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Active Vacations and WOD Programming

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

A long skiing vacation turned out to be more of a challenge to programming than I thought. First, alpine sports are not constantly varied enough despite my extensive efforts to switch around skis, boards and ski blades. Second, doing a … Continue reading →

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Last Day on the Slopes

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

10 days of skiing and riding definitely pushes the balance to monostructural training. Even if I try to convince myself that skiing is cross training… On the plus side, alpine sports certainly work on our quads to the tune of … Continue reading →

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Recreational Injuries

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

Thanks to MobilityWOD I’m getting fairly good at preventing and self-treating the likely injuries in CrossFit. None of that prepares you for the result of stupid human tricks, like following your daughter down black diamond runs through forests. With rocks … Continue reading →

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Deal with it: our kids will beat us in our favorite sports

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

It is bound to happen… I can still hold my own on skis but when I strap on my snowboards my girls can easily beat me on both moguls and on ice. Not a welcome reality but a necessary one. … Continue reading →

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2013 in the Rockies

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

The new year kicked off with a -12F windchill, so the cold combined with the insomnia after the New Year’s Eve party kept us from heading up the slopes until noon. That typically means less than 10,000 vertical feet which … Continue reading →

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