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Good Luck to all the athletes around the world competing in the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Open. The Open is a great opportunity to test yourself against the Rich Fronings and Kristen Clevers of the World, and to set some new goals and benchmarks.If the Regionals are your goal the key is to give 100% consistently across all workouts, you do not need to win or even place top ten in anything to qualify. Having consistent performances which land you in the top 60 in each Open WOD will be enough to qualify!

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Perusing through some Youtube videos the other day and found the following video blog showing competitors' 2010 World's Strongest Man Experience. The physical and mental strength of the WSM competitors is quite phenomenal!

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The 2012 Reebok CrossFit Open commences this week, thousands of people from all over the globe performing weekly workouts in the hopes of qualifying for the Regionals, and potentially the Games. The RAW program for our CrossFit athletes will change slightly to reflect this beginning phase of competition, providing you with time to complete the Open WODs over the next few weeks (without it taking over your life and training) and more importantly to hit your peak at the Regionals. Good Luck Everyone!

One of our correspondence athletes Marcus Smith from Dubai offers the following on his RAW experience. Big cheers for the wrap up Marcus!!! Check out his website Inner Fight.

CrossFit has so many skill sets it is virtually impossible to "Master" them all. You can certainly be good or great at most of the sets but to master them all is a huge task and will take many years. It SHOULD be every CrossFitters goal to be as well rounded as possible as an athletes. CrossFit measures work capacity across broad time and modal domains which is a great phrase that CrossFit has captured. The key words when we are looking at strengths and weaknesses is the MODAL DOMAINS section.

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The Clean and or power clean is probably the most important lift in increase an athletes power production. In the clean the bar is brought from the ground to the shoulder in one movement (gross movement) however there are several critical points to the clean that we should all focus on. The second part of the WOD is dynamic power combined with agility which is moving/changing direction at speed.

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I found the following interview with the 2011 WSM Brian Shaw on the World's Strongest Man Official Website. Find out his approach to training, competition and different strongman events.

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RAW is a strength and conditioning facility designed to train CrossFit athletes who aspire to compete in the CrossFit games OR Competitive athletes from any sport training for a specific purpose. We do not run organised CrossFit classes as those types of classes are beginning to resemble pump and step classes on steroids. At RAW the aim is to train hard and fast - develop strength, power and speed specific to your sport.

If any of you follow Kelly Starrett's Mobility WOD, you would be aware that he's just his finished 365 days of mobility project. So  apart from everyone being extremley mobile and supple what did he learn?? Starrett offers the following on his site:

Over the course of the last few months I have learned a few lessons to say the least:

1) Athletes need to be treated like athletes.  Tubes of foam are for children.  Mobilization tools for athletes need to be legit.

RAW STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING OFFERS TRAINING AND ONLINE PROGRAMMING FOR STRENGTH AND POWER ATHLETES ON THE GOLD COAST

The following is an excerpt from a great article from T Nation 'Managing Inflammation':

Inflammation is big business. With an aging population seeking to live a long and pain-free life, pharmaceutical companies are hard at work developing drugs to combat the many faces of inflammation. But this stuff isn't just for old folks – young bucks looking to get bigger and stronger can benefit as well.

Inflammation is the body's first response to an injury or infection. It was originally defined by the Latin words calor, dolor, rubor, and tumor, which mean heat, pain, redness, and swelling, respectively. What's interesting is the pain, redness, and swelling aren't directly caused by the infection or injury, but the immune system's response to them.

RAW STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING OFFERS PERSONAL TRAINING AND ONLINE PROGRAMMING ON THE GOLD COAST

RAW offers personal training on the Gold Coast for those who have specific personal, sporting or fitness goals to achieve. We have the knowledge, experience and facilities, combined with a performance driven environment, to get you where you need to be. Our clients include parents, strongmen, Powerlifters, CrossFiters, and footballers - while their goals differ, their attitude and desire to succeed are the same.

Interested? Contact us TODAY.