On January 6, 2009, Coach Greg Glassman was invited to give a presentation on CrossFit to over 100 future leaders of our nation’s military from the National War College at the National Defense University’s Baruch Hall. He presented on the same stage where President Bush, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and Colin Powell also addressed the students of the National War College. Present in the audience was Lt. Gen. Frances Wilson, President of the… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit Games, Gymnastics/Tumbling, Radio
January 27, 2009
This is the 25th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PST on January 26th, 2009.
0:00 Intro
2:00 Jeff Tucker from GSX Athletics
51:00 Call out to newbies
54:00 Comment of the week from Bingo
Jeff talked about his background and how he went from football to bull riding to gymnastics, and how he found CrossFit. They discussed what to expect at a gymnastics cert and why, including the fundamental gymnastic… Continue Reading
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In Kids
January 26, 2009
Lisa Bakshi is a 2nd grade teacher in San Diego, California. She has been CrossFitting for a few years, and recently introduced CrossFit Kids workouts to her class. She has seen a statistically significant improvement in their academic performance. She wonders if there is something universally applicable here.
Fact 1: America is falling behind the rest of the world in the classroom.
Fact 2: Classroom time devoted to math and language arts—and to… Continue Reading
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On Day 1 of the CrossFit Level 2 certification seminars, participants instruct each other in the 9 fundamental movements (squat, front squat, overhead squat, press, push press, push jerk, deadlift, sumodeadlift highpull, and clean) that are the core of the Level 1 seminar. Day 2 is a test of participants’ ability to instruct.
In this video, Andy Stumpf is asked to teach the group how to air squat. This… Continue Reading
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In Archives, Audio, Kettlebells
January 25, 2009
CrossFit Live was Dave Young’s version of CrossFit Radio from 2005 and 2006. This is the sixth episode from September 11th, 2005 with Tom Corrigan. Tom is a firefighter and kettlebell coach.
Tom talks about using kettlebells to train for firefighting and the RKC before taking questions from Dave and a variety of callers.
Dave produced sixteen CrossFit Live shows, and they will be rolled out gradually over the next few… Continue Reading
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In Medical/Injuries, Special Populations
January 24, 2009
Paul Manfre writes about what happened to his experience of aging when he started CrossFit.
Getting old sucks. I’m only 51, not ancient by any means, but I can see the future, and it ain’t pretty. I’m fatter than I used to be, less buffed than I used to be, even shorter than I used to be—all this, despite an active lifestyle that gives me the appearance of someone years younger… Continue Reading
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In Combatives, Radio
January 24, 2009
This is the 24th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PST on January 23rd, 2009.
0:00 Intro
2:00 Tony Blauer from Blauer Tactical
55:45 Letter from Brad Willock on the usefulness of CrossFit for young females
57:30 Rogue Fitness giveaway of a dBM jump rope
He shared what being a part of the CrossFit community means to him, when the last time he had to “throw down” was, and how he got into self-defense. He also… Continue Reading
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Jeff Martin shows his progression for teaching young kids how to deadlift. Jeff and his wife Mikki run CrossFit Kids. He explains why barbells are less important for kids, how cues like the Angry Gorilla came to be, and why they're so important for teaching kids.
Kids are not just little adults. They don’t think about their bodies the way adults do, so they don’t respond to the same cues. Uniformity, repetition… Continue Reading
