07 JanWinner Winner chicken dinner

A huge congratulations to everyone who stepped up and entered our fall Paleo Challenge.  The top five where chosen by Megan and myself, and those individuals where then left with the hard task of picking the top three.  When the dust settled the three that remained were Keely (1st place) John (2nd place) and James [...]

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12 NovWhy kipping

Nothing in the Crossfit methodology is more misunderstood or maligned than our adoption of the kipping pull-up.  Detractors see our flowing and powerful movement and immediately label it cheating. To consider the kipping pull-up cheating would be similar to saying a kettlebell swing is a cheating front raise. Simply put these people view a strict pull-up (SP) [...]

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03 SepInsulin matters

Part 1 Part 2 For the complete lecture by Robb Wolf you can subscribe to CrossFit’s monthy e-journal, the CrossFit Journal , by signing up here . Robb Wolf is a strength & conditioning coach, formerly a research biochemist, living in Chico, CA. Via his blog (http://robbwolf.com ) you can learn about intermittent fasting, CrossFit, [...]

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09 AugI Want You

The Chico News & Review is holding their annual “Best of” Contest where you, the people, get to cast a vote (or multiple votes!!!) for the very best that Chico, Oroville, and Paradise has to offer. The link is (here) so punch your ticket for fitness and vote for Level 10 CrossFit.

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11 JunDeveloping the push up

Developing the push up in clients has been a continual process that has more often than not included frustration and avoidance. In the past I seldom included push ups  in actual workouts, and instead focused on the knee push up in hopes that clients would be able to progress to full push ups.  Sadly the [...]

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