WOD

With a 45 pound barbell, 21-15- and 9 reps for time of:
Turkish Get-ups, alternating arms
Sots press

Rory McKernan 6:42, Kristan Clever 16:03, Katie Hogan 23:02,Rebecca Voigt 25:26. Post time to comments.

"The Morning After: Part 2" with Mikko Salo, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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From the Vault: Sots Press - video [wmv] [mov]

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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses--behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali

WOD

21-18-15-12-9-6 and 3 rep rounds of:
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds
Push jerk, 75 pounds

Dave Lipson 3:42, Rob Orlando 3:45, Jason Khalipa 4:04, Jay Leydon4:33, Gary Niel 4:40, Graham Holmberg 5:07, Pat Barber 5:25 (44lb single arm push jerk), Elyse Umeda 6:25 (55lbs), Kristan Clever 7:54 (75lbs), Kim Malz 7:56 (55lb), Jocelyn Leydon 9:50 (55lbs). Post time to comments.

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Jonji Barber.

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"Bringing CrossFit to Collegiate Swimming" with Chris Michelmore,CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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Kristan Clever interview from day 2 of the 2010 CrossFit Games - video [wmv] [mov]

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Graham Holmberg on Event 2 at the 2010 CrossFit Games - video [wmv] [mov]

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Rob Orlando, Jason Leydon and Jocelyn Leydon on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

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Pat Barber on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

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From the vault: Brendan Gilliam WOD Demo - video [wmv] [mov]

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"Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it."
- Mason Cooley

Rest Day

Rest Day

WOD

7 rounds for time of:

Front Squat 7 reps 135/95 lbs
Run 200m (Out to the fire hydrant and back)

Post time to Comments:
Compare to: 100528

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Worldwide Military CrossFitters.

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"Pain Equals Potassium" with Brian MacKenzie, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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Interview with Tommy Hackenbruck from day 3 of the 2010 CrossFit Games by CrossFit Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

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Gioachino Rossini, La Gazza Ladra

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Robert W. Service - The Men Who Don't Fit In.

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"Solitude and Leadership" by William Deresiewicz, The American Scholar.

WOD

For time:
21 Pull-ups
21 Handstand Push-ups
18 Pull-ups
18 Handstand Push-ups
15 Pull-ups
15 Handstand Push-ups
12 Pull-ups
12 Handstand Push-ups
9 Pull-ups
9 Handstand Push-ups
6 Pull-ups
6 Handstand Push-ups
3 Pull-ups
3 Handstand Push-ups
Handstand push-ups are "nose to floor" and pull-ups are "strict" or non-kipping.

Kristan Clever 19:31, Graham Holmberg 19:37, Elyse Umeda 29:27. Post time to comments.

Compare to 091216.

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Rich M., Chesapeake Virginia.

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"The Morning After: Part 1" with Mikko Salo, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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Dave Lipson prepares for the 2010 CrossFit/USAW Weightlifting Openby CrossFit Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

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"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."
- Abraham Lincoln

WOD

"Test 3"

Tabata Squat
Max reps of Muscle-ups in 4 minutes

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals. Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals. Begin time for muscle-ups immediately after the last 10 second rest interval. Test score equals Tabata score multiplied by number of muscle-ups completed.

Graham Holmberg 616 (22 x 28), Kristan Clever 575 (25 x 23), James Hobart 528 (22 x 24), Greg Amundson 525 (21 x 25), Heather Bergeron 368 (23 x 16). Post score to comments.

See "How Fit Are You?" - [pdf]

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Jason Barkemeyer, Highland Games 173 pounds each farmer walk.

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"Spirit of the Games: Part 2" with Chris Spealler, CrossFit Journalpreview video [wmv] [mov]

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WOD Demo with James Hobart, Heather Bergeron, Stacy Kroon and Chris Gosler by CrossFit Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

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From the vault: Greg Amundson "Test 3" video - [wmv] [mov]

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James Hobart prepares for the 2010 CrossFit/USAW Weightlifting Open by CrossFit Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD

Tie a five-pound plate to hang an honest 18" above your tiptoe reach and complete 5 rounds for time of:
50 Jump and touch
40 Squats
30 Sit-ups
20-Push-ups
10 Pull-ups

Kristan Clever 24:13 (14" jump), Lucas Zepeda 24:34, Jesse Bazarnick 26:25, Pat Barber 28:56, Rebecca Voigt 32:53 (14" jump), Laurie Galassi 35:47.
Post time to comments.



"From Top 10 to Level 1" with Camille Leblanc-Bazinet by CrossFit Again Faster, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Interview with Annie Thorisdottir from the 2010 CrossFit Games by CrossFit Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo at CrossFit Santa Cruz - video [wmv] [mov]

"It is a sublime thing to suffer and be stronger."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-

WOD

Five rounds for time of:

11 Toes to bar
9 Overhead squat 95lbs
6 Push Press 95 lbs

Post time to comments

Compare to: 100429

Rest Day

Rest Day

WOD

Three rounds for time of:
Rope Pulls, 5 reps 16K Kettlebell
21 Ring dips
50 Squats

Peter Egyed 10:04, Pat Sherwood 12:04, Graham Holmberg 12:32,Elyse Umeda 13:27 (12ft rope, 7 ascents), Kristan Clever 18:19,Rebecca Voigt 22:05. Post time to comments.

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Keith Winship, Nahanni National Park, Canada.

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"Stomping on the Heel Strike" with Dr. Daniel Lieberman, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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"Spirit of the Games: Part 1" with Chris Spealler, CrossFit Journalpreview video [wmv] [mov]

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CrossFit Journal Stand-Up Paddle Board Race - video [wmv] [mov]

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Chris Mason interviews Chris Spealler

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"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and last some crisis shows what we have become"
- Brooke Foss Westcott

WOD

"Nate"

Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:
2 Muscle-ups
4 Handstand Push-ups
8 2-Pood Kettlebell swings

Mikko Salo 21 rounds, Graham Holmberg 19 rounds + 3 HSPU, Chris Spealler 15 rounds + 1 HSPU (with 20lb vest), Kristan Clever 15 rounds (2 pood KB), Rebecca Voigt 7 rounds (2 pood KB). Post rounds completed to comments.

Compare to 091027.

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Worldwide Handstands 3.

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Kristan Clever, 2010 CrossFit Games Champion.

"Before She Was Champion" with Kristan Clever, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Benching with Mikko Salo - video [wmv] [mov]

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
- Albert Einstein

WOD

5 rounds for time of:
10 Hang Power Clean 95lbs
10 Push press with kettle bell 1 pood (5 reps each hand)
10 Dead lift 95lbs
10 Ball slams 30lbs
10 Pull ups
10 Burpees
Post time to comments:

WOD

5 Rounds for time of:

6 Deadlifts 185 lbs

6 Front squats 185lbs

24 Kettlebell swings 11/2 pood

Post your time to comments:

Matt Briggs has some cool new WOD's for the boys this year.

WOD

Weighted pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Dave Lipson 165lbs (BW 215lbs). Post loads and body weight to comments.

Compare to 100316.

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Sean Tiner.

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"Just Lift ... and Coach" with Anders Lindsjo, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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Breck Berry interview from Day 2 at the 2010 CrossFit Games - video [wmv] [mov]

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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Confucius

Rest Day

Rest Day

WOD

"Annie"

50-40-30-20 and 10 rep rounds of:
Double-unders
Sit-ups

Kim Malz 5:00, Dave Castro 8:00 (GHD). Post time to comments.

Compare to 100518.

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Eugene Andrews.

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"Chatting with Lindsey Smith" at the 2010 CrossFit Games, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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"The Zone Chronicles: Post-Workout Nutrition Part 2" with Pat Sherwood, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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Rick Adams, CEO of USAW, speaks about the CrossFit / USAW Open.

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WOD Demo with Dave Castro with GHD sit-ups - video [wmv] [mov]

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From the Vault: Chris Spealler WOD Demo - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD

"Coe"

Ten rounds for time of:
95 pound Thruster, 10 reps
10 Ring push-ups

Mikko Salo 9:55, Peter Egyed 11:07, Kristan Clever 11:28 (65lbs), Rebecca Voigt 11:46 (65lbs), Kim Malz 13:49 (65lbs), Elyse Umeda 14:34 (65lbs). Post time to comments.

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Army Sgt. Keith Adam Coe, 30, of Auburndale, Fla., assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., died April 27th, 2010, in Khalis, Iraq, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an explosive device. He is survived by his wife Katrina Coe, two sons, Killian and Keith Jr., and daughter, Klover.

WOD

Overhead Squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps

Make sure you are moving into a full squat.

Post loads to comments.

Compare to: 100104

Another great day at BU CrossFit, working through AdamBrown.

WOD

"ADAMBROWN"

Two rounds for time of:
295 pound Deadlift, 24 reps
24 Box jumps, 24 inch box
24 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball
195 pound Bench press, 24 reps
24 Box jumps, 24 inch box
24 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball
145 pound Clean, 24 reps

Mikko Salo 21:59, Kristan Clever 27:15 (185lb dead, 24" box, 16lb ball, 120lb bench, 100lb clean), Peter Egyed 28:28, Rebecca Voigt30:20 (185lb dead, 24" box, 16lb ball, 120lb bench, 100lb clean). Post time to comments.

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Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Adam Lee Brown, 36, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was killed on March 17th, 2010 in Komar Province, Afghanistan, in a battle against heavily armed militants. He is survived by his wife, Kelley, two children, Nathan and Savannah, and by his parents.

WOD

Three rounds for time of:
95 pound Ground to overhead, 10 reps
200 yard Shuttle sprint, 50 yards there and back twice

Dave Lipson 2:57, Rob Orlando 2:58, Eric Magee 3:07, Chris Spealler3:19, Jason Leydon 3:32, Denise Thomas 3:35 (65lbs), James Hobart3:48, Peter Egyed 3:50, Kristan Clever 5:27 (95lbs), Rebecca Voigt5:40 (95lbs). Post times to comments.

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"Behind the Games: Part 2" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journalpreview video [wmv] [mov]

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WOD Demo with Chris Spealler - video [wmv] [mov]

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WOD Demo from Hybrid Athletics - video [wmv] [mov]

Rest Day

Rest Day

WOD

Five rounds for time of:
5 Muscle-ups
115 pound Overhead squat, 10 reps
15 Toes to bar
20 GHD Sit-ups

Chris Spealler 15:55, Kristan Clever 16:53 (95lbs), Laurie Galassi18:03 (83lbs), Josh Everett 22:01, Pat Sherwood 22:45, Miranda Oldroyd 27:29 (83lbs), Tyson Oldroyd 27:37. Post time to comments.

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Jim Hardy.

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"CrossFit and Swim Training" with Chris Michelmore and Sage Hopkins,CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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The Final heat of the Team obstacle course Finals at the 2010 CrossFit Games - video [wmv] [mov]

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Peter Egyed interview at the 2010 CrossFit Games - video [wmv] [mov]

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WOD Demo with Chris Spealler, Pat Sherwood, Miranda Oldroyd and Tyson Oldroyd - video [wmv] [mov]

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"The higher a monkey climbs a tree, the more people can see his ass."
- T. Boone Pickens