http://www.strengthwraps.com/

I am posting a link to a website that has wrist wraps.   I know a lot of you tape your wrist daily for work outs and lifts.  I would have to encourage you not to do this.  You need to build up the muscles in your wrist and let them stabilize the weight itself.  I do however think that wrist wraps can be good and beneficial when lifting heavy weight overhead, especially for snatches and overhead squats.  Please look at this website and see all the fun wraps that are available.  You may also buy wrist wraps at Sports Authority or Scheels, but these are a different material and I don’t think they will cut into the top of your wrist as much.  Overhead Squats are in our near future (next week), so I would suggest looking at them soon!

Please read below to see what Dr. Nate has to say about wrist wraps:

“As Kelli has stated, wrist wraps are not something to use for every workout; however, they can be necessary for longer workouts and heavy workouts in order to protect your wrist with the new weight. As our stabilizing muscles fatigue out during a workout, often times our joints experience greater range of motion which can result in more strain and ultimately injury. The preferred method of stabilization is by strengthening your wrist musculature, but as you are working on that, these wraps can be a valuable adjunct because they are more stable and less wasteful than generic tape.”

Nathan Hinkeldey, D.C.

Team Chiropractic and Rehabilitation

Congrats to Heathe Shern, Ashley Palmer, James McDonnell, Geoff Robinson, Reggie Hoegh and AmyFranken for completing the Tough Mudder this weekend! 

This Saturday May 19th followingthe 8:00 Team WOD we will have an open forum for all members and coaches to give feedback on CrossFit Des Moines and its operations. Some of the highlight topics may include…

1) Equipment (good, bad, need more, need less, etc)

2) Coaching (good, bad, need more, need less, etc.)

3) Administrative (critique the business end of CFDM aka Mike)

4) Scheduling

5) Events

6) CFDM community

7) Anything you may bring up

Happy Mother’s Day

Mark your Calendar…

June 9th we will be having big Saturday event at CFDM similar to Maltz Challenge.

This workout is very similar to Fight Gone Bad with different movements.

Thanks to all the participants and coaches involved in making this Challenge happen. We took a different approach this year and elected to focus on general physical skills. Those would be Speed, Strength, Power, Stamina, Endurance, Agility, Accuracy, Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination. We tested each participant at the beginning of the challenge and again at the end to see who could improve the most overall in all areas.

Winners

Men

1st Place – Eric Lewis

2nd Place – Heathe Shern

Women

1st Place – Kim Hembry

2nd Place – Heather Richards

Congratulations to the winners and Congratulations to all the participants in the the 2012 Fit and Fearless Challenge.

While many of us would categorize ourselves as very “fit” athletes, we often find it to easy to ignore one of the 5 components to fitness, flexibility. While basic stretching allows us to help reduce stiffness and tension. Adding yoga to any cross training brings the mind, breath and body all together to help in a number of different ways.

• Injury Prevention
• Balance
• Range of Motion
• Body Awareness
• Intentional Breath
• Mental Focus and Clarity

By bringing a yoga practice into your CrossFit training, you will increase your flexibility and agility which will bring your fitness to a whole new level.

I found this awhile ago on Sage’s blog.  I found it useful, yet entertaining.  I hope you all enjoy it as well. 

Coach Kelli

10 things to do to improve your clean and jerk.. from start to finish

By Sage Burgener

 #1: Discontinue your day job at the strip club…you’re better than that. (Shoulders, hips, and bar move up together off the ground).

 #2: God gave you lats to activate. Do NOT disappoint him (Set your lats before the bar leaves the ground,or you WILL pull with your arms)

 #3: The bar’s main goal in life is to pull you forward and down. CRUSH that bar’s dreams (Shift to your heels IMMEDIATELY off the floor)

 #4: On a hot day, milk is a bad choice, but using your legs is ALWAYS a good choice even on non climatically- perfect days. (Jump HARD)

 #5: A wise woman once said, “My hips don’t lie”(Your hips must move UP and DOWN in a matter of milliseconds. Slow hips=slow bar)

 #6: You’re not on the dance floor. “Dropping it like it’s hot” is not recommended. (Do not dive or drop. PULL yourself under the bar)

 #7: 99% of the population has suffered from the deadly disease MonoSyphiSlowElbow. Will you be one the them?(Fast elbows=brownie points)

 #8: Favorite alliteration: Petunia Practiced Perfect Posture… On Her Jerk…wait… (The jerk dip: chest up, toes out, weight on heels)

 #9: Chewing gum instead of brushing your teeth counts for nothing, but jumping up and punching down on the jerk, counts for a lot.

 #10: Weight on your hips doesn’t always mean you have love handles (Receive your jerk with ALL the weight centered on your hips)