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To Run or not to Run

How about a little sand bag run?

Running, or its proxy, longer, lower intensity metabolic conditioning workouts, is a topic we revisit periodically. Many many people come to CrossFit with endurance backgrounds and they worry that additional muscle or too much strength work will slow down their running. Many people, especially many of my [...]

“The Chief”

Wow, that was fun last night. This is a fantastic workout. Genius really. Let’s talk about why this is a brilliant workout. It uses some bodyweight movements (squats and pushups) that are always a challenge, but that should be able to be done at top speed if your fitness base is solid. A nice strength [...]

Max Efforts-A Special Sort of Intensity

I think I’ve written about this before, but sometimes repeating myself is probably a good idea. Especially since I’m hopefully more coherent the second or third time around.

I’m in the mood to beat that old dead horse “Intensity” again. A 30 minute hard workout leaves everyone worn out, sweaty and feeling pretty damn pleased with [...]

Half Marathon Complete and a long workout…

Theresa and Lorna ran the Disney Half Marathon on Sunday in 2hrs and 8minutes!! Congratulations Ladies.

Yesterday, we did a spectacularly long and perhaps unpleasant workout here of the sort that we don’t frequently undertake. I received plenty of feedback about it, mostly stuff like, “I’ve never felt like I was going to be sick before. [...]