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CrossFit Freedom (aka The CrossFit Affiliate Declaration of Independence)
We hold these truths to be self-evident: We are CrossFit affiliates. United in purpose and devoted in action to the spread of functional fitness throughout our world. We believe in high-intensity exercise designed to increase work capacity across broad time and modal domains. If we don’t really understand what that means, we look it up. And we [...]
Continue reading...10 Ways To Be a Better CrossFitter
27. January 2010
Warning: I wrote this post to myself. Like Don Miguel Ruiz (“The 4 Agreements”) says: Never take anything personally. 10. Hold the bar straight. 9. Pay attention to your breathing. 8. Use less chalk. Really. 7. Read the CrossFit Journal articles and watch the videos. What’s this going to take? Like 15 min a day? Worth the time and [...]
Continue reading...What is Elite? (Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon)
3. January 2010
What exactly is “elite training”? The CrossFit tagline is “Forging Elite Fitness” — what does that mean? Does elite mean exclusive? The best? Designed for athletes? Best results? Best quality? Yes. To all of that. CrossFit Watertown is elite fitness that everyone can do. How can that be? We take the best functional fitness methods that derive the [...]
Continue reading...The Novel of CrossFit
7. December 2009
We hosted Marine recruits again this weekend, for free. It’s one of the best things we do. Why? Because the Marines get CrossFit, the Marines use CrossFit, the Marines know that training in the CrossFit method will do more to save their lives on the battlefield than a thousand hours on the treadmill or the [...]
Continue reading...CrossFit: The New Truth Serum
17. November 2009
I really thought about it last night: the Q word. Quitting. Stopping. Saying “No mas.” Somewhere in the second round of “D.T.”, I thought “Just stop. It hurts too much. Say you’re too old. Too tired. It doesn’t feel right.” In all the CrossFit workouts I’ve done over the last three years, none make me want to [...]
Continue reading...The Bar Tells The Truth
12. November 2009
Some lifts don’t come up. This one didn’t. Not in yesterday’s Total. The CrossFit Total can be one of the most frustrating things when we’re not able to exceed the numbers we’ve pulled in the past. Back Squat, Press, Deadlift. How hard can that be? That’s what we think. And, yet, pulling the same numbers again — [...]
Continue reading...Bring On The Suck
4. November 2009
Not every day is a PR day. You just can’t set new Personal Records every single day. And, in a way, you wouldn’t want to. That would be like having sunshine and good weather every single day. Eventually, you get sick of it. Really, you do. I’ve lived everywhere, from Southern California to the subtropical island of [...]
Continue reading...I Believe
22. October 2009
I believe in the iron. The front squat. The power clean and the push jerk. I believe that you should back squat in both the high bar and the low bar positions to achieve different goals. I believe that the writing of most fitness magazines is oversold, unproven, self-indulgent crap. I believe in no gloves, some chalk, and [...]
Continue reading...The Courage to Be Strong
20. October 2009
The courage to be strong. Do you have it? The courage to be strong. It’s a phrase inspired by my friend Jennie Yundt over at CrossFit Fire and this blogpost and video. Yup, it’s a “Women’s Night.” Some people might object. Just as some people in the CrossFit world object that we run a Women’s Bootcamp. [...]
Continue reading...The CrossFit Treehouse
15. October 2009
Language. It’s a funny thing, emerging from within a culture, so the natives can communicate to each other. CrossFit has a language unto itself, besides a whole slew of acronyms. We talk about the WOD and the cleans and pulling under the bar and achieving triple extension. There are snatches and Turkish Get-ups and sweat angels [...]
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24. February 2010
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