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Challenge Accepted

In less than two weeks, or exactly eleven days, I will be taking on the Chesapeake Bay Swim.  As I wrote that sentence I recognized that I knew immediately it was exactly eleven days because I’m starting to get pretty nervous.  OK, scared.  The swim is 4.4 miles across the Bay from Annapolis to Kent …

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Murph Prep

Memorial Day is now just days away, and that means Murph!  Many of you reading have completed Murph before and so you know that this is just another CrossFit workout – a little on the longer side but nothing that can’t be done if we’re smart about scaling and preparing our bodies for the effort.  …

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Hero Workouts

CrossFit is awesome because it’s an effective fitness program that everyone can do.  We all know that now, although you might have doubted that second part before you took the plunge and tried it out. What really drew me into CrossFit in the beginning though was another reason I thought it was awesome, and something …

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An Evening Practice

Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL training, or BUD/S, is a 6-month course intended to select only the best, most well-rounded candidates from a group of physical studs that show up to take on the toughest military training in the world.  After just a few weeks of learning the basics comes the infamous Hell Week – …

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The Coach: CrossFit’s Force Multiplier

Until CrossFit, I did not put the coach and the fitness trainer in the same category. In my experience, coaches were people who changed my life in a profound way. This was due only in part to their expertise; the rest was due to their genuine care for me and my goals. They were people …

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The CrossFit Ethos

“Imagine if you went to one of your friends and said: ‘How would you like me to dress so you would like me better? … How would you like me to speak so you’ll like me more?’… And your friend will tell you, ‘Just be yourself. That’s what I like about you.’” —Simon Sinek   …

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Unparalleled Efficacy: Understanding the CrossFit Methodology

The CrossFit methodology is the driver of our unparalleled efficacy. What I mean by this is: Not only does CrossFit make people fit, but arguably we make them fitter faster and more safely than any other program out there. Our results are universal, predictable, and repeatable. Our methodology works for everyone, can be scaled for …

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The Magic of CrossFit: Magic or Real Science?

Last week, we presented this formula as a framework for explaining the “magic” of CrossFit: Methodology + Ethos (Coach + Community) = CrossFit Next week, we’ll begin to dive into the elements of that formula, but first, we need to unpack why we can say CrossFit is grounded in science but feels like magic. The …

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The Magic of CrossFit: Defining the Formula

I started CrossFit in 2004 at CrossFit Santa Cruz with Greg Glassman as my coach. I’d say it took me three months of consistent classes to really feel the results, but when it happened, it felt magical. . The original CrossFit gym: CrossFit Santa Cruz around 2004 . The way I describe that feeling goes something like this: …

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2023 CrossFit Open Recap

So, the 2023 CrossFit Open is over, and the excitement of throwing down against the world has passed, until next year.  I am so proud of everyone that competed in the Open, especially all of you that jumped in for the first time! I hope you all had fun and learned about yourselves a bit. …

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