Elite Fitness

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One of the slogans you’ll see in CrossFit is “Forging Elite Fitness.”  We’ve pretty much beat the definition of Fitness to death (increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains).  But  what do we mean by elite?  The…

Musings on CFM Programming

It’s ok to ask questions regarding the programming.  Two of our newest clients, Katie Cookle’s friend Christina and Karine were in one of my classes yesterday.  The WOD was a strength couplet of weighted Pistols and weighted pull-ups. …

You Don’t Know What You Can Do

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Everybody: you have no idea how fit you are.  This is a pretty funny statement, considering that we stress the importance of knowing your times and remembering how much you can lift.  We even have a fancy program (the athletics log) that can…

FilFest 2010

Day 1 of the affiliate gathering. We have heard the state of CrossFit from Greg Glassman, discussed the progress of the certification program. CrossFit certifications will soon be accredited. We have taken the new level 1 certificate exam. Following…

Running Barefoot Is Better

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Running barefoot, or at least with minimalist footwear reduces injury rates and encourages better running mechanics. We’ve talked about this quite a bit. Harvard just released the results on a study supporting this. Our shoes are causing problems.…

Being Fit Just Feels Good

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Several years ago I was doing conditioning after one of my gymnastics workouts. A coach at the gym I was training at walked up and asked me “Why do you do this to yourself?”. The first thing that came to mind was “Why don’t you?”.…

Pride

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If you said that training for several months hasn’t changed you physically, I would doubt you. If you said that training with us hasn’t brought about a psychological change, I’d call you a bold-faced liar. The way that we train does some…

"Thanks To CrossFit Marin"

Courtesy of Emily Cookson. An ode to CrossFit Marin. To the tune of "My Favorite Things" Jumping on boxes and using the rower, Doing a pushup and hearing “go lower”, Bear crawl on pavement that scuffs up my skin All this I love thanks…

Grip Strength and the Hangboard

You can’t lift or pull off of what you can’t hold on to. That is why you have to make sure you train your grip strength. Grip strength is extremly important and it makes me laugh inside when I hear an athlete lay blame for their less-than-expected…