Monthly Archives: December 2011

12 Days of Xmas – Day 3: “Danielle”

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

On today’s business trip to Washington I was again guest at Danielle Dionne’s box at Crossfit Balance. This gym has the best city location of all CF gyms a few blocks away from the White House. The members are fun … Continue reading →

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12 Days of Xmas – Day 2: “Lynne”

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Hotels and Life Fitness seem to have struck a secret pact against pull-up bars, barbells, rings and other Crossfit-usable gear. To its credit, Hyatt Boston had the LF-G7 station that at least has pull-up handles. “Lynne” was one of the … Continue reading →

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12 Days of Xmas – Day 1: “Grace”

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

There are Christmas songs everywhere we go from malls to the radio. So I was inspired/annoyed into a “Twelve Days of Xmas”. Not as catchy but sure effective. The rules are simple: – 12 days of WODs – 1 Benchmark … Continue reading →

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Skill Day – On Mission

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

A great practice day with the updated daily skill-improvement list. Hurt my knee during the Xmas decorations yesterday so had to skip the MetCons today. Looked into options for CrossFit while in Beaver Creek because snowboarding is not constantly varied … Continue reading →

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Overhead Pain

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

The fun and painful side of CrossFit is that you can’t hide your weakness. It eventually comes out in a WOD or benchmark. One of mine remains the Overhead Squat. 6 months ago I could deadlift 300 but could’t overhead … Continue reading →

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