Saturday 110430

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CrossFit New Zealand.

"When the Open Ends, Life Begins" from Practice CrossFit (OH).

"CrossFit as a Sport" from CrossFit West Santa Cruz(CA).

"Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities." -- Terry Josephson

Friday 110429

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CrossFit Costa Mesa enters the CrossFit Affiliate Snapshot.

Affiliate Name: CrossFit Costa Mesa.

Affiliate Owner: Alec Hanson.

Affiliate Since: July 2008.

Location: Costa Mesa, CA.

Square Footage: 5000 sf.

Number of Members: Approximately 130.

Number of Trainers: 5 Male, 4 Female. (Included in this is a General Manager/Head Trainer as well as an Operations Manager.)

Describe your gym culture in one word: Humble.

Thursday 110428

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Wild Knights CrossFit (ND).

"Injuries and Fun" from CrossFit Scars (AL).

Affiliate Question: News like Charles Barkley joining CrossFit -- what's your opinion? Good for us? Bad for us? Does it really matter? Or, you're so busy, you didn't even notice he joined?

"Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims." -- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Wednesday 110427

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Still beating . . . at CrossFit Durham (NC).

"Intimidated by CrossFit Women? That's a Good Thing" from CrossFit Charlottesville (VA).

"CF Games Open WOD 11.6" by Hypoxia CrossFit (CO).

"Curse Words Help Numb Pain" from Gawker.

"Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding." -- Yehuda Amichai

Tuesday 110426

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CrossFit East Decatur enters the CrossFit Affiliate Snapshot.

Name: CrossFit East Decatur.

Owner: Shana Alverson.

Affiliate Since: April 2008.

Location: Decatur, GA.

Square Footage: 10,000 sf.

Number of Members? ~120 and growing.

Number of Trainers? 6 male, 3 female.

Describe your gym culture in one word: Empowering.

Monday 110425

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CrossFit West Yorkshire, CrossFit Leeds, CrossFit Central Manchester, and CrossFit Tameside at CrossFit 3D to complete CrossFit Games Open 11.5.

"What's the Rush? The 10,000 Hour Rule" from CrossFit Mach 5 (CA).

Affiliate Question: Does your Facebook page have a hotlink to your blog? And does your blog have a hotlink to your Facebook page?

"Alcohol Will Make You Suck" from CrossFit Coastal (NC).

"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself." -- Paul Coelho

Sunday 110424

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CrossFit Synergistics (MA).

"Girls Don't Have Those" from Modern Athena.

"Is There a Place for Swearing in Social Media?" by the Anti-Social Media.

"Ah, mastery . . . what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills . . . and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing." -- Gail Sheehy

Saturday 110423

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CrossFit Basic (WA).

"Level 1 Syndrome" from Southern Maryland CrossFit.

"Limitless" from CrossFit City of Lakes (MN).

"These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed." -- Walter Benjamin

Friday 110422

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CrossFit Bellevue (WA).

"9 Stretches You Should Know": a compilation by CrossFit Done Right (MD).

Quick Test: Click on your own blog. Can you find your city and state within 3 seconds?

CrossFit Affiliates nationwide are joining together for "Beat the Streets" to benefit at-risk youth through Steve's Club.

"Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others." -- William J. H. Boetcker

Thursday 110421

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What CrossFit trainer played the Easter Bunny?

"How You Do Anything" from Shoreline CrossFit (CT).

"Self-Improvement" from CrossFit RVA (VA).

"Professional Services vs. Scalable Business" from Inc.

"We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we inly were." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday 110420

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CrossFit Southwest (AZ).

Affiliate Question: What has been the biggest lesson you've learned so far from the 2011 CrossFit Games Open?

"It's kind of like you've found the secret and you need to spread the word." CrossFit Leman (Switzerland): Video

"If You're Not on Facebook, It's Time to Get Over Yourself" from Gizmodo.

"Everything that makes more of you than you have ever been, even in your best hours, is right." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

Tuesday 110419

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CrossFit Striking Seminar, Cynergy CrossFit (MA) 17 Apr 2011.

"The Most Important Rep" by CrossFit Fire (IL).

"How to Enchant: An Interview with Guy Kawasaki" via SportsGrants.

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." -- W.M. Lewis

Monday 110418

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Agoge CrossFit Woodinville steps into the CrossFit Affiliate Snapshot.

Owners: Nick Nibler and Kathy Price.

Affiliate Since: Nick cofounded the first-ever CrossFit affiliate in March 2003 (CrossFit North).

Location: Changed name & relocated to Woodinville WA in 2007.

Square Footage: 2400.

Number of Members: 60+.

Number of trainers: 2 owners, plus several apprentice trainers.

Is this your full-time job? It's Kathy's full-time job. Nick is still a Deputy Sheriff, but plans to transition to full-time at the gym.

Why CrossFit? Kathy and Nick have a combined 60+ years of experience in the fields of health & fitness, and have never found a more effective or fun type of training.

Using 3 words or less, describe your affiliate culture: camaraderie & continuous learning.

Sunday 110417

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"Push-ups for Charity" at CrossFit On the Move (GA).

"Are You a Feeler or a Spotter?" by Chastity Un-chained.

"How to Build an Unforgettable 'Smashable' Brand Identity" from Fast Company.

"If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances." -- Julia Soul

Saturday 110416

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Brick CrossFit (CA).

"Commitment" from CrossFit Sioux Falls (SD).

"The Good Stuff" from CrossFit Lisbeth.

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you." -- Maya Angelou

Friday 110415

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CrossFit London (UK).

"Put Me In" from CrossFit Catalyst (Canada).

"Don't Just Sit There" from Slate.

"Is Sugar Toxic?" from Garry Taubes in the New York Times.

"Go and do the things you can't. That is how you get to do them." -- Pablo Picasso

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CrossFit Lake Charles (LA).

"Inspiration From Within Our Own Walls" from FirePower CrossFit (Canada).

Affiliate Question: If a member breaks something by being careless, do you ask them to pay for the replacement? Or just write it off to the cost of doing business?

"Relying on the Kindness of Strangers" from One Foot Over The Line.

"Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it." -- Stephen R. Covey

Wednesday 110413

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CrossFit Victorious steps into the CrossFit Affiliate Snapshot.

Affiliate Name: CrossFit Victorious.

Affiliate Owner: Jose and Kelley Espinoza.

Affiliate Since: July, 2010.

Location: Tomball, TX.

Square Footage: 3500 sf.

Number of Members? 61.

Number of Trainers? 2 Male/2 Female.

Describe your gym culture in one word: Motivating.

Tuesday 110412

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CrossFit South Valley (UT).

Affiliate Scenario: You're loving the spirit and camaraderie that the CrossFit Games Open season is bringing to your box . . . but you have a few folks who are really caught up in it -- almost to the point that they're alienating a few members with their unrelenting laser focus on firebreathers and times and standards. How do you keep everyone moving toward the same goal as a community over the next three weeks?

Ever wonder what it's like to be a CrossFit trainer sent to Iraq? Wonder no more. Read Joe DeGain's 810 CrossFit blog and get the scoop on our CFHQ training team in Iraq.

Sage Burgener gets profiled on the new blog Modern Athena.

"The true genius shudders at incompleteness -- and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be." -- Edgar Allan Poe

Monday 110411

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CrossFit Hollywood (CA).

"Why I Love CrossFit, Part 2" from Avid Bruxist.

"Zen and the Art of CrossFit" from CrossFit Northern Ireland.

"There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can." -- Henry Ford

Sunday 110410

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2011 CrossFit Games Workout #3 at CrossFit Nor'Easter (CT).

"Take Your Workout to the Next Level" by Molly Suhadolnik of CrossFit Instinct (IL).

"What Your Email Address Says About Your Computer Skills" from The Oatmeal.

"You can motivate by fear. And you can motivate by reward. But both of these methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation." -- Homer Rice.

Saturday 110409

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CrossFit Mainstreet enters the CrossFit Affiliate Snapshot.

Affiliate Name: CrossFit Mainstreet.

Affiliate Owner: Khemeran Ing.

Affiliate Since: 2-27-2011.

Location: Fairfax, VA.

Square Footage: 700 SF.

Number of Members? 15.

Number of Trainers? 1 full-time (male) 4 part-time (male).

Describe your gym culture in one word: __The Strongest____.

Friday 110408

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Reg at CrossFit Basic (WA) turned 8. Here was her WOD:

4 rounds of:
8 pull-ups
8 burpees
8 kettlebell swings
8 squats

(She did it in 4:27.)

"The Day You Realize You're Not a Superhero Anymore . . . Fly" from Practice CrossFit (OH).

"It's Just One Hour" from Compete Every Day.

"CrossFit and Bad Girls" from CrossFit Lisbeth.

"Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work." -- William Arthur Ward

Thursday 110407

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CrossFit Mercer (NJ).

"We Don't Stop Playing Because We Get Old, We Get Old Because We Stop Playing" from Dogtown CrossFit (CA).

"CrossFit Was Making Me Fat" from the comments at I Am CrossFit (FL).

"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it." -- William James

Wednesday 110406

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CrossFit Parker (CO).

"10 Considerations When Choosing a CrossFit Coach" from CrossFit Hustle (KY).

"DFL" from HyperFit USA (MI).

Affiliate Question: How strict should you be judging the 2011 CrossFit Games Open Workouts? Are you helping or hurting your own affiliate members if your standards are above and beyond what is prescribed by the standards video for that workout?

"My strategy . . . was to not look like a complete and utter weak person. Just to survive. Survive was my strategy." -- Pat Sherwood after Open Workout #3.

Tuesday 110405

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Next Generation CrossFit (OK). Read "I Love CrossFit."

"Life's Leaderboard" from Steve's Club (NJ).

"You Kids" from Rainier CrossFit (WA).

"Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant." -- Charles A. Cerami

Monday 110404

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Practice CrossFit (OH) after CrossFit Games Open Workout #2.

Affiliate Question: What's the hardest thing you have to do as an affiliate owner? Fire a trainer? Chase clients for payment? Clean the mats all the time? "No rep" competitors? Or something else?

"The Double-Under De-Mystified" by CrossFit Northern Ireland.

"The World's Easiest Way to Innovate In Any Industry" from Open Forum.

"Just because I have my standards, they think I'm a bitch." -- Diana Ross

Sunday 110403

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Applying the standards of CrossFit Games Open Workout #2 at L'usine CrossFit (Canada).

"Falling Off the Ends of the Bell Curve" by Barbells and Bacon.

"A Public Art Project Shows You the Colors You Should Be Eating" from Good.

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between." -- Pat Riley

Saturday 110402

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"My Three Sons" at CrossFit Glory (MI).

"Signs of Real Life" by Natalie Taylor.

"The Opera" by Jon Gilson of Again Faster.

"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- and never knowing." -- David Viscott

Friday 110401

The April Painstorm is courtesy of Kempie at CrossFit Northeast England:

3 7-minute rounds with no rest.

In each round, travel 400m carrying 1/2 body weight. Then in the remaining time do as many reps as possible of GTOH w/ 2/3 bodyweight.

"Firebreather" by CrossFit 203 (CT) and "Everyone Belongs" by CrossFit Ocean City (MD).

"Entrepreneurship is an Art, Not a Job" from Fast Company.

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart . . . pursue those." -- Michael Nolan