"Thompson"

10 rounds for time of:
15 ft Rope Climb, 1 ascent
95 pound Back squat, 29 reps
135 pound barbells Farmer carry, 10 meters

Begin the rope climbs seated on the floor.

Karianne Dickson 28:33 (65lb squat, 95lb carry), Kristan Clever 33:44 (65lb squat, 95lb carry), Kevin Montoya 39:38.
Post time to comments.

Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Run 1600 meters
Rest 3 minutes
Run 1200 meters
Rest 2 minutes
Run 800 meters
Rest 1 minute
Run 400 meters

Karianne Dickson: 6:08, 4:30, 2:58, 1:20 = 20:56.
Post times to comments.

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"Teaching the Muscle-up to a Large Group: Part 2" with Pat Sherwood, Chuck Carswell and Chris Spealler, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Kristan Clever at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

"Why Isn't There A Better Way to Text While Driving?" by Joel Johnson, Wired.

Tabata Weighted pull-up, 30 pound dumbbell
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Weighted squat, 45 pound plate
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Weighted ring dip, 30 pound dumbbell
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Deadlift, 165 pound barbelll

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals.
Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals.

Michelle Kinney 2 (15lb), 12 (35lb), 3 (15lb), 8 (125lb) = 25
Kevin Montoya 3, 9, 3, 6 = 21
Post Tabata score for each exercise to comments and total for final score.

"Cops and Robbers Class" with CrossFit Avalanche, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Compilation of Workouts by Rob Orlando - video [wmv] [mov]

Michelle Kinney on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian

Rest Day

"Basic Breathing Practices" with Hayley Parlen, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"The Competitive Element" with CrossFit Fort Vancouver - video [wmv] [mov]

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor, mvmts 1-2, mvmt 3.

Joseph Conrad - Youth

Watch "President Reagan's Farewell Speech from the Oval Office 1/11/89", YouTube

Post thoughts to comments.

"Diane"

21-15-9 reps of:
225 pound Deadlift
Handstand push-ups

Michael Giardina 2:15, Dadi Reynir Kristleifsson 2:34, Chris Gosler 3:18, Heather Bergeron 4:54 (185lbs), Kristan Clever 5:13 (225lbs), Michelle Kinney 7:15 (185lbs), Rebecca Voigt 9:03 (225lbs), Kevin Montoya 9:12 (freestanding).
Post time to comments.

Compare to 091221.

"Planche Dips" with Jeff Tucker by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Michael Giardina on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Dadi Reynir Kristleifsson on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Michelle Kinney on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch."
- Anonymous

"Helen"

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

Kevin Montoya 7:19, Rob Orlando 7:21, Heather Bergeron 8:38 (1 pood), Austin Malleolo 9:05, E.C. Synkowski 9:53 (1 pood).
Post time to comments.

Compare to 100307.

"Roundtable in Tahoe: Community Comments", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Grand Re-Opening at CrossFit by Overload - video [wmv] [mov]

Rob Orlando on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron and E.C. Synkowski on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

From the Vault:
Helen WOD Demo - video [wmv] [mov]

"Clive Thompson on the Power of Visual Thinking", Wired.

"Jackie"

1000 meter row
45 pound Thruster, 50 reps
30 pull-ups

Mikko Salo 5:24, Austin Malleolo 5:34, Tommy Hackenbruck 5:42, Pat Sherwood 5:55, Kevin Montoya 6:13, Kristan Clever 7:13 (45lbs), Heather Bergeron 8:00 (45lbs), Rebecca Voigt 8:03 (45lbs), Katie Hogan 8:17.
Post time to comments.

Compare to 090306.

"CrossFit Endurance Swimming: The Pull Phase" with Brian Nabeta and Chris Michelmore, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Insight Into the CrossFit Games" from the California Road Trip - video [wmv] [mov]

Kids Competition at CrossFit Relentless with CrossFit New England.

WOD Demo with Tommy Hackenbruck at the Man Expo - video [wmv] [mov]

Mikko Salo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Excess, upon occasion can be exhilarating, because it prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. "
- Somerset Maugham

Rest Day

"Teaching the Muscle-Up To A Large Group: Part 1" with Pat Sherwood, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"How I Found CrossFit" with Rebecca Voigt - video [wmv] [mov]

Four-Block Thanksgiving Dinner by Martha Burton - video [wmv] [mov] and [pdf]

Franz Liszt, Mazeppa, by Miroslav Kultyshev.

Ernest Hemingway - A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

"The Online Threat" by Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker.

Post thoughts to comments.

Push press 3-3-3-3-3-3-3 reps

Dave Lipson 265lbs. Post loads to comments.

Compare to 070517.

"We Got the Science" with Greg Glassman, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"California Road Trip: Part 7" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Matt Chan at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Dave Lipson on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

From the Vault:
WOD Demo at CrossFit Santa Cruz - video [wmv] [mov]

"Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass."
- Japanese Proverb

"Collin"

Six rounds for time of:
Carry 50 pound sandbag 400 meters
115 pound Push press, 12 reps
12 Box jumps, 24 inch box
95 pound Sumo deadlift high-pull, 12 reps

Kristan Clever 24:09 (35lb bag, 85lb PP, 24" box, 65lb SDHP), Rebecca Voigt 24:36 (35lb bag, 85lb PP, 24" box, 65lb SDHP), Carey Kepler 25:13 (40lb bag, 85lb PP, 24" box, 65lb SDHP), Lisa Thiel 26:28 (40lb bag, 85lb PP, 24" box, 65lb SDHP), E.C. Synkowski 34:23 (37lb bag + 20lb vest, 83lb PP, 24" box, 65lb SDHP), Heather Bergeron 35:14 (51lb bag, 83lb PP, 24" box, 65lb SDHP).
Post time to comments.

Carey Kepler and Lisa Thiel on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

E.C. Synkowski and Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Seven rounds for time of:
5 Handstand push-ups
185 pound Deadlift, 10 reps
10 Chest to bar pull-ups
20 Double-unders

Austin Malleolo 7:51, Kevin Montoya 8:58, Rich Fronning Jr. 9:14, Travis Holley 9:42, Rob Orlando 10:19, Laurie Galassi 10:36 (125lbs), Kristan Clever 10:40 (135lbs), Chris Gosler 12:15, Danielle Edmundson 13:08 (125lbs), Rebecca Voigt 13:29 (135lbs), Elyse Umeda 14:08 (125lbs), Heather Bergeron 14:09 (135lbs).
Post time to comments.

"Hosting the Tahoe Throwdown" with CrossFit Avalanche, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"California Road Trip: Part 5" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with the women of CrossFit Santa Cruz - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Kristan Clever and Rebecca Voigt by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Miranda Oldroyd - video [wmv] [mov]

Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Rob Orlando on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice."
- Bill Cosby

Rest Day

"The Burgener Warm-Up" with Coach Mike Burgener, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"California Road Trip: Part 4" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo and Rich Froning Jr. at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Henry Purcell, Trumpet Sonata in D.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime Of The Ancyent Marinere.

"Oceanside Man Ejected From Airport For Refusing Security Check" by Robert Hawkins, Sign On San Diego.

"Get the Government Out of Our Pants" by Steve Chapman, Reason.

"TSA Encounter at SAN" JohnnyEdge.blogspot.

Post thoughts to comments.

Hang power clean 3-3-3-3-3-3-3 reps

Dave Lipson 305lbs, Tim Burke 255lbs, Mike Burke 240lbs, Austin Malleolo 233lbs, Mike McKenna 225lbs, James Hobart 218lbs, Katie Hogan 185lbs, Crystal McReynolds 175lbs, Heather Bergeron 171lbs, Rebecca Voigt 170lbs, Kristan Clever 163lbs, Miranda Oldroyd 150lbs, Michelle Kinney 145lbs.
Post loads to comments.

Compare to 061229.

"It Changed My Life: Deborah Scarborough", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"California Road Trip: Part 3" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Family" with Kristan Clever - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Miranda Oldroyd - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with James Hobart and Austin Malleolo by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

Dave Lipson on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Mike McKenna on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Michelle Kinney on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence more than talents and accomplishments."
- Edwin P. Whipple

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
30 second Handstand hold
30 second Squat hold
30 second L-sit hold
30 second Chin over bar hold

Laurie Galassi 7 rounds + 22sec squat, Danielle Edmundson 7 + 19sec squat, Kevin Montoya 6 rounds + 10sec L-sit, Kristan Clever 6 rounds (freestanding HS), Jason Ackerman 6 rounds, Austin Malleolo 5 rounds + 22sec chin-over, Rebecca Voigt 5 rounds + squat (freestanding HS), Heather Bergeron 5 rounds + 10sec squat, Katie Hogan 5 rounds + HS, Mel Ockerby 4 rounds + 15sec chin-over (freestanding HS).
Post rounds completed to comments.

"Planche Push-Ups" with Jeff Tucker and Jeannie Bassi by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"California Road Trip: Part 2" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Christy Phillips at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Laurie Galassi - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo and Jason Ackerman on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron and Mel Ockerby on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

The Fitness Divide by Greg Beato, Reason Magazine.

Hang power snatch 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Dave Lipson 215lbs, James Hobart 163lbs, Austin Malleolo 163lbs, Lindsey Valenzuela 140lbs, Katie Hogan 137lbs, Kristan Clever 135lbs, Rebecca Voigt 117lbs, Michelle Kinney 115lbs.
Post loads to comments.

Compare to 090617.

"California Road Trip: Part 1" by Sevan Matossian, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Peter Egyed at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with James Hobart and Austin Malleolo by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

Dave Lipson on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Michelle Kinney on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future."
- Herbert Spencer

Rest Day

"Finding Where You're Supposed to Be" with Lacey Dean by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Introduction to SEALFIT - video [wmv] [mov]

Graham Holmberg at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Max Bruch, Violin Concerto in G minor, movt 1, movt 2.

James Joyce - The Dead

"Everyone Hates Ticketmaster -- But No One Can Take It Down" by Steve Knopper, Wired.

Post thoughts to comments.

Complete as many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:
400 meter run
5 Deadlifts

Rob Orlando 405lbs, 5 rounds + 3 deads.
Tim Burke 405lbs, 5 rounds + 300m.
Pat Sherwood 405lbs, 5 rounds + 100m.
Kevin Montoya 345-415lbs, 5 rounds.
Rebecca Voigt 285lbs, nearly 5 rounds.
E.C. Synkowski 195lbs, 4 rounds + 300m.
Dave Lipson 500lbs, 4 rounds.

Post load and time to comments.

"Programming With Matt Chan: Implementing Westside Barbell Into CrossFit", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Roundtable in Tahoe: The Psychological Component", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Kids Open House at CrossFit Los Angeles - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with E.C. Synkowski - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Dave Lipson and Rebecca Voigt by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

Rob Orlando and Tim Burke on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon."
- Winston Churchill

"Blake"

Four rounds for time of:
100 foot Walking lunge with 45lb plate held overhead
30 Box jump, 24 inch box
20 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball
10 Handstand push-ups

Mikko Salo 10:39, Austin Malleolo 14:55, Ken Gall 15:20, Kevin Montoya 15:26, Daniel Tyminski 15:04, Michael Giardina 17:35, Kristan Clever 16:55 (35lb plate, 24" box, 16lb ball), Heather Bergeron 21:38 (35lb plate, 24" box, 14lb ball), Rebecca Voigt 21:56 (35lb plate, 24" box, 16lb ball).
Post time to comments.

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Nancy"

5 rounds for time of:
400 meter run
95 pound Overhead squat, 15 reps

Austin Malleolo 10:16, Dave Leys 11:05, Karianne Dickson 11:50 (65lbs), Kevin Montoya 13:20.
Post time to comments.

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"Finding and Developing Your Handstand Push-Up: Part 2" with Carl Paoli, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Announcing the CrossFit Journal Sports Series: Rock Climbing event - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Dave Leys - video [wmv] [mov]

Dave Lipson on today's WOD by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

From the Vault:
WOD Demo with Dave Leys and Brendan Gilliam - video [wmv] [mov]

"In my day, we couldn't afford shoes, so we went barefoot. In the winter we had to wrap our feet with barbed wire for traction."
- Bill Flavin

Rest Day

"PRs: Part 2" with Rich Froning Jr. and Chris Spealler, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Roundtable in Tahoe: Going Long" - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 20 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Gabriel Faure, Elegy.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper.

"I, Pencil: My Family Tree" by Leonard E. Read.

Post thoughts to comments.

Max rounds and reps in eight minutes of:
4 Handstand push-ups
2 pood Kettlebell swing, 8 reps
12 GHD situps

Kristan Clever 8 rounds + 4 HSPU (1.5 pood), Michael Giardina 8 rounds, Kevin Montoya 7 rounds + 6 swings, Ken Gall 7 rounds + 1 swing, Austin Malleolo 7 rounds + 3 HSPU, Heather Bergeron 6 rounds + 8 swings (1.5 pood).
Post results to comments.

Compare to 100214.

"CrossFit Is Elemental" with CrossFit Avalanche, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Michelle Kinney at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 19 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Michael Giardina and Ken Gall on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Without perseverance talent is a barren bed."
- Welsh Proverb

Overhead squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Front squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Back squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps

Try to increase the load on each of the fifteen sets.

Rich Froning Jr.: 310lb OHS, 325lb FS, 395lb BS.
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Compare to 100226.

"SWOLF: Improving Swimming Efficiency and Power" with Chris Michelmore and Brian Nabeta, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Chris Spealler at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 18 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Rich Froning Jr. - video [wmv] [mov]

Sgt. Dailey receives first Amanda Miller Award.

Three rounds for time of:
30 Kettlebell swings, 1.5 pood
25 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
20 Pull-ups

Rich Froning Jr. 7:40, Pat Sherwood 9:49, Lisa Ray 10:16 (1 pood KB, 14lb ball),
E.C. Synkowski 10:32 (1 pood KB, 14lb ball), Miranda Oldroyd 10:53 (1 pood KB, 14lb ball), Joe Alexander 11:09, Bobbi Milsaps 13:18 (1 pood KB, 14lb ball).
Post time to comments.

"Positive Self-Talk: Defining Your Destiny" with Greg Amundson, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Roundtable in Tahoe: Most Feared Competitor" - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 17 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo at CrossFit Charlotte - video [wmv] [mov]

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."
- Andrew Carnegie

Rest Day

"Boob Knee and Sacrifice" with Rebecca Voigt, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Coach Mike Burgener's analysis of Heather Bergeron at the CrossFit/USAW Weightlifting Open - video [wmv] [mov]

Format For the Final Events at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 16 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 7, 1st Mvt, 2nd Mvt, 3rd Mvt, 4th Mvt.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko - I Would Like.

"7 Essential Skills You Didn't Learn in College", Wired.

Post thoughts to comments.

Complete as many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:
35 pound dumbbell Thruster, 9 reps
15 ft Rope Climb, 1 ascent

Chris Spealler 15 rounds + 9 thruster, Dave Leys 13 rounds + 7 thruster, Laurie Galassi 12 rounds + 9 thruster (25lb), Pat Burke 11 rounds + 9 thruster (40lb), Austin Malleolo 10 rounds + 9 thruster (20' rope), Kevin Montoya 10 rounds + 7 thruster, Karianne Dickson 11 rounds + 8 thruster (25lb).
Post rounds completed to comments.

"Competing With Diabetes--and Winning" with Steve Rodriguez, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Roundtable In Tahoe: The Team Experience" - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 15 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Chris Spealler - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo at CrossFit Santa Cruz - video [wmv] [mov]

Pat Burke and Kevin Montoya on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it."
- Herman Hesse

"Lumberjack 20"

20 Deadlifts (275lbs)
Run 400m
20 KB swings (2pood)
Run 400m
20 Overhead Squats (115lbs)
Run 400m
20 Burpees
Run 400m
20 Pullups (Chest to Bar)
Run 400m
20 Box jumps (24")
Run 400m
20 DB Squat Cleans (45lbs each)
Run 400m

Mat Frankel 21:21, Heather Bergeron 23:18 (193lb dead, 1.5 pood KB, 83lb OH squat, 24" box, 30lb DB), Elyse Umeda 24:55 (185lb dead, 1.5 pood KB, 75lb OH squat, 24" box, 30lb DB), Kevin Montoya 26:16.
Post time to comments.

Compare to 091205.

"From College Sports to CrossFit: The Making of a Champion" with Graham Holmberg, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Interview with Kristan Clever at the CrossFit/USAW Open - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 14 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Maya Bergeron and Mat Frankel by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

"Truth or Consequences" by Eric E. Schmidt, Forbes.

Snatch one rep every minute on the minute for 15 minutes.

James Hobart 195-230lbs, Chuck Carswell 185-215lbs, Austin Malleolo 135-220lbs, Heather Bergeron 95-140lbs.
Post the highest and lowest loads to comments.

"Analyzing the Big Men (105, 105+)" at the CrossFit/USAW Open, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet armwrestles Dave Castro - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 13 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

James Hobart, Chuck Carswell and Heather Bergeron on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Olivia Cheriton on today's WOD while pregnant - video [wmv] [mov]

"There is far more danger in a public monopoly than there is in a private monopoly, for when government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayer. The Government never really goes into business, for it never makes ends meet, and that is the first requisite of business. It just mixes a little business with a lot of politics, and no one ever gets a chance to find out what is actually going on."
- Thomas A. Edison

Rest Day

"Roundtable in Tahoe: Multiple Competition Season", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Are You Getting Better?" with Mikko Salo - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 12 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Franz Liszt, "Liebestraum".

Haruki Murakami - Tony Takitani.

"Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" by David H. Freedman, The Atlantic.

Post thoughts to comments.

"Barbara"

Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats

Rest precisely three minutes between each round.

Austin Malleolo 25:51.
Jason Khalipa: 2:53, 3:05, 3:23, 3:46, 3:54 = 29:01.
Kevin Montoya 31:29.
Post times to comments.

Compare to 100504.

"PRs: Part 1" with Chuck Carswell and Rich Froning Jr., CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Event 11 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

Team Rogue's "Jason and Tommy on Competition" - video [wmv] [mov]

""Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail of success."
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Five rounds for time of:
3 Muscle-up Handstand push-ups
10 Burpee pull-ups

Ideally, the pull-up bar is one foot above your reach. If you cannot do the muscle-up handstand push-ups, do 7 muscle-ups and 12 handstand push-ups each round.

Austin Malleolo 12:53, Pat Barber 13:09, Chris Spealler 14:53 (5 MU-HSPU per round), Pat Burke 15:21, Peter Egyed 15:22, TJ Barber 16:23, Dave Leys 18:11, Matt Chan 18:27, Rob Orlando 18:31 (burpee rope pull-up), Kristan Clever 24:37.
Post time to comments.

"Finding and Developing Your Handstand Push-Up" with Carl Paoli, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Interview with Matt Chan at the CrossFit/USAW Weightlifting Open - video [wmv] [mov]

Event 10 at the Team Rogue Vs. Team Again Faster Tahoe Throwdown - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo at CrossFit Santa Cruz - video [wmv] [mov]

Austin Malleolo on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Pat Barber on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Pat Burke and Matt Chan on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Rob Orlando on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

White Women's Workout, YouTube.