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Mark Rippetoe instructs the Bench Press.
Workout of the Day
Today is Rest Day at CrossFit HQ, and would be Make Up Day for us, but we are closed today.
Notice
We are closed this weekend in order to host the CrossFit Barbell Certification Seminar. Please go visit one or more of our friendly nearby CrossFit Affiliates.
Brent has a new nickname: "Slimmie"
Workout of the Day
"Kelly"
Five rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 Box jump, 24 inch box
30 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
Post time to comments.
At least 3 people got their 1st muscle ups yesterday! Congratulations Heidi, Andrew, & Chris!
Notice
We are closed this weekend in order to host the CrossFit Barbell Certification Seminar. Please go visit one or more of our friendly nearby CrossFit Affiliates.
Why is this man laughing?
Workout of the Day
30 Muscle-ups for time
Post time to comments.
If you cannot do the muscle-ups do 120 pull-ups and 120 dips.
Notice
We will be closed this weekend in order to host the CrossFit Barbell Certification Seminar. Please go visit one or more of our friendly nearby CrossFit Affiliates.
Mike G. recently attended the CrossFit Trainer Summit. He is in the middle of this picture that is on the main website today, crossfit.com. The summit was a meeting of the folks who train trainers. Photo is courtesy of crossfit.com
Workout of the Day
Thruster 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
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Notice
We will be closed this weekend in order to host the CrossFit Barbell Certification Seminar. Please go visit one or more of our friendly nearby CrossFit Affiliates.
Workout of the Day
Make Up Day: Make up a missed workout. Make up your own workout. Or try this one:
4 Rounds for time
5 dumbbell overhead squat left hand 35 lbs
5 dumbbell overhead squat right hand 35 lbs
20 box jump 20"
10 Deadlift 100 kg
Outdoor workouts with wheelbarrows, tires, and dumbbells were the main fare on Memorial Day.
"Barbara"
Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats
Rest precisely three minutes between each round.
Suzanne and Thumbelina after the "Twins" workout. The workout commemorates the birth of twin sons to CrossFit founders Greg & Lauren Glassman. The boys have good southern names: Hunter Hamilton & Troy Madison.
Workout of the Day
"The Memorial Day Surprise"
Come in and find out.
Notice: Memorial Day Hours
Today, Monday May 25, 2009 we will have reduced hours. We will open at 10 AM and remain open until 1 PM. Perhaps there will be a party to follow.
Pictured below are our Russians, Vasiliy & Mariya, demonstrating some sort of circus planche:
Want to work on your planche? Read this planche progression
Harrison, who recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, complains that we have ruined him. He's addicted to CrossFit and willl never again be happy in a regular gym.
Workout of the Day
Back squat, 1 rep
Shoulder Press, 1 rep
Deadlift, 1 rep
Post total to comments.
Notice: Memorial Day Hours
Tomorrow, Monday May 25, 2009 we will have reduced hours. We will open at 10 AM and remain open until 1 PM. Perhaps there will be a party to follow.
Some details on the Last Chance Qualifier for the 2009 CrossFit Games have been announced. 3 workouts will be revealed at 9 AM EDT on Saturday, May 30. Athletes wishing to qualify will have to upload videos of the 3 workouts to YouTube by 9 PM EDT. Because we are hosting the CrossFit Barbell Certification, any CF Atl athletes who want to have a go at this will have to work around the seminar or do the WODS at another gym.
What up dog?
Workout of the Day
Make Up Day: Make up a missed workout. Make up your own workout. Or try this:
Maximum set of pull-ups
Rest 3-5 minutes
Maximum set of push-ups
Rest 3-5 minutes
Maximum set of sit-ups
Rest 3-5 minutes
Maximum set of squats
Post totals in comments
Rules:
Any rep on any movement that is less than full range of motion and you are done for that movement.
On pull-ups you may rest hanging with your entire weight on the bar, either two handed or one handed, but you're done as soon as you take any of your weight off the bar.
On push-ups, you may rest in the plank position off the ground, on your hands-not elbows. Any resting on the ground and you're done. Jackknife out of the plank position and you're done. Limit is 100. If you get to 100, you're done
On sit-ups any stoppage of movement and you're done.
Limit is 200. If you get to 200, you're done.
On squats any stoppage of movement and you're done.
Limit is 300. If you get to 300 you're done.
CrossFit's gymnastics guru, Jeff Tucker, talks about the gymnastic kip (swinging kip) in this CrossFit Journal preview [mov] [wmv]. The full movie clip also includes a muscle-up progression. For the full clip, and access to all back issues and all movie clips, subscribe to the Journal.
Ken does handstand push-ups
Workout of the Day
"Michael"
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups
Post time to comments.
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Viktor E. Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning
Written by a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. The book examines why having a purpose in life is not merely important to happiness, it is essential to survival. A 1991 reader survey by the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Csikszentmihalyi, a professor of psychology, has written several excellent books about "flow," which is a state of optimal mental & physical performance. Athletes experience it with a sense that time has slowed down, performance is effortless, and they can do nothing wrong. Csikszentmihalyi discusses how to find flow in all aspects of life.
Mark Rippetoe: Starting Strength (2nd edition)
The best book ever on the basic strength lifts: Back Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift, Shoulder Press, & Power Clean. A must read for every dedicated CrossFitter.
Mark Rippetoe And Lon Kilgore: Practical Programming for Strength Training
Periodization explained
Neil Hayes: When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak
The story of how a fantastic coach, focusing on character development, turned a small Catholic high school in northern California into the nation's #1 ranked HS football team
Jim Thompson: The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life
I met the author at a conference in 2004, and he so impressed me that I ordered all of his books. This book is not only the best resource I've ever seen on the psychology of effective coaching, it is also a manual for getting the best out of yourself. I recommend it to anyone who wants to improve themselves and to everyone who teaches or leads anything: parents, teachers, executives. I read it at least once a year.
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