Muscle Ups
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Congratulations to Ben on getting his first muscle up on only his second attempt. Workout tonight was a chipper.
30 dumbell deadlifts men 40 lb/women 25 lb
15/15 one arm push press men 35 lb/women 20 lb (15 each arm)
100 jump rope
30 push-ups
15/15 lunges
30 sit-ups
30 wall ball men 20 lb/women 12 lb
15/15 one arm swing men 36 lb/women 25 lb
30 jumping dips
Who needs machines?
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Their way.
Our Way
Down the street at the chain gym everyone is sitting on machines or trapped on the treadmill working out their muscles in an isolated and mind numbing fashion. Here are some pictures of our clients getting a full body workout with fun and challenging exercises. We perform our workouts emphasizing full body movements in an short intense timeframe. Training in this fashion lets us achieve a well rounded workout in a short amount of time, thus eliminating the need for the traditional concept of separating your cardio and strength training.
Saturday Class
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Here's Ben working on ring pull-ups
Thanks to Matt for dropping by. He's a Crossfit trainer visiting Portland from Northern California for the holiday. 
We did a little somthing different today for group. We warmed up working on pull ups pushups and ring dips. Then we did a tabata workout which consists of eight rounds of 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest at each station. After each round one minute of rest is given before moving to the next exercise.
Workout consisted of :
kettlebell swings
med ball squats
dumbell push press
ab mat sit-ups
rowing
Today was Ben's first group class and he did a great job on the workout. Thanks for coming everyone!
Thanks Nichole
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
We'd like to take the time to properly thank Nichole who after 8 months of hard work is leaving us to concentrate on her last semester of school and growing the Crossfit Kids program. Nichole, an excellent trainer was instrumental in helping us get the gym off the ground and has been a part of our family here at Everyday Athlete. We hope that see finds continued success wherever her future takes her.
Kettlebell Fun
Monday, November 19, 2007
Kettlebells are a great strength and conditioning tool. You can do a wide variety of movements with them. They are highly portable and take up little room. Here is a link to someone who lost over a 100 pounds in a year using kettlebells.