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SWORDS

CrossFit Central coach and all-around awesome dude Travis Holley has embarked on a year-long project called 365 Days of Strength. Travis shares his infinite knowledge and legit strength WODs on his blog (click here). His words: The purpose of this project is to provide you all with a unique perspective into all things STRENGTH!   I…

Lots of Travelin’

I fully intended to write a full post on the Chicago airport gym, but now it swirls around in my head with the other travelin’ gyms and workouts I did, so it will just be one of a list: Chicago: Hilton hotel gym at the airport (you DO have to leave security). Has an Olympic…

“You swing that rope so fast it could cut cheese!”

I just can’t make these things up. Another hilariously awesome comment from another Bleeker Street Gym athlete (these are almost as good as the BMQOTDs used to be … I miss you Big Mike … and my witness Alex): “You swing that rope so fast it could cut cheese!” Is she secretly noting that I am cutting…

Nancy

14:56. Running around the block, inexact measurement but time was about right. All OHS unbroken. Wanted to blame the altitude on my slowdown in running, but I live here.

Cardio Quadathalon

Thanks, crossfit.com, for beating me up on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. SUNDAY 110612 “Small” Three rounds for time of: Row 1000 meters 50 Burpees 50 Box jumps, 20″ box Run 800 meters Time = 52:21 Kristan Clever 39:31, Eric Miller 41:43, Rebecca Voigt 44:19, Pam Eamranond 49:45, Katie Hogan 51:29 150 burpees? That’s a workout in itself! … I gave myself permission…

“You’re Getting Killed Over There!”

Um, sir, I’m doing it to myself. What was I doing while this poor man thought I was getting killed? FRIDAY 110610 For time: 225 pound Deadlift, 21 reps (185#) 50 Squats 135 pound Push press, 21 reps (95#) 225 pound Deadlift, 15 reps 50 Squats 135 pound Push press, 15 reps 225 pound Deadlift,…

Improvise

I walked to three parks in Aspen today looking for a good “fireman’s pole” on a playground to use as my rope for the rope climbs in today’s .com workout. Alas, I was stymied at every single one, so it was down to the bridge and I was resigned to sub something for rope climbs…

Off-Balance Snatch Balance

So apparently I’ve never snatch-balanced before. Yesterday’s .com workout was 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 snatch balance and I thought, oh yay! a skill we hardly ever work on! Um. Make the “never” not “ever” for me. After a light warmup, I loaded up 105#, thinking it was a great starting place before my “work” reps. Ha. Good one,…

Outdoor .com workout

How lucky am I? This workout came out yesterday: SUNDAY 110515 Three rounds for time of: 95 pound Front squat, 21 reps Handstand walk 40 feet 30 Glute-ham sit-ups Handstand walk 40 feet I took it outside to Nature’s Garage Gym, where there’s some construction going on right now. Lo and behold, look what I…

CrossFit Games 11.2-.4

Oh, hello, we haven’t talked about The CrossFit Open Sectionals in awhile, have we? In light of yesterday’s announcement, let’s talk. Here’s WOD 1, known by the cool kids as 11.1. 11.2: AMRAP 15 minutes: 9 DL (100#), 12 pushups with release, 15 box jumps (21″). I filmed on my own. It still hasn’t been…