Category Archives: WOD

672,000 miles on

Posted on July 26, 2013 by

I can’t remember how long I’ve had TripIt as my travel itinerary tracker, but a note from them just reminded me that I’ve traveled 670,000 miles, visited 119 cities in 22 countries. I wish it could keep track of the great … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Rigor of Training During Travel

Posted on July 24, 2013 by

The biggest disruption of travel is not just new places or jetlag. It is the difficulty of keeping the rigor of training intact. CrossFit teaches you to do the training as prescribed but that assumes you actually show up at … Continue reading →

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Travel Training for Real

Posted on July 23, 2013 by

My next wave of travel is coming up between vacations and work trips. This time around it will be many locations without any CF boxes. (Not even ESPN access to watch the Crossfit Games, but I digress). One of the … Continue reading →

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SealFit – The Missing Mental Practice of CrossFit

Posted on July 22, 2013 by

After almost a year with SealFit’s Unbeatable Mind (UMA) program I got to reflect on a couple of things I have been critically missing in my daily CF practice. The Discipline of Mental training It is one thing to say that performance … Continue reading →

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Dancing with an 80lb Sandbag

Posted on July 20, 2013 by

It is like holding four 20lb medicine balls. Workouts with medballs are awkward enough but nothing quite matches the lack of cooperation from sandbags. That’s what the SealFit doctor ordered today and fortunately I had a sandbag shell ready to … Continue reading →