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On the Platform

9. March 2010

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Liz learns to bench under the watchful eye of Sue. We have a rule at CrossFit Watertown: Every barbell workout starts with just the bar. 5 reps with no load. It doesn’t matter if you’re bench pressing, squatting, deadlifting, cleaning, pressing, etc. 5 reps with no load. Get your body and mind in tune with what [...]

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The CrossFit L1 Cert: Always Improving

8. March 2010

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You know what’s funny? The CrossFit Level 1 Certification Seminar keeps getting better and better. And this weekend was no different — an amazing staff, phenomenal material, outstanding group of attendees. Big thanks to CrossFit HQ trainers Todd Widman, Jon Gilson, E.C. Synkowski, Dennis Marshall, Jen Hunter-Marshall, Aimee Lyons, Heather Keenan, Karianne Dickson, and Sean Manseau [...]

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The Weekend Post

7. March 2010

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Mikey finishing his team’s pull-ups during “Team Fran” at the Level 1 Certification. So much going on, so little time for updates! Check back with us tomorrow for a link to the photo vault for this cert! Enjoy your weekend! Put some CrossFit in your life. You won’t regret it!

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Gettin’ Ready

5. March 2010

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Donna, Jason, David, and Sophie during the group warm-up at the start of class. We’ve mentioned it a bunch, but it bears repeating: Tomorrow we host another CrossFit L1 Certification Seminar at CrossFit Watertown. We’ve got a top-notch group of trainers being sent in by CrossFit HQ and a lot of folks showing up from out [...]

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It’s All Technique

4. March 2010

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Kneeling is a very important skill to learn. Here, Pete demonstrates the proper way to kneel. (Don’t try this at home, kids. Pete is a trained physical therapist with years of experience in kneeling.) Janice, however, is new to kneeling and has obviously not quite grasped the concept yet. In fact, Janice thinks she’s on [...]

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High

3. March 2010

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Chris gets some serious height during his agility work, while the Three Muskateers swing the old kettlebell. Reminder: We’ve got a CrossFit L1 Certification being hosted at CFW this weekend. We’d appreciate volunteers to help us get the gym ready after the Fri 5pm class. (Chair set-up, equipment moving, etc. FUN stuff! Whoo hooo!) Today’s reading – [...]

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One Year Ago

2. March 2010

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This is a goofy old photo of Tooner, exactly one year ago today: March 2, 2009. Why are we showing it? Take a look at the names on the poster. One year later, we have almost every single person still working out regularly at CrossFit Watertown. Sure we lost one person to divorce, another to life issues, one [...]

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Pulling

1. March 2010

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Donna, being coached here by Melissa, tries out our new “fun-sized” pull-up bar for some jumping pull-ups, while Kathrine uses the band to get hers. Different methods to the same goal: real pull-ups. Everybody wants them. C’mon . . . admit it . . . In other news, we’ve got a busy week ahead and some [...]

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The Weekend Post

27. February 2010

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The Saturday morning crowd warms up and then enjoys the legendary CrossFit Workout “Fran” . . . Have a great weekend! Be smart, eat right, do good things.

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Just Fun

26. February 2010

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We’re not quite sure what’s going on in this photo, but you know what? It doesn’t matter. It had to be fun. There’s a giant tire, a keg, a jump rope, and a happy Jordan. Good things are going on here. In other news, it’s the end of Feb and it’s snowing like crazy. But that’s [...]

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