Mélaine Petit (aka M, aka supergirl) from L’Usine CrossFit in Montreal Clean & Jerks 155lbs. Her previous record…135lbs (+15%). How did she do this? The L’Usine Strength Cycle, designed by our head coach Dom.

Oh! And she also cleans 160 on her second attempt. Another PR!

Last june, I suffered a major injury while playing sport. In fact, I completely ruptured my Achilles tendon. It is said that the Achilles tendon is the thickest and strongest tendon of the human body, but unfortunately for me, it was not strong enough on that particular day. I had my surgery june 25^th and I have been recuperating ever since. I have to thank everyone from L’Usine, the coaching staff of Boucherville and all the athletes from Boucherville for their support and kind wishes. The full recovery time for this injury is 6 months involving a lot of physiotherapy in order to recuperate functions in the calf muscle which cannot work during the healing process of the tendon. This time off is and will remain hard for a person like me who thrives on being active. It also serves as a good reminder concerning the approach to a workout and to anything in life for that matter that I always carried with me which led me to this small taught that I would like to share with you.

Injuries are just a part of being an athlete.  When you do get back, use them as an extra motivation for those winter days when you don’t feel like working out. Preparation for a workout is just as important as the workout itself. Nutrition and rest are pivotal points, but what about state of mind? How you approach a workout is what separates a good performance from a great one. What would a certain individual badly injured or severely sick do to be at your place with full strength 5 minutes before your workout? In other words..get pissed!  You control your intensity and your desire to succeed in whatever your definition of success may be. Every day is a chance to get better.  Opportunities presents themselves, but you never know when they can vanish, always attack the task ahead with a purpose.

Don’t let anybody outwork you today.

Marc-André Mireault
Head Coach – L’Usine CrossFit Boucherville

<<Two of the most common questions we are asked at the Poliquin Strength Institute are what books and publications Charles Poliquin reads and what coaches he has learned from. The first question is rather difficult, as Coach Poliquin spends about 16-18 hours every week reading, so his personal library is very extensive. The second question is a bit easier to answer. For example, Poliquin’s mentor in Olympic-style lifting has been, and still is, Pierre Roy. Roy is often invited to the Poliquin Strength Institute to give seminars. Why? Because in the world of weightlifting, Coach Pierre Roy is unquestionably one of the best in the world.>>From http://www.charlespoliquin.com/ArticlesMultimedia/articles/article.aspx?ID=369&lang=EN

Yeah his the one doing the Charles Poliquin seminars of Olympic lifting..!

The week-end will be hosted by Pierre Roy and his crew of star athlete/lifters!!!

Cost: 300$

spots: 20… fist come first serve…FINAL!

Ratio coach/athletes: 1/4-5

Enough said… Contact Dom for payment info d@lusine.ca

Keep a “leave nothing behind” attitude in your Crossfit workouts and L’Usine will take care of the rest!

L’Usine Montreal places 2nd at the Chambly CrossFit challenge. This CrossFit competition was a team event with competitors from many CrossFit gyms in Montreal. The L’Usine team, consisting of Lulu, M, Pat-D and Vince worked real hard and each member reached new PRs! Great job guys! Check out the video

The key to a good Push Jerk in all CrossFit workouts is to “drop” under the bar. If you try lifting the bar, you will run out of room and strength. A quick drop…and lock those elbows. You’ll see in the picture that Chris only lifts the bar with the momentum of his “push” with his legs. He then drops right under the bar with locked elbows.

The Push Jerk

HORAY! For Mélaine, Lulu, Vince and Pat-D!!!! For there awesome work done this week-end in Chambly. More pictures to come soon…

Dom and Chris took part in the CrossFit Olympic lifting certification this weekend in Toronto. We learned a ton about the Snatch and the Clean&Jerk. You can expect a ton of lifting coming up! Mwwuuuaahhahhahaaha!

Chris and Dom with Stephane Rochet from CrossFit HQ

Lulu brings the team of LuluLemon to try CrossFit at L’Usine CrossFit. Wow…that’s a lot of “lus”! hahahaa

They were a great gang…a perfect fit with L’Usine. Hope you guys liked the workout. See you all soon!

Lululemon et L'Usine