Comments on: Monday, January 11, 2010

By: Sunday – Rest Day! | CrossFit Long Island City

Sunday – Rest Day! | CrossFit Long Island City — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:29:36 +0000

[...] Peppers from Catalyst Athletics Do Running Shoe Types Reduce Injury?… from dr mc schraefel How To Get A Better Rack, by Calvin Sun of CrossFit [...]

By: Bo Boland

Bo Boland — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:35:34 +0000

Thank you SO much for posting this. I’ve been an avid CF’er for just over a year now (doing mainpage for 8 months) and the rack position has been the bane of my existance. At first I thought it was just technique, and kind of pushed the issue on the backburner since I wasn’t doing cleans or front squats THAT often. Lately though, I’ve been considering doing a hybrid program of CF that includes Oly lifting. Well, I sure as heck can’t be seriously Oly lifting if I can’t properly rack.

I’ve been researching a ton in the past week about this, and have been doing a lot of thoracic mobility exercises (I have an hunched t-spine, which I’ve heard can be an issue with racking) and I finally found this webpage that can help address some of the other muscule ROM issues.

thank you so much!

By: pat

pat — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:51:04 +0000

Cheers Calvin!

By: Calvin Sun

Calvin Sun — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:36:42 +0000

Nice work Pat! Good to hear you are making progress on your mobility. My clients here have been making great gains in their performance simply by becoming more efficient athletes.

POS, what can I say other than I told you so. Lopsided racks are bad news.

By: Shawn D

Shawn D — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:02:44 +0000

First time for me on “The Chief.” The last round was pretty tough for me. Got 5 rounds each time (25 total).

By: Tuesday, January 12th « CrossFit Midland

Tuesday, January 12th « CrossFit Midland — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:39:44 +0000

[...] How To Get a Better Rack by Calvin Sun (of CrossFit Invictus) [...]

By: M

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:34:42 +0000

Ha POS! That has happened to me before. I kept cleaning it to the right side throughout the entire workout and noticed the mistake when I was done.

By: POS

POS — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:13:17 +0000

I had a lopsided rack today, because I am an idiot and forgot to put a ten on one side. Boy was that and interesting clean.

By: Jim H.

Jim H. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:57:39 +0000

Would hate to get a lopsided rack…

By: Ari

Ari — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:18:07 +0000

Getting bummed that I’m missing some great workouts! Can’t wait until I feel a 100%! I can appreciate now the agravation that people who are nursing an injury go through. Very limiting and frustrrating! Saw my pops compete this weekend in the crossfit throwdown and he was holding 6th place out of 15. His age category was 42 and above, he is 61. Very cool!