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The Magic of Programming Consistency at CrossFit Trec

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

As it’s clear from this blog, in the last 6 years my travels took me to some great Crossfit boxes with a great variety of approaches to programming. I found the background of the head coach determined the philosophy applied … Continue reading →

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Finding Preferred Modality

Posted on July 30, 2016 by

Some of us tend to have a bias towards task priority (“for time”) and time priority (EMOM, AMRAP) workouts. Over the last 5 years I noticed my tendency to prefer certain programming styles. During my crazy travel schedule I experimented following programming from … Continue reading →

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Putting the Long Run Back in CrossFit

Posted on February 26, 2016 by

Back in the good old days of the first CrossFit Games, circa 2007, there was a lot of WOD programming of long runs (and the requisite debate about them). Almost a decade later even bumper stickers proudly announce the 0.25 … Continue reading →

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Top 4 Lessons from 4 Years of CrossFit

Posted on June 4, 2015 by

I reflected on what made CrossFit such a great experience for me for the last 4 years considering I’m not a competitive athlete and certainly not #gamesbound. There are these 4 lessons I found made this sport better than anything I … Continue reading →

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The Disappearing Open Gym Drop-in

Posted on March 11, 2015 by

As boxes get larger and busier efficiency dictates that the coaches focus more on standardizing the WODs and have less time for individual programming. While this is relatively easy to address in your local box – working post-WOD on a … Continue reading →