Jeff Has Come a Long Way

***Attention***

Because today's WOD, Linda, is such a bear to administer and can be tough in a group environment, we'll be opening up the gym at 3:00 p.m. today for anyone to come and do the workout, so that everyone can get their date with Linda in.

Jeff before a group workout with the 7pm crew

Jeff, who has become a 7pm regular, has been making some great gains in fitness as of late and is long overdue for a little bit of the spotlight to be thrown his way.

Jeff first started training with us in March of this year and since then has lost a net total of 10 lbs (a combination of losing some fat and gaining some muscle).

But it's on the gym floor where Jeff has made a huge mark. When he first came to CFO, he couldn't do a number of the moves that are part and parcel of our program.

Below is a list of some of the things he wasn't able to do but now does regularly.

* Pull-Ups
* Overhead Squats
* Back Squats (to full depth)
* Cleans
* Snatches

Jeff has also been setting PRs just about every time he does a lift these days, too. Just last week he set a back squat PR, managing to squat a weight for three reps that he used to only be able to do singles with. He's had the same sort of thing happen to him for shoulder presses and push presses.

The biggest area of improvement for Jeff, though, has got to be in the area of form, technique, and fluidity. This is something that can't really be measured, only observed. His movement patterns were choppy and segmented when he first came to us. But now he's performing even our more complex moves (e.g., cleans) with good form a degree of fluidity that simply wasn't there before.

It's all come about through consistency and lots of practice by Jeff.

My hat's off to Jeff for attaining the results he's gotten so far, but also for the effort he's put in along the way.

Keep up the strong work!