In Coaching, Combatives, CrossFit, CrossFit Endurance, LEO/Mil, Radio
February 01, 2012
On Episode 209 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed George Ryan, who is the subject-matter expert for the CrossFit Striking Trainer Course. Justin also interviewed Bob Weeks, who is doing great things for the Wounded Warrior Project. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
The WOW (Workout of the Week) is from CrossFit WV.
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Original Firebreather Greg Amundson is no stranger to law enforcement.
For nine years, he was a deputy sheriff in Santa Cruz County, Calif., and he worked at the Drug Enforcement Administration for four years. Today, he still serves as a reserve officer in Santa Cruz. In this video, he speaks to members of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department in Columbia, S.C., about what CrossFit can do for them.
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In LEO/Mil
December 21, 2011
Army Capt. Josh Holden says CrossFit replaced his bodybuilding ways and helped him help Iraqis.
My first cup of coffee in Iraq was as a brigade battle captain in Mosul with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. As a young captain without much seniority on the brigade staff, I got stuck with the night shift. Anyone who has done shift work before knows the drudgery involved, especially in a Brigade… Continue Reading
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November 25, 2011
Chris Pace spends three tough days traveling from Arlington National Cemetery to Ground Zero to raise funds for the Disposable Heroes Project.
On the evening of Sept. 9, 2011, I began a journey that would test not only my physical limitations but also my mental limitations.
The Journey of Freedom was a 250-mile solo endeavor from Arlington National Cemetery to New York City and consisted of a 150-mile bike ride followed… Continue Reading
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November 11, 2011
Lon Wagner visits the VA Medical Center in Hampton, Va., to discover what it means to be a veteran.
It’s pretty much any day at the VA Medical Center in Hampton, Va.—and every last parking spot outside of the main hospital is filled. Drivers circle, cars idle, waiting for someone to back out.
Wars or conflicts or “operations” have been steady over the past seven or eight decades. Here, it’s all added up to… Continue Reading
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In LEO/Mil, Sports Applications
October 30, 2011
Kasper Hansen, a member of the Danish armed forces, rekindles his love of training and sport through CrossFit.
I stumbled upon CrossFit in fall 2009. Two of my friends started working out in one of Denmark’s first CrossFit gyms, Butcher’s Lab in Copenhagen, and they took me there a couple of times when I was in town. I had long been in search of new inspiration for my training to keep me… Continue Reading
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In LEO/Mil
October 21, 2011
Julie Kelly reflects on the 31 Heroes WOD performed on the flight deck of the USS Midway in San Diego.
Sept. 3, 2011: Just another September day to many, but to those of us in the San Diego CrossFit community, it was much more than that. It was a day to remember the 31 heroes whose NATO helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak Province on Aug. 6, 2011.
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September 14, 2011
An IED survivor suffers through an amputation and PTSD. Now CrossFit is his therapy. Emily Beers reports.
The first successful climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain, was in 1889.
It took climbers six weeks to arrive at the top. Today, most can reach the summit in five or six days.
Trekkers can buy beer at some of the mountain camps along the way. Once, someone climbed Kilimanjaro dressed as a rhinoceros.
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