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Crossfit Games

I'm not the most entertaining interview, but Carey(Spectator in 2008 games/ Contender in 09 Qualifiers) did a post Games interview with us last year. This year we do not know what to expect this year, but we do know we will be ready.

Ft. Worth Qualifiers are Sold out and will showcase the fittest Male and Female Crossfitters in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. If you've payed any attention to college or professional sports, these states have Athletes!

Some of our clients are going to spectate and cheer us on. We appreciate you guys so much! Anyone else who would like to consider going, please do! It is so helpful to have any support when it comes to competing in the Unknown and the Unknowable.

Drinking the Kool-aid

We had several clients now dive in full head of steam with Crossfit now. They come to work out with us at the gym, and they Crossfit on their own at a bigger Globo gym(not recommended) or at their own homes(smart move)!

I get asked constantly, "What else can I do on my own?" "What do I eat?" "What kind of workouts should I be doing?"

One Big Recommendation I can make for everybody who is doing their own thing is Pull ups! Get a Bar and do Pull ups. I see no reason why anybody that has been doing Crossfit for more than 3 months to not be doing any unassisted pull ups yet.

One of our big Dawgs(Who has got some recent love on Coach Cantu's blog and the Indoor Blog) has just started offering his service to build you guys your very own Pull up Bar. Atticus has built himself one will be doing one for me soon.

If you don't have Pull ups, Kipps, or Butterflys in your repertoire yet check out this site for your own good!

BackYard Fitness Site

Happy Crossfitting

The Dot Com's

 

Crossfit Central Coaches are in training for The 2009 National Crossfit Games which are coming up in July. Before that we have the Regional Qualifiers in May which will be in Ft. Worth.
Only 5 competitors from our 5 state Region will go to California for the individual competition. I know there are many people whom I do not know that will show up to Ft. Worth ready to compete. Our coaches all have ambitions to qualify and almost every day you will be able to find us at the Gym doing Crossfit.com Workout of the Day (Usually between 1 and 2pm on Weekdays).
This training protocol is the best way to become generally prepared to perform well at any workout they could throw at us at the Qualifiers or the Games. The website will allow any individual who has any weekness in there fitness to improve on them over a long term commitment to following it.
These workouts are not easy(even for us) and not alway exactly what we would prefer to see as our Workout each day.

You gotta do what your not good at and usually that falls into you gotta do what you don't like!

Happy Crossfitting!

As if it has already Happened!

2009 - What a year. Crossfit Central is recognized as The Fitness Professionals in Austin, TX. No other Organization has ever achieved such credibility near as quickly in this field. Our client base has tripled from 250 to 750+. Their excitement has everybody leaving their current gyms to challenge themselves with a better program that produces real results!
Crossfit Central has established itself as a staple in Austin's Fitness Community. With the mission to make Austin truely the Fittest city, Crossfit Central's team consist of many of the Fittest people in the Country. This team has made an amazing difference in many peoples lives and feels blessed for the opportunity help do so much for the city.
Crossfit Central has truely revolutionized the fitness industry and created a huge sence of exctitment for more and more people to get involved with amazing people willing to take risk toward the overall enhancement of their physical lives!

Crossfit Central would like to thanks Austin for the amazing 4 years of open armed acceptence it has provided for the young team of dreamers with the chance to come to this city and be difference makers.

What does it Take?

 

Crossfit Central just completed yet another amazing event at our facility. 11 coaches participated in a challenge in which we took a total of 66 clients and created a team workout that the winning team (1 coach/6 clients were rewarded with a grand prize of a night at any of the best restaraunts they choose.
77 people worked out at our gym in aim to win a challenge that was built up over 6 weeks of preparation.

This event was one that will truely launch more and more of greater altitude. The community we are surrounded by in Austin drives us to bring it bigger and better everytime.

Crossfit Central isn't just an affiliate. We are a family. Our crew has been fighting battles and showing love to eachother much longer than than the 3 years we've been establish. 3 siblings and 3 best friends are the core of this group. We don't believe in giving less than the best in anything we do. We will deliver the most exciting challenges, events and celabrations for us all to enjoy!

This Affiliate is the best in the country. Our desire to improve what we have done so far will never end. Fitness is what we do and we want to impact as many people as possible. Austin is our home and we will not be satisfied outside of having a direct positive impact on this city on a large scale.

To all that work out here... Thank you!

Why do we do it?

 

If it were easy then everybody would be doing it. Its shown that the things everyone else does usually doesn't get you very far. We Do things that nobody else is willing to do because we like to take ourselves a step ahead of the crowd.

We Crossfit! You should too!

Great Coach!

 
Adrian Bozman of Crossfit San Francisco was a main instructor at this weekends certification. This guy is bar none one of the most knowledgeable individuals that I've ever met in the realm of Fitness (Funtional Movement). If I could take the time I would likely go out to San Francisco for a couple months to be around this guy. Learning from the best is somthing I will continue to aim for. If you want to be the best at something, you have to see what the best are doing them and mimic them!

I would like to thank you "Boz" for your commitment to your profession and helping people like me in mine!

Alll eyes on you!

 

I Teach groups. I see faults in movements. I correct what I see.
The cert I just attended focused solely on my ability to do this effectively. Actually I was graded on a scale that messured how close to doing this perfectly I could do this. Talk about pressure. This cert was tedious and my focus had to be on point. I learned alot and I am coming back better!

I aim to be the best fitness instructor in Austin.

So to you I promise effective training and attention to detail with everything we do.
I will get better and better everyday and expect the same from you.
If you train with me... you will be in good hands!

Out in Cali

Wow! I get on a plane and immediately my head is clear. Getting away for a second is always key to help you realize what exactly has happened over the period of months and months of blinders down type of work.

Building Crossfit Central has been an amazing journey! I cherish the opportunity that I've had to be apart of it.

I have an opportunity this week to attend my 7th Crossfit Certification. This time with nothing in mind but to get my Level 3 title as an instructor of this fitness phenomenon!

I remember going to my Level 1 and 2 certs so vividly. I had no clue what I was getting myself into. Now I feel like I'm coming to see my Crossfit family! This is what I do and a continued Expedition of my ongoing journey to bring more and more people to the eye opening experience Crossfit is.

Crossfit and I will Revolutionize the Fitness industry!

I am Crossfit!

Breathe!

It all good!

I will never understand why people overdramatize things. If everyone could just learn that everybody is good and has good intensions, than they would never question the goodness that is within them.
Obviously people make mistakes but why let something little make such a huge impact.
Our friends, family, and relationsionships are goodnesses in our lives and we must learn to appreciate them at all times!

Doing your own thing.

The last few days I've had a great opportunity to train a student that attends UT who has been doing Crossfit on his own for the last several months. I know that a whole lot of people are doing this now more and more. I believe this is a great thing and is in a very large sense, one of our main objectives. We want to see as many individuals stepping out of the way of the big mirrors and the silly cadio/ calorie burning classes at the big Globo Gyms and start doing efficient functional exercise in there homes, at parks or neighborhood schools.
Everything about what we do is to enhance the quality of peoples lives through better mobility.

With that in mind, there is a major component of Functional exercises that is a must when a person is performing the movement that is called technique. Crossfit.com is attracting a whole lot of attention from a whole lot of arenas especially in the fitness industry. Unfortunately some of this attention is negative because of the thought that our workouts are unsafe.

I must admit, when people who are not well taught in our training styles and understand the importance of our safety first approach, will likely risk injury through inefficient technique.

The young cat I have been working with had some serious red flags with some of these movements, especially as he attempted heavier loads. Without my guidance he could have been up shit creek by over challenging himself to do something he is not yet ready for. Luckily he knew this possibility and decided to come in for the training to get him in the right track to success.

My job is not to run around the gym and call everybody a pansy for not working fast enough or lift heavier weight. When they need that encouragement I will but I will always prefer to see sound quality training that will support quicker results.

If anybody in This city is Crossfitting on your own, I commend you! I do however you coming in to our gym to learn our elements of training to get you on a better path to the results you seek. Our intro Crossfit program is something I believe is a give away to anybody seeking better fitness. We charge a Tenth of the cost of a Crossfit Cert and deliver as good of the instruction that you would receive at one.

All I know is that if you do this stuff... Make sure you understand it!

Upper, Lower and Core Strength

This is me holding myself in a Flagpole after the UTB yester. John had a supper close shot so you can't see my feet. The hold didn't last that long but it was legit non the less. Randal has me inspired to get my gymnastic strength up. I will be aiming to hold this and a unassisted hand stand for 10 seconds a piece. I am also working on my back lever on the rings. The crazy strength these moves require is held by very few people but I will not count myself out of the possibility of obtaining it. This stuff is sick and I'm out to catch myself up on these weeknesses.

Thanks Robb Wolf

When I went to the Crossfit Games this year I told Robb Wolf that I wanted to get him to help me dial in my diet. Turns out the guy has givin so much information to me that I already had that I didn't need him to help me personally. My body needed me to make a few changes and I did. Without Robb though, I may still be listening to all the other crap people are teaching.

What I've done differently. Its called the Paleo diet! Since I started 2 months ago I've cut out most dairy (cheese, milk, and yogurt)and increased my nutrient dence carbs(veggies and fruit). My fat consumption is higher too!

What is the result? My workouts are better, my recovery is faster, and I'm even leaner than I've ever been!

Everybody I talk to veiws nutrition the way that I used to. Grains are good for you and Fat is bad for you.

Guess what... This is wrong. No question about it. Healthy and strong bodies are chosen through our nutrition!

Thanks Robb Wolf yet again for another confirmation.

Read Insight from Robb about the right way to eat!

A good Attitude!

 
Gena(in the center of this pic, began Crossfit programs last week. She was the first person to join the brand new 8am
Program coached by me! After several super hard training session by herself, she told me with the biggest smile, after I asked her to what the best thing about herself was, that she has a great attitude. She has not come in once without that attitude and I commend her for a job well done. Today she had the pleasent suprise of being joined by Ashley and our very own Carey. The ladies had to flex for the cam as today was rare upper body strength specific workout. They all push hard for a great workout!

Another Level!

Finally, I have hit a New PR that I have been planning on achieving for over a year. Lately I am entirely focused on hitting new levels of fitness. I am doing things with my lifestyle that are having a direct impact on my performance. My strength is improved, my endurances is better and my recovery is quicker. PR's are going to be more and more common in my training.

This is me Pressing 200lbs. It took me some time, but I finally achieved it!

The 1 percent Mind

Coach Greg Glassman, John Henry McDonald, Lou Holtz, Marc Rosenthal, Danny McDaniel, Dani Johnson, John C Maxwell, Mohammad Ali and Jeremy Thiel are all people that I have all given me insight on achievement of the endless amounts of possibilities this life has to offer us. These people believe in doing great things in their physical, emotional, mental, fiscal and spiritual lives all because each of them is willing to remove everything anybody told them they couldn't do from their minds. These people are warriors who get up everyday the same way. They do not skip a beat on their approach to accomplish target objectives. If something seems as though it will detach them from the rout leading towards their destination, they simply do not pay any mind to it. People that tell them what they can't do or try another way they say "Get out of my face!" Greatness has never just happened. Working towards the top tier of a lifestyle or mission is always the same. We first have to See it and Believe it. Once you believe it and only then is when you can do it. Understanding the approach of these people and taking the time to learn from them ourselves will surely remove us more and more away from the norm of mediocrity.
Stop Settling!

Where are the Good Trainers at?

 

Ever since I have been out of highschool, I've gone into different gyms numerous times to get in a solid workout. I've seen many of people going through the silliest routines of excercise and I could never understand why. What drives me the most crazy though watching so many trainers who get paid to put clients through some type of nonsence workout all while they themselves are almost oblivious to the fact that they really are supposed be training the individual. All I can say to those trainers is "Thanks for the new clients!"

In the last Couple of months more and more people have been hearing about Crossfit in and around Austin. I keep hearing about the "Crossfit buzz". This new buzz has a lot more trainers outside of Crossfit Central attempting to sell there product as Crossfit. I'm amazed to hear somebody who has never even been to a Crossfit gym or much less attended a certification teaching something that they have no right to teach.
I also want to point out that there is more Crossfit affiliates aiming to open up in our area to make claim that their program is Crossfit. I welcome this competition openly. We have no intention on slowing down with bringing the outreach of Crossfit to more and more people because this is what we all live for. I will say however that if you are going to make claims that Crossfit is what you teach or Elite fitness is what your program brings to the table, then you better be able to back it up.
My mission is to be the best trainer and effect as many people as I am able. Our coaches do and will not stand around and watch our clients do things incorrectly. We also will not incorporate any type of Powder puff program and Label it Crossfit just to try to pick up a couple clients.
If you aim to coach Crossfit especially in Austin, you better really be doing it. If you are not the people will indeed find us and know that we are giving them exactly what they deserve!

3...2...1 Go!

I am Crossfit!

The intensity moves me! The fact that I am about to do something that I know will be worth saying that I did inspires me to do it. Is Crossfit easy? Hell no! Can anybody do it? Of course! Do we take away the experience of what it should feel like to do a Crossfit workout just so you can do it? Hell no! Crossfit is intense by design. If you have the inner desire to push yourself intensely than you found the right place and the right people. If you just want support and something to feel good about the fact you didn't stay home, you won't need us you can go walk a big loop at the mall for that.
Crossfitters work our asses off. We are workaholics.

I needed a good sweat earlier so I put my dog on leash to have here go run with me. Maybe a quarter mile in she slowed down and before a half mile started making stops. I'm not a runner but I was getting mad! The intensity of my run did not meet the needs of why I went to go do it in the first place. I am not fond of wasting my time in my workouts or much of anything else that I do.

My clients and myself Workout! We go hard. We get a lot done and we do it fast. Even the beginners who never worked out in there lives are going to know that we are not meeting for 30 minutes, 45 minutes or an hour to mess around. Our innermost desires are to become better at what we do because we just have to. We won't take for granted the time we spend during our workouts because we know that If we are not willing to go beyond our comfort levels, we won't get anywhere fast! Losing is not an option for us!

Go Hard or Go Home right!

Are we intense?
You better believe it!

Get Some!

Before Crossfit was Easy

Does the Title of this post even make any sense? Crossfit and easy go together about as well as a 5 year old drinking coffee. However, these days getting involved with a group of Crossfitters has become much easier than it has ever been.

The day I started doing Crossfit workouts, the thought of 90 people in a large lot of grass on a Saturday morning was the so far out of my mind it was ridiculous. The coaches at Crossfit Central were at many times loners in their own workouts when it came to Squats, Pull-ups and KB swings done quickly. Imagine you being at a gym or walking around in your neighborhood and turning to see some maniac looking like they were at the point of passing out or throwing up because they wanted so bad to achieve a level of fitness that no one has ever been. We didn't workout in large groups, in the beginning.

What we would do was walk outside with a couple of Dumbbells, find a wall that was low enough to jump on and get after it. Push ups, thrusters, dips, run, renegade rows. to failure. Sometimes in the gym wall ball and pull-ups were a luxury if they had the Med Ball or a Bar. I remember wedging barbells in the ceiling beams at the gym to learn a kipping pull-ups. I remember going walking in a falling out of the gym before some people finished their "Cardio" on whatever machine they were on that day. When it was cold Tabata Squats and Pushups were the workout inside the house.

Austin is the Stage for Crossfit. No other city can be a better setting. Our gym makes somebody that wants to be a Crossfitter and be good at it have an opportunity that nowhere else can. The people in this town who work out with us allow the new person to feel welcome and gain results faster than they would on their own. We as coaches will give you the knowledge you need to make gains you could never make on your own. Fitness is our Goal and Fitness is what we do.

You have an option! The Hard way or the Easy Way!