"Tyler"

Five rounds for time of:
7 Muscle-ups
95 pound Sumo-deadlift high-pull, 21 reps

Matt DellaValle 11:12, Cara Hipskind 15:26 (65lbs). Post time to comments.

Compare to 091017.

"Box Tour: Integrated Fitness" with Jim Crowell, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Cara Hipskind - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"Misfortune Teller" by Nadya Labi, The Atlantic.

Clean and Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Michael Lynch 290lbs. Post loads to comments.

Compare to 111202.

"Pull-Up Virtuosity: Part 1" with Laurie Galassi, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Outlaw CrossFit Plans for the Open - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Michael Lynch and Eric O'Connor - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"I never learned from a man who agreed with me."
- Robert A. Heinlein

Rest Day

"Starting CrossFit at 63" with Jim Menjou, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

The Home Gym with Michael Kerschblaum - video [wmv] [mov]

Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 Mvmt 1.

O. Henry - The Ransom Of Red Chief.

"Why Black Market Entrepreneurs Matter to the World Economy" by Robert Capps, Wired.

Post thoughts to comments.

"Desforges"

Five rounds for time of:
225 pound Deadlift, 12 reps
20 Pull-ups
135 pound Clean and jerk, 12 reps
20 Knees to elbows

Keith Nelson 36:59. Post time to comments.

WOD Demo with Keith Nelson - video [wmv] [mov]

For time:
75 pound Back squat, 50 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 5 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 40 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 4 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 30 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 3 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 20 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 2 ascents
75 pound Back squat, 10 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 1 ascent

Ken Cutrer 10:47. Post time to comments.

"Law Enforcement Training Seminar", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"I Am Not Cancer. I Am CrossFit." free CrossFit Journal article by Hilary Achauer.

WOD Demo with Coastal CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit San Jose - video [wmv] [mov]

Ken Cutrer on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

Reebok's Empire State Building WOD, YouTube.

Fitness Lonnie's Empire State Building WOD, YouTube.

8 rounds of:
Run 400 meters
Rest 90 seconds

Post total time to comments not including 8th rest.

Compare to 100302.

"Training During Ramadan" with Kulsoom Abdullah, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Brian MacKenzie by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

"What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind."
- Walter Bagehot

Rest Day

"All in the Family" with Brenda Glidden, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Showdown for the few remaining tickets for the CrossFit Tour Fort Worth Stop - video [wmv] [mov]

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86.

William Wordsworth - A Character.

"De Plague, De Plague" by Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media.

Post thoughts to comments.

Seven rounds for time of:
165 pound Front squat, 7 reps
7 Chest-to-bar pull-ups

Jason Khalipa 3:23, Neal Maddox 3:48. Post time to comments.

"Be Your Own Bodyguard Part 4: Trojan Horse Concept" with Tony Blauer, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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

"No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things."
- Epictetus

Resting 60 seconds between sets:
Press 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2

Post load(s) to comments.

Compare to 111022.

"Fight for Christchurch" with Charlotte Bellis, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"History of the CrossFit Games" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo with Potomac CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov]

"Why Are Men So Angry?" by Kay Hymowitz, Book Beast.

Seven rounds for time of:
225 pound Deadlift, 7 reps
7 L-pull-ups

Graham Holmberg 7:48. Post time to comments.

"Inside England's CrossFit HG3" with Peter Davis and Andy Ruddick, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Striking and CrossFit" with George Ryan - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit 101 - video [wmv] [mov]

"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."
- J. P. Morgan

Rest Day

"CrossFit Inspires Singer's 'Fight'" with Kate Moran, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

The Home Gym with Tim Bishop - video [wmv] [mov]

Dmitri Shostakovich, Two Pieces for Octet, Op.11.

W. W. Jacobs - The Test.

"Weight Watchers Revamps Its Magic Formula" by Jeffrey M. O'Brien, Wired.

Post thoughts to comments.

Three rounds for time of:
Row 1000 meters
45 pound Thruster, 50 reps
30 Pull-ups

Neal Maddox 21:04, Jason Khalipa 21:45, Kevin Montoya 21:51, John Zvejnieks 23:18.
Post time to comments.

Compare to 061228.

"An Interview With John Schneider", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Event details of the CrossFit Tour Fort Worth stop - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Wilmington - video [wmv] [mov]

"You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think."
- Elbert Hubbard

"Elizabeth"

21-15-9 reps of:
Clean 135 pounds
Ring dips

Zach Forrest 5:36, Candice Ruiz 6:34 (95lbs), Miranda Oldroyd 7:53 (95lbs), Nadia Shatila 8:23 (95lbs).
Post time to comments.

Compare to 110115.

"Netball Training at Reebok CrossFit Canterbury" with Maree Bowden and Denise Leggat, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo from the Level 1 Course at CrossFit Oahu - video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit EST on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

"Starting Over with Regulation" by Philip K Howard, The Wall Street Journal.

Split snatch 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Josh Everett 245lbs, Cody Burgener 245lbs.
Post loads to comments.

Check out the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games Beta Site.

"Split Snatch" by Josh Everett, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Coach Mike Burgener by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

"No bird soars too high, if he soars on his own wings."
- William Blake

Rest Day

"Be Your Own Bodyguard Part 3: In-Action" with Tony Blauer, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"The Invisible Made Visible In A Track Athlete" with Kelly Starrett - video [wmv] [mov]

Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Robert Burns - A Fond Kiss.

"5 Common Mistakes People Make in the Name of Statistical Analysis" by Shashank Kumar, Information Management.

Post thoughts to comments.

Five rounds for time of:
12 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball
12 Toes-to-bar

Josh Everett 3:51, Kim Malz 5:33 (16lb ball). Post time to comments.

"Trail Running" with Brian MacKenzie by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Highlights from the 2011 Games - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Montgomery County - video [wmv] [mov]

"You're immature if you can't accept reality or responsibility."
- Arnold Glasow

Run 5K

Post time to comments.

Compare to 110922.

"An Interview With Michael Latch" of Valley CrossFit, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo from the Richest 5k Run - video [wmv] [mov]

Look for Reebok's commercial during the Packers/Giants game Sunday.

CNBC covers "Reebok's Huge Push Into CrossFit" by Darren Rovel.

"Build Goals, Not Features" by Shaun Tinney, The Good.

"Tabata This!"

Tabata Row
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Pull-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Push-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sit-up

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. Unit for the row is "calories".

Danielle Dionne: 5, 20, 7, 9, 14 = 55, Alex Browning: 7, 17, 8, 11, 8 = 51. Jeff Jenkins: 4, 16, 5, 6, 12 = 43, Leah Fae Cochran: 6, 15, 5, 5, 8 = 39.
Post Tabata score for each exercise to comments and total for final score.

Compare to 101011.

"Anybody Can Do Anything" with Maddy Thomas, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

More info on the CrossFit Kids The Gauntlet competition, January 28-29, 2012, at the LA Expo - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Balance - video [wmv] [mov]

"Bringing CrossFit to ESPN" by Ben Cafardo, ESPN Front Row.

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions and my mother's contempt for my father."
- Jules Feiffer

Rest Day

"Life As Rx Box Tour" with Alex Kurz, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Different Grips for Benching" with Shane Sweatt - video [wmv] [mov]

Robert Schumann, Arabesque.

P. G. Wodehouse - A Sea of Troubles.

"10 Lessons from America's Greatest Military Leaders" by Kara Ohngren, Entrepreneur.

Post thoughts to comments.

Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps

Dave Lipson: 455-485-505-515-520lbs.
Rob Orlando: 405-425-445-465-475(fail) lbs.
Post loads to comments.

Compare to 111206.

"The Hussman Family" with Cory and Nathan Hussman, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

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

WOD Demo with Rob Orlando - video [wmv] [mov]

"Reebok on a mission to get its employees fit" by Jenn Abelson, The Boston Globe.

"Ability has nothing to do with opportunity."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

For time:
50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders

Derek Mohamed 16:23, Kevin Montoya 17:26, Mel Ockerby 20:36.
Post time to comments.

Compare to 110629.

"Panther CrossFit", CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"The Burpee Pull-up" with Greg Amundson - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit New England by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

"Racing in Bars, Going Nowhere Fast" by J. David Goodman, The New York Times.

"Nate"

Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:
2 Muscle-ups
4 Handstand Push-ups
8 2-Pood Kettlebell swings

Josh Everett 18 rounds. Post rounds completed to comments.

Compare to 110621.

"Be Your Own Bodyguard Part 2: PPP" with Tony Blauer, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit NRG - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"If you have nothing else to do, look about you and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve! It may make you wealthy, though it is more likely that it will make you happy."
- George Matthew Adams

Rest Day

"Franks Strength: Part 2" with Ben Franks and Owen Franks, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Announcing the 2012 CrossFit Tour - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 2 Mvmt 1, Mvmt 2, Mvmt 3.

Robert Louis Stevenson - Winter-Time.

Watch "The Talent Code" Nightline review.

Post thoughts to comments.

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.

Alicia Gomes 20 minutes + 18 reps, Jared Monaco 19 minutes + 18 reps.
Post number of minutes completed to comments.

Compare to 110310.

"Training With Champions: Part 6" with Mikko Salo and Dan Bailey, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"One Size Does Not Fit All" with Oceanside CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Route 1 by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

"All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward."
- Ellen Glasgow

Ten rounds for time of:
135 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
15 push-ups

Tommy Hackenbruck 11:01, Taylor Richards-Lindsay 13:34. Post time to comments.

Compare to 100927.

"Attending a Level 1 Trainer Course as a First Time CrossFitter" with Tim Gallagher and David Temple, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Isabella and CrossFit LA Kids" - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Tommy Hackenbruck and Taylor Richards-Lindsay - video [wmv] [mov]

"Making You More Awesome: The Red-Hot World of Online Learning Services" by Marshall Kirkpatrick, Read Write Web.

"Kelly"

Five rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 Box jump, 24 inch box
30 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball

Josh Everett 21:51, Brian Mitchell 24:48, Jenny LaBaw 25:31.
Post time to comments.

Compare to 110218.

"The CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: The Squat Series" with John Brown by Again Faster Equipment, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Josh Everett - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Brian Mitchell - video [wmv] [mov]

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self."
- Aristotle

Rest Day

"Coaching Points for Flipping Tires" with Rob Orlando, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Form Vs. Intensity" with Dave Lipson and Todd Widman - video [wmv] [mov]

Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No.1 Op.25 Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Melville Davisson Post - The Wrong Sign.

"Smoke Screening" by Charles C. Mann, Vanity Fair.

Post thoughts to comments.

"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

Nadia Shatila 13 rounds (Mary), Connor Martin 12 rounds + 2 pull-ups (Mary), Kim Malz 11 rounds + 3 pull-ups (Mary), Keegan Martin 11 rounds (Mary).
Post your choice of girls and rounds completed to comments.

Compare to 111008.

"Training in the Off-Season" with Mikko Salo and Dan Bailey, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Visual Perspicuity" with Greg Glassman - video [wmv] [mov]

"Mary" WOD Demo with Connor Martin and Keegan Martin - video [wmv] [mov]

From the Vault:
"Mini-Cindy" with Greg Amundson, October 2007 - video [wmv] [mov]
"Mary" WOD Demo with Rob Miller, October 2007 - video [wmv] [mov]

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
- Mark Twain

Overhead Squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps

Tommy Hackenbruck 305lbs, Jonathan Pera 305lbs, Taylor Richards-Lindsay 165lbs.
Post loads to comments.

Compare to 110809.

"The Soulful Side of CrossFit" with Bill Grundler, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Kids The Gauntlet competition, January 28-29, 2012, at the LA Expo - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Tommy Hackenbruck and Taylor Richards-Lindsay - video [wmv] [mov]

Jonathan Pera on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

From the Vault:
Overhead Squats (Going Heavy) with Mark Rosen, April 2007 - video [wmv] [mov]

"Space: The Next Business Frontier" by Mary Kissel, The Wall Street Journal.

"Fran"

Three rounds, 21-15- and 9 reps, for time of:
95 pound Thruster
Pull-ups

Connor Martin 2:08, EJ 5:17 (age 10, 27lbs). Post time to comments.

Compare to 110614.

Registration for the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games Open launches on Feb 1 - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"Franks Strength: Part 1" with Ben Franks and Owen Franks, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Mel Ockerby's 2:38 "Fran" at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games - video [wmv] [mov]

EJ (age 10) on today's WOD - video [wmv] [mov]

From the Vault:
Annie vs. Greg, "Fran", December 2005 - video [wmv] [mov]
San Diego Level 1 "Fran", July 2006 - video [wmv] [mov]
Santa Cruz Level 1 "Fran", June 2008 - video [wmv] [mov]

"Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs."
- Josh Billings

Rest Day

Registration for the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games Open launches on Feb 1 - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"CrossFit After Professional Baseball: Finding That Competitive Outlet", with David and Jason Benham, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Setting Specific Goals" with Greg Amundson by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata 27, Op 90, mvt. 1.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson - The Death of the Old Year.

"Is Self-Knowledge Overrated?" by Jonah Lehrer, The New Yorker.

Post thoughts to comments.