CrossFit® Strength in Depth is an
individual and team competition, which will be held in London over the 23-24
February 2019.
The winning male, female and team will
be invited to the Reebok CrossFit® Games in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Bulletproofbodies are proud to be part of the Athlete Services Team who will be looking after all Athletes keeping them injury free for the entire competition.
Many of this team are the same from Meridian Regionals, so they are in good hands.
The Final will take place from
Saturday 23 February to Sunday 24 February 2019, hosted at the ExCeL London.
Athlete registration will take place on Friday 22 February from midday – 17:00pm.
The 80 males, females and 70 Teams
will be split into two categories – Elite and Rxd.
The programming and schedule will
differ between the Elite and Rxd competition. This allows more competitors to
take part at the final.
Ok so this new format is and has been
a little confusing. Here’s a short version of what could happen once the winner
of CrossFit® SiD 2019 has been crowned.
The winner of SiD 2019 takes home the
title and secures an invitation to The CrossFit® Games 2019.
If they then go on to be crowned the
Fittest in their country, or place Top 20 worldwide, at the end of The 2019
Open, their invitation to The Games via SiD is passed to the athlete who
finished 2nd.
If the 2nd place athlete is also crowned the Fittest in their
country, or places Top 20 in The Open, the invite passes to 3rd place, and so
on and so forth.
Given the amount of countries
represented amongst the athletes joining us next month, it could be possible to
finish 3rd, 5th,7th at a Sanctioned event and still get that illusive invite.
This should hopefully make for an even better weekend of competition for
everyone involved!
As the
CrossFit Open is nearly upon us another Fitness Influencer has issues with
CrossFit.
Julian Michaels
is a big deal in the Fitness Industry state side, where she was on the Biggest Loser. In the Biggest Loser participants trained through injury and were made to workout until they vomited. But that's where her similarities with CrossFit end.
But what is her issue with CrossFit? Julian says "It only has 20 to 25 movements so it can't be constantly varied." "Not challenging the body." WTF WRONG! It turns out that she is the new ambassador for Soda Stream, who have been bought out by Pepsi. We all know what Greg Glassman thinks of big Soda. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=436&v=khYkFRh_29g
At Bulletproofbodies We have recently had lots of people asking us about shin splints, so hear is the way
to Bulletproof your shins.
As
we at Bulletproofbodies know, the first thing to do any injury is to get an
accurate diagnosis.
Put
simply, know your enemy.
So what exactly is shin splints?
Shin
splints is actually a bit of a misnomer and should really be referred to as
"exercise-induced leg pain", as I will explain.
The
most common type of exercise-induced leg pain is medial tibial (shin bone)
stress syndrome (MTSS) which doesn't exactly role off the tongue, but is a more
accurate term.
The
other two main types are a stress fractures or compartment syndrome /
biomechanical overload syndrome.
MTSS
occurs when the muscle that inserts just behind the shin starts to pull away
from the bone.
There is a sheath around the bone called the periosteum, and
this can get inflamed as a result of the pulling away, and cause pain.
If this
inflammation of the periosteum persists, because someone continues to run
without attempting to treat it, then it may go on to cause a stress fracture.
A
stress fracture is not like a traumatic fracture that occurs suddenly. It is a
continuum. So it may start with a worsening of the inflammation around the
periosteum, and then slowly go into the bone itself.
The
good thing about this is if it is caught early enough, it is possible to
prevent a full-blown stress fracture. And this is definitely something you
want, because a stress fracture can mean being put in a boot and no running for
around 12 weeks.
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS) literally means that the different muscles that make up the calf –
which are split into compartments – get too big for the muscle sheath they are
in and can cause quite severe pressure pain.
This can also be known as Bio-mechanical overload syndrome and refers to either anterior or posterior compartments of the lower limb.
Changes to your running mechanics can help but require time and effort to re-train.
Single leg calf raises are a great test for the Capacity of your muscles, less than 25 reps has been associated with injury.
