CrossFit as a sport is becoming a lot more difficult to compete in, especially for tall athletes like Brent Fikowski.
Previously a Volleyball Player, which benefited from his height, he will always struggle with simple movements like Squats due simply to having longer limbs.
He was also working full time as an Accountant as well as being a competitive athlete.
So if Brent scored
badly he had to engage in the #openhumiliation as part of the #trashtalkthursdays.
For this he had a eat a
table spoon of Wasabi!
What happens to you if you have a bad workout in the open?
Everyone knows who came first last year in the Men's CrossFit Games.
But who came second?
Brent Fikowski. Let's learn a little bit about this amazing Canadian CrossFit Athlete. Who is also an Accountant by Day. Because nobody else seems to know who he is! Brent came second place to Matt Fraser at the CrossFit Games 2017
Brent Fikowski won the
first event of the CrossFit Games 2017,
the Run Swim Run.
Brent came 4th in the CrossFit Games 2016. He also won event 3 at
the 2016 CrossFit Games.
Event 3: Ranch Mini Chipper:
50 wall ball shots
25 medicine ball GHD
sit-ups
Hill sprint with
medicine ball Brent is supported by his Wife Claire.
The Rainhill Trials are
a CrossFit competition run by the team at TRAIN.
I have the pleasure of performing
Physiotherapy on these athletes which also includes injury prevention.
By the time they get to
the end of the day there is normally a WOD with either Pull Ups, Muscle Ups or
Toes to Bar.
All of which can rip
your hands to shreds.
So at the Rocktape tent
we like to “tape it before you break it.”
RockTape turns down the
volume on pain.
More specifically, it
runs interference on pain.
Ever whack your shin and rub it, and suddenly
realize you feel better?
RockTape on the skin can interfere with painful
signals which are directed to the brain.
When the signals
arriving to the brain are altered, it does not produce the sensation of pain.
When kinesiology tape is properly applied, many of our customers call it
“magic” or think that it fixed their injury instantly. In fact, it helps to
change how your body interprets pain, turning down the pain “volume” that your
body hears.
Decompresses an area of
swelling and inflammation
When RockTape is
applied to the skin, it has a microscopic lifting effect underneath the skin
and between the many layers. This allows the by-products created by
inflammation to be removed more quickly.
It delays fatigue
Research has shown that
RockTape on skin can attenuate muscle fatigue. In rehab, this is very
important, not only for the parts of your body that are currently hurting, but
also for the surrounding areas as they help to pick up the slack for muscles
that are currently not working well.
It normalizes muscle
tone
When someone is
injured, fatigued, sick, or inflamed, the symphony of muscle action that
normally takes place with great accuracy often falls out of tune. This can
happen all over the body. For instance, research has shown that people who
sprain their ankle tend to have altered activity of their hip muscle as a
result. RockTape helps bring dormant muscle back to life and help calm down the
overactive muscles. It helps your body coordinate movement as if it weren’t
hurt, hence allowing it to heal properly.
It distributes physical
stress
Unlike conventional
taping, which prevents movement – RockTape allows full movement of a taped
area. Through elastic properties and quick recoil, RockTape can help distribute
forces to other nearby areas through the fascia, ligaments, and even bones.
If you want to get money off Rocktape products
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But what does it mean to experience the Fan Dance?
In our artificial world
of mortgages, smart phones and the incessant chatter of the voice in the head,
there is an urgent need to return to the simple raw intensity of man against
nature: the human will pit against an unapologetic and silent adversary of rock
and earth.
Sweat prickling the
forehead and soaking the back, straps digging into the shoulders and the
primitive urge to suck in the next breath and keep going smother out everyday
concerns.
The glorious feeling of
the body working to its maximum capacity washes over you, jockeying for
position with dozens of other competitors makes your heart feel as though it is
attacking the inside of the rib cage.
Fully dilated pupils
drink in the richness of the surroundings as you pound up the mountain,
scalding heat bursts through the leg muscles and the hypnotic rhythm of gravel
underfoot and urgent breathing echoes around you.
This is what it means
to be alive: the vital and overwhelming awareness of the present moment thrust
onto you by straining lungs and aching limbs.
This is what it means to do The
Fan Dance.
It's not over until you have had your first Official Fan Dance Ale!
If you want to get fit,
then start with your thoughts!
This may sound a bit strange but mental health is the first of the CHEK Holistic lifestyle principles.
The average person has
80,000 thoughts per day. Of those
thoughts, 80% of them are negative. We can control the "health" of our thoughts through practice. We must train our minds as well as our bodies.
Meditation is a great way to do this. However, if you are a Physically Active, get things done person you are less likely to spend your time, "doing nothing." But, for busy and physically active people, it is we who could benefit the most from this.
The CHEK principles:
1. Thoughts / Emotions
2. Breathing habits
3. Hydration
4. Food
5. Sleep
6. Exercise
Join Matt and Paul for
their Webinar this Thursday 28th June:
