Thruster 3-3-3-3-3-3-3

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300 pound "Grace" by Rob Orlando - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo at CrossFit Central London - video [wmv] [mov]

"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.

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"My First Muscle-Up" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

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

"Jason Terry and Jadakiss compete against Jameer Nelson and Bill Bellamy in a CrossFit FaceOFF", YouTube.

Rest Day

"My Recovery Program: CrossFit" with Pat Sprague, CrossFit Journal video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Franz Schubert, Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4.

Row 2K

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"The Foundation Is Nutrition" CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Games Update: Open Week 5.

WOD Demo with CrossFit 908 - video [wmv] [mov]

"Del"

For Time:
25 Burpees
Run 400 meters with a 20 pound medicine ball
25 Weighted pull-ups with a 20 pound dumbbell
Run 400 meters with a 20 pound medicine ball
25 Handstand push-ups
Run 400 meters with a 20 pound medicine ball
25 Chest-to-bar pull-ups
Run 400 meters with a 20 pound medicine ball
25 Burpees

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

21-15-9 reps for time of:
225 pound Back squat
2 pood Kettlebell swing

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"Accommodating Resistance" with Shane Sweatt and Laura Phelps-Sweatt CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Ranch Salinas Valley - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Rest Day

CrossFit and Kenya - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Dispatch 5 from Kenya [pdf]

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

Chad Vaughn 335lbs, Wes Kimball 305lbs.
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"CrossFit Striking: Lead and Rear Straights" with George Ryan, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Chad Vaughn and Wes Kimball - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"Diane"

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

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CrossFit Tour workout video with Dave Castro - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit Iron City - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

CrossFit Games Open 12.5

Complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes of the following rep scheme:
100 pound Thruster, 3 reps
3 Chest to bar Pull-ups
100 pound Thruster, 6 reps
6 Chest to bar Pull-ups
100 pound Thruster, 9 reps
9 Chest to bar Pull-ups
100 pound Thruster, 12 reps
12 Chest to bar Pull-ups
100 pound Thruster, 15 reps
15 Chest to bar Pull-ups
100 pound Thruster, 18 reps
18 Chest to bar Pull-ups
100 pound Thruster, 21 reps
21 Chest to bar Pull-ups...

This is a timed workout. If you complete the round of 21, go on to 24. If you complete 24, go on to 27, etc.

For a downloadable PDF of the workout, click here.

CrossFit Games Open 12.5 workout instructions - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Jason Khalipa 155 reps, Neal Maddox 146 reps, Kristan Clever 137 reps (65lbs).
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"The CrossFit Football Pyramid" with Ben Oliver, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Games Update: Open Week 4.

"Efficiency Tips: Pull-ups" with Chris Spealler video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Workout video demo with Neal Maddox - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Rest Day

"It Will Never Get Old" with Reis Baron, free CrossFit Journal video - preview [wmv] [mov]

Hope at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

9-6-3 reps for time of:
165 pound Thruster
Muscle-up

Neal Maddox 2:55, Jason Khalipa 3:44.
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"Jumping Position, Landing Position" with Coach Mike Burgener, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Rich Froning: Games Prep And Training" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo at the CrossFit Competitor's Course - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
- John Wooden

Five rounds for time of:
Turkish Get-up, 45 pound barbell, 21 reps
Run 400 meters

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"Keeping the Goal the Goal" with Matt Swift, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Efficiency Tips: Handstand Push-Ups" with Chris Spealler - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Randal Setzler - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

The NY Times laughably claimed eating red meat increases the risk of death. Fortunately, Zoe Harcombe explains the flaws in their study.

Gary Taubes reacts to the bad science rampant in public nutrition: "Science, Pseudoscience, Nutritional Epidemiology, and Meat".

Three rounds for time of:
Row 500 meters
20 GHD sit-ups
15 foot Rope climb, 2 ascents

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"Box Tour: CrossFit Vengeance" with Bryan and Rachel Edwards, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Stimulus-Space-Response" with Greg Amundson by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Danielle Hale - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."
- Confucius

Rest Day

"Disposable Heroes: What Will You Do?", free CrossFit Journal video - preview [wmv] [mov]

"CrossFit Is for Everyone" free CrossFit Journal article by Lynne Knapman.

Coach Glassman discusses the new CrossFit for Hope fundraiser (formerly FGB), coming June 9th - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - My Lost Youth.

"Lynne"

Five rounds for max reps of:
Body weight bench press
Pull-ups

Post reps for both exercises in all rounds.

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"Brett Marshall: Lifting One Another", free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

"Motivation" for CrossFit Kids by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with P3 CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?"
- Bertolt Brecht

CrossFit Games Open 12.4

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 12 minutes of:
150 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
90 Double-unders
30 Muscle-ups

For a downloadable PDF of the workout, click here.

CrossFit Games Open 12.4 workout instructions - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Graham Holmberg 0 rounds + 25 muscle-ups (265 reps).
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"Biggest Loser Winner Goes CrossFit" with John Rhode, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

"Efficiency Tips: Muscle-ups" with Chris Spealler video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Workout video demo with Graham Holmberg - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"Britannica To Stop Printing Physical Encyclopedias, Focus On Digital Archives" by Rob W. Hart, Lit Reactor.

"Jerry"

For time:
Run 1 mile
Row 2K
Run 1 mile

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"CrossFit Tour: Matt Swift in Gold Coast" CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Games Update: Open Week 3.

"Efficiency Tips: Rowing" with Matt Chan video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

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

"Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it."
- Samuel Johnson

Rest Day

"The Swing: Body Awareness for Hip Extension" with Jeff Martone, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"A Whole Different World", Dispatch from Kenya - [pdf]

"CrossFit NYC: 504 Strong" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Jacques Offenbach, Die Rheinnixen.

Gerard Manley Hopkins - The Alchemist in the City.

"Condemnation of Rush Limbaugh Shows Our Hypocrisy" by Paul Theroux, The Daily Beast.

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"J.T."

21-15-9 reps of:
Handstand push-ups
Ring dips
Push-ups

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"Game-Day Nutrition" with Matt Chan, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"The Burpee Mile" with Courtney Plevniak - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

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

"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."
- George Bernard Shaw

"Michael"

Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups

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"A Way of Life" with Elijah Muhammad, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

Interview with Brian Haapala - video [wmv] [mov]

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

"How You're Breaking the Law Every Day (and What You Can Do About It)" by Adam Dachis, Lifehacker.

"DT"

Five rounds for time of:
155 pound Deadlift, 12 reps
155 pound Hang power clean, 9 reps
155 pound Push jerk, 6 reps

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"6,000 Miles for Rob Orlando" CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Q&A With Tony Blauer" free CrossFit Journal article by Loren Christensen.

WOD Demo with Karyn Marshall - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

WOD Demo with Hammer Down CrossFit - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine."
-Robert C. Gallagher

Rest Day

"Speed and Dynamic Efforts" with Shane Sweatt and Laura Phelps-Sweatt, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Yes, You Can" free CrossFit Journal article by Hilary Achauer.

"Efficiency Tips: Knees To Elbows/Toes To Bar" with Chris Spealler - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Johann Strauss II, Im Krapfenwaldl.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Marjorie Daw.

"Fixing America's Freeways" by Robert Poole, Reason.

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CrossFit Games Open 12.3

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 18 minutes of:
15 Box jumps, 24" box
115 pound Push press, 12 reps
9 Toes-to-bar

For a downloadable PDF of the workout, click here.

CrossFit Games Open 12.3 workout instructions - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Annie Thorisdottir 13 rounds + 8 push press (20" box, 75lb push press).
Post rounds and reps completed to comments and/or register and submit your results as part of the CrossFit Games Open.

"Perfecting the Box Jump" with Kelly Starrett and Carl Paoli, free CrossFit Journal video - preview [wmv] [mov]

"Efficiency Tips: Box Jumps" with Matt Chan - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
- Epictetus

Five rounds for time of:
35 pound Dumbbell squat clean thruster, 7 reps
10 Pull-ups

Graham Holmberg 3:29. Post time to comments.

"Winter Break Road Trip: Parts 5-6" with Austin Malleolo, James Hobart and Pat Sherwood, by Again Faster Equipment, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit Games Update: Open Week 2.

"CrossFit Kids: Developmental Needs" with Kelly Brown by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with CrossFit West Santa Cruz - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"The World's Best Personal Security Does CrossFit" by Traver H. Boehm, Breaking Muscle.

"Klepto"

4 rounds for time of:
27 Box jumps, 24" box
20 Burpees
11 Squat cleans, 145 pounds

Andrew Manderino 16:34, Ryan Johnston 17:29. Post time to comments.

"Klepto" WOD Demo - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Rest Day

"Gary Taubes: Questions From the Floor," free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

Dispatch 3 from Kenya [pdf]

Welcome to Dzivani - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Dmitri Shostakovich, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Robert W. Service - Each Day A Life.

"Why the World Needs America" by Robert Kagan, The Wall Street Journal.

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Complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes of:
185 pound Clean and jerk, 2 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 1 ascent

Post rounds completed to comments.

"CrossFit Vitality: The Kids Program" with Ameer Lambert-Smith, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Programming" with Doug Katona by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Spencer Hendel and Darren Ellis by Again Faster Equipment - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something."
-Muhammed Iqbal

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

Lindsey Smith 205-225-245-255-265lbs.
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"Winter Break Road Trip: Parts 3-4" with Austin Malleolo, James Hobart and Pat Sherwood, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

"CrossFit Crackdown: Cybersquatting" free CrossFit Journal article by E.M. Burton.

"Meet Amy" at a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course - video [wmv] [mov]

WOD Demo with Lindsey Smith, James Hobart and Jon Gilson - video [wmv] [mov]

"Fitness Lonnie's The Real Deal: Fight Gone Bad", YouTube.

CrossFit Games Open 12.2

Proceed through the sequence below completing as many reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
75 pound Snatch, 30 reps
135 pound Snatch, 30 reps
165 pound Snatch, 30 reps
210 pound Snatch, as many reps as possible

For a downloadable PDF of the workout, click here.

CrossFit Games Open 12.2 workout instructions and demo - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

Rich Froning 98 reps, Dan Bailey 95 reps.
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"After the Gunfire" with Pat Sherwood and Rohan Jones, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]

"Midline Stabilization" with Todd Widman - video [wmv] [mov]

Workout video demo with Elijah Muhammad - video [wmv] [mov]

"CrossFit NYC reacts to 12.2" - video [wmv] [mov] [HD mov]

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
- Jonathan Swift

Rest Day

"Efficiency Tips: The Snatch" with Eric O'Connor and Chris Spealler, free CrossFit Journal video, preview - [wmv] [mov]

"Never Enough CrossFit" free CrossFit Journal article by Andrea Maria Cecil.

Franz Liszt, Rondo Fantastique "El Contrabandista".

Edna Ferber - The Kitchen Side of the Door.

"The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever" by Jonah Lehrer, Wired.

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