Sunday 141019

Abbate

For time:
Run 1 mile
155-lb. clean and jerks, 21 reps
Run 800 meters
155-lb. clean and jerks, 21 reps
Run 1 mile

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Monte Massone - Piedmont, Italy.

Tucking the chin and punching the belly with Rob Orlando - [video]

Saturday 141018

Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
10 GHD sit-ups
15 push-ups
10 GHD sit-ups
30 squats

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Brandon Strehl.

"Cleansed or Conned?" - CrossFit Journal [article]

Verbal cueing on the overhead squat with E.C. Synkowski - [video]

Friday 141017

Rest Day

"The company I worked for has a ban on working out or any fitness equipment. So I took this photo before I quit."
- Brandon Dolan

"Changing Lives: 180s at CrossFit 760" - CrossFit Journal [video]

Thursday 141016

Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
10 triple-unders
1.5-pood kettlebell swings, 15 reps
20 walking lunges

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Ben Smith, Team Series Event 12.

"Competitive Conundrum" - CrossFit Journal [article]

Wednesday 141015

Deadlift 5-5-5-5-5 reps

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Kellan Cerrillo.

Snatch hand position with Chad Vaughn - [video]

Week 3 With Team Reebok East - [video]

Tuesday 141014

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
135-lb. bench press, 21 reps
21 L pull-ups

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Compare to 140121.

Andrew Gray, Team Series Event 12.

Bar path in the shoulder press with Denise Thomas - [video]

Men's shows of the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games to run on ESPN, Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. PT. - [video]

Monday 141013

Rest Day

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CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Courses: CrossFit Reston, CrossFit King of Prussia, CrossFit X-Factor, CrossFit Strong, CrossFit SS (South Side), Reebok CrossFit One, CrossFit Columbus, CrossFit Da Vinci, Reebok CrossFit Louvre, Reebok CrossFit FSF, CrossFit Richmond, Reebok CrossFit LifeSpark, CrossFit Herzliya, Innervate CrossFit, Reebok CrossFit Sentinel Downtown, CrossFit Cidade Jardim, Fuerza CrossFit, Reebok CrossFit PTY.
CrossFit Level 2 Certificate Courses: CrossFit Atlanta, CrossFit Max Effort, CrossFit Chiwoo.
CrossFit Competitor's Course: CrossFit Thames.
CrossFit Kids Courses: CrossFit Brand X, CrossFit Verve.

"The Year of the Thruster" - CrossFit Journal - [video]

2009: California State Sen. Ron Calderon (D) presents SB 374. It would impose state requirements for personal trainers, as promoted by the ACSM. The bill does not pass.

2014: A federal grand jury indicts Sen. Calderon for accepting $88,000 in bribes. His trial is scheduled for May 19, 2015.

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Sunday 141012

Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
10 burpee box jumps, 20 inches
155-lb. squat cleans, 10 reps

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Jimson D'Souza.

Two-hand kettlebell swing release with Jeff Martone - [video]

Saturday 141011

Complete as many reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
135-lb. snatches, 10 reps
155-lb. snatches, 10 reps
185-lb. snatches, 10 reps
205-lb. snatches, 10 reps
225-lb. snatches, 10 reps
245-lb. snatches, max reps

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James Howard, Beachy Head, England.

"If You Build It ..." - CrossFit Journal [article]

Overhead wrist position with Chad Vaughn - [video]

Friday 141010

For time:
100 double-unders
115-lb. front squats, 21 reps
115-lb. push presses, 21 reps
100 double-unders
115-lb. front squats, 15 reps
115-lb. push presses, 15 reps
100 double-unders
115-lb. front squats, 9 reps
115-lb. push presses, 9 reps

Post time to comments.

Pedro Aponte.

Elbows up in the front squat with Denise Thomas - [video]

Week 3 CrossFit Team Series events announced.

Thursday 141009

Rest Day

Irakli and Lola, CrossFit Tel Aviv.

"The Holy Land With Russell Berger: Part 6" - CrossFit Journal [video]

"How School Lunch Became the Latest Political Battleground" by Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times.

Wednesday 141008

Row 5,000 meters

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CrossFit Code 3.

Atlas stone set-up position with Rob Orlando - [video]

Women's shows of the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games to run on ESPN, Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. PT. - [video]

Tuesday 141007

Weighted dip 3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1 reps

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Zan Hamilton

"Warm-Ups, Flexibility and the Olympic Lifter" - CrossFit Journal [article]

Monday 141006

3 rounds for time of:
30-second L-sit hold
20 pull-ups
135-lb. thrusters, 10 reps

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CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Courses: Rainier CrossFit, CrossFit Lackland, CrossFit Fury, CrossFit Ethos, CrossFit Park City, Sandia CrossFit, CrossFit Colosseum, CrossFit Bold, CrossFit 2725, Reebok CrossFit Velocity, CrossFit ALC, CrossFit Rocks, Reebok CrossFit Sentinel Downtown, Reebok CrossFit Heart and Beauty, CrossFit Bogota, CrossFit Posto 9.
CrossFit Level 2 Certificate Courses: CrossFit Vitality, CrossFit Reston, CrossFit Richmond.
CrossFit Kids Course: CrossFit Carbon.

Squeezing the hips in the thruster with Margaux Alvarez - [video]

Sunday 141005

Rest Day

Logan Bates, Idyllwild, California.

"Kupuna" - CrossFit Journal [video]

"A 75-year-old CrossFitter vs. Ezekiel Emanuel" by Russ Greene.

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Saturday 141004

4 rounds for time of:
45-second L-sit hold
135-lb. deadlift, 30 reps
15 handstand push-ups

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Ty Norrish.

Footwork on the split with Chad Vaughn - [video]

Friday 141003

Feeks

For time:
2 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
2 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
4 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
4 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
6 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
6 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
8 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
8 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
10 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
10 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
12 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
12 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
14 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
14 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells
16 x 100-meter shuttle sprint
16 squat clean thrusters, 65-lb. dumbbells

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Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Maryland, assigned to a Naval Special Warfare unit based on the West Coast, died Aug. 16, 2012, in a helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Feeks is survived by his mother and father, Thomas and Ginny Feeks; sister, Regina Feeks; and wife, Emily Feeks.

Thursday 141002

10 rounds, each for time of:
Row 250 meters
Rest 2 minutes

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Kate Denny.

"Coach." - CrossFit Journal [article]

Bro session with Dan Bailey and Josh Bridges - [video]

Wednesday 141001

Rest Day

Seth Wallace.

CrossFit Day with the Oakland A's - [video]

"America's new class system: Column" by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today.

Tuesday 140930

Clean 5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-1 reps

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Isabella Boatwright.

"CrossFit Kids Classics: Rock-Paper-Scissors Tag" - CrossFit Journal [article]

Fixing the finish position in the press with Dave Lipson - [video]

Monday 140929

7 rounds for time of:
45-lb. dumbbell thrusters, 7 reps
15-ft. rope climb, 1 ascent

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CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Courses: CrossFit NOLA Downtown, CrossFit Monrovia, CrossFit Garden City, CrossFit Mayhem, CrossFit Steele Creek, CrossFit Roots, CrossFit Max Effort, Reebok CrossFit Loreto, CrossFit Centrum, Reebok CrossFit Officine, CrossFit B23, Reebok CrossFit Reykjavik, CrossFit Effects (FX), CrossFit 9 Dragons, Innervate CrossFit, BSB CrossFit, Fuerza CrossFit.
CrossFit Level 2 Certificate Courses: CrossFit Central Downtown, CrossFit Park City, NorCal CrossFit Santa Clara, Reebok CrossFit FSF, CrossFit Rocks.
CrossFit Kids Course: CrossFit Morristown.
CrossFit Trainer Summit, San Diego.

Actively work in a position with Austin Begiebing - [video]

Pat Sherwood scales 140925 - [video]