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CrossFit Gymnastics Certification
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 9 commentsI just spent most of my weekend upside down! We were lucky enough to host a CrossFit Gymnastics Specialty Certification at CrossFit PEI.
Several weeks ago CF PEI co-owner Mike sent me an e-mail wondering “if” we hosted a cert would I attend? He was just gauging numbers at the time and I replied with a very quick “hells yeah!” Shortly there after Mike finished up the final details and the cert info was posted to the CrossFit Web site.
Handstand push-up progression demo from Joey Mokler on Vimeo.
Having a cert in our backyard is pretty convenient, though flying to the U.S. or another Canadian city is a nice way to get away, travel and accommodation costs get pretty high because of my location.
Now that the cert is over I’m really glad that it was the first specialty cert I attended. Tucker stated and I really believe that these Gymnastics skills and drills we were exposed to will pay off with Oly lifts and directly into movements like our overhead squats.
Handstand spotting from Joey Mokler on Vimeo.
They’ll also improve some the ten fitness domains that CrossFit promotes, and for me it will really help reinforce the flexibility domain that I’ve been working on or at the very least conscious that I need a lot of improvement on.
It’s obvious that Tucker is a great coach, the two days went by very quickly and he was able unload a lot of knowledge while not overloading us at the same. I also really appreciated his demeanor, he was funny, direct with his points and offered his approach rather than “the way it had to be”. He also used his experience and stories to give us knowledge not let us know how great he his. He’s a humble guy and it was a great reminder to keep the ego in check, especially when entering the unknown.
Beyond the skills and drills we also learned a few new warm-up movements and revisited a few that I once did but have forgotten. I’m finding I have to mix up my warm-ups more often lately so they’ll be put to use immediately. The stripper stretch will be a joke at our affiliate for the next few months I’m sure. Right Amanda?
Tucker, if you are reading this, thanks! It was great meeting you and I’ll see you in Aromas at the games.
9 responses to “CrossFit Gymnastics Certification”
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Tracy June 22nd, 2009 at 20:14
Great site Joey! And I couldn't agree more with your thoughts on the cert. It was a great weekend with a fantastic coach in a really fun atmosphere and I feel like I've learned a ton…and have a ton of stuff I need to work on! Looking forward to getting a chance to practice these movements more, and get stronger in them, with the hopes of improving my lifts as well.
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tucker June 23rd, 2009 at 11:34
Joey, many many thanks for the kind words. It was my pleasure, or should I say puhhleashah!
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Thanks Tracy.
Yeah we definitely have a whole new set of goats now don’t we?
Oh by the way, I have a clip of you getting instructions from Tucker on a hand stand too, will upload and send to you, also one of Bish from the muscle-up instructions. Complete with “lever” joke!
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You are very welcome Tucker, there’s definitely a bunch Inverts at our box now. One side effect though, I think I saw Amanda doing a gymnastics pose while practicing some of the new skills. LOL.
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Amanda June 24th, 2009 at 19:17
You got it Joey!! All I could think of was during those squat cleans was ‘why can’t we just get inverted!!’
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