“Obstacles are like wild animals.  They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can.  If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.”  ~Orison Swett Marden

Very Important Schedule Announcements:

Saturday will be a park WOD. We will meet at 9:00 A.M. at Promenade Park. Same one as last time! Trust me it’ll be a different WOD! If you have any questions call or text Christian. (951) 316-3323

615 Richey Street Corona, Ca
M/W/F 5:30am class: please schedule online the night before by 10pm. If no one is signed up by 10pm, there will be no class. So, please make sure to sign up.

March 15: We are starting our next round of On-Ramp classes through the City of Corona T/Th at 7pm. It is a 6 week program/2x week and is an introductory class designed to gear people up to do mainsite WODs. As usual, it is scalable and intense as the person makes it. So, if you have friends/family that always wanted to try CrossFit but were always afraid, this is a good class to take. Visit the City of Corona Parks and Recreation website for details.

SAVE THE DATE!

We got the inside scoop from Ashley, our very own City of Corona insider…
Mud Run in Corona. June 4. Save the Date! Details to come.

Proper Lifestyle Dare: It’s Friday, lets have some fun. Wherever you are when you read this, knock out 13 burpees FOR TIME. Post Time to Comments.

Level 1 Cert Experience
By Mike Breyer

I am a little bit of a nerd so of course I had to be the first one to arrive at CrossFit Overload. I was a little concerned because being Super Bowl weekend I didn’t expect elite level trainers to want to be away from friends and family. I was pleasantly surprised when the first person I saw was Josh Everett, the original King Kong (Click here to watch video) . Looking around I saw a couple of trainers I didn’t recognize and then on the other side of the gym a short guy wearing a beanie; got a little closer and was super excited to see Chris Spealler. If I could’ve asked for any two people to train me at my cert, I would’ve chosen these two incredible athletes. Of course I was like a giddy little school girl, texting Katie and Christian, doing my best to not look like a total dork. The entire weekend was incredible; lots of lectures and technical instruction, with a couple of workouts thrown in to spice things up. Although I learned a ton, the most important lessons to me were the ones that reinforced ideas I already knew were important, but having some of the fittest individuals on the planet stress key points sent me home thinking.

• Flexibility is King – when you are talking quality movement, whether it be a simple air squat or a push jerk, being able to put your body in its designed positions is critical. I can’t tell you how many times the trainers talked about the importance of mobility work.
• Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition – There is a CrossFit pyramid that starts at the bottom with nutrition, going to metabolic conditioning, gymnastics, weightlifting and throwing, and ending at the top with sports. The premise is that everything at the top will falter if the level below it isn’t strong. A pretty basic idea about the importance of building a strong foundation. Everyone at CrossFit Proper works their butt off each and every time they come into the gym for a number of reasons. Whatever the reason, I am guessing part of it is that you feel better and more capable because of the work you put in. We calculate our weights, are critical of our movements, push to the point of collapse, log our workouts, and do any number of things to make sure we are getting “better” but are we as diligent about not only what we put in our bodies but how much if it we consume. I for one am going to give the Zone a try for the simple reason that I think I need to reprogram my idea of what my body needs to perform better. I love food, all kinds of food, especially the really crappy for you but oh so tasty food. I know though that I don’t feel good after I eat that stuff, and I want to know how good I can feel and perform. Anybody that wants to give Zone a 30 day try with me, I think it will be worth it.

The most important thing I walked away thinking though is that CrossFit Proper is an absolutely amazing place. I stood in the middle of CrossFit Overload, which is a phenomenal facility, and I just kept thinking that I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else but Proper. I already knew that Proper was special, but this weekend confirmed a few things. The most important was that we just do things the right way. The focus on form but the push to be intense through workouts is preached throughout the cert by every single trainer. I didn’t have any movements or positions criticized because I had already been coached by our amazing trainers on the right way to do things. It is honestly hard to describe how familiar everything felt during both the classroom lectures and the practical application portions to what we all see and hear every day. I am sitting listening to the best of the best CrossFit has to offer and they are teaching using the same coaching points and stressing the same things we’ve heard a hundred times at Proper. I know there are some incredible gyms around, but CrossFit Proper is that special combination of great trainers and a group of people committed to making themselves and everyone around them better.

Thanks Mike!

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