The Rival

If you stick to CrossFit long enough, you will inevitably find your rival.  It begins with one person who, through direct competition or scrutinizing the board, is your equal in

Rest Day musings

“The Sentence is a Lonely Place.” by Gary Lutz “Training Through Acute Injuries” with Kelly Starrett post thoughts to comments

Rhabdo primers

High intensity activity like CrossFit is not without risk.  Rhabdomyolysis is a very real and ever present condition that can occur when the body is taken well past it’s limit.

Rest Day feedback

“Encourage and listen well to the words of your subordinates.  It is well known that gold lies hidden underground.”                                   – Nabeshima Naoshige (1538 – 1618) in Ideals of the

Functional Defined

In the fitness industry, there is much talk about functional movements.  Everyone agrees that if something is functional then it is undoubtedly important and should be the staple of your regiment.  It becomes problematic when

Rest Day Recap

  CrossFit is constantly varied functional movement at high intensity. Functional movements are unique in their ability to generate power. Power across broad time and modal domains is fitness. Fitness measured

Rest Day

CrossFit L1 Cert, Coaches Prep, and L2 Cert information  CrossFit Certification Seminar FAQ History of theCert ( wmv ) ( mov ) Jacksonville and the Birth of the Cert ( wmv

CrossFit’s Definition of Fitness and Health

last rest day….. ….The fourth curiosity was so named because it couldn’t exactly fit into the defintion of fitness the way the three models could, but it was still damn

The Fourth Curiosity

definition of fitness.  Outside of the three models, there was a fourth curiosity, never quite a model, but important enough not to discard.   It held that known medical values of health fell

One more day

Tomorrow is the CrossFit Ventura Affiliate Team Challenge!  Recent updates include: Bring your own buttseat.  They won’t have many chairs. Potluck Cancelled.  First WOD starts at 0800. Come over to