For Thorsday, 20090101,
Workout of the Day:
“Murph”
For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run
Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. Start and finish with a mile run. If you’ve got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.
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2009 CrossFit Games
Craig Patterson, 2008 Affiliate Gathering, CrossFit Journal [...]

For Wednesday, 20081231,
Workout of the Day:
“Fight Gone Bad!”
Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump, 20″ box (Reps)
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories)
In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round [...]

For Monday, 20081229,
Workout of the Day:
Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Push Press 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 reps
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The push press and push jerk add the hips to the shoulder press. Correctly performed, the push press and push jerk will lift significantly heavier weights than the press. In the SP-PP-PJ workout, in spite of [...]

For Sunday, 20081228,
Workout of the Day:
“Michael“
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups
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The Bucks County Courier Times ran an excellent piece on Tanya and Josh Wagner’s CrossFit Apex in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

In the comments section below I will post the letter I wrote to Cannon Air Force [...]

For Saturday, 20081227,
Workout of the Day:
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
95 pound Thruster, 5 reps
95 pound Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
95 pound Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps
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CrossFit The Woodlands posted a great summary comparing CrossFit training with mainstream commercial gyms.

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“Heather Keenan: Road to the 2009 [...]

For tens of thousands of years, we’ve celebrated with traditions of generosity to friends and loved ones, to bring health and joy during the darkest period of the year. I feel like I’m always on the receiving end of this generosity from CrossFit.

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I want to say thanks to everyone involved in CrossFit, and especially [...]

Workout of the Day:

“Angie”
For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats

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Gillian Mounsey by CrossFit South Brooklyn - video [wmv] [mov]

Workout of the Day:
Back Squat 5-5-5-5-5 reps
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Video of Back Squats at (old) CrossFit Litchfield Park.
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CrossFit in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, NY:
Toughest in town?
Crossfit has become a national workout trend. Our writer jumped in to experience what it’s really like

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CrossFit Northwest Tucson
2008 Affiliate [...]

"Eva "
Five rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
2 pood Kettlebell swing, 30 reps
30 Pull-ups
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"Eva" by CrossFit Los Angeles - video [wmv ] [mov ]

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Efficiency : How much value do you get for the cost of your physical training? (In terms of time, money, and every other input required for physical training.)
Efficacy : How well does your physical training serve your goals?
Safety : How likely are you to get injured from your physical training?
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An objective measure [...]

The CrossFit Versus WannaBeFit series intends to examine popular exercises and exercise beliefs, and contrast them with CrossFit’s standards, methods, exercises and workouts. In the process, I hope to demonstrate the why and how of CrossFit through actual exercises.
I also hope to artfully combine the positive and the negative: for every CrossFit virtue, there may [...]

Why should parents restrict children’s candy consumption?
Please don’t imagine that I will dispute the traditional prohibition against eating candy. On the contrary, I want to broaden and strengthen it. Further, I want the underlying wisdom of it applied with integrity and logical consistency: if a food causes your blood sugar to spike like sugar [...]