Sunday 080831

Weighted pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

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CrossFit Level 2 and CrossFit Level 1 Certification Seminars, CrossFit Training Center & Blauer Tactical and GSX CrossFit

Nick Hawkes' Snatch Training at Mike's Gym Part 2, CrossFit Journal Preview 1 - video [wmv] [mov]

Saturday 080830

Four rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
Rest 2 minutes

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Smokey, March 20th, 1998 - August 19th, 2008

Ground Fighting Part 2 by Tony Blauer, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]

Friday 080829

"Nasty Girls"

3 rounds for time of:
50 Squats
7 Muscle-ups
135 pound Hang power cleans, 10 reps

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Freedom CrossFit - Prescott, AZ

Nutrition Part 2 with Robb Wolf, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]

Thursday 080828

Rest Day

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CrossFit Certification Seminar, US Coast Guard Head Quarters Washington DC

Handstand Push-up Band Support by Jeff Tucker - video [wmv] [mov]

What was the last book you read?

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Wednesday 080827

For time:
30 Handstand push-ups
40 Pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 poods
60 Sit-ups
70 Burpees

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Travis Graves, Primal Fitness, Flatirons - Boulder, CO

Nick Hawkes' Snatch Training at Mike's Gym Part 1, CrossFit Journal Preview 2- video [wmv] [mov]

Tuesday 080826

Front Squat 10-10-10-10-10 reps

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CrossFit Wilmington

"Baseball" by CrossFit by Overload - video [wmv] [mov]

Monday 080825

"Murph"

For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run

Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. Start and finish with a mile run. If you've got a twenty pound vest or body armor, wear it.

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CrossFit Certification Seminar, CrossFit Training Center & Blauer Tactical

Ground Fighting Part 1 by Tony Blauer, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]

Sunday 080824

Rest Day

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Erin Cafaro, US Row Team gold medalist, San Francisco CrossFit

Pat Sherwood on Body Part Splits by Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

"Amateurs Outdoing Professionals: The "expertise" of central planners and social engineers often fails in the real world." by Thomas Sowell - National Review Online

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Saturday 080823

For time:
Run 800 meters
95 pound Shoulder press, 21 reps
Run 800 meters
95 pound Push press, 21 reps
Run 800 meters
95 pound Push Jerk, 21 reps

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1 CMBG CrossFit Certification Seminar 2 PPCLI Shilo, MB

Nutrition Part 1 with Robb Wolf, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]

Friday 080822

"Angie"

For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats

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CrossFit Training Center & Blauer Tactical

"Meet Henk - CrossFit Certification Seminar" - video [wmv] [mov]

Thursday 080821

"Helen"

Three rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
1 1/2 pood Kettlebell X 21 swings (or 55 pound dumbbell swing)
12 Pull-ups

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The Deadlift, Mark Rippetoe - video [wmv] [mov]

Wednesday 080820

Rest Day

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"Makimba", CrossFit Kids - video [wmv] [mov]

Navy Wrestler Makimba Mimms claims permanent disability after kid's workout - [pdf]

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Tuesday 080819

Deadlift 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

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Kyle Maynard, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]

M0nday 080818

"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.

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CrossFit Certification Seminars, Rainier CrossFit and GSX CrossFit

CrossFit Radio - video [wmv] [mov]

Sunday 080817

Three rounds, 15-12- and 9 reps, for time of:
135 pound Thruster
Muscle-ups

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"Helen" by Dutch Lowy and Jessica Langford - video [wmv] [mov]

Saturday 080816

Rest Day

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John Welbourn, CrossFit Balboa and the New England Patriots

"Every Second Counts - The Movie", Out Take 1 - video [wmv] [mov]

"For Most People College is a Waste of Time" by Charles Murray - The Wall Street Journal

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Friday 080815

For time:
50 Pull-ups
50 Ring Dips
40 Pull-ups
40 Ring Dips
30 Pull-ups
30 Ring Dips
20 Pull-ups
20 Ring Dips
10 Pull-ups
10 Ring Dips

Post time to comments.

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CrossFit Kids

The Fall with Brian MacKenzie, CrossFit Endurance - video [wmv] [mov]

Thursday 080814

Three rounds for time of:
50 Jump rope, double unders
50 Hip Extensions
50 GHD Sit-ups

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Barbell Positioning, Mark Rippetoe - video [wmv] [mov]

Idea Paint, a great idea!

Wednesday 080813

"CrossFit Total"

Back squat, 1 rep
Shoulder Press, 1 rep
Deadlift, 1 rep

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Quinn Myers - Bergen, Norway

Intensity by Maggie Dabe-Colby, CrossFit Certification Seminar - video [wmv] [mov]

Tuesday 080812

Rest Day

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Forward Roll, Roger Harrell - video [wmv] [mov]

"Battle Cry - Taunting the Bear" by James Traub - The New York Times

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Monday 080811

For time:
10 GHD Sit-ups
10 Hip & Back Extensions
95 pound Thrusters, 30 reps
50 Pull-ups

30 GHD Sit-ups
30 Hip & Back Extensions
95 pound Thrusters, 20 reps
35 Pull-ups

50 GHD Sit-ups
50 Hip & Back Extensions
95 pound Thrusters, 10 reps
20 Pull-ups

Post time to comments.

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CrossFit Certification Seminars, CrossFit San Diego and CrossFit Training Center, Virginia Beach

Hollow Rock, Jeff Tucker - video [wmv] [mov]

Sunday 080810

Run 5 K

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Phillip Yoo - Beijing, China

Zone Calculations: Activity Level, Robb Wolf, CrossFit Nutrition Seminar - video [wmv] [mov]

Saturday 080809

Five rounds for time of:
155 pound Hang squat clean, 9 reps
15 ft Rope climb, legless, 3 ascents

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HM2 Franz, Herculaneum

Brutus, CrossFit Vancouver - video [wmv] [mov]

Friday 080808

Rest Day

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Marine's Military Transition Team, Al Qaim, Iraq

CrossFit Programming with Dave Castro Part 3, CrossFit Journal Preview - video [wmv] [mov]

"Don't Talk to the Police" by Professor James Duane

"The Other Side of the Story" follow up by Officer George Bruch, Virginia Beach Police Department

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Thursday 080807

"Karen"

For time:
150 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball

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Lauren and I want to thank Johnny Mac & Brian Mackenzie, all of the CrossFit Affiliates, and the entire CrossFit community for these dream bikes. All of you have blessed us beyond our wildest dreams. We launched this website and program hoping to make a difference for people, but nothing could have prepared us for the love and friendship that has come our way. Thank you!

Greg and Lauren Glassman

Refining the Kettlebell Snatch with Jeff Martone - video [wmv] [mov]

Wednesday 080806

45 pound Dumbbell squat snatch, left arm, 21 reps
45 pound Dumbbell squat snatch, right arm, 21 reps
42 Pull-ups
45 pound Dumbbell squat snatch, left arm, 15 reps
45 pound Dumbbell squat snatch, right arm, 15 reps
30 Pull-ups
45 pound Dumbbell squat snatch, left arm, 9 reps
45 pound Dumbbell squat snatch, right arm, 9 reps
18 Pull-ups

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CrossFit Laguna Beach

CrossFit East Workout - video [wmv] [mov]

Tuesday 080805

Back Squat 5-5-5-5-5 reps

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CrossFit Certification Seminar, CrossFit Brand X

CrossFit Certification Seminar Highlights by Again Faster - video [wmv] [mov]

Monday 080804

Rest Day

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CrossFit Certification Seminars, CrossFit San Diego and CrossFit Training Center, Virginia Beach

First Workout, CrossFit Edmonton - video [wmv] [mov]

Mark Rippetoe relinquishes his CSCS certification for cause - [pdf]

From www.proteinpower.com, Gary Taubes and Michael Eades rebut George Bray's review of "Good Calories, Bad Calories" in "Obesity Reviews".

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Sunday 080803

"Griff"

For time:
Run 800 meters
Run 400 meters backwards
Run 800 meters
Run 400 meters backwards

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CrossFit Flood

Training Dips, Jeff Tucker - video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Journal August 2008

Under Armour TNP Training Tour

Saturday 080802

Row 1000 meters
85 pound Thruster, 21 reps
15 Pull-ups

Row 750 meters
85 pound Thruster, 18 reps
12 Pull-ups

Row 500 meters
85 pound Thruster, 15 reps
9 Pull-ups

Rest 2 minutes between each round. Time each round separately and post times to comments.

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Michael Pommerening, Concept 2 CrossFit Summit - video [wmv] [mov]

Friday 080801

30 Muscle-ups for time

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If you cannot do the muscle-ups do 120 pull-ups and 120 dips.

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Quinn McCullough, The Pit - CrossFit Certification Seminar, CrossFit Brand X

Dan Wilson's First Muscle-up by CrossFit Old Town - video [wmv] [mov]