CrossFit is a sport. Like any sport, there is always a risk of injury or niggles. The way to deal with these is not to stay away from the gym for weeks hoping it will get better and in the process decrease your fitness. No if you have a niggle or injury let the coaches know and they can modify the workouts for you and give you some valuable mobility work to do in order to improve the affected area. This is a great time to work on other areas of your fitness! Do some gymnastics and core strengthening excercises, L-sits and hollow rocks. Mobilize for goodness sake, just don’t stay away! At the same time, don’t ignore niggles continuing doing movements that aggravate it but instead address it through physio and mobility work. We send all our athletes to Sportslab (sports specific bio-mechanics and rehab), these guys are the best in the business. They are located at 19 Auburn Street, Grafton just down the road.

Anya is a great example of someone that is dealing with a really frustrating injury, yet she is in the gym everyday getting creative and finding ways to work around the injury while improving it through physio, rest and mobility work.

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Strength:

5RM Press

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WOD:

In teams of 3

30min AMRAP

30 Wall Balls

30 Push Ups

30 Swings (32/20kg)

*One person working at a time, switch every 10 reps.