In Coaching, Special Populations
December 24, 2008
Amie Taylor is a 9th grade algebra teacher. She’s also a CrossFitter.
This past summer, I was sitting in a “how to be a better teacher” training seminar, daydreaming about what WOD I was going to do that day and how fast could I get to my box. Then I had an epiphany. I knew how CrossFit made me feel and why I loved it. So I wondered: is there a way to bring the methodology of CrossFit to my… Continue Reading
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In Affiliation, Audio, Videos
December 23, 2008
The first ever CrossFit Affiliate Gathering took place on Feb 2-3, 2008 at the Sunset Station Hotel in Henderson, NV. Approximately 150 people attended.
This video is Coach Glassman’s brief introduction to the event and to Craig Patterson’s presentation (highlights of which will be published here soon). His main theme is that the love of training brings success to an affiliate, not any particular business model or even business… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, Kettlebells, Radio
December 22, 2008
This is the 14th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 8am PST on December 21st, 2008.
0:00 Intro and Chris’s attempt at JJ’s intro.
7:00 Dutch Lowy from CrossFit ATM
40:00 Letter from Dean Wiener from Melbourne, Australia
44:30 Shawn Mozen from AGATSU
1hr 17min 36sec
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In Athletes, Audio, CrossFit Games, Running, Videos
December 21, 2008
Heather Keenan, 32, is a trainer at CrossFit New England, the strength and conditioning coach at Nobles School, a mom to two kids (Maya 8 and Jonah 4), and an aspiring 2009 CrossFit Games competitor.
In this three part video series, the Again Faster crew profile Heather, who came in 2nd place in Albany CrossFit’s East Coast Challenge last year, right behind Tanya Wagner. She recently passed her CrossFit Level 2… Continue Reading
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December 20, 2008
Andrea Nitz is the founder of CrossFit Mom, and explains why a executing a wide variety of functional movements at relatively high intensity is also good for pregnant women.
“Is it safe to exercise while pregnant?” is an age-old question. In earlier times, pregnant women were told to stay in bed and rest, due to their “delicate” condition. Even today, some doctors will tell their pregnant patients not to do anything… Continue Reading
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In Coaching, Special Populations, Videos
December 19, 2008
This is the second part of a complete training session that Vilma Siebers, 81, had with Jim Baker at CrossFit Santa Cruz Central, where he is a trainer and co-owner.
Vilma is originally from Berlin. She was a teenager during World War II, and came to California in 1952. She maintains a very active life, training with Jimmy one day a week, going on long hikes with the Sierra Club, line dancing… Continue Reading
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In Archives, Audio, Coaching, Olympic Lifts
December 18, 2008
CrossFit Live was Dave Young’s version of CrossFit Radio from 2005 and 2006. This is the third episode from May 1st, 2005 with Coach Mike Burgener of Mike’s Gym.
Coach Burgener talks about his history, the supposedly dangerous nature of the Oly lifts, recovery, and why Oly lifting is the gymnastics of weight training, to name a few topics. He takes numerous callers’ questions.
Dave produced sixteen CrossFit Live shows, and they… Continue Reading
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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… Continue Reading
