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Mt. Baker CrossFit (WA).

CrossFit South Bay (CA): Read The Only Time It's Okay to Post Pictures of Your Girlfriend on the Internets.

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Sock pride for the women in happier times at Centurion CrossFit Fort Hood.

CrossFit Bogota scores some press: Read "CrossFit: El Ejercicio de los Famosos."

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CrossFit Legacy (OH): Something you don't see at a CrossFit affiliate every day.

Alcohol: What's its place in the CrossFit life? Not part of a serious athlete's diet? Or something that you can still manage if you're Paleo or Zone or just plain fun?

CrossFit Brio (Canada) has this advice on alcohol, while CrossFit Asheville (NC) asks "Does Your Stress Reliever . . . Relieve Stress?"

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The start of the Motor City CrossFit 5K Plus: 5 rounds of Run 1K, 10 pull-ups, 20 push-ups, 30 box jumps.

Running: Love it or hate it? What's the attitude at your affiliate towards running? Do you encourage your members to join local 5Ks or longer distance races?

Ever have a member wonder why CrossFit has "Hero" workouts? Point 'em in the direction of this blogpost by Paul S. for a good explanation.

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Suzy F. at CrossFit Playground (CT).

Bands. Some trainers love 'em and some trainers hate 'em. What's your opinion on the use of bands in your affiliate? Do they help or hinder progress towards the kipping pull-up? How about the dead-hang pull-up?

RARE CrossFit (VA) get some press among the LEO crowd: CrossFit for Cops.

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Before and After: CrossFit MASS (MA) and CrossFit Fire (IL).

The CrossFit Risk Retention Group is making progress: Read.

Insurance can be downright boring in comparison with training. But, it's necessary to protect the business and the people you love. Do you understand what insurance you have and/or need for your affiliate? Do you get how the RRG fits into all of this?

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Dan G. from Bravo CrossFit (NY) on vacation in Setubal, Portugal.

CrossFit on vacation: Do you prefer to do it by yourself, at a local affiliate, or go on a CrossFit Certification Vacation like the Gymnastics/Nutrition cert in Colorado? Post to Comments.

CrossFit Thin Air (CO) tells what they did on their vacation, while CrossFit Toronto (Canada) uses their message board to remind us of Eva T.'s big list of bodyweight workouts that can be handy to have on vacation.

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CrossFit Snoridge (WA) and CrossFit East Sacramento (CA).

Time for the November Painstorm . . .

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The superheroes of Centurion CrossFit Fort Hood (TX).

Over at CrossFit L.A., Becca reminds us that we don't have to wait for Halloween to have the superhero mindset: Read.

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Graham CrossFit (WA), CrossFit Persevere (CT), CrossFit Playground (CT), Hudson Valley CrossFit (NY)

Does your e-mail address contain the name of your affiliate? Why not? It's simple and cheap advertising that goes everywhere you do and then some. Why be mary@gmail.com when you could be mary@bestcrossfitever.com?

Over at CrossFit NYC, 70-year-old trainer Jacinto nails an 85lb weighted pull-up: Video.

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12-year-old Braxton from CrossFit Regina (Canada) competes recently in his first Olympic lifting meet.

What about younger kids than Braxton? Is there some age that Olympic or CrossFit competitions should not dip below? Would that be for social or physiological considerations? Or is that nonsense and any age should be eligible?

CrossFit Las Vegas (NV) uses a question to generate some discussion among their members on Healthy vs. Unhealthy Competition.

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Ashley and Sara having a great time outside CrossFit El Paso East (TX). Both of them have been CrossFitting for less than six months but they've already figured out that being strong is fun.

If you've been to a CrossFit 101 with CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman, you might have heard him say this: "The key to affiliate success looks like having fun."

What factors besides fun are key to being a successful affiliate? Name three. Post to Comments.

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Before and After: CrossFit Counter Culture (CA) and CrossFit Wollongong (Australia).

Gunx CrossFit (NY) talks about the importance of mobility: A Consequence of Habit.

Besides utilizing CrossFit resources (specialty certs, CrossFit Journal, main page, etc.), how do you continue to educate yourself as an affiliate owner and/or trainer? What would you consider "musts" for other owners/trainers? What belongs on the "Thou Shall Not" list?

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CrossFit Kids Certification, CrossFit Brand X (CA), 23-24 Oct 09

Halloween is this Saturday. CrossFit Zone (Canada) has some advice on candy: Boo!