CrossFit Athletic Group

Just a reminder that the only evening session today is the 5:30 session. No 4:30 or 6:30 pm.

When your arms go, they go. Not much we can do about that. Mostly, we see this happening in pushing movements like dips, hspu, and push-ups. Since our brain is wired to complete movement regardless of how fatigued we are, we adopt a natural technique; unweighting. In this case, it comes with our hips.

Our hips are the center of our body's mass. When our hips move, more mass is moves, and when our hips stay put, we don't move as much mass. The video below shows Bubs and Erica in the later rounds of last Thursday's workout. Notice where their hips are in relation to the rest of their body.

Erica's hips travel further up and down, where as Mariah's go through much less range of motion. If you have the strength, try your best to keep the hips moving with the rest of your body. If you don't practice this in the warmup and use Mariah's technique when you are fatigued in a workout.