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Tuesday 120221

Clean, 1 rep
Bench press, 1 rep
Overhead squat, 1 rep

Clean is from the ground, power or squat.

Spencer Hendel: clean 352, bench 281, OHS 341 = 974lbs.
Post total to comments.

Compare to 111030.

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Laura Dziak


"CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: Best Practices" by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


"Teaching The Snatch" with Josh Everett by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]


WOD Demo with Spencer Hendel by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]


"To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune."
- Benjamin Franklin

Monday 120220

"Angie"

For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats

Post time to comments.

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CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Courses: 3rd Infantry Division, Ft Stewart, GA, Alamo CrossFit , NorCal CrossFit, CrossFit Virtuosity, CrossFit Atlanta, Mundo CrossFit, CrossFit Brisbane, CrossFit Santiago.
CrossFit Coach's Prep Course: University of San Diego, CA.


"Muscle-Up Virtuosity: Part 1" with Laurie Galassi, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


"Intros To The Open" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Register for the Open here.


WOD Demo with Telluride CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]


"20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes" by Jon Gingerich, Lit Reactor.

Sunday 120219

"CrossFit Total"

Back squat, 1 rep
Shoulder Press, 1 rep
Deadlift, 1 rep

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Compare to 111219.

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Oregon CrossFit.


"Friends and Family: Mike Riepenhoff", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


"Three Rules" with Greg Amundson by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]


WOD Demo with Cary Hair - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]


"It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them."
- P.G. Wodehouse

Saturday 120218

Rest Day

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Amanda Piazza's home gym, Sterling, Virginia.


"The Hybrid Story" with Rob Orlando, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


"It's For Everybody: Matt Ramsey on The Open" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Register for the Open here.


Felix Mendelssohn, String Octet in E flat, Op.20.


Charles Baudelaire - Correspondences.


"Burning Man" by Jay Kirk, GQ.

Post thoughts to comments.

Friday 120217

Seven rounds for time of:
15 foot Rope climb, 1 ascent
10 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball
15 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poods
20 Double-unders

Post time to comments.

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Wasatch CrossFit Retro Games.


"My CrossFit Story: Scott Horton", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


WOD Demo with CrossFit Brisbane by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]


"If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it."
- William James

Thursday 120216

21-15-9 reps for time of:
115 pound Power clean
115 pound Thruster

Peter Egyed 4:45. Post time to comments.

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"I'm a single mom of three and a breast cancer survivor. My girls are my inspiration!"
- Gordana Jakopcevic, photoshop composite with Jordan, Ashley and Taya.


"The Swing: Body Awareness in the Set-Up" with Jeff Martone, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


CrossFit Apex Plans for the Open - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Register for the Open here.


WOD Demo with CrossFit Fury - video [wmv] [mov]


"Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker" by Michaeleen Doucleff, The Wall Street Journal.

Wednesday 120215

Eight rounds for time of:
10 Burpees
15 Jumping alternating lunges
20 Double-unders
25 yard Shuttle sprint (5 x 5 yards)
Rest 90 seconds

Brendan Clarke 17:44, Doug Armstrong 18:06. Post time to comments.

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Gymnastics skill ladder at the Sac-Town Throwdown.


"CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: The Three Pillars" with Todd Widman by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


WOD Demo with CrossFit Rocks by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]


"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."
- Max Lucado

Tuesday 120214

Rest Day

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Nikki Hall Isbell.


"A Correlate Test for Hip Flexibility" with Kelly Starrett, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Hitch Is Hooked", free CrossFit Journal article by Mike Warkentin.


Block Making in Kenya - video [wmv] [mov]

Dispatch 1 from Kenya [pdf]


Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor.


Bret Harte - Miggles.


Watch "Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue" TED talks.

Post thoughts to comments.

Monday 120213

Front squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps

Post loads to comments.

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CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Courses: 3rd Infantry Division, Ft Stewart, GA, CrossFit Refinery, Atlas CrossFit, CrossFit Verve, CrossFit SS, CrossFit Max Effort, CrossFit Basel.
CrossFit Kids Course: CrossFit New England.


"Meet Todd Widman", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


"I Am The Fittest" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]
Register for the Open here.


WOD Demo with Liz Powell - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]


"Truth is the secret of eloquence and virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life."
- Henri Frederic Amiel

Sunday 120212

For time:
Row 2K
50 Wall-ball shots, 20 pound ball
Row 1K
35 Wall-ball shots, 20 pound ball
Row 500 meters
20 Wall-ball shots, 20 pound ball

James Hobart 18:18, Dave Hamel 19:13. Post time to comments.

Compare to 100615.

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Ricky Doyon's bedroom gym.


"Box Tour: CrossFit New Haven" with Eric and Carla O'Brien, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]


WOD Demo with James Hobart and Dave Hamlet - video [wmv] [mov]


"What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?" Daily Infographic.