Practice Crossfit Kids

What is Crossfit Kids?

Here at Practice Crossfit we are consumed with the task of making people better.  As far as PCF kids goes, we want to not only make you better but keep you interested in fitness as you grow into adults.  Crossfit Kids was developed by Mr. and Mrs. Martin many years ago, and I think Mrs. Martin says it best:

    "Crossfit Kids is not simply a scaled down version of Crossfit, it is entirely absolutely Crossfit geared and designed for a special population and the specific developmental needs of that popluation. (neurological, cognitive, Motor)"

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Print off and pass out to a friend...

So when asked if you do Crossfit, the easy answer is?  Of course I do Crossfit... I am a Crossfitter, and you can be too.  

Where would you like to spend your birthday?

MOM:  Hey honey your going to be 10 tomorrow, where do you want go for your birthday?

DAUGHTER: I want to go to Crossfit

MOM: Crossfit?  On your birthday?

DAUGHTER: Yep!

Happy Birthday Lunden!!!

Overhead squats 

I love it.... Lunden, a regular at our Crossfit Kids classes decided that for her birthday she wanted to come workout with us, at our fittest Friday get together.  Lunden, it was great having you there and congrats on the 1 round plus some burpees...

What do you think?

Found this at the kids cert this weekend and thought that it was the cutest little weight that I had ever seen.... Should we get some for our kids????

Is weight training safe for kids?

I hear parents and adults often talking about kids lifting weights and how it will effect their growth and such.  This idea was never really grounded it was just that an idea.  Parents have for years now let their children play little league football or soccer or any number of other sports, while not letting them weight train.  Is that even logical?  Let your son or daughter out on a field with multiple weights (people) running around and hitting each other, or hook them up with someone who knows what they are doing and let them lift weights in a controlled enviroment.  Which one seems safer to you?  Look around at your local farming community, if you have one, and check out those kids that have grown up their entire lives working on a farm.  They had to lift a lot of heavy stuff all the time.  Usually they are bigger and stronger and fitter then all the other kids... Interesting.

                                                       Just lift.

Is Paleo for kids???

Short answer is YES!!! Long answer is still YES just a little more elaborated.  To start lets ask the question, What is paleo?  Paleo is basically the way you would eat if you were a hunter gatherer.  If you had to live without supermarkets and grocery stores around every corner and actually had to hunt and foridge for food...  How would you eat then?  Well I am betting that you would not be drinking a galon of milk each week and eating pasta and cereal.  Why not you say?  We dont do that in nature.  So what would we eat?  Think about it... Hunt and fish for MEAT, foridge for VEGGIES, NUTS, SEEDS, and whatever FRUIT you could find, eat and enjoy the rest of the day.  Most likely that would be the majority of your food and for that matter your day.  Now you have to ask, is this a better alternative to the grain rich diet that we eat most of the time?  I will let you answer this one on your own, but with a little help.  Should you feed your kids a diet full of nutrient dense foods or ones that potentially will harm them?  

Some good core work at our Tuesday night class, watch out for those bugs...

Superheroes!!!

With all of the new comic book movies hitting the theatres in the coming year, I thought I would see if there is anyone in particular that you enjoy.  Maybe you have something in common with a superhero.  Perhaps you stand for truth and justice like superman, or maybe you love the water like aquaman, or you might be an amazonian princess like wonderwoman... I kind of doubt that last one but who knows.  So do you have some type of common bond with one of the worlds greatest?  Who do you like the best?  Who is the best?  Do you tend to be calm cool and calculating like Batman, or crazy rampaging like the hulk?  Oh my there are so many options who do you chose???

Starting in early April the Crossfit Kids classes during the week will be held off campus.  Keep an eye on your email for more details.

Jump, Jump, Jump.

Plyometrics, perfect for kids.  If you dont know what plyometrics are think of them simply as jump training, There are many types of plyometrics but again essentially it is jumping.  Years ago it was thought to be apropriate for adults or seasoned athletes only, but as with many exercises out there they have found that it is extremely beneficial for kids and teens.  Well I have to say, duh.  Jumping is play time for kids so why not make it a workout.  They love to jump.  Here at Practice we try to incorporate some kind of jumping into every workout or warm up.  Jumping is essentially a violent hip extension so it will help with every other athletic endevour.  So in short,  JUMP!!!

Juliana on a 20" box

The death of a friend!!!

 Play time!!! This is a tough subject for me to put on here simply because I love video games... But as summer draws closer and closer I fear that the picture on the right is where most kids are going to be instead of the young girl on the left.  I loved going outside and climbing trees and playing in the sprinkler or what ever, but more and more frequently kids are spending time in front of the idiot box watching TV or playing one of who knows how many gaming platforms they might have.  I do not have a problem with a kid, or an adult for that matter, playing video games now and then but it should not be the normal day to day activity.  It's true that playing outside and climbing tree's, is more dangerous then sitting on your couch, but it is so much more rewarding.  Play time is dying.  Especially out door play time.  It already has one foot in the grave, lets rescue it from diving in head long.  Get outside, climb trees, scrape knees, get dirty.  Do something.


 Who's side are you on???

The Deadlift

Lets take a moment and talk about the deadlift.  What is the deadlift and why should I do it?  Well at its most basic description, the deadlift is picking something up off of the ground, and the heavier the better.  Why you should deadlift is easy.  For the rest of your life you will be picking things up off of the floor you might as well be able to do it well.  There are many benefits to doing the deadlift but to be able to lift something up off of the ground safely and effeciantly is probabally the most important.

London performing a great deadlift.

Another day off....

If you are reading this and you live in or near Ohio, chances are you don't have school.  So the question comes to mind, how am I going to spend my day off?  I love playing video games and am not going to say don't play them at all, but don't spend all day sitting on the couch eating chips and playing Xbox.  Get moving, get creative.  Grab a piece of paper and a pencil, write, draw, read, it doesn't really matter just do something.  Enjoy your days off and make them fun, but it is not an excuse to be lazy.

 

The Miko girls having fun with Bethany upstairs.  No doubt getting nice and warm for the WOD