Exceptional physical strength gives me a degree of confidence in myself that has manifested itself into nearly every facet of my life.
Nov 302011
Jul 162010
The 2010 CrossFit Games start this morning in Carson, CA with the Affiliate Teams competitions. Last year, my gym’s team took 2nd place in the Affiliate Cup. For the first time, our gym (CrossFit Central) did not have any men qualify for the individual competition (our gym owner, Jeremy Theil was the 3rd place finisher [...]
Feb 132010
For the last thirty years, we’ve been told that fat is bad, and whole wheats and grains are good. But the time-tested theory of the Atkins Diet, The Zone, and to an extent Paelo are proving that it’s not the fat that’s killing us…it’s the carbohydrates
If you’re looking to make a real difference in how you look, feel, and your overall fitness level, I can’t recommend the combination of CrossFit (for your fitness) and the Paleo diet (for your nutrition) enough.
CrossFit Games: It’s official, 2009 World’s Fittest Man and Woman: Mikko Salo and Tanya Wagner
Feb 182009
But one of the biggest reasons that I do CrossFit, is because guys like Staff Sgt. Cody with the 19th Special Forces Group, Afghanistan, depend on CrossFit to prepare him for the toughest job in the world in the most dangerous places in the world
It was a chilly 37 degrees when we started our 5:30 a.m. Crossfit Central class this morning, so I was hoping we’d do a WoD that could be done completely inside of our box.
Even then, I was not only the first person in our class to finish (the first time ever for me “winning” one of our timed workouts in our class…especially a good metcon workout), but I was the only one to finish in the allocated time of 23 minutes.
Nov 182008
The actual Grave routine doesn’t specifically call lout clean and jerk. Instead, it’s simply from ground to full overhead (elbows fully locked out) by any means. However, our coach was insisting we do the full clean and jerk, which is great if you are not strong enough to use a power clean and press, push press, or jerk.
Nov 132008
I completed 14 rounds. Best in class was 19 2/3 rounds. All rounds were jumping pull ups (kipping style), but all pushups and squats were done as prescribed.
I went with my wife this morning to enjoy a free Saturday morning workout — about 70 other Austinites joined us for a really good workout (8:30 — 9:30 a.m.):
Sep 042008
We were not able to complete the Crossfit Total on Tuesday, so today we completed the dead lifts — my three dead lifts were 275-300-325lbs (PR).
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