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Let’s talk about the glorious and powerful booty… other than being the easiest way to distract someone, the booty is often underdeveloped, undertrained, and underutilized. The glutes, (glute medius, minimus, and maximus) are the largest and strongest muscles of the body that are used together to abduct, rotate, and extend the hips. But let’s face it, most people just do not know how to use those all-powerful buns. Many people cannot even correctly fire their glutes without first undergoing some teaching or simple activation. Many people who spend the majority of their day sitting down do not utilize those muscles. So why are our posteriors so inactive? There are numerous reasons but quite simply put; it is because people do not use them due to their lifestyles (IE sitting down for most of the day) or just inactive due to poor mechanics. So what made you make a blog about...
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We are back on our postings! Here is our athlete spotlight for June! Gabe has been with us for a little over a year and has seen some excellent results. He physically has changed, but the most significant change has come with his fitness. He has worked his way to be one of the fittest guys in the gym and continues to impress us with how easy he can learn a new movement. Keep it up Gabe, and we are glad to have you! Gabriel R (Muscle Hamster) 💪🐹 Home Town Baytown Age 24 Occupation Electrician When did you first start CrossFitting? February 2017 When did you first start training at BayWay CrossFit? February 2017 Favorite WOD Anything that involves throwing my Bodyweight around (Pull-ups, HSPU, Burpees)  Least Favorite WOD Workouts with The Assault Bike and DEADLIFTS Tell us about your sports & fitness background? Growing up I Played Baseball...
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I have worked in the fitness industry for the last eight years, and one thing that has remained constant is, people come, and people go. Many times people come back, but here recently I have seen more and more try to do CrossFit on their own at their house or at a globo gym. Anyone that knows my background in CrossFit knows how obsessed I am with this program, and how much I love to exercise. In 2011, I got my CrossFit Level 1 certification and immediately thought I needed to do more. I decided to cancel my CrossFit gym membership and outfit my garage with as much CrossFit equipment as I could afford. *disclaimer: it was my mother’s garage. In my mind, I justified creating a home gym by crunching the numbers and convincing myself of how much money I would save. Telling myself that I would not have...
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Since The Open I think the general thought around the gym is, “Let’s get better,” but the real question is how do we get better for next year?   The first step is just showing up. I know I have been on this topic a lot lately, but it is the easiest way to get better. When explaining our program structure to people, I usually tell them it is like school. What I mean is our curriculum is very broad, and like school, you have to show up to learn. You would not sign up for calculus, show up three to four times a month and expect to pass the final. You have to show up and learn and do the work given to you. Many times there is homework that needs to be done to make sure that you are advancing as you should. If you show up and...
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The Open is over, and I am finally getting back into the swing of things.   The Open this year was probably the most fun I have had with anyone to date. It was the first time that I was just an ordinary CrossFitter. Enjoying the workouts and testing myself when I could. This was the first year that our gym did a Friday Night Lights event each week and It was a huge hit.   Competing while injured is tough, mainly when you doing everything at 110% is your usual path. There were many times this year where I thought I would not be able to do something and surprised myself. This Open in many ways reminded me of when I first started CrossFit. I was unsure of what I was going to be able to do in each workout so I just kind of winged each one. No...
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