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"Rahoi"

Complete as many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:
24 inch Box Jump, 12 reps
95 pound Thruster, 6 reps
6 Bar-facing burpees

Jenn Jones 9 rounds + 19 reps (20" box, 65lbs).
Post rounds completed to comments.

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U.S. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Gregory J. Rahoi, 38, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team, based in Quantico, Virginia, was killed on December 6, 2006, during a live-fire tactical training exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, near Bowling Green, Virginia. He is survived by his parents, Natalie and Richard, sister Teri, and fiancee Paula Paulk.

WOD Demo with Jenn Jones - video [wmv] [mov]

Three rounds for time of:
275 pound Deadlift, 10 reps
50 Double-unders

Chuck Carswell 2:46, Andy Bayles 2:56, Leah Polaski 3:06 (198lbs).
Post time to comments.

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Dillan Monson, Seattle, Washington.

Registration for the 2012 Open is now live!

"Meet the Owners of CrossFit Vitality" with Jessica and Steve Pinkerton, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

NorCal Affiliate Owners Plan for the Open - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

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

"Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true."
- Honore de Balzac

Rest Day

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Tyson and Dane Van Guenthner, San Diego, California.

"Fashion to Fitness" with Laura Dziak, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

"Benching With Band Resistance" with Shane Sweatt and Laura Phelps-Sweatt - video [wmv] [mov]

Frederic Chopin, Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21.

William Shakespeare - Winter.

"Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again)" by David Rose, Mail Online.

Post thoughts to comments.

For time:
30 Handstand push-ups
40 Pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poods
60 Sit-ups
70 Burpees

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Brian Coleman.

"CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: Press Series" with John Brown, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Jason MacDonald Plans for the Open - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Los Gatos - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people."
- Harvey S. Firestone

"Tyler"

Five rounds for time of:
7 Muscle-ups
95 pound Sumo-deadlift high-pull, 21 reps

Matt DellaValle 11:12, Cara Hipskind 15:26 (65lbs). Post time to comments.

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Ellinor Andersson, Goteborg, Sweden.

"Box Tour: Integrated Fitness" with Jim Crowell, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Cara Hipskind - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"Misfortune Teller" by Nadya Labi, The Atlantic.

Clean and Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Michael Lynch 290lbs. Post loads to comments.

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CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Courses: 3rd Infantry Division, Ft Stewart, GA, Rogue Fitness, CrossFit Strong, University of San Diego, CrossFit Ramsay, CrossFit SAP, CrossFit Atlanta, Reebok CrossFit Stockport.
CrossFit Kids Course: CrossFit Champions.
CrossFit Competitors Course: CrossFit Park City.

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

Outlaw CrossFit Plans for the Open - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Michael Lynch and Eric O'Connor - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"I never learned from a man who agreed with me."
- Robert A. Heinlein

Rest Day

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"I'm a Navy Deep Sea Diver currently on a middle east deployment and I just wanted to say thanks for showing people a great way to keep in shape and build character. Sidenote, the dive helmet weighs 30 pounds... hope that gives me extra points"
- Wilson J. Cordoba.

"Starting CrossFit at 63" with Jim Menjou, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

The Home Gym with Michael Kerschblaum - video [wmv] [mov]

Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 Mvmt 1.

O. Henry - The Ransom Of Red Chief.

"Why Black Market Entrepreneurs Matter to the World Economy" by Robert Capps, Wired.

Post thoughts to comments.

"Desforges"

Five rounds for time of:
225 pound Deadlift, 12 reps
20 Pull-ups
135 pound Clean and jerk, 12 reps
20 Knees to elbows

Keith Nelson 36:59. Post time to comments.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Joshua Desforges, 23, of Ludlow, Massachusetts, assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was killed on May 12, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He is survived by his parents David and Arlene, and his loving sister Janelle.

WOD Demo with Keith Nelson - video [wmv] [mov]

For time:
75 pound Back squat, 50 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 5 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 40 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 4 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 30 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 3 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 20 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 2 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 10 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 1 ascent

Ken Cutrer 10:47. Post time to comments.

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Liz Powell.

"Law Enforcement Training Seminar", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"I Am Not Cancer. I Am CrossFit." free CrossFit Journal article by Hilary Achauer.

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

WOD Demo with CrossFit San Jose - video [wmv] [mov]

Ken Cutrer on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Reebok's Empire State Building WOD, YouTube.

Fitness Lonnie's Empire State Building WOD, YouTube.

8 rounds of:
Run 400 meters
Rest 90 seconds

Post total time to comments not including 8th rest.

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CrossFit Competitors Course, CrossFit Park City.

"Training During Ramadan" with Kulsoom Abdullah, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Brian MacKenzie by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

"What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind."
- Walter Bagehot