Playing the farmer and the draft horse all at once.

Core skills. Oh, and shoulders too.

Members of CrossFit Eeastside’s Team Survivor class learn to deadlift.

Using the power of hip extension to drive the bar up off the shoulders gets a heavy load overhead in a push press or push jerk. Note the fully extended hips and upward “jump” in both of these examples, as the athletes launch the bar off their shoulders and straight up.

Now, that is where your elbows should be in a sumo deadlift upright row (a.k.a sumo deadlift high pull).

Fifteen. Twelve. Nine. Oh my.

Five consecutive days of thruster/pullup workouts for the advanced classes at CFES began with a 70-kilo thruster and chest-to-bar pull-up version of “Fran.” (Oh, and no rack, so you have to clean the bar up every time you drop it.) Here, Jim tackles the near-bodyweight thrusters.

Craig Cooper from Urban CrossFit getting strong at CrossFit Eastside.

Febuary 2009 Bodyweight = 173.2lbs
Squat personal best = 147k (323.4 pounds)
Deadlift personal best =167k (367.4 pounds)

Mikey gets a bit of assistance for working on deep ring dips, muscle-ups, and other skills on the high rings.

We can make just about any move easier–or harder–in ways that preserve the stimulus, improve strength and ability incrementally, and challenge any athlete, whatever his or her experience and fitness level.