by Alex Cheong | Oct 2, 2014 | Coaches Blog, CrossFit U Melbourne Blog, Mobility |
On the walk over from the office you couldn’t help but notice how sore your right shoulder was from using the mouse, and your upper back and hips are super stiff from siting all day. As a former corporate person and student for a few years I know your discomfort...
by Alex Cheong | Sep 21, 2014 | Coaches Blog, CrossFit U Melbourne Blog, Mobility |
We’ve read it in the news, sitting is the new smoking, standing desks are all the rage, and squatting is the new black! Sitting causes a host of problems in our athletes, and we will be writing a series of blog posts to help you out – this will be our...
by Alex Cheong | Sep 11, 2014 | CrossFit U Melbourne Blog, Mobility |
Shoes and sitting – everyone has a pair, and everyone does it! Combine that with our bodies wonderful ability to adapt to most situations, and you have a perfect storm for dysfunction, and also a list of problems that plague 99% of our new athletes. Tight Calves...
by Alex Cheong | Feb 19, 2014 | Coaches Blog, CrossFit U Melbourne WOD, Mobility |
This blog post is for Halley, but I know that this is a common problem for a lot of you, especially in the first few months of CrossFit – WRIST PAIN! Usually wrist pain is experienced in the front squat, thruster, push press / jerk or any movement that includes...
by Alex Cheong | Aug 29, 2013 | CrossFit U Melbourne Blog, CrossFit U Melbourne WOD, Mobility |
Warmup AMRAP 6 8 Cossack Squats 8 Bar Rollouts (Knees) 8 Lunge Passovers 8 Goodmornings then 3 minute plank Restoration Work A) For 30 minutes performed at a conversational pace Run/Row 700m 20 Ball Slams 20 KB Swings 27 Air Squats 5 Inchworms B) Partner...
by Alex Cheong | Aug 1, 2013 | Mobility |
Todays’ guest post is from resident physio, and sister extraordinaire Jacinda Cheong. For those of you who don’t know, Jacinda works for Pure Physio in the CBD. The team at Pure Physio have worked their magic on a few of our members and are definitely...