12/3/2009

Words can’t describe how great the Crossfit Community is.

When I emailed Mark Sisson (from http://www.marksdailyapple.com/) he responded within a DAY to me, put a comment up on the Crossfit Fire website, and shared how he liked reading my Dad’s story of switching to a Paleo lifestyle. Mark is the Michael Jordan of the Paleo Lifestyle.

When I emailed Coach Mike Burgener (Strength and conditioning coach for Olympic weightlifting, the OLY lifting guru of the Crossfit community) to review my snatch video, he responded within 6 hours with pointers on how to improve.

When I asked Coach Zach for extra help on the snatch and clean and jerk, he volunteered to open up the Fort at 4:45am every M-W-F leading up to the OLY meet on 12/12. Did you know Coach Zach coaches for FREE? His payment is the knowledge that he’s making us better athletes and that he’s making himself a better Coach.

When I asked Coach Bill for some extra help on the two OLY movements, he didn’t say “sure, personal training costs $X”. He said, “Come on in during the ladies class at 6pm Tues and Thur and I’ll work with you”.

I didn’t even ask Jennie to video my snatch, but she did it anyways, posted it on Vimeo, and gave me feedback on how to improve.

Then there’s the camaraderie, competition, support, encouragement and fun “razzing” we share at the GYG, where a bunch of people who were STRANGERS to each other 9 short months ago (Matt Lohmann, Tom Mohr, Garth Huckabay, Dave Eagle, Jeff Witte, Season Bowman, Lisa, Barbie Peloquin, Pete Rasmussen, Zach Mitchell, Mark Ritchie) have all become incredibly close friends.

Our MISSION should be to share the Crossfit and Paleo Community with as many people as we can. Because at the end of the day/week/month/year when you ask yourself “What did I accomplish?”, it’s an INCREDIBLE feeling knowing how many people’s lives, including your own, you’re helping to make better.

Dave Eagle SNATCH from Jennie Yundt on Vimeo.

Coach Mike Burgener's feedback on Dave's snatch:

"david....look at your back at 2 sec. way too rounded and way too much unloading your legs. you miss out on the strong part of your body (legs and hips) to put speed thru the middle on the bar. you are using your back to lift the weight. check your feet at 3 sec. you should be flat footed back weight balanced. you are on your toes way too early. as your coach states early arm bend. you have great lockout but pulling your body down does not happen but you are pulling the bar up.....if you can ohs 90 kg what do you snatch balance? that is also known as sn drops. i am sure you have great strength but we need speed thru the middle....when your arms bend the power ends from your body. the good thing is that you have tons of talent and can be a good lifter. practice speed, technique and perform sn balances to get that speed bottom position. if you are going to pwr snatch make sure you ride the bar down as well into a full ohs.

feel free to contact me any time david....would love to see you get that 100 kg snatch that you are capable of getting!!"

coach b

This man is awesome!