Posted Nov 02 2012 by Ryan Savard
Registration Is Now Open!Last night’s Shave The Date Registration for Barbells & Handlebars is now open! Cost of entry is $30 which also gets you a t-shirt. Register now because there are limited spots available! If you are hesitant because this is a “competition”, don’t be. There is an advanced [...]
Posted Oct 31 2012 by Ryan Savard
Shave-Off Tomorrow Night!Luke completed a half marathon in Cape Cod, MA over the weekend. The Shave-Off. If you are competing for the Barbells & Handlebars‘s Golden ‘Stache award or are going all out for the month of November by manning up and growing a moustache, then you should be at the shave-off tomorr[...]
Posted Oct 29 2012 by Ryan Savard
Barbells & Handlebars 2012Barbells & Handlebars 2012 is a competition of strength, wits, and the ability to grow a mustache. Consisting of 2 WODs and a month long razor strike, all you have to do is care about your (or your man’s) prostate. Movember officially starts on November 1st. To raise awarness about prost[...]
Posted Oct 24 2012 by Ryan Savard
Should I Be Supplementing? Part 2: Fish OilShould you be taking fish oil? Short anwer: Yes. Why? As avid exercisers, we put a lot of stress on the body. When the body is stressed, it produces stress hormones like cortisol which induces an inflammatory response. When the inflammatory response is high, healing and recovery of the muscles and [...]
Posted Oct 22 2012 by Ryan Savard
Squat Cycles and Periodization (and why we do it)As we near the end of our high bar back squat cycle, I would like to talk about why we do what we do. A big part of CrossFit is being prepared for the unknown and unknowable. In this regard, many gyms follow a more randomized way of programming. So why do we, at EDCF, stick to programmed strength c[...]
Posted Oct 19 2012 by Ryan Savard
Reaching Fitness Goals: Victor OkeVic has had a goal for quite a while. Simply put, he wanted to deadlift 500 lbs. He has flourished under our unique strength program gaining sizable results on his squats, deadlift, and Olympic lifts yet he still hadn’t reached his goal of the big 500. Falling short a few times in the recen[...]
Posted Oct 17 2012 by Ryan Savard
Ladies Night ReminderA night at the box. Ladies Night will be held on Thursday, October 25th from 7:30-10pm at Times Ten Cellars. Please put it in your calendars now! Contact Jill or Elizabeth with any questions you might have. Guys: Start your mustaches. [...]
Posted Oct 15 2012 by Ryan Savard
Should I Be Supplementing? Part 1: Vitamin DVitamin D In the past, the sun has gotten a bad rap in the health community. About 30 years ago, the sun became something to be afraid of. Too much exposure would cause skin cancer and everyone was told to stay inside or wear sunscreen of spf 500 if you dared to be in the sun for over 10 minutes. T[...]