CrossFit Radio!

It's tonight right?! Tony Budding and Tony Blauer?

Can't wait.

Nice video, brother!

Not resting Sunday! Am teaching a bada$$ class at Jeannies Beach Crossfit!
I have never been second on the posts before! I AM movin up in the world...

~J~
Train Hard and Push Through "IT"!

YES...two weeks of strict zone are over..and the carb fest begins, Im sure I will be miserable afterwards but I am going to enjoy every last french fry.

And then right back to it on Monday.

Whats the song in the video at 15-16 seconds?

#3????
hey allison what's the details on that crossfit radio? anyone else have info

as rx'd

24 hours

Woohoo (uh, not like the rest day is a surprise, but I am still glad for it...)

April Fools Joke - Coach should Rx on a rest day.

I will own this day! I nailed the last rest day as well.

Darn it...was almost 2nd. Oh well.
dMarsh, bingo,Amadreus and others who posted recommendations and suggestions yesterday, I greatly appreciate your help. It did help me with a few directions to NOT go in, and a few to explore.
Thank you again, and I am grateful for you all!

Tony Blauer is just 5 minutes up the road from my home. I still have not made i over to see him or the Facility here in Virginia Beach. Shame on me!
MONDAY!

~J~

PS - check this out http://crossfitcentralscotland.blogspot.com/2008/09/friends-from-far-and-wide_6647.html

As Rx'd

Thanks Coach, needed it after this week.

And crossfit discovers/spurns yet another great coach...now that was some effective teaching of an elusive concept - the kipping PU. Articulating and teaching the kipping PU makes me feel so inadequate. Maybe it's just my personal deficiency in *visual percipacity*. I have to thank CF for showing me once again where I suck. I mean that - really.

I have a question: Where can I find one of those superbadass HUGE stopwatches to post on the wall of my garage? I was looking online tonight and the only ones I could find cost like several hundred dollars. I want one for like 59.99. Please email me if you can help.

#9 - you made me laugh :)

Comment#5 DarkZero901

The song is 'Ramble On' by Led Zeppelin off the album Led Zeppelin II

Question on intensity

I'm not new to crossfit but I am new to attempting the WOD with intensity, I started out nice and slow over the last year trying to build strength before getting to hardcore.

My question is the few times that I've really tried to give it my all probably somewhere around a dozen or so times, I get really light headed and dizzy almost to the point of passing out then I have to lay down before I fall/throw up, I go ghost white pale and then have to make a bowel movement. I'm 25 6'2" 183lbs mostly muscle with a little bit of fat on my belly, sometimes i run a slightly high BP but usually really good about 110/60 with a normal pulse. I'm on the zone now, I pass my physicals with flying colors and they are pretty indepth for my work. Does this happen to anyone else? Should i consult a Doc.? Should i tone down the intensity so I can finish the WOD then work on getting the time down later on?

Thanks

Led Zeppelin II, Ramble on...Essential to ant respectable rock and roll library

Interesting article. There's obviously a huge problem in Mexico; the drug cartels half-run the border areas. The question is, what can we do about it? I'm all for aggressive pursuit of these scum, though any actions we take against them will have to 1) include Mexican law enforcement officials, and 2) match the organizational/logistical level of the cartels themselves - both of which will pose significant challenges at multiple levels.
Additionally, looking at *why* these people are so interested in moving drugs and people across the border, we can work to remove at least some of that profit motive. Rather than focusing upon a "War on Drugs" that has had little meaningful effect upon demand, and hasn't seemed to have put that much a dent in supply, we can undertake comprehensive rehabilitiation and reeducation programs to help get people off of drugs, and we can re-examine some of our more ridiculous drug laws. I'm not advocating having heroin flowing openly in the streets, but there needs to be a realistic appraisal of the common opinion (and, importantly, practice) regarding some of the less-intense drugs available in the US.

Interesting article. I'm going to Big Bend Ntnl Park in about a month. It's on the border of TX and Mexico. As a kid, I went there several times, and you used to be able to cross the river freely. I think we paid a dude with a rowboat $10 to take a dozen of us boyscouts over and bring us back a few hours later. Now the border is closed, and those tiny villages don't get any of the tourist money they used to. Since 911, crime in the park is up. People sneak across the border and break into vehicles.
This was a self regulating community in a remote, desolate area, for literally hundreds of years. It's now part of a much larger machine.

no thoughts on the politics of the situation, but I drove I-8 from San Diego to the Valley today and it really made the issue real...time to get thinkin'

radio.crossfit.com

Possibly Sunday morning? Sounds awesome.

Reading the article, it sure seems Mexico has a problem. Thing is, I couldn't help but immediately focus on the fact that America's got a problem here, too: illegals still making their way into the country.

Don't get me wrong; a 3-day journey through a desert means you've got some desire, but I'm not so sure it means we shouldn't try a bit harder to fence/border the area, rough terrain or not.

CrossFit Radio is Sunday mornings at 9 am MST

That's 11:00 EST
10:00 CST
8:00 PST

Join us live tomorrow morning 092108. It will be cool. To listen, simply go to radio.crossfit.com and the instructions are on the blog.

Or, just go directly to radio1.crossfit.com and hit the "listen" link at the top of the page.

I'm going to try to stump Tony Blauer with a weird scenario...Let's see if he can get it...

todd rules.

Decent video, Todd Whitman seems like a great coach...brother. Still working my kip, I like his big C analogy.

This article is weird. Captain Obvious must have written it. Doesn't real tell you anything, "Traffic" didn't.

So what's the point of this blatantly conservative magazines article? They keep talking about Arizona? Who used to be Governor of Arizona? Gosh...what was his name again? He'd probably be the guy who would allegedly know how to handle those evil Drug cartels and close the borders forever. Connect the dots la la la la, thinly veiled partisan garbage.

Who pays to read a magazine that tells you what you already believe? That's awesome but the way I do it is free.

I guess we should just start digging the moot now.

Lame...

#15 aswmg - Intensity question.

Very good question. Going from safe to extreme intensity is probably not the way to go about it. It is always best to start cautiously even when you are wishing to take your intensity to another level. How about raising the intensity slightly at the start of the workout, assess how you feel, then decide whether you can take it up another notch or not. Progressive intensity I guess how I would call it.

Remember that starting out "redlining" probably means you won't finish the workout as best as you could. Take the 400m runner at the Olympics. Yes they want to finish as quick as they can, but they are not sprinting at the start of the race, they are slowly building a rhythm and momentum.

So develop a steady tempo at the start of your WOD, then build on this intensity so you complete your workout fast, with intensity, and efficiently. Rhabdo has been widely discussed on the crossfit forums. No need to become a casualty.

I have a suspicion that the ones making the trek through the desert are the ones trying to come here and make better for themselves. The ones that come here and commit crimes and bring down the rest of society (I'm sure are making it into the country a lot easier b/c of gang ties) are sort of like guns in America. Gun reform doesn't prevent criminals from having them, it just prevents upstanding law abiding citizens from having them.

I deal with illegals on a regular basis. I'm some what torn between how I feel about they're presence. My family immigrated here through Ellis, however, they did it legally, learned English and did not commit crimes. They worked hard for what they had and believed in Freedom.

I come across many Mexican illegals that are trying to do the same thing, however, I find that they don't learn English and end of violating civil laws that later gets them into criminal misdemeanor issues, leading to their deportation. Unfortunately, these few hard workers are ruined by the ones that come here and leach off the system, straining an economy that is already having tough times and then forming violent street gangs. Mexican gangs are one of the fastest growing criminal syndicates in AZ. They are quickly becoming established and more dangerous. They are almost always here illegally and do not come through the desert because of the their gang ties.

They are also the ones pushing our drug issues. I think that if we cracked down harder on border issues we could take care of 2 issues with 1 stone however, we have to be willing to provide the resources and manpower to secure the border. We then need to address the rest of illegals that are here that are not Mexican.

#23 - Oh, by the way your lost. Janet Napolitano has been our governor for some time now and has done little if anything to help address our border issues. To my recollection, she's never been to the border to see the issue first hand, at least its never been on the news as such. Oh, and she was on the long list for possible Osama Obama VP's. Go figure.

"She continues to fight for quality schools, affordable health care, sensible and forward-thinking economic development, a safe homeland, and has taken extensive measures to create fiscal responsibility and to end bureaucratic waste." (quote from her website)

In reality, AZ schools are far worse in quality of education in comparison to the rest of the country (AZ ranked dead last in 2007, oh by the way they've intigrated a number of the illegal students into classrooms and the teachers have to teach both spanish speaking and english speaking students)
AZ is in dire troubles do to the housing market crashes and the housing market was they largest economic boom AZ had.
AZ's crime statistics have gone up every year she has been in office and illegals have attributed to more than 1/2 the violent crime.
And as of late she has come under fire for allowing money from one industuries licensing fees and allocated it other sources which is a violation of the state Consitution and is now putting the industries that she took the money from in fear of financially failing due to lack of funds.

Way to go Janet Napolitano and the Democratic Party!

#5
You might be talking about the Monty Python Holy grail theme song that was briefly in there. But the other song was ramble on by led zeppelin.

# 15 - aswmg

Sounds like you could be a bit dehydrated prior to your workouts. Going pale, dizzy, and the urge to defecate are symptoms of dehydration. It's possible that you arn't getting enough water in you before your workouts. Good hydration takes anywhere from 14-48 hours, so just guzzeling water the night before isn't going to help much. Try to do a week where you are getting pleanty of water and see if that helps anything. I'm willing to bet that it will help.

- Jerickson

yay for rest days! nice that it coincides with Sundays (our "holiday routine" on the boat).
So, I wanted to share this with you guys because I find it funny. Yesterday my Chief saw me getting off the couch with a little trouble because my thighs killed after Murph. He asked me "What's wrong Petty Officer?" He's a tool and I normally avoid conversation with him, but since it was about Crossfit I've become almost a Crossfit bible thumper if you will, trying to spread the word. After a brief explanation of what Crossfit is about to him he threw out the comment "Is this a cult or something?" Now, normally coming from him weird comments wouldn't spike on my radar, but he's like the third person to ask me if Crossfit is a cult after I explain it to them. I find this hilarious because I'm sitting here explaining the most revolutionary form of fitness I have ever come across and they act scared of it. I don't know, has anyone else gotten that reaction? Maybe it's the way I'm explaining it. I still think it's hilarious.
Well, I'm going to go stuff myself with pancakes (i know, totally not Zone, but it's Sunday brunch and that's one thing I look forward to each week.) I will meet with you again cultmates.

#25 - you must be a Liberal, obviously. Question the integrity of CF? wow.

Good article. Mexico is as it is for a reason. If we continue to import millions of their citizens and allow them to live here without assimilating, they will bring their problems (corruption, unemployment, crime and the awesome creative power of a sack of doornobs) to our entire nation, as they already have in all the border areas. I think it better to export our ideas then to import the entire population of the third world simply because we've fooled ourselves in to thinking they're all "good people, just looking for work".

The problem is unresolvable though and I've learned to live with it. If we'd put up a wall in the late 80's we'd have some hope. As it is, we can get ready for somewhere in the neighborhood of 130+ million immigrants in the next 40 years. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090101714.html

Imagine what that will do to health care, the environment, urban/suburban sprawl, crime, government, the economy...

I don't know how many Americans are killed in Iraq everyday but DHS estimates that 12 Americans are murdered by illegal aliens every day right here at home. An additional 13 are killed by illegal alien drunk drivers. And additional 8 are sexually assulted by illegal aliens.

Like it or not, that's low intensity warfare - and we're the targets.

Comment #25

Robert,
Yeah that's a great idea! Let's nickle and dime Crossfit until we have to pay for it! Brilliant! Simply Brilliant!

What the hell? Are you a Royalties Lawyer or something? If not I'm sure were going to have one chime in and tell you their probably is no grounds,
notice they never play Metallica...probably for good reason. Besides the Punk Covers they play are probably good exposure for those small bands.

Can't believe someone didn't know Zeppelin!

FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its easy, build the wall first, arrest the employers and shut off the open well of benefits. Have the fed step in and outlaw safe harbor cities like NYC and SF.
But this will never happen. This is a consequence of NAFTA. And you can point squarely at Bush, Clinton and Congress for allowing this to happen. Given the glaring lack of response I wouldnt be surprised if it were negotiated into NAFTA.
Bush is a globalist first, and puts global economics before the preservation of the American society and culture. These new immigrants are not coming in to be Americans. The free trade Bush espouses opens borders to the extend of free migration, blending cultures and economies. You, the union contractor remember this when you cannot find work, and you have to string out jobs just to stay employed. Some argue that the infusion of cheap labor into our society pulled America through the post 9/11 period, but that is a very thin argument. This all started at the top. We voted for them, its really their fault.

ok ill bite

im no esq.

intellectual property/ song is being used in editorial sense, not advertising no money changed hands, so sure go ahead and sue for a percentage of 0 dollars. or have rightful owner of said property file cease and desist order to stop using said property.

blah blah blah im with 25 NO GROUNDS......

ok it would be polite to give proper credit to artist in this sense of usage. plus it would prevent questions like #5.

hey dude is that freedom rock?

well turn it up!

hey boz, how bout some hair product (joking) loved the intro!!

#27 good ears ...i can name that tune in 2.....seconds

#31 what are the statistics for legal aliens, and any other legals for same crimes.

so that same 12 13 and 8 are doing jobs here that no one else will do. want them gone. fill their jobs with legal citizens. put the those on govt. assistance to work. put action where your mouth is.

what if those same 12 13 and 8 where legalized does it change things? prolly wouldnt change overall crime statistic.

sure borders need to be secured, but we need to live in a inclusive society not an exclusive one.

make love not war!

vicious cross fit love ,not war!!!

viscious, sweaty, heavy breathing,constantly varied, randomized, functional, high intensity,powerful over broad time and modal domain, cross fit love, not war!

Bingo, it's Sunday. And a rest day. So how about some of your musings, for old time's sake?

I6, send me your APO. I'll bake for you. One time good deal for my deployed pal, and no shipment of fingers/ears required. Dude, you compared me to Hunter S. Thompson. I LOVE YOU for that.

Dale, how's the Marines? What's new in your smart life?

Billy: say something, dammit.

Hari, what's going on in your big brain?

Off to pour more coffee into my head...

Spidey:

Good morning to YOU Ms. awesomely powerful wonderful!

Waitin' for the OK...

Coach! Mexico? What the hell.
Ben the chairman of the Fed and Hank treasury secretary have done more for socialism (albeit for the rich) in the past week than Marx.
Why no discussion?

#23 C6

Youre absolutely right. That gosh-darned right-wing conspiracy machine keeps trying to control peoples minds by presenting ideas for discussion. Harrumph!

Good day all.

It was the monty python theme song, thanks everyone!

CrossFit RADIO: When you hit on the listen link, an option is to listen to the .pls file through iTunes. That's what I did last week when they launched it. I wasn't sure I was doing it right, but later when it was said they had tech difficulties, I realized I did do it right.

Since I wanted to hear Coach speak, I went ahead and downloaded and listened to the mp3 files off Neil's blog.

My advice is to NOT wait until 8am (PDT) to try and dial it in. Try fifteen minutes early just to make sure you've got it figured out.

Zep rules! (Pontiac Silverdome
April 30, 1977)

CrossFit JOURNAL question: How can I (or can I) get the CFJournal to remember my login much like the CF Boards do? Is it a "cookies" setting or some individual account setting? I'd like it to remember me so I don't have to log back in every time I hit the site. Thanks.

Wow, the Mexican government needs to use violence to subvert a free market reaction to irrational laws enforced by violence. Who'd a thunk it.

#35, Spider Chick, #37, Brighton Geoff,

More than the details or even the wisdom of the current bailout, I'm struck by the almost complete silence by congress and the president. Our elected officials are totally dependent on the advice of two people--the Fed Chairman and the Treasury Secretary.

Everyone in congress has an opinion on war, foreign policy, global warming, offshore drilling, and abortion. Not one of them seems to have a clue about banking. When they find their voice, it will only be to to avoid, shift, and assign blame.

babypolarbear: It's on in about 30 minutes. I thought it was tonight so I'm glad I said something or I would have missed it!

I'm excited to listen in.

Don't F Up, guys! ;)

I'm going out for a run after the show. I think I'll do some sprints instead of a long steady run. I have one of those pacer things that beeps that I got at the Running and Endurance Cert but I can't use it at the same time as MyPod. Can't even THINK about running without music.
Maybe I'll run 2 blocks then walk one? Or do that 400m 50 squat workout. Hmmm...

I have had no problems listening to CrossFit Radio. They are playing music right know and the show starts in 30 mins from right now!

I will be doing Filthy after listening to the program.

My intention was to do Filthy last night when I got back from the golf tournament; however, my playing partners thought it would be a great idea to enjoy some double rums...I agreed! Then we got into the rounds thing.....you know how that goes.

Heading down to Elsinore California the 3rd and 4th of October. Is there an affiliate near there? (within 30 minute drive)? I'm hoping to check out CF San Diego and Coronado the 5th and 6th. If anyone here is from that area please write me back.
:-)
Enjoy your rest day!
Lysa

WOOT! CFR is up!!! Listen to it now!!!

Wow. Who is that guy ripping on CF? It's brutal.

I assume the radio show will be added as a podcast so we can listen to it later?

Justin #49
Yes, we'll have it available on the CrossFit Journal site http://journal.crossfit.com/. It should be up later today or tomorrow.

I have come to realize that all the drug and human smuggling is actually a response to American Empirialism.

If we would just learn to TALK to the drug lords and Slave traders, and perhaps give them a clear path to transit back and forth across the border, the violence would end.

Time to end the COWBOY mentality of defending something which isn't really ours. (Property, land, communities, and our way of life) With a more open minded (and borders) approach we can all get along.

We can stop this people! We just need to quit being selfish.

Please do not speak so closely to the mike. I can barely understand what is being said. The host comes through just fine, but he is probably used to speaking into a mike so he can be understood over the radio.

Very difficult to hear Tony Blauer for the length of the interview. I could handle it for the first 10 minutes, however the constant crackle in the background caused me to shut it down. He always has good stuff, just a technical error in the delivery. Either that or I am getting too old.

Hollar out to Mike Boyle. Of course you are jealous of the Crossfit culture. It has thousands of loyal, functionaly strong, intellectualy stimulated and wonderfull people associated with it. And you struggle get folks excited to join your name. http://www.bodybyboyle.com/

Please stay in your corner and dont come out until we tell you that its safe.

"Filthy Fifty" details there.

28:22

#51 CCTJOEY,

You're being willfully obtuse. People who have set up shop to meet market demands for illicit drugs and illicit immigration are denied means other than violence to solve their problems and so even more violence from the government is applied to quell them.

The violence isn't inherent in the trade but rather is a consequence of the nature of the enforcement of laws prohibiting it. Your sarcastic argument is the sort of thing that is used to justify police states.

Good day to all. taking a full day recovery with some stretching involved today. Was going to swim, but bad day for it. Needed to spend some time with my little girl and finish work here on the Island. Semper fidelis and God Bless

WOW, just finished listening to the CFR debut followed immediately by the mentioned Strength Coach Podcast (which can be found on iTunes - Episode 19.5). It's absolutely STUNNING how misinformed these gentlemen are. They are obviously knowledgeable in the arena of fitness, but they are woefully lacking in solid data regarding their arguments against CrossFit. Some examples:

Kipping as cheating. Well, I'm not even going to go into this. If people are REALLY still making this argument and don't understand that a kipping pull-up is a different exercise that has different objectives than a dead hang pull-up, then they have proven my point about not doing their research before speaking.

Rhabdo: This is one of the most common arguments that I see. People state that the CrossFit community is filled with false bravado regarding Rhabdomyolosis. Judging by the fact that there are several publicly available CFJ articles which state the dangers of Rhadbo and that our job as trainers is to properly indoctrinate our clients to this potentially fatal injury, I'm not sure where they are getting their data. A t-shirt?! Come on! So the ENTIRE CrossFit community laughs in the face of Rhabdo and is leading people to face certain death because one guy decided to make a shirt. Obviously, these guys have never spoken with a CrossFit trainer regarding Rhabdo.

Secondly, their assertion about how "some guys" they've witnessed at training camps were putting out more wattage than we do in our WODs don't get rhabdo because they're technically sound. I challenge Mr. Boyle to present ONE CASE where a veteran CrossFitter has come down with Rhabdo. It hasn't happened, therefore his assertion isn't sound because he's comparing the output/technique of a novice CrossFitter to that of a seasoned athlete (I'm postulating that he/she is seasoned because they're at a training camp and referencing power output). Which leads me to my next point.

They mention that there isn't an emphasis on progression; that CrossFit advocates running through exercises without a care for technique. They even go so far as to say that we don't emphasize the deadlift before focusing on the clean. There are numerous references that show that it is understood that having a solid deadlift is a prerequisite to undertaking a barbell clean.

Speaking of the Olympic lifts, Coach Boyle states that the "fundamental rule of Olympic weightlifting" is "don't do more than six reps." He additionally states that "any good Olympic lifting coach" will tell you that any more than that and you "cannot not have the level of technical mastery that you need in the Olympic lifts." The coaches that he's referencing are speaking about using the O-lifts to achieve peak numbers on the lifts. Is he saying that an athlete that can POWER clean 200+ lbs, doesn't have the technical ability or requisite strength and stability to safely clean and jerk 135-lbs?

They clearly don't have all the data regarding the lawsuit placed against the FORMER (they neglected to mention that part) affiliate. They speculate about what the workout was, even though that information has been put into the public domain. I would like to hear Coach's Boyle's assessment as to how an ALL-NAVY WRESTLER could become floored by a workout PROVEN to be completed by children under the age of 10 with no ill effects. Maybe, and this is just one crazy guy talking, there were other factors involved. There are many risk factors associated with Rhabdo: dehydration, other pre- or post-workouts, alcohol intake, etc... Without knowing the whole story, it's pretty difficult to look at this case and make the judgment that a CrossFit workout is to blame.

I think it's a shame that these men are so blind to what our community is about that they feel the need to throw around utterly stupid and false quotes. For example, at 27:30, "Saying things like, 'If falling off the rings and breaking your neck bothers you, then we don't want you around the ranks of CrossFitters.'" I'd LOVE to see where Greg Glassman said this!

Did anyone else find it interesting that one of the guys said it was hard to teach someone to squat? At my Level 1 certification, I witnessed 55 people learn how to squat properly in oh, 5 minutes. Did we all need work afterwards? Absolutely, but in the amount of time it takes to run through a warm-up, we were given the tools to improve our squats on our own - working towards the virtuosity of movement that every CrossFitter strives for.

Hell, Michael Boyle himself didn't even know if CrossFit was Incorporated! Come on! Don't you think that as a trainer looking to ATTACK a competitor's (make no mistake, there is definitely major business competition here! A free site vs. a site that required $10 a month) method's and principals, that he should AT LEAST gather some background information?

Lastly, and most comically, at 45:27 on the podcast, they actually said that CrossFitters are "like a bunch of ADD kids" that "don't want to gain mastery of anything" that AREN'T GETTING FIT. Neil, you'd BETTER challenge Michael Boyle to step up and bring some of his top athletes to compete against our firebreathers. I think that's the only way that these guys will at least garner a semblance of respect for the capability of the CrossFit system. Well, they still probably won't since Greg and Lauren don't charge for this stuff, so obviously it has to be false. :rolleyes

I would apologize for the length of this post, but I'm not really sorry about it in this instance. I hope everyone has a great rest day! :-)

Not so much with the resting today.

Boulder Backroads Half Marathon

1:42:53

All training done with WODs and Crossfit Endurance workouts. No long runs, not since my last 1/2, two and half years ago!

The last two miles of sprinting to the finish really proved the efficacy of strength and sprint conditioning as a method of endurance training. Sure it hurt, but I could just keep pushing on the pedal and kept speeding up.

No more of those for a while....

Waldo

Hari #43

I reckon they have a pretty good idea about what happened and how their solution doesnt fit with the market ideology they espouse.

Has anyone else ever been censored on this page??????

hey have question regarding exercising and bad knees? how can someone exercise when there knees are bad? ive thought of biking and swimming and thats all i have got.
if they wanted to do crossfit how could they do that? they wouldnt be able to squat or run because of the bad knees?

#62 ROWING

Comment #34 big lou - "ok ill bite"

You might want to learn a little about copyright law before biting next time.

for starters, damages are calculated by statute, not measured by actual damages. There is no requirement that the defendant infringe for commercial use.

Comment #37 - Posted by: BrightonGeoff "Ben the chairman of the Fed and Hank treasury secretary have done more for socialism (albeit for the rich) in the past week than Marx.
Why no discussion?"

They socialized the loss, not the profit. Marx would have socialized the profit.

Reaganomics didn't work in the 80s, but Bush II tried it anyway and the result was the same. Only difference, we had Volker in the 80s.

Biking (not mountain biking of course) should be fine on your knee. I feel your pain. I've tried, but I can't do more than half of CF exercises right now, and certainly not anyting timed. Knee injuries suck!

#62 Cory, do a search for Mark Rippetoe and his rehab "program" for fixing numerous injuries. Start here

http://www.strengthmill.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=36 (fairly W/F/S, except for language).

Learning to squat and move properly are the first steps towards CORRECTING your knee problems. You don't have to go through life with bad knees, get started with Rip's stuff, and then, WHILE FOCUSING ON VIRTUOSITY OF MOVEMENT, start CrossFitting. You'll be astonished how great your whole body will feel as muscle strength imbalances balance themselves out and tight muscles, tendons, and ligaments learn to move through proper ranges of motion.

Good luck! Get over to the CrossFit forum and start a log. You'll be able to get a ton of support and answers to questions that will inevitably come up along the way!

#37

You probably won't either, because it directly refutes the ideology of many on this board who fervently believe in the brilliant efficacy of the "invisible hand" of unfettered free market capitalism. The near complete implosion of our financial system due in large measure to the deregulation of the industry during the 90's all too clearly shows the likely outcome of unchecked capitalism if left completely to it's own devices.
(greed-increased risk-bubble-collapse)

The only slightly gratify result of this Trillion dollar fiasco is seeing all the free market economic 'winners' queuing up to the government trough for handouts to save them from the consequences of their actions. (personal responsibility anyone?)I guess every good capitalist is a socialist at heart when your own wealth is at risk.

#62
I had injury of left knee 15 yrs ago. I continued to run, however after my second marathon I gave it up. My problem is with cartilage, and doctors told me years ago surgery is inevitable, eventually. Doctors also told me to lose body weight and gain more muscles around knee (upper and lower leg, obviously), so I do that tru CF.
I ride bicycle a lot, swim and use elliptical trainer, no matter how some hard-core CFtters feel about it.
I scale down WOD's, however not on the type of exercise, but usually on the weight. Most importantly, after long day and difficult WOD, I sleep on my back with leg ellevated in knee area.

I wish you all the best. Do not give up, try different things until you find those that work for you and keep you fit.

Tossing out a question here --> if I'm trying to increase max reps of kipping p/u's, which am I better off adding to my WOD:
- More kipping
- Kipping with weighted vest
- Dead Hangs

Thanks ~

#67

I thought Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were basically government sponsored enterprises. So this fiasco would show the consequences of socialism wouldnt it?

I finished off the 100 Day Burpee Challenge with 100 Burpee Pullups for time. Very glad to have that over with and am looking forward to the next challenge!

Time: 13:52

For those who haven't seen Albany CrossFit's Monthly Challenge, check it out. Each month they have a new painstorm!

Just want to say thanks to Brian and Carl for a great Crossfit Endurance cert this weekend at crossfit ocean city. I will never get bored running again. I can't wait to run the next 5 or 10k!

#70

Nice try, but a predictably lame ideological spin in trying to place blame anywhere but where it truly belongs. What about Lehman, Merrill, AIG Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, WaMu, Wachovia and the hundreds of other banks that are currently under severe financial pressure. All publicly traded companies I believe. The consequences of this fiasco are clearly a result of unregulated capitalism regardless of what Rush may tells you.

It CAN be Done!

I've have finally, for the first time, completed three consecutive crossfit workouts in a row...

I've dabbled here and there ... but recently seriously committed to training (no matter what) for 2 reasons:

1) I want to look good naked for halloween

and 2)

I'm training to compete in crossfit games 2012...

The 'transparency' in Crossfit is a great motivator ...

thanks Coach Glassman and all you Crossfit stars.. c'ya at the top!

from 'Hurricane' Robare - in a little town called jacksonville, FL.

It CAN be Done!

I've have finally, for the first time, completed three consecutive crossfit workouts in a row...

I've dabbled here and there ... but recently seriously committed to training (no matter what) for 2 reasons:

1) I want to look good naked for halloween

and 2)

I'm training to compete in crossfit games 2012...

The 'transparency' in Crossfit is a great motivator ...

thanks Coach Glassman and all you Crossfit stars.. c'ya at the top!

from 'Hurricane' Robare - in a little town called jacksonville, FL.

#73

So you dont think the Community Reinvestment Act passed by Carter and Clintons strengthening of the CRA had any affect on Lending?

29/f/113

5k slow run on treadmill: 26:08 (knee still sore)

pre: wux1
post: 15 rep round of fran- 0:53

i went to town this weekend. had pasta on friday and two slices of bread. bacon burger and fries on saturday and today i had stuffed french toast. ya, felt guilty so made sure i had a workout too. ;-) damn it was totally worth it though.

#76
Sure it did, but i'm not interested in getting into an inane Liberal vs. Conservative who is to blame argument with you. (wasn't the Congress Republican controlled under Clinton? blah blah) Yeah, I can robotically trade political talking points with you but, seeing as how i'm not an ideologue of either stripe and so have no rooting interest so to speak, i'll decline to play that silly game.

got bored did

5 pullups
10 pushup
10 35lb dumbbell swings

15 minutes
13 rounds

#77 Nadia

What a chowhound! Did you at least limit your beverages to H2O? ;-)

#73, Jub_Jub, writes,

"The consequences of this fiasco are clearly a result of unregulated capitalism regardless of what Rush may tells you."

1) What specific regulations do you feel should have been in place?

2) Whose responsibility was it to have promolgated these regulations?

#73

I'll bite too. A huge problem with those banks was the that the SEC changed/relaxed capital standards allowing leveraging ratios of 30-40:1 to actual capital. Leveraging being when a bank uses borrowed money invested in the hopes of earning more interest than is paid. Already, 3 of the 5 banks who received such "favorable" treatment by the SEC have failed.

The government has decided which investments were too dangerous for individuals and created new regulations against all sorts of these practices. The result is a rat's nest of regulations and accounting practices. Businesses will pursue risky investments to make money, regardless of regulation, for themselves and for investors. With the housing boom, there was a lot of money to be made. So, the finance sector, created a new safe (read: safe as long as house prices keep going up) product that has not yet been banned (MBSs). Well, housing prices dropped, and every loss was magnified many times over.

Anyway, if we go a step back further than your original post (#67), we'll find that in the 90s, the Clinton administration with a Republican Congress, both complicit, formed the GSEs Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae with the purpose of increasing home ownership. Fine. But included was the idea that "traditional" measures of credit-worthiness were "outdated." It would later (2008) turn out that putting 20% down on a house IS a good idea!

Now, I'm a Libertarian, but I don't think it would take a genius to see that government caused the 1st problem (the SEC), the government caused the 2nd problem (the regulations), and the government created the 3rd problems (FM&FM). So, what is the answer?

Please take this with a grain of salt. I definitely support small and sensible regulation of the free market.

needed to blow off some steam (potentiated by missing the last 2 WODs, packing and moving)

row 1000M
3 rounds of:
15 back ext
15 squats
10 push ups (most on knees)
12 sit ups
5 pull ups (40# assist)
row 1000M

20:58 (counting the walk across the gym to and from the rowers)

Unfortunately there are no economists who are used by the 24 hour news cycles. We had been talking about these issues 5 years ago with my Economics professors. Everyone knew there was a problem...mainly ineffective regulation of a housing market subverted by power-hungry Congressmen/women who wanted to "get every citizen into a home". That, coupled with the refusal to actually enforce the regulations that were in place led to a crash of the housing market...the banking sector follows naturally since they were the ones giving out these mortgages, and trading them on secondary and tertiary markets.

As far as the "fundamentals of our economy" as we had heard famously by John McCain...yes they are strong. Unfortunately he foolishly backed off and said that he meant "the people" when he said fundamentals. No, our tech industries, defense, services, manufacturing (certain sectors), etc are actually very strong. The one sector experiencing this "crisis" is the financial sector. And no, he's not necessarily my choice for President.. thats not a "vote for John McCain" comment.. just a comment on our economy.

A comparison to the Great Depression is just laughable. During the Great Depression people didnt have the means to feed their families and had to give up their children to keep them alive. This hit every sector of the economy, save the black market. At this point, we are just worried if it will cost us too much to get to Gamestop to pick up Madden '09.

Anyway, the bailouts are not as scary as the news cycle is making it out to be. In regards to AIG, it was a government funded loan, that must be repayable in 2 years. That is a big gamble, however, with the size of AIG, and the number of employees/beneficiaries that would have been affected by AIG closing, there really wasnt much of an option. By taking on the debt of the others, the government is not simply throwing away the 700 billion like the news is saying, they have taken on the LOANS, the mortgages. They are not worthless, in fact there is a very good chance that by restructuring the payment plans of many of the loans, the government could actually make money off of these loans. If not, there are homes, physical property that are at the back of these mortgages, and those can be auctioned/used for social programs if no buyers are present.

My point is ...all is not lost, it was a bad situation, brought on by this administration, and going back 4 or 5 previously, of course Congress...Republicans and Democrats, Wall Street, and especially the greed and "handout mentality" of the American people who took 600k mortgages when they were making 60k a year, hoping they could sell the house for a profit in 2 years.

And yes, real economists saw this coming, no one wanted to listen.

I thought this website was about "FORGING ELITE FITNESS?"

CF gives us a rest day and everyone loses their minds!

Stop poking eye holes in your sheets and go do some active recovery or drink a smoothie or something, anything but regurgitate partisan talking points....

Hey coach...

Just keep posting the workouts....I've never felt this good about myself in 10 years. I'm the fittest I've ever been and only been doing crossfit for 1 month....

thanks a million!!!

m/28/185

Yes, sir, Dr. Robotnik. I'll get right on that.

CF Running & Endurance Cert...
Who would like a return on investment of 20~71%?
That is what those who went this weekend to the CF Running & Endurance Cert held at CF Ocean City hosted by Steve & Kelly Rakow!
Brian McKenzie and Carl Borg, in a straight forward lecture & practical sesssions format, gave each and every participant as little as 20% and up to 71% improved performance, efficiancy, on their running technique. More importantly, they provided invaluable knowledge that carries over beyond running into all aspects of training/fitness.
THANKS Brian & Carl!
Lisa Q

Did:

6 Rope climbs (20ft)
1 Muscle Up
5 Rope Climbs
2 Muscle Ups
4 Rope Climbs
3 Muscle Ups
3 Rope Climbs
4 Muscle Ups
2 Rope Climbs
5 Muscle Ups
1 Rope Climb
6 Muscle Ups

Let's just say it took a while, tore up my hands, and leave it at that. ;)

#82, Tim, writes,

"A huge problem with those banks was the that the SEC changed/relaxed capital standards allowing leveraging ratios of 30-40:1 to actual capital."

I assume you are referring to investment banks (e.g., Bear Sterns, Lehman) as opposed to comercial banks (e.g., Washington Mutual). What specific rule changes did the SEC make and when did it make them?

Hari-

Here's a link on the rule changes as reported by the NY Sun. I couldn't explain it any better than this. The irony is mind-boggling.

http://www.nysun.com/business/ex-sec-official-blames-agency-for-blow-up/86130/

YES MACK...PEOPLE ARE CENSURED ON THIS PAGE!!!

FREE SPEECH FOR CROSSFIT!!!

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF??????????????????

M/31/5'4/150
CFE x 2
Saturday's- 5:00 on/2:30 off/6:00 on/3:00 off/7:00 on: 23:30 total time, 3.38 miles
Sunday's- Bike 30:00; 9.93 miles

m/37/212/5'11"

Bench 225x40
DB swing 72x50
Situps 100
Pull Ups BWx40
Hyper ext 45x50

Partition for time

26:00

24 minute run.

No Stops.

Did it after dark so I'm all bit up. Damn bugs. I guess I can't blame them... I am Sweet!!

New workout crossfitters...

"The Rest"
10 rounds for time

25 pushups
25 double unders

13:59

If you have not seen this 3-minute video on the Islamic threat to America, I urge you to watch it: http://www.usawakeup.org/. It is truly chilling, and not far-fetched.

Love crossfit, can do without the bizarrely out-of-place neocon articles however.

as someone whose job is going to be seriously impacted by the current financial crisis in the states, i have to say i'm more interested in where things are going than assigning blame to past actions.

for those who are interested in a non-partisan (read: international) take on the daily developments check out the blog of BBC's Robert Peston http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/

"Paulson's monster
by Robert Peston 21 Sep 08, 12:56 PM

More details have been disclosed over night about the new state-owned institution being created by Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, to purchase distressed US mortgages and securities manufactured from those mortgages.

He wants to raise $700bn for this institution, from the sale of US government bonds in tranches of $50bn. That $700bn is about 35 per cent more than the entire annual budget of the US defence department.

And to facilitate the funding, the statutory ceiling on US public debt is being raised from $10.6 trillion to $11.3 trillion a rise of 6.6 per cent - which puts this ceiling at around a fifth less than the entire annual output of the US economy.

According to the draft proposal put to Congress, Paulson would have very wide discretion in deciding precisely what "mortgage-related assets" could be purchased, but they would include "residential or commercial mortgages and any securities, obligations or other instruments that are based on or related to such mortgages".

....
As for the mechanism for buying the poisonous assets from banks, a fact sheet put out by the US Treasury talks about using reverse auctions.

This would mean that commercial banks would bid to sell their assets to the Government, and the winning bid - and the clearing price for all bids - would be the lowest price put forward by the banks (hence the "reverse" tag).

The merit in using a reverse auction is that it should provide better protection for taxpayers from future losses, because the Treasury-owned bank would be paying the lowest price acceptable to banks for the assets.
However, the worry would be the one I highlighted in my note of yesterday: if the selling price of these impaired assets was determined by what the most stressed banks would accept, that could force all banks into further writedowns, which in turn would further undermine their balance sheets, and thus enfeeble rather than strengthen the banking system.

So just how big a bank would Paulson's baby turn out to be?

Well if it were buying mortgages and asset-backed securities at somewhere between 10 and 50 cents in the dollar - which is not an unreasonable assumption based on the latest markdowns by banks - it would end up owning assets with an origination value of well over $2,000bn (or $2 trillion).

That would make it about the same size as HSBC, on one measure - so something of a monster."

#92, TJO,

Thank you for the link.

mark #80-

haha no, no i did not! i did better then normal though. only 1 glass of wine fri and sat, and 1 of my new favorite drinks (thanks to robb wolf, that genius) patron on the rocks with two limes. yum. try it, you will like it, and less guilt too. :P

Rest Day Workout from CrossFit Endurance
Cycle 30 minutes at 80% (tempo)
On rollers
5 minute warm up
Total time: 35:15
Dist: 27:71 Kms
Avg: 47.1 Kmh
Max: 55 Kmh

Rest day workout:

5 rounds of:

1 x 10 Bench Press (85% bodyweight--155#)
30 situps

Total time--17:15

Day 24 of pushup challenge, doing 150 today to make up for forgetting 50 yesterday :)

CFWU X3
17:32

Isabel
Snatch 30 reps for time
5-25, 5-35, 5-40, 5-40, 5-45, 5-45.
Time: 11:56

Total time 29:28

truthhurts,
If you say something that worth saying it wont get "censored".

ran 13km, 220mD+-, 1h15

Anyone who wears sandals in the gym deserves to have a dumbell drop on there toe. What a JERK!

"Interesting article. I'm going to Big Bend Ntnl Park in about a month. It's on the border of TX and Mexico. As a kid, I went there several times, and you used to be able to cross the river freely. I think we paid a dude with a rowboat $10 to take a dozen of us boyscouts over and bring us back a few hours later. Now the border is closed, and those tiny villages don't get any of the tourist money they used to. Since 911, crime in the park is up. People sneak across the border and break into vehicles."

B.S. Most park crime is committed by American citizens. I was robbed at a site in New Mexico; ranger there confirmed that there are career criminals who target "rich" park-goers.

I had Coach Todd Widman as an instructor a couple of years ago. He is not only a badass but is an incredible instructor and an awesome human being. I utilize and apply the concepts he has taught me on a daily basis to keep myself and my Marines alive. He is a huge asset to the CF community and an awesome man to work with.

Todd,

Sorry it's been so long since I've called. I should be home in a couple of weeks and will try to get in touch with you then.

Derek

Missed the Filthy 50 yesterday, so today, I did
5 rounds:
20 turkish getups using 15#
25 pushups
24:39