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July 19, 2012
CrossFit Games Masters athlete Jacinto Bonilla has shoulder pain, especially when he performs squat snatches. So Olympic-weightlifting coach Mike Burgener recommends he split snatch. The split snatch is often used by athletes who have flexibility issues and is more forgiving of technical errors.
“The pull’s exactly the same. You don’t pull a barbell up. You pull your body down into the split,” Burgener says while hosting… Continue Reading
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Join reporter Jennifer Hunter as she shares the story of Jacinto Bonilla of CrossFit NYC.
Bonilla is a 72-year-old trainer at his gym. After finding CrossFit at age 67, Bonilla decided to give a second career a try and retired from radiography to become a coach. Even with an athletic background in competitive running, bodybuilding and circuit training, he says, “CrossFit really humbled me. ... I thought I was in… Continue Reading
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“The way I feel now, I can’t freakin’ believe I’m 70 years old,” says Jacinto Bonilla, the much-beloved Level 2 trainer at CrossFit New York in the second part of our profile from Again Faster.
Jacinto is a retired radiographer who saw many X-rays of older patients with hip problems. He’s always been active and decided to keep up his fitness level to avoid ending up in a nursing home himself. Jacinto began by training… Continue Reading
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This video from Again Faster is the first part of a profile Jacinto Bonilla, a 69-year old Level 2 CrossFit trainer who competed in last year’s CrossFit Games.
“He’s obviously not from this planet. But he keeps up a good façade and everyone thinks he’s from this planet,” says Hari Singh, co-owner of CrossFit NYC. Few suspect Jacinto’s age when they first meet him.
A much-beloved figure at the The Black Box in New York… Continue Reading
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