Crossroads Bootcamp is happy to announce we are expanding our great line up of Bootcamp and Crossfit workouts and adding a brand new Boxing Fitness program to our Fall Schedule beginning Tuesday, September 7th!
In addition to expanding our schedule there are a few time changes – listen to Coach John Benz as he [...]
What are your hip flexors and why are they important? Simply stated, they flex the hip–they bring your thigh towards the abdomen or abdomen towards the thigh. They are active during knees to elbows, box jumps, dead lifts and sit ups and act as the midline stabilizers during pretty much any exercise we do in [...]
With the holiday weekend coming up we wanted to make sure you had some great ideas for the BBQ that won’t sabotage your week of workouts and add jelly to your belly! Yes! Even your weekend grilling can serve you well, come Monday. Just buy twice as much of whatever meat or fish you’re grilling, and [...]
Speed and strength are integral components of fitness found in varying degrees in virtually all athletic movements. Simply put the combination of speed and strength is power.
For many years, coaches and athletes have [...]
We know you’re working hard juggling your job, the kids schedules, taking care of the house and oh yeah, trying to maintain that relationship. It’s perfectly natural for all of us to opt for dinner out rather than getting organized enough to make dinner happen at home.
But from a health and weight loss perspective, [...]
You want flexibility? A stronger lower back? We can’t think of a better way to build it. You want this thing we call “overall body strength” but can never agree on how to get it? It’s Overhead Squats. It is truly the “one size fits all” lift of the lifting world.
If you only did Overhead [...]
In preparing for our Fall session of Crossroads Bootcamp workouts, we picked up the book, DRINK THIS, NOT THAT (of the Eat this, Not that book series). We were absolutely floored by what we read!
It seems, over the past 50 years or so, we Americans have developed a severe drinking problem. That’s right. We [...]
At Crossroads Bootcamp we believe the kettlebell is one of the best tools for all-around fitness and cross training. Kettlebell workouts increase strength, endurance, agility, and balance, challenging both the muscular and cardiovascular system with dynamic total-body movements.
You can take virtually any sport or discipline and adapt the kettlebell to the movements of that [...]
Why is the deadlift one of the best overall conditioning exercises?
The deadlift is classed as a powerful exercise because it is a compound exercise; this means that it uses two or more joints in the body through out the movement.
When performing the deadlift a person is actually using more muscles in the body than nearly [...]
Coach Dana Davenport is living proof that Crossroads Bootcamp workouts not only train us for every day life but reaching new heights and personal goals. Check him out from the top of Machu Picchu, a 7,970 foot peak in Peru.
Dana knows what Crossroads Bootcamp has done for his own level of fitness and endurance. Let [...]
