Front rack position affects an athlete’s ability to effectively front squat, clean, and perform shoulder to overhead movements with the barbell. Many of our athletes come straight from desk jobs to the gym and sitting eight hours in poor posture creates tension and alignment issues in the body. By taking time to perform some mobility […]
January Athlete of the Month – Loreyn McKenzie
1. Where are you from originally? The Land – Cleveland, Ohio 2. What is your favorite WOD/movement? Squat clean 3. What is your least favorite WOD/movement? I have 2, pull-ups and snatching 4. What were you doing before CrossFit? How did you hear about CrossFit and/CrossFit Northlake? I was working out body building style at […]
Success Story – Kevin Swain
I walked into CrossFit Northake early in November 2015 a 5’9” tall, 237 pound pre-diabetic. I have always exercised and thought I was eating correctly, but continued to suffer the dreaded roller coaster ride of weight gain and loss that comes hand in hand with yo-yo dieting. When I walked in I met Jason Bright […]
November Athlete of the Month – Kate Bartumus
1: Where are you from originally? Maine 2. What is your favorite CrossFit movement? I love ‘Helen’ because my strength used to be running. 3. What is your least favorite CrossFit Movement? Push-ups, seriously I’m terrible! 4. What were you doing before CrossFit? How did you hear about CrossFit Northlake? I was a runner and […]
October Athlete of the Month – Mike Tasillo
1: Where are you from originally? Upstate NY 2. What is your favorite WOD/movement? Cleans, front squats, pullups, toes to bar. 3. What is your least favorite WOD/Movement? Overhead squats and snatches. Double unders were on that list but I’ve been working hard lately to improve. 4. What were you doing before CrossFit? How did […]
August Athlete of the Month – Jasmine Gomez
1: Where are you from originally? I was born in Bosnia, when I was 9 years old my family and I fled to the US! 2. What is your favorite WOD/movement? Anything with a lot of barbell work! Cleans are my favorite…Power cleans that is 🙂 3. What is your least favorite WOD/ Movement? Anything […]
June Athlete of the Month – Morgan Holbrook
1. Where are you from originally? Atlanta GA 2. What is your favorite WOD/movement? Ummm…. Cleans 3. What is your least favorite WOD/ Movement? Overhead squats or snatches 4. What were you doing before CrossFit? How did you hear about CrossFit and/ CrossFit Northlake? Just finished playing school and club soccer. A friend asked me […]
Women in CrossFit (Part II)
Female body image in the sport that inspires so many to “Push the Boundaries of Expectation” While CrossFit women have opened the door to ending body discrimination among genders, the expectations of their “ripped” muscles seem to do no more good than the images of size 00 underwear models. When most people attack ads they […]
Women in CrossFit
My Journey with Gender Schema in the sport that inspires so many to “Push the Boundaries of Expectation” After being asked “What drives you to be an active individual?” in the Athlete of the Month Interview I have been jonesing to follow up on my response. When I answered the question I realized that I […]
April Athlete of the Month – Naeem Fazal
1: Where are you from originally? My parents are from Pakistan but I was born and raised in Kuwait. 2. What is your favorite WOD/movement? Chest to bar would be my favorite 3. What is your least favorite WOD/ Movement? Squat Snatches would be my least … because i cant do them 🙂 4. What […]
