Crossfit Zone Victoria BC, Vancouver Island

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So, in the current spirit of competition, here’s something for you Zoners to aim for next! This is a great way to get some outdoor summer exercise, and it fits in well with our CrossFit methodology of using whatever is at hand for our workouts. I’m pretty sure all these moves can easily be picked [...]

The holidays are coming, and have I got a special Easter treat for you!  It’s everything you ever wanted to know about the Easter Bunny and his eggs!  Pretty exciting stuff…
Did you know that the Easter Bunny was first recorded in a German publication in the early 1600’s?  It’s a fact.  And the first edible [...]

As I was reading a terribly one-sided and somewhat mis-informed newspaper article about exercise the other day, a thought struck me: Why is it that you rarely hear people say “‘I exercise to help prevent future bone density loss”, rather than the ever popular, “I exercise to fit into my size 6″?  I ask myself [...]

Believe it or not, your heart is a muscle that you have the power to strengthen!

Cardiovascular Endurance is the ability of your heart to provide oxygen to muscles during physical activity for prolonged periods of time.  Sounds kinda important, right?
And it is!  Cardiovascular endurance is the most important aspect of fitness. It is basically how [...]

Saturday was Spidey and T-Bops’ last workout at the Zone.  We made a special WOD for them, called “Moving Day”.  There were 3 teams that had to lift an accumulated total of 80,000 lbs from ground to overhead.  However, only 2 team members could lift at the same time!  They were allowed to do any [...]