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Riding Out a Stampede
Once I dropped in a box where they called a workout with many goats a ‘stampede’. I just learned today how appropriate that name was. Back from the New York trip I’m excited to have an indoor WOD for a...
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Putting More Weight Into It
It has been said that weighlifting as a sport had never seen so many newcomers until CrossFitters came around. Whether traditional lifters like our belated enthusiasm there is certainly a great...
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WOD Intelligence
In the world of constantly varied, we all still have our biases and preferences. As I travel to various boxes, some tend to overprogram gymnastics movements like pullups and squats, others do cleans...
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Mobility WOD Miami
The mobility cert turned out to be the most useful training course I’ve ever taken. I’m not sure when in our life we destroy our posture, stance and movements. It probably has to do with bad shoes,...
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Goat herders and Athletes
In CrossFit, as in life, we get ahead powered by our strengths and are held back by our weaknesses. Or goats as CF calls them. In most walks of life we can avoid doing what we’re not good at, however...
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Designing a Skill Day
Beyond having an improvement list (goats), most of us would rather do a WOD than spend an hour working on a skill or on mobility. Even if the motivation is there, skill training can become less focused...
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SealFit – The Missing Mental Practice of CrossFit
After almost a year with SealFit’s Unbeatable Mind (UMA) program I got to reflect on a couple of things I have been critically missing in my daily CF practice. The Discipline of Mental training It is...
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Alternative WOD Approaches
With over 6,000 CrossFit boxes in the world and tens of thousands of certified trainers you would expect that the WODs would become quite different from box to box or at least some brand new movements...
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How to Have an Active Rest Day
While Rich Froning may not take a rest day, many of us follow CFHQ’s guidance of 1-2 recovery days a week. The (sometimes hotly debated) question is whether rest days should be active or not. Since...
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Level 1 Cert – Paleo Style
Late August Mark Sisson announced a fully accredited certification program for Primal/Paleo lifestyle. Since I have been living my version of paleo for a few years now I decided to take the plunge and...
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