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These Shortened Times
Remember when AMRAPs were always 20 minutes? Maybe that was just me who thought that way. I always thought they were these long Cindy-like affairs meant to give CrossFitters a brief glance into the fiery pits of endurance doom. I’ve … Continue reading
Lessons
Testing is always neat as a teacher because you get to hear feedback from other black belts about how your students are doing. Like all good feedback, it is constructive and it consists in hearing what you’ve done correctly, what … Continue reading
Over Unders
Not a week passes when I think to myself “when is the last time we had over unders in a WOD?” Yeah. They are that near and dear to my heart… and hip flexors. So no doubt then some of … Continue reading
Theme of the Week: Testing
Testing, it’s that day where you show what you know, get creative when you don’t know and try and learn a few things along the way. In other words, it’s exactly like every other day of training except at the … Continue reading
Outdoor Pullups
For the school’s 1 1/2 year birthday, it got an outdoor pull up system. Yay! Congratulations school, you’ve really grown up. At long last we can do (try) muscle ups and folks over 5 foot 8 won’t be dragging their … Continue reading