Tag Archives: Illinois

Featured Member Friday: Jaime Deweese

Each week we ask one of our members why they started CrossFit 🙂 1. When did you start CrossFit? May 2016 2. Why did you start CrossFit? My why is more of a why not?  I’d tried all other forms of exercise and found none I would stick with because I got bored with them […]

Driven Nutrition: Optimal Rest & Recovery

At River 2 River, we believe that optimal rest and recovery will help you CRUSH goals in the gym that you never thought possible. Some people believe “THE GRIND NEVER STOPS”, but without adequate and quality sleep, your body can never truly recover or reach it’s true maximum potential. That’s why this week we are […]

Recovery Tools for Training (feat. Coach Matt Starks)

Recovery is key for anyone doing any style of training from Crossfit to Sports Training. Active Recovery helps to loosen up, or release, stiff, short, or adhered muscle groups. It reduces scar tissue and adhesions which improves mobility/range of motion and quality of movements. There are many methods of active recovery that are easy to […]

Mobility (feat. Coach Missy)

Does your thruster look more like a Michael Jackson toe stand from Thriller? Then pop a deep squat and let’s talk about mobility. What is mobility, exactly? It’s defined as “the ability to move or be moved freely and easily.”   Don’t confuse mobility with flexibility or a warm-up. Mobility allows us to use our joints’ […]

Should you be taking Aminos?!

It’s Wellness Wednesday and today is also our deadline to get your order in for our Driven Nutrition Supplements! This week we are going to talk a little bit about Amino acids and why you may want to consider adding them into your daily workout routine. First things first. Maybe you are new to the […]

Discipline. (feat. Coach Dennis)

I remember life before CrossFit. Every January 1st, I would make a “new” New Years resolution. “I will go to the gym every day” or “I will stop eating fast food and candy/sweets”. Then, without a doubt, by January 6th, I will have eaten two chocolate chip cookies while having lunch at the ever-so-healthy Subway. […]

Featured Member Friday: Corey Dunn

Each week we ask one of our members why they started CrossFit 🙂 1. When did you start CrossFit? November 2015 2. Why did you start CrossFit? Rebecca joined, and when she would come home she was excited to tell me about her day at the box. Using terms like AMRAP, Metcon, WOD, etc I […]

R2R Programming Overview: Week of 12/18

  Monday Back Squat (Deload Week (4×3)) Metcon (Time) 3 Rounds for time of: 500m Row or 400m Run 15 Burpees 30 Hang Power Cleans (95/65) Metcon (No Measure) Accessory Work: 1. 2×20 Good Mornings 2. 100 Abs of choice   Tuesday Front Squat (4×2 @ 80%) Load the bar to 80% of your heaviest front squat from […]

R2R Programming Overview: Week of 12/25

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Monday Christmas Day At Home WOD 10RFT of: 10 Jumping Lunges 10 Push Ups 10 Burpees Tuesday R2R 12 Days of Christmas WOD 1x MU 2x Squat Clean Thrusters (135/95) 3x HSPU 4x Push Press 5x Bar Facing Burpees 6x Front Squats 7x Box Overs 8x Hang Power Cleans 9x Toes to […]

Featured Member Friday: Lana Hammond

Each week we ask one of our members why they joined Crossfit! 🙂 1. When did you start Crossfit? I started crossfit in April 2013 back in the old Metro gym. 2. Why did you start CrossFit? I started because I was ready for something new. I was tired of going to the gym and […]