Category Archives: Skill Training

New York Bootcamp Week

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

I’m in New York for a week of investor meetings with my team and we decided to take advantage of early morning hours. So dawn Bootcamp it is.. Today a 10-mile bike ride and a run helped us scope out … Continue reading →

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Scaling Eva

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Short workouts do not need much strategy. Warm up, give it your all and embrace the pain. Long ones are a different story. Anyone doing the first Murph for example has to decide on doing 100, 200, 300 pull-ups, pushups … Continue reading →

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Is Skating Paleo?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Diane is really not my type. The heavy weights are all cool, but handstands are a bit too much… Benchmark month has its ups and downs from the euphoria of halving my Fran score one day to the realization that … Continue reading →

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Cindy’s Butterflies

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

One way to improve technique is to do a lot of them. This came out loud and clear in today’s workout. Doing popular benchmark girl “Cindy” moved butterfly pullups from nice-to-have to necessary-for-survival. This may be the best way to … Continue reading →

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Building a Race Athlete in All of Us

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Not everyone aspires for the CrossFit Open, Regional or the Games. Not even the local 5K. Then again, we are in a sport where all of your workouts are recorded, analyzed and compared. Every single day you can assess where … Continue reading →

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