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Drive Time with Smashby #12
Posted: April 17, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: Cross Fit, CrossFit, CrossFit in Denver, Drive Time with Smashby, Smashby Training
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Drive Time with Smashby #11
Posted: April 15, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: CrossFit, CrossFit in Denver, Drive Time with Smashby, Smashby Training
Weekend!
2011 CrossFit Games: 11.4 Feedback
Posted: April 14, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: 2011 CrossFit Games, Cross Fit, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, CrossFit Games Open, CrossFit in Denver, Smashby Training, WOD 11.4
The crew at SicFit posted this video with some feedback from workout 11.4 of the 2011 CrossFit Games Open.
Obviously 2 full rounds isn’t possible! I didn’t even get one….. 🙂
In all seriousness, though… I would love to see video of someone moving as fast as he mentions in the video through all of those reps. That would be INSANE.
11.4 | Is Two Rounds Possible? from SICFIT on Vimeo.
Thought of the Day: 4/14/11
Posted: April 14, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: Cross Fit, CrossFit, Greg Glassman, Lifting Shoes, Smashby Training, Thought of the Day, Training, weight training
Oh, snap. It happened! The day when I watched a talk with Greg Glassman (Founder of CrossFit) and thought to myself, “C’mon, man. Really?” has finally arrived!
Check out this quick 9-second clip where a guest at one of his talks asks about the benefit of lifting shoes. Glassman basically replies with, “Why?”
The discussion I’d like to start here is:
What are your thoughts on lifting shoes? Cheating? Unneccesary? Critical? I’m very curious as to what you all have to say about this.
My answer: Love ’em and the stability they provide in the appropriate setting – Lifting heavy weights on a platform, for example (but I don’t RELY on them). For multi-domain activities (a workout with a run) or in real-life, I have no dependence on them and can move safely and efficiently without them.
Your turn…
Drive Time with Smashby #10
Posted: April 14, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: CrossFit, Drive Time with Smashby, Happiness, positivity, Smashby Training, Training
Happy My Friday.
I posted something on this Drive Time Post from a few days ago, and Jen Silva had some awesome feedback! Here is the information that she has shared with us. Thanks, Jen!
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Your post reminds me so much of this particular field in psychology called Positive Psych..it’s basically grounded in understanding what it means to live a meaningful life and focuses on helping people thrive by cultivating their strengths. There’s this pretty amazing website too where you can participate in these assessments that measure everything from character strengths to your current state of “happiness.” Since they’re still doing tons of research on this, the tests are free right now. Anyhow, I just think it’s cool. See ya later!
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
You can create an account and test away! An online record is kept, so you could take the tests again later and compare over time.
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The Numbers: 4/13/11
Posted: April 14, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: burpee, Cross Fit, CrossFit, CrossFit in Denver, CrossFit Lakewood, Muscle-Up, Overhead Squat, Results, Smashby Training, The Numbers, Training, Yay Burpees
Today, CrossFit Lakewood went after the 4th workout of the 2011 CrossFit Games Open. With a 10 minute cap on the workout, that means a lot of people out there wouldn’t even get close to completing one round. This one requires a LARGE amount of work to be done in not a lot of time, so the goal is basically to get through as much as you can.
Workout of the Day:
Strength
Learn the Zercher Squat
Work up to a good 3 Rep Max
Alon looking STRONG! (Bent bar, too!)
WOD
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of
60 Bar-facing burpees
30 Overhead squats (120lbs / 55kg)
10 Muscle-ups
The pace everyone kept throughout all 60 Burpees was really impressive!
As CrossFitters, we also tend to enjoy watching people suffer. Here is your chance to watch me struggle through my first attempt at this workout. The Overhead Squats just KILLED me. Hopefully I can get through 1 full round on Saturday. (Always open to critique of form / No-reps, etc)
2011 CrossFit Games: REGIONALS LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED!
Posted: April 13, 2011 in CrossFit, TrainingTags: 2011 CrossFit Games, 2011 CrossFit Games Regionals, Cross Fit, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, CrossFit Games Open, CrossFit in Denver, Denver CrossFitters, Regionals CrossFit
Good news, everyone! They’ve announced the locations for the 2011 Regionals Competition! It also shows, by region, how many athletes move to the CrossFit Games!
Here it is for us, here in the South West Region:
Week Three (of Regionals): June 10-12
South West:
Spots to the Games: 3 men, 3 women, 3 teams
Aurora Public School Stadium
1250 Chambers Road
Aurora CO 80011
Email: skip@frontrangecrossfit.com
Here’s the link to all of the Regional dates and locations around the world.
GOOD LUCK to all athletes!
CrossFit Blog Central: 4/13/11
Posted: April 13, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: Blog Central, blogging, Cross Fit, CrossFit, CrossFit in Denver, CrossFit Lisbeth, Dear CrossFit
CrossFit Lisbeth! Thank you for another post like this! As I woke up a little sore today, I thought, “Am I really going to do this workout tonight?” Then I stopped for a second, thought about it, and said, “YES. Now stop complaining and get pumped.”
I dedicate this edition of “CrossFit Blog Central” to Casey. This is a conversation we had just the other day. I don’t want “Sunday Funday” to be fun and happy. I want it to be an awesome workout, just like every other one we do. So I accept and APPRECIATE your feedback the other day about how “hard and challenging” the workout was this last week. My response: Mission Accomplished!
To quote Lisbeth’s post below:
“Dear CrossFit,
Keep pushing me, don’t ever stop.”
Post entitled Dear CrossFit – By Lisbeth Darsh
Dear CrossFit,
I like that you push me. That you shove me around. That you don’t listen to my whining, my excuses, my belly-aching.
When I say, “This is hard” . . . you say, “Do it again.”
When I say, “But I’m not good at this” . . . you say, “So, practice. Get good.”
When I say “This hurts” . . . you say, “So does life. Get over it.”
You poke me in the chest, you kick me in the ass, you drive me over the edge.
And I love every single flippin’ minute of it. Even as I hate it too.
If I wanted my workout to hug me and make me feel special, I’d be rocking some jazzeryoga40x in my basement. With some chamomile tea. And a blankie.
But I’m not here for the party. I’m here because I don’t need another person in life to tell me that I’m special and I’m good enough and I’m wonderful. (I mean, don’t stop with that, my ego kinda digs it.) But I want the truth. I can handle it. And I can handle the work to make myself better.
I don’t have a muscle-up. And I needed to be reminded of that, and the many other things I need to motor on.
See, CrossFit, we understand each other. Keep pushing me, don’t ever stop.
XOXOXOXO
Me
2011 CrossFit Games: WOD 11.4 Explanation
Posted: April 12, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, TrainingTags: 2011 CrossFit Games, burpee, Cross Fit, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, CrossFit Games Open, CrossFit Games Website, CrossFit Lakewood, Denver CrossFitters, Muscle-Up, Overhead Squat, Smashby Training, Training, WOD, WOD 11.4, Yay Burpees
HQ released the next workout of the 2011 CrossFit Games Open, and a lot of people in the CrossFit Community let out a collective groan.
Without further ado, here is Workout 11.4:
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 10 minutes of:
60 Bar-facing burpees / 30 Overhead squats (120lbs / 90lbs) / 10 Muscle-ups
For those of you who may be wondering what a Muscle-Up is, it’s a movement done primarily on gymnastics rings that consists of a pull-up transitioning into a dip! The video here will show you exactly what it looks like and give some pointers!
Achieving the Muscle-up from Patrick Cummings on Vimeo.
In my opinion, it’s going to be a lot like the last workout where some people simply won’t be able to complete parts of it. During the first two workouts, most people were able to handle the weight and reps in some form or another, so the differences in scores were simply how many rounds people were able to complete.
Last week, some male athletes simply couldn’t get 165 pounds into a Squat Clean and Jerk. This week’s biggest challenges will fall in one of two categories; either 120 pounds for men (or 90 pounds for women) will be too heavy for some athletes to Overhead Squat 30 times, or they’ll get through them and get stuck on the Muscle-Ups.
The exciting part about involving such a challenging movement in this workout, though, is that there will be HUNDREDS of people out there who will get their first-EVER Muscle-Up during this workout! I hope that CFHQ puts together a video of all of the first MU’s caught on tape from this week’s workout 🙂
The video below is from HQ showing the official range of motion requirements for the movements.
GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE!
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