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Georgia Tech's #3 team in sartorial splendor at the Panama City Beach 7's Rugby Tournament. The #1 team finished 2nd overall in the tournament.
Workout of the Day
Deadlift
2-2-2-2-2-2-2
Erin & Derek & Jaxson are moving to Alexandria, VA. We will miss them!
The shoe industry reacts to the movement toward minimal shoes and barefoot running. Of course legions of experts stand ready to testify that running in anything less than a $150 motion control shoe is just not natural.
Lauren R.
Workout of the Day
Weighted pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
Post loads and body weight to comments.
Want to scare the hell out of your parents? Have them read what Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Obama's chief health care advisor, and brother of Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, has had to say about medical care for the elderly. Dr. Zeke has long advocated a redefinition of medical ethics so that the doctor's ethical obligation is not to his patients but to society, so that we can stop wasting money on treatment of the elderly. Who will decide what's best for society? Who will decide whose life has enough value to qualify for treatment? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Skittles
Workout of the Day
Five rounds for time of:
95 pound Power snatch, 15 reps
Run 400 meters
Post time to comments.
Log your workouts online with our new service, Beyond the Whiteboard.
Laura T., Sr.
Workout of the Day
Back Squat
5-5-5-5-5
Start logging your workouts on Beyond the Whiteboard, our online workout log.
Some of the morning crew
Workout of the Day
Overhead Squat
3-3-3-3-3
Jenni shows some typical effects of intensity. A willingness to push hard and suffer in the present in return for a future reward is a selection mechanism in CrossFit, and Coach Glassman thinks it is also an indication of character, “So much of repugnant behavior is about trying to get something for
nothing, and the CrossFitters inherently don’t believe that it’s
possible.” See his interview in the CrossFit Journal.
Workout of the Day
"Nate"
Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:
2 Muscle-ups
4 Handstand Push-ups
8 2-Pood Kettlebell swings
Post rounds completed to comments.
Update
In response to several requests CrossFit Atlanta has signed up for a web based workout log, Beyond the Whiteboard (BYW) Follow these steps:
Method 1.
Send an email to Dan (dan@crossfitatlanta.com) and ask to be added to BYW.
Method 2
1. Go to sign up page for Beyond the Whiteboard.
2. Fill out all the information, and authorize payment through Amazon Payments. You can use any credit card. Don't worry, you won't wind up being charged anything.
3. When you first sign up, you will be automatically added to the BYW "main site." Find CrossFit Atlanta in the "Gyms" link in the header and click on it. Then click on "Join CrossFit Atlanta" located near the upper right hand corner of the page, and wait to be confirmed as a member. Once you are confirmed, you will be placed in that gym. After you make your first post, your the CrossFit Atlanta page will become your home page, and your credit card will not be charged because CrossFit Atlanta is paying for the service.
Questions? Start with Beyond the Whiteboard's Frequently Asked Questions page.
Below, a picture of some adhesive tape that managed to wrap itself around the wheel of the seat roller on one of our rowers. This is but one of many reasons why leaving adhesive tape laying about is a "Flogging Offense". This piece has been sent to the Crime Lab for DNA analysis.
Leah gets up on a pull-up
Workout of the Day
Complete as many rounds as possible 20 minutes of:
95 pound Thruster, 5 reps
95 pound Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
95 pound Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps
Post rounds completed to comments.
Mike & Ken after one of their crazy workouts
Workout of the Day
"Cindy"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats
OR
"Mary"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 One legged squats, alternating
15 Pull-ups
Post your choice of girls and rounds completed to comments.
Check out this nutrition success story on Robb Wolf's website by our friend Laura DeMarco of CrossFit Rx
Some guys at our friends, BTB CrossFit, have developed an iPhone app for Zoners, check it out : Zone Buddy.
Workout of the Day
Make Up Day: Make up a missed workout. Make up your own, or try this:
8 x 200m runs. Rest 3-4 minutes between efforts.
Morning of the Living Dead
Workout of the Day
Hang power clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
Post loads to comments.
Dr. Barry Sears speaks to a gathering of CrossFitters about how diet can make you sick, fat, and stupid: CrossFit Presentation Part 3, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]
Our friend Toby Watson has been approved for CrossFit affiliation with CrossFit On The Move. Congratulations Toby!
Best Gym in Atlanta
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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