WarriorZ Athlete's Camp

Where do I start? First I would love to thank Charlie and Micha for inviting us in to their facility and for making me feel like it was my own. You guys are amazing and keep making the community a better place!

We were the first ones to arrive so we basically helped Charlie set up a bit and messed around for about an hour before we actually began the day. Once the majority of the athletes arrived we all started warming up a bit and gathered around the whiteboard for Charlie's breakdown of our day.

After intro's we went straight into the group warm-ups. All the movements we did were for a purpose. The warm-up is designed to help use hit every muscle group that we would be using during the entire training session(high knees, butt kickers, bear crawls, lunges, squats, etc...). After the warm-ups we moved into what Charlie called "EDS" or everyday skills. Everything we do in CrossFit, involves moving through these positions and having a strong body awareness can make us better athletes.

• Hollow body holds
• Superman holds
• Hollow body rocks
• Superman rocks
• V-ups
• Plyo Pushup
• Headstand to Handstand

After the warmups, Mark Bell arrived and we went right into the Deadlift. We worked moving through the entire range of motion(conventional and sumo) and then also some accessory work such as

• deficit deads
• banded work
• SL deads
• snatch grip

I can talk forever about what Mark talked about but that would probably bore you and you wouldn't read it anyways. After the deadlift session, we ate lunch and moved into the oly work part. We started with the snatch. We warmed up with some snatch balances and then basically went H.A.M.

I PR'd my Snatch at 235! 

Missed 240 and 245 a handful of times. Each one though was right where it needed to be(blast my small troll hands). After the Snatch session a bunch of us went over to the Jerk boxes and spent a WHILE on them!

While the majority got in 5-7 sets, A few of us decided to skip basically everything else and just get busy with the barbell. Needless to say, good shit happens when you work hard!

315 baby!

Right as soon as Drew and I finished up Jerking(umm...)we joined our team and the clock started for our team workout!

30 Bar Muscle Ups

60 Cleans (95 lbs)

90 Shoulder to OH (95 lbs)

120 Back Squats (95 lbs)

I was lucky enough to be partnered with two phenomenal athletes and we were the second team to finish! A great end to a great camp!

A few of us got in a finisher that combined sled pushes and DB ground to OH.

Needless to say, it was an amazing day. When you combine amazing athletes and some real cool surroundings, you get some pretty fucking awesome outcomes! 

It was one of the best days I have had in a long time. It made me feel completely stress free and I was able to just do what I love to do without having the stressors of normal life. 

Again, I just want to thank Charlie and the rest of the WarriorZ crew for the hospitality and the amazing day!

If you are in the Elk Grove area, I highly recommend considering heading into their facility. Once you do, you will not be sorry.  

The big homie Chuck Z