Category Archives: Travel

Another 400

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

For those of us following the original programming recommendations from CrossFit HQ, we always have a pattern of Monostructural days (bike, swim, row, run, double unders), Gymnastics days and Weight days. So today is an M-G-W day for me combining … Continue reading →

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Stair Sensei

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

As I am facing another round of travels, I realized in certain countries along the way, fitness facilities are lacking. In Japan for example there are some high end hotels with closet size gyms or none whatsover. They may expect … Continue reading →

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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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