Category Archives: WOD

Flying through Burpees

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

I finally booked my winter ski trip sitting in the scorching heat of the late summer in Philly. There is CF Endurance, CF Football but no CF Skiing. Yet… I checked. Not a single US Ski resort has a CF … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Monthly WOD Schedule

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Most CrossFit gyms do not publish their WODs in advance to keep their workouts interesting and varied. Since I travel a lot and work out of my home gym and 2 local boxes – it takes more thinking to make … Continue reading →

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Burpee as Life Saver?

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Not quite, but I finally found justification as to why burpees made it to CrossFit’s toolkit. Carl Paoli posted a great article on the CrossFit Journal on the skill transfer of the burpee and the overall holiness ensuing from its … Continue reading →

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Getting Efficient

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

We do not talk too much about efficiency in our sport of constantly varied movements. I do think however that when learning the movements, getting more efficient is very important. One way to get there is what I started doing: … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Goats

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

I started out the year with about 10 movements on my ‘goat list’ – things that I really really needed to work on. Three of those showed up on my benchmark WOD today. In this sport, there is just one … Continue reading →

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