Chili Cook Off News: Miss Malibu does 8 Dead Hang Pulls!

Thanks to all the CrossFit Malibu supporters who came out to do pull ups at the chili cook-off. And it was great to meet and talk to community members and Malibu visitors about CrossFit. Kids loved hanging on the rings and doing pull ups while we taunted passerbys to beat Miss Malibu's pull up effort.

A number of guys did between 25-28 in a minute and the top women's score was 19- for fifteen year old Emma from Checkered Flag Chili. Most participants opted for muscle driver rubberband assisted pull ups, giving us a chance to talk about the concept of scaling and substituting exercises on Workouts of the Day.

Quite a few members of CrossFit Malibu worked at the booth including Scott and Kendra (right) and Curt and Leanne- and their kids Matthias and Hannah. They talked with people about their personal experiences with CrossFit- and were about to relate their histories of olympic lifting, marathon running, and recovering from back problems- identifying with many interested Cook-Off attendees.

Multiple Choice Question

What is CrossFit?

a.) a fun and friendly community of people of all ages getting fit, having fun, and taking ownership over their health.

b.) a physical fitness training regimen that is predicated on constantly varied, functional activities completed at high intensity.

c.) a rough combination of gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, and other "cardio" events like running, biking, rowing, & swimming.

d.) an effective, efficient, and proven way to dramatically increase cardiovascular fitness, stamina, flexibility, strength, power, speed, balance, coordination, agility, and accuracy.

e.) a general physical preparedness program that develops well-rounded athletes out of kids, adults and aged populations.

f.) an evidence based method of increasing work capacity across broad time and modal domains.

And the answer is:

YES!

A quick peak at CrossFit Malibu

Olympic weight lifting platforms, bumper plates, steel barbells, kettle bells, medicine balls, pull-up bars, ropes, rings, and plyometric boxes. Heavy stuff just sitting there waiting to be lifted, thrown, pushed, pulled, climbed, flipped, and dragged.

It might seem a little daunting because it neither looks nor feels like the gym where you currently workout. There is a lot of open space, no TV screens and not a single piece of machinery that can be used while you read the morning newspaper. I haven't seen anyone pull 1000 meters on the C2 rower while text messaging. It would be impossible to check voice mail or answer a phone call mid-workout.

And that's the point. It's a workout. The purpose is to attain, maintain, develop, and rise to a higher level of fitness than you ever imagined. To uncover what can REALLY be achieved along the lines of endurance, stamina, strength, power, speed, flexibility, balance, accuracy, coordination and agility. And it doesn't matter why you want it. But you CAN build it. We are here to help.

Regardless of whether you are at the top of your game or unconditioned, driven or unmotivated, clumsy or supremely athletic... CrossFit Malibu is forging elite fitness for our entire community and you will fit right in. There are a number of different ways that CrossFit can be scaled back or ramped up so that it fits your needs. And we have the expertise to do just that.

Drop by the Hut, send an email, call AND come see us at the Malibu Chili Cook-Off this Saturday and Sunday. Remember- we open to the public on Sept. 8th. The schedule is already filling up.