• Fitness Insight… Get some!

    The CrossFit prescription is “constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement.” Functional movements are universal motor recruitment patterns; they are performed in a wave of contraction from core to extremity; and they are compound movements—i.e., they are multi-joint. They are natural, effective, and efficient locomotors of body and external objects. But no aspect of functional movements is more important than their capacity to move large loads over long distances, and to do so quickly. — Greg Glassman, http://www.crossfit.com/journal/library/56-07_Understanding_CF.pdf



10
May

developing your first pull-ups

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 [...]

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11
Apr

Measuring Short Runs, the commando method

No Equipment Necessary to Measure 400 Meters
Learn how to consistently measure off your paces and you can set up measured runs wherever you go.
When you first learn the skill, you need a reliable measure — the track is good, but 10 meter lines on flat, even ground is ideal.
The key is to use a comfortable, [...]

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