TUESDAY 090630

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You're never too old to CrossFit: Proof positive at CrossFit Agoge, CrossFit Evolution, and CrossFit Regina.

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What's the "mature" population like at your affiliate? Do you have any older members -- or run anything special for them? Did you ever think of having a "Masters" competition at your affiliate?

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Over at Again Faster, Patrick Cummings makes the connection between what we do now and what we do later in life: Read "Our Future Selves."

MONDAY 090629

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Aasim S., winner of CrossFit Seattle's Spring LEANing Challenge, lost 30 pounds and gained a cash prize for 7 weeks of drive and discipline. Nice! Read more about the Challenge here.

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The pot o' money for leaning out seems to be a new twist that's gaining popularity lately. Is your affiliate doing anything special to motivate members to really nail down their workouts and better their nutrition?

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The 2009 CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup Challenge is less than two weeks away. Is your team ready? Take a look at the Affiliate Team of CrossFit LA and their recent workout: [wmv] [mov]

SUNDAY 090628

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Troy, owner of Cowboy CrossFit in Oregon, gets part of the WOD done. Really. Check out the WOD and nose around the blog to find out where the pull-up bars are installed.

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Over at Seacoast CrossFit, a member (Steve) takes on the CrossFit Level 1 Cert and describes the experience: Read.

SATURDAY 090627

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New tires aren't just for flipping! Finding other uses are Andy and Kevin of Alchemy CrossFit Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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CrossFit Legacy offers up a feat of strength and then some fun: Video.

FRIDAY 090626

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CrossFit Central packs the house for a screening of "Every Second Counts."

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We talk a lot about community but how do you create a community if nobody knows you're there? Skip Chase offered some great tips in video this week and now Robert Bixby (who works out at CrossFit Santa Cruz Central and CrossFit North Santa Cruz) offers some advice on "How to Spread the CrossFit Word."

Skip Chase has an excellent video on the affiliate page about evangelizing for your CrossFit gym. Here is the one problem with Skip's program: Many trainers starting their own gyms are not Skip . . .

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THURSDAY 090625

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Air squats for two at CrossFit Jackson in Tennessee.

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Box jump personal records: What's the standard (and the record!) at your box? Are running jumps valid?

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A 60" box jump is pretty impressive (running start or not) from CrossFit Fairfax's Mike R.: Video.

WEDNESDAY 090624

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Reader submissions from CrossFit Lethbridge and CrossFit NRG. Edgy or over the edge? You decide. Post to Comments.

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More debate: Check out this post and discussion at CrossFit Verve concerning their proposed t-shirt slogans. What's really cool though is their thoughtful and polite disagreement without blowing a gasket. Nice.

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Great press for CrossFit Omaha: Read.

TUESDAY 090623

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Coolin' things down in the sultry summer heat at CrossFit Fire Base Orlando.

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With the temperature rising right now at many CrossFit affiliates, often the desire to wear clothing lessens. Is this a distraction to training or an added benefit of being a member at a CrossFit box? Do the sexy bodies sell CrossFit just as much as the training?

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He's wearing a shirt, but he's talking about bringing people into your affiliate: Skip Chase of Mt Baker CrossFit shares more advice. Part III: [wmv] [mov]

MONDAY 090622

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Sometimes, you use whatever you got for Fight Gone Bad: Foundation CrossFit in Washington.

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Fight Gone Bad IV, Sept 26, 2009. Bigger, Better, Badder than ever. Regional Competition too. Details coming soon on the new FGB IV website. Start your planning now and support an outstanding cause . . .

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Skip Chase of Mt Baker CrossFit shares more advice on getting the word out about your CrossFit affiliate. Part II: [wmv] [mov]

SUNDAY 090621

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CrossFit USA in Berlin, Connecticut.

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Atomic CrossFit offers some helpful eating tips on their nutrition blog: Read.

SATURDAY 090620

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What do you do after the workout at the Grand Opening of your new affiliate? Propose on a plyobox, of course. Congrats to Adam and Lauren of CrossFit Fort Vancouver!

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Jenn Hunter (CFHQ trainer and co-owner of I3E CrossFit) takes on "Dia-Fran-Abeth": Video.

FRIDAY 090619

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CrossFit King of Prussia recently hosted the Keystone Affiliate Challenge II and Fallen Heroes Fundraiser. Six other affiliates participated to raise funds and honor the memory of a fallen member of their own community.

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Give us one of your tips for getting more clients. Just one, in one sentence. Post to Comments. Let's see how many we can collect by the end of today.

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Skip Chase of Mt Baker CrossFit shared some words of advice about getting more clients when he was at FilFest 09. Part I: [wmv] [mov] (Look for Parts II and III next week on the A-Blog.)

THURSDAY 090618

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CrossFit Slayer, Iraq. Now that's a motivational tool.

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Ever feel like it would take a gun to get some clients moving? That no matter what you do or say, they just won't give the effort that will bring results? How do you reach someone like that? Or can you? How do you know when it's time to "fire" a client?

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Over at CrossFit Evolution, Ramzi explains why he's a CrossFit "hater": Read.

WEDNESDAY 090617

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Susan Robinson (Beyond the Box) and Lisa Ray (CrossFit Flagstaff) celebrate Susan's 50th birthday in front of Yosemite Falls and Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite Park.

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What's the most beautiful CrossFit affiliate location you've seen? What place has made your jaw just drop and your heart pound? (And we're talking before the workout.)

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Freddy Camacho (CrossFit One World) reminds us of the importance of full range of motion: Read.

TUESDAY 090616

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The women of CrossFit Central Maine crank out some barbell team sit-ups at the end of a workout.

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Name the best team-building exercise you do at your affiliate. Or the worst. (Or maybe they're the same?)

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Guerrilla Fitness CrossFit Montclair recently welcomed a Men's Fitness writer/athlete onto their team for a month, and he's blogging about the experience. Read the first entry in his blog here and then catch up on the next five entries.

MONDAY 090615

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CrossFit Nutrition Certification Seminar, CrossFit Boston, 14 June 2009.

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Do you talk in-depth with your affiliate members about Paleo or Zone? Or do you leave them to make their own nutritional decisions? Is it the inherent responsibility of the affiliate owner or trainer to get involved in each member's nutrition? Or is that beyond our scope of responsibility and/or expertise?

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CrossFit RVA says "You Can't Out-Train a Bad Diet": Read.

SUNDAY 090614

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Dina M., Kelly Moore (CFHQ), and Miki C. at a CrossFit Kettlebell Certification at CrossFit Fire.

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Bob G. at CrossFit California City asks "Why Do You CrossFit? Why Do I CrossFit?": Read.

SATURDAY 090613

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A little fun outside the doors of CrossFit Cape Fear.

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CrossFit South Brooklyn has some food for thought: Read "Ode to the Egg."

FRIDAY 090612

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CrossFit Central dreamed it up to support the CrossFit RRG. The bomb is going off today at 10am Pacific/11am Mountain/12pm Central/1pm Eastern. Let's finish what we started.

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CrossFit Fire reminds us of the unique camaraderie of our CrossFit fitness community: Read Three Times the Awesome. (Or, as Jennie describes life at a CrossFit affiliate, in another post: It's a magic place where people get sexier every time you see them, friendships are made, and successes are celebrated.)

THURSDAY 090611

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Emily and Derek of Combat CrossFit enjoy the kettlebell cake at their baby shower, while over at CrossFit East Sacramento, Cortney M. and Cherie N. made the barbell and the ball cakes. (Really, those are cake, not clay.)

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CrossFit Central has a plan for all of us and it's going down this Friday at noon (CST). Check out their website for how to Finish What We Started.

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Melissa Byers of CrossFit 603 doesn't want you to get all whacked out over food and take the Carrot Train to Crazytown.

WEDNESDAY 090610

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Jason David, one of the co-owners of Motor City CrossFit, before CrossFit and now. Some stories just need to be told. Here's Jason's:

"I often wonder when everything clicked. Was it after I received my Level 1 certification? Was it when I agreed to open a CrossFit affiliate? Or was it when I signed on to the CrossFit message board for the first time? I'm really not sure actually. There are many moments in the past year, in addition to the ones I've mentioned, that have contributed to my commitment of living the CrossFit lifestyle . . . "

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TUESDAY 090609

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After a year in their old place, CrossFit Hoboken moved into 3500 sf of heaven.

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What do you wear when you coach? Standard athletic attire? Jeans? Flip flops? Are there any kind of attire rules or guidelines at your affiliate for the trainers?

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CrossFit York gets some nice airplay on the local TV news: Video.

MONDAY 090608

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Wall-ball at the Northeast Ohio Challenge conducted by CrossFit Legacy and other area affiliates.

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Affiliate competitions are springing up all over the place. We think that's fantastic, but just want to offer some guidance, in case you're thinking of starting a throwdown in your own corner of the CrossFit world.

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Frank DiMeo of CrossFit Gulf Coast gives us all a gutcheck with "Immersed in Excellence."

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SUNDAY 090607

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If your affiliate is named CrossFit 1776, then where do you handstand? In front of a statue of Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia, of course. Here's Matt.

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CrossFit Seattle (and others, including garage CrossFitters) get featured in a fairly extensive article on CrossFit by the Seattle Times: Read.

SATURDAY 090606

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Capt John H. (founder of CrossFit Fort Meade) at his change of command ceremony recently. Good luck at your new station, John, and thanks for your steadfast support of the CrossFit community.

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CrossFit Las Vegas grabs some nice press: Video.

FRIDAY 090605

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Ash of Practice CrossFit deadlifts.

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10 more days. You've only got 10 more days before your opportunity to join the CrossFit Risk Retention Group disappears. Maybe you don't understand what it is. Maybe you think you're already covered. Maybe you just have not taken the time to read/watch/listen and figure out that the RRG is something you need as an affiliate. Whatever the hang-up is, you've still got time. Don't waste it.

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You know how we found this next blogpost? A reader e-mailed us the link. Keep that in mind next time you read something good out there in the CrossFit world. Shoot us the link. Right now, read "Who's in Charge Here?" from Motor City CrossFit.

THURSDAY 090604

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Cleaning up after a CrossFit Games Qualifier: Moving the pull-up bars back to their spot at Albany CrossFit.

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Cues: As coaches, we all use them but some work better than others. Take a read through CrossFit Toronto's blogpost on this subject. Think about your own cues. What really works and what doesn't make anything happen for your athletes?

WEDNESDAY 090603

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Sometimes, nothing's going to stop you. CrossFit Cedar Park's Epic Challenge.

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Lots of competitions this year in the affiliate world. Lots of winners and losers. And some complaining. At what point do objections turn into whining? Can you realistically contest results without looking like a tool?

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Kelly Starrett of San Francisco CrossFit tells you to put down the ibuprofen and think about what you're doing to your body: Read.

TUESDAY 090602

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It's the same everywhere -- and yet it's different. CrossFit Sport in Iceland.

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Does the cheering really matter? In that moment of doubt and pain, do you even hear anyone? And what could they say to make you work harder and forge through the pain? Name the best thing you ever heard anyone yell in a CrossFit competition.

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Well, you just have to see the "Chuck Norris Rope Climb" by CrossFit Regina's Angdesj: Video.

MONDAY 090601

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Gillian Mounsey of CrossFit South Brooklyn.

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CrossFitting women and their bodies: Does beautiful look different than it once did? Read Dani Dufrene's essay "Maybe It's Not Your Jeans; It's Your Perspective" on the CrossFit Invictus blog.

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It's that time of the month again: Here's your Painstorm workout . . .

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