Posts Tagged ‘Beastmode of the Day’

Beastmode of the Day: 1/5/12

Posted: January 5, 2012 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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Josh Everett will forever be, in my mind, one of the Original CrossFit Firebreathers. I’ve have the amazing privilege of meeting him and having a conversation with him during the 2010 CrossFit/USAW event, and to top it all off, he is one of the nicest guys out there, too!

SIDENOTE: At that event, I was lucky enough to watch him and Dave Lipson go head-to-head in the classic “Isabel-Off”. Two athletes who know what BEASTMODE really means! That’s 135lbs on those bars… and they make it look like a PVC pipe!
(I was in the front row and took this video of it on my iPhone)

 

Anyways, back to Josh and his Beastmode. Check out this video where he talks about his entire approach to CrossFit. Warm-Up, approach to workouts, “that extra gear” that separates really good athletes from the one who “have it”…. This video makes me so happy. Inspiring words from an inspiring dude.

Does this help anyone else out there?

Beastmode of the Day: 12/29/11

Posted: December 29, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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Chris Spealler is one of my favorite CrossFitters out there. I’ve met him a few times, and he has to be one of the nicest guys in CrossFit, too.
One of the coolest parts of this video, to me, is the story behind it (which I copied from the video’s page):

“I have known Chris for a long time and the one thing that stands out from his character is passion. This was a Christmas gift to Chris from his bro-in-law. Never give up!”

Beastmode of the Day: 12/26/11 (CF Lakewood Edition)

Posted: December 26, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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Those of you who train at CrossFit Lakewood, don’t need me to tell you about Alon.
He is the man, right?

Well, tonight, this dude decides to hit a 235 pound Front Squat. For TWO reps.

Not bad for only doing CrossFit for a few months. And by “not bad”, I mean:
BEAST MOOOOODE!!!!

Alon, you are an animal.

Beastmode of the Day: 12/16/11

Posted: December 16, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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I was thinking that I have been posting most (if not all?) of my “Beastmode of the Day” posts with videos of dudes being monsters.

Please don’t think it’s because I don’t think women are monsters! There are so many INCREDIBLE CrossFitting females here in Denver that I know personally, as well as women around the world that I get to hear about through the interwebs.

Here’s one of them.

Talayna Fortunato was featured on The CrossFit Games Facebook page, along with the caption, “Somewhere, a woman in a pink shirt is snatching more than you, and giggling about it.” That’s pretty awesome. What’s even more awesome, is that in the video, Talayna snatched 160lbs! I had to see what other accomplishments of hers were out there, and I came across this gem.

Talayna apparently did a FOUR ROUND workout complete with:
Barbell-Overhead PISTOLS
L-Rope Climbs
AND
Parallette Handstand Push-Ups

And she looks good doing ALL of them. One day I hope to be able to do at least ONE of these movements as well as her. So strong!

Enjoy, folks.

Beastmode of the Day: 12/8/11

Posted: December 8, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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I kept trying to think of a clever little paragraph to write about this video, but I got nothin’….

This man is INCREDIBLE.

(Thanks to Keith Wittenstein, from CrossFit Virtuosity, for this link!)

Beastmode of the Day: 12/7/11

Posted: December 7, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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Albany CrossFit posted this video, and I saw it from a friend of mine on Facebook.

This is awesome, and someday I hope to be able to do something like it!

Beastmode of the Day: 11/13/11

Posted: November 13, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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In this video, Behdad Salimi completes a 214kg Snatch (and with it a World Record) at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championship.

I’m not even going to say anything else.

Ok, fine.. one more thing. THAT’S 470.8 POUNDS! WHAT?!

Beastmode of the Day: 11/10/11

Posted: November 10, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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Rob Orlando, CrossFit celebrity and Owner of Hybrid Athletics, is strong. If you’ve ever seen him, or heard about him through CrossFit, then you already knew that.

Rob Orlando can flip 1,000 pound tires, jump 40″ box jumps right after that and then get upside on gymnastics rings and do Ring Handstand Push-Ups.

I know… some of these people are insane.

Beastmode of the Day: 11/9/11

Posted: November 9, 2011 in CrossFit, Media, Training
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Well, the time has finally come where CrossFit is posting so many INCREDIBLE videos of athletes performing superhuman feats that I need to create a new category for just them!

I think that “Beastmode of the Day” is an awesome name for it, too! Thanks for your support.

Rich Froning Jr. won the 2011 CrossFit Games. That means, by OUR standards (as CrossFitters), he is the fittest man on the planet.

Doing things like this make it harder and harder for someone to refute that, I think.

He took one of my favorite CrossFit workouts of all-time, Grace (which is 30 Clean and Jerks for time at 95lbs for women/135lb for men), and upped the ante a little. Instead of the prescribed 135lbs, he decided to do Grace with 225lbs!!

Oh yeah… and he did it in 4:49. No big deal.

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