East Valley CrossFit offers Olympic Weightlifting Classes 3 x week:
Tuesday 6:30-7:30pm
Thursday 4:00-7:30pm
Saturday 12:00-4:00pm
Coaches:
August Schmidt USAW Club Coach 2001
Competition PR’s Snatch 115kg / C&J 142kg
2010 CrossFit/USAW Open Competitor
2011 Masters Nationals 105kg Silver Medal
John Alvarado Competition PR’s Snatch 115kg / C&J 146kg
2003, 2004, 2005 Junior Nationals Competitor
2004 American Open Competitor
2005 Junior National 69kg Bronze Medal
2005 Junior National Team Champions, Team Arizona
2010 CrossFit/USAW Competitor
2011 American Open 77kg 6th Place
Jeremy Galo USAW Level 1 Coach
Competition PR’s Snatch 92kg / C&J 123kg
2010 CrossFit/USAW Competitor
EVCF recently added an 800 square foot competition stage.
East valley CrossFit Hosts and competes in weightlifting competitions on a regular basis.
East Valley CrossFit at the CrossFit/USAW Open
“There are two Olympic lifts, the Clean & Jerk and the Snatch . Mastery of these lifts develops the squat, deadlift, power clean, and split jerk while integrating them into a single movement of unequaled value in all of strength and conditioning. The Olympic lifters are without a doubt the world’s strongest athletes.
These lifts train athletes to effectively activate more muscle fibers more rapidly than through any other modality of training. The explosiveness that results from this training is of vital necessity to every sport. Practicing the Olympic lifts teaches one to apply force to muscle groups in proper sequence, i.e., from the center of the body to its extremities (core to extremity). Learning this vital technical lesson benefits all athletes who need to impart force to another person or object as is commonly required in nearly all sports.
In addition to learning to impart explosive forces, the clean and jerk and snatch condition the body to receive such forces from another moving body both safely and effectively.
Numerous studies have demonstrated the Olympic lifts unique capacity to develop strength, muscle, power, speed, coordination, vertical leap, muscular endurance, bone strength, and the physical capacity to withstand stress. It is also worth mentioning that the Olympic lifts are the only lifts shown to increase maximum oxygen uptake, the most important marker for cardiovascular fitness.
Sadly, the Olympic lifts are seldom seen in the commercial fitness community because of their inherently complex and technical nature. CrossFit makes them available to anyone with the patience and persistence to learn.”
-Greg Glassman, Founder of CrossFit
