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Celebrating the Open with a Deck of Cards

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

The CrossFit Open is ON! More importantly at least a dozen more friends are joining the fun the last year. Of course, for a second year in a row the Games had to start with burpees, except this time noone … Continue reading →

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New York Minutes

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

It is rare to find hotels with the proper gear to construct almost any WOD. The New York Marriott Marquis is one if those gems. C2 Rowers, pull-up bars, kettlebells, jump ropes, med balls, gymnastics mats, they have them. One … Continue reading →

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CrossFit as High School Sport

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

My daughter is considering CrossFit as her preferred high school sport instead of soccer, lacrosse or traditional team sports. For one, she believes it is better for fitness, second – more surprisingly, the community being built could be as strong … Continue reading →

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Your Warmup is my Workout

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

One of the original CrossFit T-shirts declared the famous “Your workout is my warmup” sign. It made me think, what if the opposite were true. Can a CrossFit warmup be our workout? With a slight modification of my favorite warmup … Continue reading →

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A Tropical Re-entry to Earth

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

There is no easy way to adjust from the tropics of Hawaii to the gray winter day of the East Coast in a few hours. Especially if the process is spiked by the symptoms of our kids’ immune system fighting … Continue reading →

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