Early Sunday morning we setup our gym at Starbucks. I laid out 360 square feet of rubber flooring, setup the squat rack, three barbells, about 450 pounds of Olympic bumper plates, 5 Dynamax med balls and 8 kettlebells. We took a Concept 2 rower and whiteboards.

Starbucks donated free drinks for people who won the hourly [...]

Chippers are not the most popular workouts. They consist of a long series of different exercises; Filthy Fifty is a great example — one of very few chippers in CrossFit; we rarely do them.
While Dad was inside doing a strength day (heavy squats, deadlifts and presses) Kaitlyn, Karissa, Alicia and Tash played CrossFit Jenga. [...]

CrossFit could scare you because we do tons of pull-ups …and you can’t do one.
Being intimidated is unjustified: CrossFitters include many people who could not do a pull-up when they began. The pull-up is easily teachable and achievable — you can begin right here, right now.
The following will give you a schedule consisting [...]

I will continue to post beginners’ workouts. This current, specific series we’ll call the Adobe Workouts (First week’s plan), and here is Adobe Workouts, Series 2.
The Adobe workouts are designed around the abilities, needs and constraints of specific trainees. Their only equipment is a few denominations of dumbbells (5, 8, 10, 12, and 25 lbs) [...]