The Growth Mindset: Taking Charge and Taking Action

The Growth Mindset: Taking Charge and Taking Action

Scenario: Two athletes arrive at the gym and rush over to view the workout of the day. Athlete 1 notices that the metcon includes large sets of double-unders. They recently began working on the movement and can string together about 5 unbroken reps. They think to...

Uncomplicate Your New Year

We are a month away from another year. The New Year represents an excellent time for us to not only reflect on what happened in the previous year, but also to establish new goals. For the vast majority of us, if we were to write down a list of the resolutions we made...
Movember Day 3 Banded Lat Stretch

Movember Day 3 Banded Lat Stretch

“Movember” Day 3: Banded Lat Stretch This is a great mobility movement to open up your lats prior to overhead work. Keep your arm straight, back flat, knees soft, and sink back into your hips. You can always play around with positioning in the stretch,...
Mobility Day 1 Pigeon Pose

Mobility Day 1 Pigeon Pose

If you engage in any type of exercise to improve your health, or just maybe you sit at your office all day, sooner or later you will get tight hips. At our gym the Pigeon Pose is one of our favorite was to get your hips feeing well. Pigeon Pose can also be helpful in...
Mobility to Get Better

Mobility to Get Better

Feeling tight and sore after your workouts? Can’t seem to loosen up? Get ready for a month full of mobility and stretching! “Movember” means M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y for us at Crossfit Prelude!! Monday through Friday we will be posting a video with a new...
Practice to Reach Your Goals

Practice to Reach Your Goals

All practice takes hard work, but not all of the hard work you do is practice. At our gym we can look at before class and during warm ups as an opportunity to practice.  The strength portion of the workout can also be look as a combination of practice and performance...