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September 2005
September 30, 2005
Friday 050930
Rest Day

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The Squat [video]
The Cato Institute - a great think tank. Find rational, scholarly, and unpopular views on hundreds of topics and policy issues. As an example try “overpopulation”, “recycling”, “gun control”, or “global warming” in the Cato search engine.
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6:09 PM
September 29, 2005
Thursday 050929
"Michael"
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups
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Valley CrossFit
Excellent!: http://www.swingaring.com/
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6:18 PM
September 28, 2005
Wednesday 050928
"Cindy"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats
OR
"Mary"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 One legged squats, alternating
15 Pull-ups
Post your choice of girls and rounds completed to comments.
Compare to 050810.

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The future home of CrossFit Oakland.
Sage and Coach Burgener: the Snatch [video]
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6:01 PM
September 27, 2005
Tuesday 050927
Front squat 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 reps
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Fiona Muxlow
Rowing ergometer discussion: http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/22/13650.html
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5:33 PM
September 26, 2005
Monday 050926
Rest Day

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Carrie Klumpar coaches press to headstand.
The headstand press accumulates inversion time which is invaluable to the development of spatial awareness, develops the handstand – an essential gymnastic rudiment, and introduces press-to- handstand progressions which train for unique and important muscle recruitment patterns.
Coach Roger Harrell and Carrie [video]
“Why You Should Olympic Lift” by Jim Wendler: http://www.elitefts.com/documents/olympic_lift.htm
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8:30 PM
September 25, 2005
Sunday 050925
For time:
Broad jump 50 yards counting the number of jumps
Lunge that many times alternating legs, maximizing stride
Deadlift bodyweight that many reps
Box jump 20” that many reps
Squat that many reps
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The overhead squat is the ultimate core exercise, the heart of the snatch, and peerless in developing effective athletic movement.
This functional gem trains for efficient transfer of energy from large to small body parts – the essence of sport movement. For this reason it is an indispensable tool for developing speed and power.
The overhead squat also demands and develops functional flexibility, and similarly develops the squat by amplifying and cruelly punishing faults in squat posture, movement, and stability.
The overhead squat is to midline control, stability, and balance what the clean and snatch are to power – unsurpassed.
- From The Overhead Squat
CrossFit Journal Issue 36
Tight Shoulders [video]
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3:13 PM
September 24, 2005
Saturday 050924
75 pound Thruster
Pull-ups
With a continuously running clock do one thruster the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three thruster the third minute, and four pull-ups the fourth minute…continuing in this pattern as long as you are able. If your pace falls behind the count, continue to alternate exercises while recording reps for a total of twenty minutes.
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“Girls, Girls, Girls!” From left to right Anthony Gajkowski, Ryan Atkins, George Koupatadze, Mike Howard and Doug Sawyer.
At CrossFit Racine’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” George Koupatadze gets 20 pull-ups from a previous best of 12.
“Despite what his critics may say, Coach Dave Salo’s alternative, “minimalist” view of training for peak performance has proven extremely successful.”
Swim World Magazine
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7:33 PM
September 23, 2005
Friday 050923
10, 20, and then 30 rep rounds of:
Box jump, 20 inch box
Handstand push-ups
Burpees
Pull-ups
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Andy Petranek, CrossFit L.A.
CrossFit Certification Seminar September 2005, Sage and Coach Burgener: Power Snatch
“For far too long CrossFitters have mostly remained silent with the knowledge that those who do leg press, curls, and lateral raises on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday while jogging long distance on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday were unfit for the demands of combat, sport, and emergency. This silence is due in part to political correctness, deference and respect, and a plain old desire to keep friends friendly. Nature feels no such compunction to respect delusions of competence and speaks her mind with great clarity and conviction – her messenger is Rhabdo.”
Greg Glassman
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5:17 PM
September 22, 2005
Thursday 050922
Rest Day

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Eric O., the future face of CrossFit Montana
We bid fair winds to our friend Dave Shepard who was killed in Mosul, Iraq earlier this week while protecting a diplomatic convoy. Our hearts go out to his wife Cindy, family, and friends at CrossFit North.
In a philosophical moment veteran CrossFitter Mike Yukish recently asked “Where is CrossFit going?” With increasing frequency CrossFitters are marveling at their community, perhaps unparalleled, in the fitness world, committed to excellence, service, and decency, formed spontaneously around a seed crystal of grueling fitness, and while man-made designed by no man.
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7:19 PM
September 21, 2005
Wednesday 050921
“Helen”
Three rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
1 ½ pood Kettlebell X 21 swings (or 55 pound dumbbell swing)
12 Pull-ups
Compare to 050816.
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Hurricane Katrina Aid, CrossFit Style - FBI SWAT
On The Use of Weight Belts, Stuart M. McGill, Professor of Spine Biomechanics, University of Waterloo, Canada.
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7:29 PM
September 20, 2005
Tuesday 050920
Clean 5-5-5
Front squat 5-5-5
Split jerk 5-5-5
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Ahmik Jones, M.D., 30 Pull-ups.
Lynne Pitts and Kelly Moore breaking new ground: http://www.circularstrengthmag.com/38/beltrante.html
Little Room
“Well you're in your little room
and you're working on something good
but if it's really good
you're gonna need a bigger room
and when you're in the bigger room
you might not know what to do
you might have to think of
how you got started in your little room”
- The White Stripes
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7:58 PM
September 19, 2005
Monday 050919
Run 5 K
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CrossFit Certification Seminar, September 2005
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10:14 PM
September 18, 2005
Sunday 050918
Rest Day

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Aftermath
Winds of Change: http://www.windsofchange.net/
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10:52 PM
September 17, 2005
Saturday 050917
95 pound Squat clean, 75 reps
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Certification Seminar, September 16, 2005, Brand X Martial Arts.
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8:07 PM
September 16, 2005
Friday 050916
With a continuously running clock do one pull-up the first minute, two pull-ups the second minute, three pull-ups the third minute... continuing as long as you are able.
Use as many sets each minute as needed.
Post number of minutes completed to comments.
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Tim Bishop
Eject! Eject! Eject!
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5:16 PM
September 15, 2005
Thursday 050915
95 pound Thruster, 75 reps
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CrossFit Philly
Lee Aldridge’s Reality Based Fighting Concepts: http://www.fightingconcepts.com/pages/850982/index.htm
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11:14 PM
September 14, 2005
Wednesday 050914
Rest Day

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"This is what happens when you give two CrossFitters the budget for the new company gym. Not shown are the Concept II Rower, Glute-ham developer, and two white boards."
-Jeff Martin of Brand X Martial Arts and Biosite.
Post to comments the title and author of a book that profoundly influenced you.
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8:32 PM
September 13, 2005
Tuesday 050913
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
1/2 body weight Push press, 15 reps
Rope climb, 15 foot ascent
Post rounds and fractions of rounds completed to comments.

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CrossFit Kunsan S. Korea
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8:09 PM
September 12, 2005
Monday 050912
“Elizabeth”
21-15-9 reps of:
Clean 135 pounds
Ring dips
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Brian “Black Knight” Anderson’s journey from Rhabdo to Highland Games is an epic tale of commitment and determination.
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5:02 PM
September 11, 2005
Sunday 050911
Three rounds for time of:
55 pound Dumbbell (Kettlebell) Snatch, 20 reps, alternating arms
20 Pull-ups
Run 400 meters
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CrossFit Santa Cruz Hurricane Katrina Charity Workout Team
Michael Yon: Online Magazine: http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/
“Arguments about whether kettlbebells or dumbbells are “better” conveniently sidestep the question more relevant to fitness, “what might introducing rings or paralettes do for my training and fitness?””
- Greg Glassman
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6:03 PM
September 10, 2005
Saturday 050910
Rest Day

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New monkey bars at Brand X Martial Arts
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8:18 PM
September 9, 2005
Friday 050909
Back squat, bodyweight, 21 reps
Run 200 meters
Front squat, 2/3 bodyweight, 21 reps
Run 400 meters
Overhead squat, ½ bodyweight, 21 reps
Run 800 meters
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CrossFit Virginia - Ruthless Training Concepts
Learning anatomical terms of location can help communication and understanding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_for_anatomical_location
Tone and tenor of conversation are powerful clues to authenticity: http://www.totalprotectioninteractive.com
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4:54 PM
September 8, 2005
Thursday 050908
Snatch 15-12-9 reps
This is three sets with any rest needed between sets. Touch and go at ground only.
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Josh Briggs
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8:14 PM
September 7, 2005
Wednesday 050907
"Annie"
50-40-30-20 and10 rep rounds of:
Double-unders
Sit-ups
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Ab sense from AbMat:
http://www.backbuilder.com/abmat_situps.htm
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6:51 PM
September 6, 2005
Tuesday 050906
Rest Day

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CrossFit North's SOS.
From Sportivny Press – Key Muscles for Weightlifting
http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sportivny/library/
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5:58 PM
September 5, 2005
Monday 050905
For time:
30 Muscle-ups
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If you cannot do the muscle-ups do 120 pull-ups and 120 dips.
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Colorado State Patrol - Hoover Ball
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7:03 PM
September 4, 2005
Sunday 050904
For time:
Run 400 meters
45 pound barbell Thruster, 50 reps
Run 400 meters
50 Burpees
Run 400 meters
45 pound barbell Hang squat clean, 50 reps
Run 400 meters
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Team Mosul
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6:38 PM
September 3, 2005
Saturday 050903
"Tabata Something Else"
Complete 32 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 8 intervals are pull-ups, the second 8 are push-ups, the third 8 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 8 intervals are squats. There is no rest between exercises.
Post total reps from all 32 intervals to comments.
Compare to 050531.

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Steve Seapker at the 1st CrossFit London seminar.
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5:34 PM
September 2, 2005
Friday 050902
Rest Day

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Emerald Isle Vacation
Welcome CrossFit Rockford.
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7:26 PM
September 1, 2005
Thursday 050901
For time:
50 Ring dips
Run 800 meters
50 Ring dips
Run 800 meters
50 Ring dips
Post time to comments.

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Trent Baker
CrossFit Portland
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6:58 PM
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