From the monthly archives:

July 2009

CrossFit on vacation

by Phil Mancini on July 31, 2009

Kendall was gracious enough to share his overseas experience with photo’s and a small taste of his makeshift CrossFit WOD while on vacation in Portugal.  He completed a modified version of the “filthy fifty” and finished with some HSPU’s and a swim.  Even on vacation he’s crushing it!  Nice work!!

Mark Twight on breathing ladders.

August 1st, 2009 WOD

Row 250m
Hang Power Snatch x 7
Box Jump x 7
Knees to Elbows x 7
Ring Dips x 7

7 rounds for time

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Paleo in a nutshell, part 2: exercise

by Phil Mancini on July 30, 2009

July 31, 2009 WOD

“Nicole”

Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
Run 400 meters
Max rep Pull-ups

Post number of pull-ups completed for each round to comments.

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Paleo in a nutshell (no pun intended)

July 29, 2009

July 30, 2009 WOD
With a continuously running clock do one Clean the first minute, two Cleans the second minute, three Cleans the third minute… continuing as long as you are able.
Select a weight that will allow 10-12 complete rounds.

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Permission to Fail

July 28, 2009

From Bodytribe Fitness: Humble vs Humiliated:
We’ve all had our asses handed to us in the gym, or in competition. If the ego overrides ability, we’re humiliated. We compared ourselves too much to others and gave a lot of importance to that comparison…
But if ego takes the defeat as a lesson of the self, an education [...]

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Filthy Fifties Pride

July 27, 2009

I was talking with someone after “Filthy Fifties” about how tough that workout is.  We were discussing how most people who don’t CrossFit wouldn’t have much hope of finishing it.  I began to wonder, how many random people would you have to pass on the street before you ran across one who could actually finish [...]

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