Office to Octagon presents MMA Charity Fight Night A physical training regiment and MMA tournament to benefit underprivileged youth in Boston. An initiative of Office to Octagon, in partnership with the BYMC Union Gym. Local business professionals (range from CPA’s, to law enforcement, to financial analysts, and so on) with no prior fighting experience will […]
Strength Push-jerk 2-2-2-2-2 WOD “Annie” 50-40-30-20-10 Double Unders Sit-ups L2 – 25-20-15-10-5 double unders L1 – 25-20-15-10-5 double under attempts or 150-120-90-60-30 singles
*No Yoga Today* Strength Weighted Pull-up 3-3-3-1-1-1 WOD One time through 40 Burpees 50 Walking lunges 60 Sit-ups 50 Walking lunges 40 burpees Level 2 – 30-40-50-40-30 Level 1 – 20-30-40-30-20
*There will be no rowing seminar this Saturday but will pick back up on the 26th and will continue up until the last class on the 2nd of January. REGISTRATION FOR C.R.A.S.H. B’s (held on February 17, 2013) ENDS AT MIDNIGHT!!! Register ASAP if you are planning on doing this event! Here’s the link * This […]
Toes to bar is a very difficult gymnastics movement that requires upper body strength in combination with a strong core. The most important part of this skill is to develop the mid-line strength to bring the knees up to the chest, then elbows and eventually toes directly to the bar. Here are a few exercises […]
Often times coaching an athlete through an overhead movement such as the strict press, push press, or push jerk can be frustrating for many reasons. It’s impossible to fully explain why this is important in the middle of a workout while weights are clanking and music is blasting but here is my chance… 1) That […]
Honour and Kyle Miller gave birth to an amazing 7lb 5 oz baby boy on Sunday! Baby and Mother are doing awesome. They would like to pass along a thanks to everyone at the box for all their support and well wishes during the pregnancy and are both looking forward to getting back! Please remember […]
Normally, we provide you with at least 20 minutes on the platforms to work on your technique and get stronger. On average the rest time between strength sets should be approximately 2-4 minutes. Over the course of those 20 minutes that should give you plenty of time to recover, change weights, mobilize/improve the position, and […]
After watching the most physically fit individuals on earth perform grueling workouts during the 2011 CrossFit Game I began noticing the advanced athletes at our box doing the same thing…transitioning well. What does that mean? They drop the barbell, breath heavily on the walk over to the pull up structure hammer out toes to bar […]