CROSSFIT SUFFOLK   ***  Forging Elite Fitness

 Front squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps

 Study: Strength Training Improves Flexibility, Too  "Preliminary research shows no advantage for stretching."

“The results suggest that carefully constructed, full-range resistance training regimens can improve flexibility as well as—or perhaps better than—typical static stretching regimens,” said James R. Whitehead, Ed.D., FACSM, presenting author of the study."

Monday Musings: New Grass Fed Study 

MU …. As in "muscle-up".  Interesting commentary about the muscle-up from CrossFit Football owner/creator, John Welbourn, via his website, Talk To Me Johnnie, about the muscle-up!

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Don't forget….the evening sessions now start at 5pm!!

The start of the new year seems like a great time to update your 1 rep and 3 rep max for the following lifts: Front squat, back squat, overhead squat, press, push press, push jerk, deadlift and bench press.  This will facilitate future strength training programming.  Know your numbers!

Some time in the near future we will be conducting the Spartan Performance PFT (Physical Fitness Test) again.  This includes push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, squats, push presses and rowing…all for a designated period of time.

Interested in competing in the CrossFit Games?  Here's the 2011 CrossFit Games Update.  Check it out and let us know if you have questions or are interested in competing.  NOW is the time to make the commitment so you know you'll be as prepared as possible come March.  All of our athletes who have competed in the Games found the experience to be awesome and regardless of how they placed during the events, the experience made their "game" jump up significantly!