CrossFit beginners have special needs. They need to learn how to correctly perform exercises and also to build the general and specific fitness to endure intense WODs (Workouts of the Day). One tool that CrossFit Silicon Valley has found useful to help create a strong foundation is what they call the “SV Beginner’s Ladder,” a relatively simple routine that ramps newbies up toward prescribed CrossFit benchmarks.
The Beginner’s Ladder focuses on three… Continue Reading
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In Competition, CrossFit, Radio, Running
October 20, 2008
This is the fifth episode of CrossFit Radio that aired 8AM PDT on October 19th, 2008.
0:00 Show Intro
3:13 Josh Bunch - Competitive bodybuilder using CrossFit
23:24 How to know you've been sipping too much of the Kool-Aid
26:15 "News" from ACSM and AHA
30:55 Nicole Carroll - CrossFit HQ Director of Training
49:10 Comments of the week
52:15 Brian Mackenzie - CrossFit Endurance
1hr 18min 23sec
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In Coaching, Special Populations, Videos, Workouts
October 18, 2008
This episode is a full session with Kathie Weigandt, 64. Kathie is among the fittest of Jimmy’s clients, even though she’s only been training with him for four months. They go through an extended warmup, and then work on strategies to pick up and carry heavy everyday objects.
They conclude with a high intensity workout, which was max reps in 1 minute of wallball, jump rope, and ball slams each… Continue Reading
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Kyle attended the Level 1 Certification seminar in Virginia Beach on August 9-10, 2008. This video is an interview with Kyle at the conclusion of the seminar, along with his workout from Day 2, and highlights from the day.
Kyle Maynard says that he has been doing things that people didn't expect him to do for a long time. Though he was born with a rare condition called congenital amputation, Kyle… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, Competition, Sports Applications
October 15, 2008
“I am a competitive bodybuilder. Marathon workouts of each body part, attacking every muscle with 30-40 sets. Three hours of aerobic activity each day. Manipulate water and sodium until I was ripped out. Then I would get onstage - and lose.”
Josh Bunch was frustrated. He loved CrossFit for his clients, and had even affiliated his gym. “I loved watching my clients do their workouts and was jealous I couldn’t get in on the fun. Inevitably, I began to theorize. Why not modify… Continue Reading
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In Archives, Audio, CrossFit, ExPhysiology, Videos
October 13, 2008
The first CrossFit certification seminar took place from Monday, December 2nd, 2002 through Wednesday, December 4th, 2002. There were two participants, Ted Socha and Charlie Simms, and six trainers. For three days, they were pummeled with two workouts a day, plus hours of lecture on exercise physiology, movement theory, and the bases of real fitness. They were put on their return flight with a spatula.
In this lecture from… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, Competition, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, Radio
October 12, 2008
This is the fourth episode of CrossFit Radio that aired 8AM PDT on October 12th, 2008.
0:00 Show Intro
4:20 JJ on the wrestlers he coaches
17:20 Letter from Sean P (US Army Cavalry Scout) on the efficacy of CrossFit for soldiers in Iraq
21:30 Caity Matter (winner of the 2008 CrossFit Games) interview
38:20 Comments of the Week
43:30 Dave Castro clip on Outside Magazine's "Fittest Real Men in America"
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In Coaching, Special Populations, Videos
October 10, 2008
Jimmy Baker is 61, and has been training CrossFit for over a decade. He is a co-owner of CrossFit Santa Cruz Central. His youngest client is in her mid-fifties, and his oldest is in her mid-eighties.
Jim explains that training the elderly is not simply a matter of scaling workouts. There are many considerations such as long term injuries, medications, balance, and vision that affect their ability to train. They… Continue Reading
