New Schedule for the New Year!!!

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Jason

Attention! Due to the overwhelming demand of our members we have added more classes and plan on holding more seminars and specials in the near future. I have tweaked the schedule here and there in order to provide Albany CrossFit’s members with the best fitness experience possible.

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First – I have added strength training classes. I have noticed that many of you were definitely pushing your bodies to their limits. I feel this is due to hitting too many Met-Con days per week, think Murphy, Helen, Jackie, and Painstorms. My intention is to still have you coming in to workout 4-6 times per week but with workouts that allow your body to recover. We will still hit Strength days in our WODs, but these strength training classes are for that purpose only. We will also take those times to work on and correct form and introduce new Olympic Lifts. I am hoping that by incorporating some strength days into our metabolic days it will help us to push our bodies, not necessarily harder, but smarter. It is also proven to make you stronger, increase bone density, and make you leaner.

Second – Class structure will change slightly. Class length will be closer to 45 minutes than one hour, this is not including your warm up. If class starts at 6:30pm it is expected that you will be warmed up at that time or near completing your warm up. The warm-ups may change daily, or if there are certain exercises/lifts you are trying to improve you can incorporate them into your warmup. I will post the daily warm-up on the board prior to class.

We will also be incorporating some stretching at the end of every class. Don’t worry we won’t be chanting "OM" and lighting candles, just some light stretching targeting the body parts we focused on to help with muscle revcovery and ease soreness.

Third – I am in the midst of developing an intro class and Element/Fundamentals program. This will be primarily for new members interested in joining CrossFit classes, but will be open to all current members as well. It will be designed to take people through the basics of the CrossFit exercises and prepare athletes for moving into group classes with a firm grasp of the movements and intelligent subsitutions for exercises that suit their specific needs. This will help keep a great flow to our WOD classes because everyone attending will have a deeper understanding of our principles and methods.

I will give this new schedule a trial run for the month of January and see how everyone takes to it. Feel free to ask any questions or concerns that you may have. I look forward to continue helping all of you reach your fitness goals!