April 29, 2009
Roger King writes about golfing, CrossFit and getting in ship shape.
I may not be the world’s greatest golf pro. I may not even be the world’s greatest golf pro who works on a cruise ship. But I am pretty sure that no one can touch me on this: I am most likely the world’s only — and therefore greatest — golf pro who works on a cruise ship and is… Continue Reading
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April 18, 2009
Brian Nabeta is the head coach and aquatics director of the Arden Hills Swim Team, which just became an affiliate.
The Arden Hills Swim Club may conduct one of the strangest swimming workouts in the world, but the kids aren’t complaining—especially after what happened to them at the Junior Nationals in Austin, Texas last December.
Seventeen year-old Katie Edwards dreamed of finishing in the top five. She did even better… Continue Reading
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In Rowing, Sports Applications
March 30, 2009
EC Synkowski is a CrossFitter. She’s also a trainer, and part of the traveling Level 1 certification team. She was built to row (according to those in the field), though she has no formal training and only moderate interest.
Last year, she competed for the first time in the Concept2 Crash-B 2K sprint event. She pulled a 7:11.2, which put her 24th in the world. So, she was looking forward to… Continue Reading
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In Combatives, Competition, Sports Applications
March 29, 2009
Dave Re was awarded title of Grand Master by the US Practical Shooting Association in September, 2007. It is their highest classification, but it didn’t mean that he was capable of winning major matches.
At 212 pounds, I was simply too slow to get off enough shots in a game that scored on quality and quantity. But I had hope that I could turn around that weakness in my game due to something I’d started a… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, Radio, Sports Applications
March 29, 2009
This is the 49th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PDT on March 27th, 2009.
0:00 Intro
3:50 Dave Young from Gravity Janes
15:45 Jakers’ top posts from his website
20:00 John Welbourn from CrossFit Balboa and CrossFit Football
59:00 No news in the news
Dave Young was the originator of the radio genre for CrossFit. On Saturday, March 28th he goes live with his show again as CrossFit Radio… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, Audio, CrossFit Games, Sports Applications, Videos
February 02, 2009
Caity Matter of Rogue Fitness in Gahanna, OH won the 2008 CrossFit Games. She now works for Ohio State University as a project manager. Todd Widman caught up to her at the Schottenstein Arena, where she played and trained. The varsity women’s basketball team is practicing and training in the background.
She played 5 years of basketball at Ohio State, as a starter whenever she was healthy, and as captain her… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, Audio, CrossFit Games, Sports Applications, Videos
January 20, 2009
Caity Matter of Rogue Fitness in Gahanna, OH won the 2008 CrossFit Games. She now works for Ohio State University as a project manager. Todd Widman caught up to her at the Schottenstein Arena, where she played and trained. The varsity women’s basketball team is practicing and training in the background.
She played 5 years of basketball at Ohio State, as a starter whenever she was healthy, and as captain her senior year… Continue Reading
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January 17, 2009
Karl MacPhee was a competitive triathlete from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). He trained in the typical high volume manner common to long distance events. It worked, to a point, and was faster. One of the great costs, though, was the amount of time he spent training, and how that cut into his family and social lives. After discovered the CrossFit.com website, that all changed:
Within the… Continue Reading
