Monthly Archives: August 2012

Setting up a Monthly WOD Schedule

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Most CrossFit gyms do not publish their WODs in advance to keep their workouts interesting and varied. Since I travel a lot and work out of my home gym and 2 local boxes – it takes more thinking to make … Continue reading →

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Burpee as Life Saver?

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Not quite, but I finally found justification as to why burpees made it to CrossFit’s toolkit. Carl Paoli posted a great article on the CrossFit Journal on the skill transfer of the burpee and the overall holiness ensuing from its … Continue reading →

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Getting Efficient

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

We do not talk too much about efficiency in our sport of constantly varied movements. I do think however that when learning the movements, getting more efficient is very important. One way to get there is what I started doing: … Continue reading →

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CrossFit Life Lesson 23 – Be Relevant and Have Clear Impact

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

In business this part of the year is all about planning for the next year, for high growth and certainty despite uncertainty all around us with elections, Euro and the like. Something we frequently talk about is that everyone who … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Goats

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

I started out the year with about 10 movements on my ‘goat list’ – things that I really really needed to work on. Three of those showed up on my benchmark WOD today. In this sport, there is just one … Continue reading →