A Ringing Success

By Mike Warkentin

In Athletes, CrossFit Games

November 06, 2009

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Muscle-ups knocked Annie Mist Thorisdottir out of the 2009 CrossFit Games. Mike Warkentin reports that Thorisdottir is confident the movement won’t be a problem again.

“DNF—first muscle-up!”

That was what appeared on Annie Mist Thorisdottir’s scorecard when judge Chuck Carswell brought it to the scorer’s table after the final women’s WOD at the 2009 CrossFit Games.

Moments earlier, the 19-year-old from Iceland had failed to finish the gruelling chipper but had managed to inspire the entire crowd by getting her very first muscle-up in one of the Games’ most memorable moments.

After the Games, Thorisdottir vowed she would learn the muscle-up, and when she appeared unannounced at a Level 1 Cert in San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 24, the CrossFit Journal asked her about her blossoming skills. Speaking via a video link-up from the sunny SoCal city, Thorisdottir explained that it took some time to get better at the gymnastics movement.

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Teaching the Yoke Walk

By Kurtis Bowler

In Sports Applications, Videos

November 05, 2009

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Who says big men and women can’t be graceful?

“This one is all about walking smooth,” Kurtis Bowler of Rainier CrossFit says of the yoke walk.

The strongman movement is particularly challenging because it requires more than just raw strength and core stability. One of the keys to the movement is fluidity, and athletes who stagger or change speed while under load will find heavy weights very difficult to control.

“If you start walking and… Continue Reading

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Training the Muscle-Up

By Jeff Tucker

In Gymnastics/Tumbling, Videos

November 04, 2009

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Athletes who have been in that frustrating no man’s land between ring pull-up and ring dip have heard a multitude of cues shouted as they struggle through the transition with kicking legs and T-rex arms. Some cues are more helpful than others, and many athletes find themselves baffled by the instructions and completely frustrated by the muscle-up.

Jeff Tucker of GSX Athletics teaches the movement with athletes starting on their knees. That way they can… Continue Reading

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CrossFit Radio, Episode 92

By Justin Judkins

In Affiliation, Competition, Radio

November 04, 2009

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Kristopher Germain, a new affiliate owner, and Olympic-lifting expert/CrossFit athlete Sage Burgener joined Justin on Episode 92 of CrossFit Radio, webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

1:42 New affiliate owner Kristopher Germain joined us for the second installment in a series where we follow his progress as he starts a new affiliate. Kris updated us on what’s transpired with his affiliate over the last four weeks… Continue Reading

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The Birth of CrossFit Kids

By Jeff and Mikki Martin

In Kids, Videos

November 03, 2009

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Can you imagine your Fran time if you hadn’t wasted 10 years doing biceps curls?

What if someone had taught you in college to squat below parallel instead of to barely crease your knees while “feeling the burn” in your quads?

How fit and functional would you be right now if you had never set foot in a Globo Gym?

Greg Glassman came up with the CrossFit Kids program to ensure young athletes don’t make the same… Continue Reading

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CrossFit Works

By Daniel Andrews and Mike Warkentin

In Athletes, CrossFit

November 02, 2009

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The CrossFit world is full of amazing stories—here are some of the very best, as written by Daniel Andrews and Mike Warkentin.

CrossFit changes lives—we all know it.

In this regular feature, the CrossFit Journal compiles the most extraordinary stories from a community of extraordinary people.

In this edition, we feature Daniel Andrews, a Denver police officer with a four-hour marathon time and an 892-lb. CrossFit Total. In August… Continue Reading

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