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Outta the Box Tomorrow’s workout has some different movements in it that may have you wondering not only what they are, but why are we doing them?  Waiter’s walk, goblet lunge, burpee to a squat, and all other odd movements… Read more »

        Meet Janelle,  a passionate, organized, knowledgeable partner with CrossFit Bear.  Janelle went  from athlete to coach, to coach and nutrition specialist, and now finally is solely our nutrition specialist.  That’s right Janelle will be focusing all… Read more »

Call Me Old Fashion I am standing in line at the grocery store and the cashier is miserable.  He has probably been there for 8 hours doing the same thing and getting the same reaction out of everyone he’s checked… Read more »

Community Feels We preach community at CrossFit Bear.  We love hanging out with everyone and even more than that we love working out with a packed house.  The best way we know how to make that happen is to throw… Read more »

Pulling Ourselves Up                 Imagine this, an athlete jumps up to the rig and tries with their best effort to pull their chin to the bar. They don’t move very high, but something else happens. Their back arches, shoulders shrug,… Read more »

Shrug Life Why is the shrug so important in the clean?  Well it’s kind of the icing on a cake.  When we start the pull from the deadlift we begin a momentum power pull that we want to continue through… Read more »

To track or not to track your workout? Here at CrossFit Bear we use a system called Triib.  It’s an app you can use to track all of your workouts, PR’s, and use to get quick percentages on your lifting… Read more »

Crazy Bout Core Values                 At CrossFit Bear we talk a lot about our core values.  We have them on signs, every coach has them memorized and ready to repeat, and they may be coming to a t-shirt near you… Read more »

Are You a Grower? We hear a lot of talk about growth vs fixed mindsets these days, and this is something that I love to talk about! The basics behind this social cognitive theory is that we set our mindsets… Read more »

Back to the Basics Medball Squat Cleans Are you getting the most out of basic movements?  If you have been doing CrossFit for  awhile the once difficult medball squat clean is now considered simple by you.  This is great!  We… Read more »