/28/starrett-and-keeping-our-bodies-working/ Strong people are harder to kill and more useful in general. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:36:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matt G. http://crossfittacoma.com/blog/2009/06/28/starrett-and-keeping-our-bodies-working/#comment-1078 Matt G. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:34:25 +0000 http://www.crossfittacoma.com/?p=607#comment-1078 A few things I that I took away from Saturday: 1. Keep the Mid-line tight at all times. This is nothing new but hearing it over and over is a good reinforcement. 2. Flexibility- You need to see or feel change. If you don't see it or feel it, change did not happen. 3. GOAT! What is my goat in flexibility and work on it?! I do this with my weaknesses within CF, why not with flexibility? I am sure there is a lot more, I need to go over my notes again. It was a great day. A few things I that I took away from Saturday:

1. Keep the Mid-line tight at all times. This is nothing new but hearing it over and over is a good reinforcement.

2. Flexibility- You need to see or feel change. If you don’t see it or feel it, change did not happen.

3. GOAT! What is my goat in flexibility and work on it?! I do this with my weaknesses within CF, why not with flexibility?

I am sure there is a lot more, I need to go over my notes again. It was a great day.

]]> By: Wilson http://crossfittacoma.com/blog/2009/06/28/starrett-and-keeping-our-bodies-working/#comment-1077 Wilson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:59 +0000 http://www.crossfittacoma.com/?p=607#comment-1077 My takeaways: 1) I like the ideal of "movement prep" instead of a warmup, and having it be specifically tailored to the movements you're about to execute (if the WOD has a lot of overhead then include full overhead movements in your prep). I've been doing the oldschool CF warmup (Sampson stretch, PVC OHS, etc etc) for a while now... need to change that when I'm on my own. 2) As you already said, you all have already incorporated a lot of his stretching into your warmup/cooldown. My takeaway from this is that the CrossFit Journal is a pretty damn useful resource. the fact that nothing Starrett said was terribly mindblowing is proof that the CFJ is a great place to learn if you can't get to any certs/seminars or don't have the cash. 3) That being said, its always humbling to feel like you're doing alright on a certain topic like CF, and have a subject matter expert come in and blow your mind. Made me realize how much more there is to learn. 4) beyond academics, as a proud CrossFit dork I enjoyed being around a large group of people who were equally or even moreso enthusiastic/obsessive. When the instructor can joke about everyone showing off their "Paleo-berries and raw bison meat" at lunch and everyone laughs, you know its a different kind of crowd. Good seminar. Glad I went. My takeaways:

1) I like the ideal of “movement prep” instead of a warmup, and having it be specifically tailored to the movements you’re about to execute (if the WOD has a lot of overhead then include full overhead movements in your prep). I’ve been doing the oldschool CF warmup (Sampson stretch, PVC OHS, etc etc) for a while now… need to change that when I’m on my own.

2) As you already said, you all have already incorporated a lot of his stretching into your warmup/cooldown. My takeaway from this is that the CrossFit Journal is a pretty damn useful resource. the fact that nothing Starrett said was terribly mindblowing is proof that the CFJ is a great place to learn if you can’t get to any certs/seminars or don’t have the cash.

3) That being said, its always humbling to feel like you’re doing alright on a certain topic like CF, and have a subject matter expert come in and blow your mind. Made me realize how much more there is to learn.

4) beyond academics, as a proud CrossFit dork I enjoyed being around a large group of people who were equally or even moreso enthusiastic/obsessive. When the instructor can joke about everyone showing off their “Paleo-berries and raw bison meat” at lunch and everyone laughs, you know its a different kind of crowd.

Good seminar. Glad I went.

]]> By: Fran Mason http://crossfittacoma.com/blog/2009/06/28/starrett-and-keeping-our-bodies-working/#comment-1076 Fran Mason Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:10:11 +0000 http://www.crossfittacoma.com/?p=607#comment-1076 Thanks for hosting. Your gym is beautiful and Tom and I had a great time. My biggest take-away was to start using video with my back squats, to see if I can stay neutral instead of hyperextending and to avoid the pelvis tucking at the bottom. I feel like I have to go back to beginner status, which is sort of good because you can start seeing new progress all over again. :-) Thanks for hosting. Your gym is beautiful and Tom and I had a great time. My biggest take-away was to start using video with my back squats, to see if I can stay neutral instead of hyperextending and to avoid the pelvis tucking at the bottom. I feel like I have to go back to beginner status, which is sort of good because you can start seeing new progress all over again. :-)

]]> By: Jeremy http://crossfittacoma.com/blog/2009/06/28/starrett-and-keeping-our-bodies-working/#comment-1075 Jeremy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:46:50 +0000 http://www.crossfittacoma.com/?p=607#comment-1075 Sounds like it was an awesome day of learning. Since we've been doing the Snatch so much I've been trying to find some good online lessons. Along with flexibility and midline stabilization, form is equally important and I don't think many of us do it correctly. Check out the video here: http://journal.crossfit.com/2009/06/lunchtime-snatching-with-burg-part-2.tpl for an excellent Snatch lesson. Sounds like it was an awesome day of learning.
Since we’ve been doing the Snatch so much I’ve been trying to find some good online lessons. Along with flexibility and midline stabilization, form is equally important and I don’t think many of us do it correctly.

Check out the video here:
http://journal.crossfit.com/2009/06/lunchtime-snatching-with-burg-part-2.tpl
for an excellent Snatch lesson.

]]> By: Tom http://crossfittacoma.com/blog/2009/06/28/starrett-and-keeping-our-bodies-working/#comment-1074 Tom Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:43:36 +0000 http://www.crossfittacoma.com/?p=607#comment-1074 Hi Morgan. Great clinic filled with loads of good info! Both Michelle and I were really glad we could make this and thanks for arranging and hosting it. Like the nutrition cert, this clinic was extremely valuable in pointing out and reinforcing what should be obvious to us as athletes and coaches. That along with proper nutrition, flexibility and range of motion are key to better movement and performance. So much of what we do as CrossFitters focuses on the strength, speed, power etc. and neglects flexibility. Taking what we learned here back to our gyms and clients will only help translate to better performance gains for both them and us. Now it's time to break out the lacrosse ball! Hi Morgan. Great clinic filled with loads of good info! Both Michelle and I were really glad we could make this and thanks for arranging and hosting it. Like the nutrition cert, this clinic was extremely valuable in pointing out and reinforcing what should be obvious to us as athletes and coaches. That along with proper nutrition, flexibility and range of motion are key to better movement and performance. So much of what we do as CrossFitters focuses on the strength, speed, power etc. and neglects flexibility. Taking what we learned here back to our gyms and clients will only help translate to better performance gains for both them and us.

Now it’s time to break out the lacrosse ball!

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