Cristini Athletics

🍂 CYCLE 4/7: CROSSFIT ESSENTIALS 🍂

Your CrossFit Open performance is built in the fall.

Tomorrow is the start of Cycle 4/7 at Cristini Athletics.

This is the time of year where we take the strength, technique, gymnastics and aerobic capacity we’ve built — and start applying it to CrossFit.

Over the next 8 weeks:

🏋️ Snatches under fatigue
🔥 HYROX conditioning
⚡ Clean & Jerk cycling
🤝 Team WODs
🦵 Athletic Leg Day
🤸 Gymnastics under fatigue
🏋️‍♂️ The return of our 2017 20RM Back Squat program
💦 Saturday Sweatfests

The goal now is simple:

Keep the technique. Add the intensity.

Welcome to Cycle 4/7 — CrossFit Essentials.
Fall training starts now. 🍁

If your knees cave in when you’re getting deep into a heavy squat, you’re putting way too much stress on your joints. Keep them healthy with three quick fixes: twist your feet firmly into the floor, open up your hips, and make sure your knees stay lined up right over the middle of your foot through the whole rep.

Hit the link in our bio to see how our coaches use movement science to help you lift heavier without beating up your body.

Carbs get a bad rap, but if you’re putting in work at the gym, you need ’em. They’re your body’s best tank of quick fuel for high-intensity training. Swapping out the refined sugar for solid, complex stuff, like sweet potatoes, oats, and rice, keeps your energy steady all day and helps your muscles bounce back faster after a tough session.

Check out our main website to learn more about our coaching and training programs!

Getting 8 hours of restless sleep isn’t the same as landing 7 hours of deep, solid REM recovery. To actually help your muscles rebuild after training, try tweaking your routine tonight: drop the room temp, turn off the bright lights an hour before bed, and go light on the late-night snacks.

Save this post so you remember to prep your room tonight!

Some days you’re setting PRs, and other days just getting through the door is the win. Progress isn’t a straight line, it’s all about showing up consistently, not being perfect every single workout. Put in the work, trust the process, and keep moving forward.

Drop a 💯 below if you’re getting your session in today!

WHAT SETS CRISTINI ATHLETICS APART? 👀
PART 3: EXPERIENCE, OUR TEAM & TWO LOCATIONS

Experience matters.

For nearly 17 years, our coaches have lived this sport — coaching it, competing in it and constantly learning from it.

We’ve competed locally, nationally and internationally. Along the way, we’ve made mistakes, learned lessons and developed an eye for the small details that make a big difference.

At a high level, there are no shortcuts.

Better technique. Better mobility. Smarter programming. More attention to detail. That same mentality is what we bring back to every member who walks through our doors.

But experience isn’t just about one coach.

💪 We’ve built a team of specialists across weightlifting, powerlifting, gymnastics, endurance, nutrition, physiotherapy and strength & conditioning.

No one person knows everything — so when our members need help, there’s a good chance the right expert is already in the building.

And with two locations in Markham and Woodbridge, our members gain access to more coaches, more classes, more expertise and a bigger community.

Two locations. One team. One standard.

Because experience isn’t something you can fast-track.

It has to be earned.

Next up: Part 4 — The Therapy Clinic.

Eating way less, skipping meals, and grinding it out at the gym, but the scale isn’t budging at all? 🏋️‍♀️🔻

If you’re over 40 and feeling like you hit a wall, it’s probably not that you’re overdoing it on food, you’re likely not eating enough.

When you slash your food and push hard in your workouts, your body goes into conservation mode. Your energy drops, recovery takes forever, and your body clings onto fat while losing muscle. So you end up feeling completely drained, super sore, and totally stuck.

In our new post, we break down why eating too little holds you back after 40, and how fueling up properly helps you build muscle and feel good again. 🔥

👉 Hit the link in our bio to read the full post and get things moving again!

Want to burn more calories without spending all day in the gym? Focus on building muscle. 🏋️‍♂️

Building lean muscle boosts your resting metabolism. That means your body is naturally burning energy even when you’re relaxing on the couch, working, or sleeping.

Muscle isn’t just about looking good, it keeps your body strong, healthy, and running properly for the long haul.

Ready to get after it? Tap the link in our bio to book a free assessment at our Markham or Woodbridge gym! 📲