Workouts

On Saturday, March 7th, 2008, a dozen athletes gathered at Rogue Fitness in Gahanna, OH for some friendly pre-Games competition.

Jolie Gentry, Caity Matter, Ashley Westerheide, and Chastity Slone went head to head in the following workout:

Three rounds for time of:
4 Handstand Pushups
8 Chest to Bar Pullups
12 Deadlifts (135lbs)
16 Box Jumps (20")

Jolie won the 2007 Games (and finished 5th in 08). Caity won the 2008 Games, so the two… Continue Reading

Angela Hart is a Concept2 Master Coach and a CrossFit certified trainer. She explains her rowing strategy for Fight Gone Bad. The goal is to row as many calories as possible in one minute. She suggests mixing in half and three quarter strokes with full strokes. Not only does it help psychologically get through the minute, there’s a physical boost to power output with the partial strokes.

This footage, produced by the … Continue Reading

This is Part 5 1/2 of the second episode of the Boz and Todd Experience. Boz and Todd, with special guest Chris Spealler, conducted four training sessions at Front Range CrossFit. Except for scheduling the athletes, these sessions were unplanned. They met with the athletes for the first time that night, interviewed them about their strengths and weaknesses, and took them through a training session and workout. Real world training… Continue Reading

Justin Lascek has a love-hate relationship with Fran. In All (Mistakenly) Bow to Fran, he explores the light and dark side of the most powerful of workouts.

As we all know, “Fran” is one of the classic benchmark CrossFit workouts that combines a weight lifting movement with a callisthenic movement. The rep range of 21-15-9 developed by Greg Glassman is known for its ability to improve metabolic conditioning, but it also helps maximize work capacity… Continue Reading

This is Part 4 of the second episode of the Boz and Todd Experience. Boz and Todd, with special guest Chris Spealler, conducted four training sessions at Front Range CrossFit. Except for scheduling the athletes, these sessions were unplanned. They met with the athletes for the first time that night, interviewed them about their strengths and weaknesses, and took them through a training session and workout. Real world training… Continue Reading

This is Part 5 of the second episode of the Boz and Todd Experience. Boz and Todd, with special guest Chris Spealler, conducted four training sessions at Front Range CrossFit. Except for scheduling the athletes, these sessions were unplanned. They met with the athletes for the first time that night, interviewed them about their strengths and weaknesses, and took them through a training session and workout. Real world training… Continue Reading

This is Part 3 of the second episode of the Boz and Todd Experience. Boz and Todd, with special guest Chris Spealler, conducted four training sessions at Front Range CrossFit. Except for scheduling the athletes, these sessions were unplanned. They met with the athletes for the first time that night, interviewed them about their strengths and weaknesses, and took them through a training session and workout. Real world… Continue Reading

Jason “Rhabdo” Kaplan gained recognition in the CrossFit community for his incredible Fran performances. First, there was the 2:08 Fran posted on the Affiliate Blog. Then there was the controversial 1:53 on the Main Site. Jason is also an aspiring 2009 CrossFit Games competitor.

In this part 2 from the Again Faster crew, Jason goes for a repeat performance, only this time with absolutely perfect range of motion in an… Continue Reading