Category Archives: Skill Training

Goat herders and Athletes

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

In CrossFit, as in life, we get ahead powered by our strengths and are held back by our weaknesses. Or goats as CF calls them. In most walks of life we can avoid doing what we’re not good at, however … Continue reading →

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Mobility WOD Miami

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

The mobility cert turned out to be the most useful training course I’ve ever taken. I’m not sure when in our life we destroy our posture, stance and movements. It probably has to do with bad shoes, long sitting in … Continue reading →

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WOD Intelligence

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

In the world of constantly varied, we all still have our biases and preferences. As I travel to various boxes, some tend to overprogram gymnastics movements like pullups and squats, others do cleans every other day and some have never … Continue reading →

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Putting More Weight Into It

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

It has been said that weighlifting as a sport had never seen so many newcomers until CrossFitters came around. Whether traditional lifters like our belated enthusiasm there is certainly a great subculture in CF of various lifting methods. Whether it … Continue reading →

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Riding Out a Stampede

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

Once I dropped in a box where they called a workout with many goats a ‘stampede’. I just learned today how appropriate that name was. Back from the New York trip I’m excited to have an indoor WOD for a … Continue reading →