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Sleep!
Not only is the PNC a great time to focus on your diet/nutrition, it is also the perfect time to pay attention to your sleep habits in order to help facilitate quicker recovery. I recommend everyone read T.S. Wiley’s Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival. In it he outlines proper sleep conditions [...]
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Performance Nutrition Challenge 2
On August 30th, our next Performance Nutrition Challenge will begin. Our last PNC was extremely successful – those who stuck with for the entire 8 weeks saw significant performance and body composition changes. With 20+ participants last time, we’re hoping to get even more RVA trainees involved, and see even more progress.
Simply put, [...] [Read More]
Simply put, [...] [Read More]
Maryland State Open
Jeff, Brian, and myself went up to Maryland today, where Jeff competed in his first weightlifting competition. After months of hard training, Jeff successfully completed 5 of 6 attempts, hitting a PR clean and jerk of 300#!
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Mindfulness in Training
I’m hesitant to call this an article – it’s more like a collection of thoughts that, while not presenting any particularly new information, will hopefully get you thinking, just a little.
Training is inherently a mental, as well as a physical process. We know and accept this easily. We see people get [...] [Read More]
Training is inherently a mental, as well as a physical process. We know and accept this easily. We see people get [...] [Read More]
CrossFit Regionals Recap, Part 3
Start at the beginning or go back to part 2.
I’m fast forwarding to Sunday because we spectated and relaxed on Saturday. I’ll go so far as to say there were some Pay-Lee-Noooooo meals between Friday and Saturday with some meals being better than others. Mark was kind enough to grill some food for [...] [Read More]
I’m fast forwarding to Sunday because we spectated and relaxed on Saturday. I’ll go so far as to say there were some Pay-Lee-Noooooo meals between Friday and Saturday with some meals being better than others. Mark was kind enough to grill some food for [...] [Read More]
Nikki’s Nutrition Challenge Review
Nikki was one of the winners of our recent Performance Nutrition Challenge. I hope you all can learn from her experiences!
First, I think it should be known that I had no intentions of participating in the Nutrition Challenge, and that I was talked into it by my other half (John G). I can [...] [Read More]
First, I think it should be known that I had no intentions of participating in the Nutrition Challenge, and that I was talked into it by my other half (John G). I can [...] [Read More]
CrossFit Regionals Recap, Part 2
Back to Part 1.
Regionals Day 1 continued…
WOD 2
15 Minutes to reach a heavy single in the Snatch
5 minutes to complete as many head to ground handstand push-ups as possible
Score is the sum of max weight lifted by each athlete plus total repetitions of handstand push-ups.
Ahhhhhh… the only reason that Brian was even invited to compete; [...] [Read More]
Regionals Day 1 continued…
WOD 2
15 Minutes to reach a heavy single in the Snatch
5 minutes to complete as many head to ground handstand push-ups as possible
Score is the sum of max weight lifted by each athlete plus total repetitions of handstand push-ups.
Ahhhhhh… the only reason that Brian was even invited to compete; [...] [Read More]
CrossFit Regionals Recap, Part 1
This started off as a simple recap, but it turned into a novella and I’m sorry for that. I tried to write about all the details of our experience at Regionals without leaving anything out. Read it if you’d like, or leave it behind.
The Central East Regionals…
Starring:
Jacob “Coach” Rowell
Jake drove us [...] [Read More]
The Central East Regionals…
Starring:
Jacob “Coach” Rowell
Jake drove us [...] [Read More]
Why We Like Olympic Lifts.
CrossFit defines fitness in 10 ways, most of which you should be familiar with. How many of them do you know offhand? List as many of them as you can in your head or on a piece of paper (I’m listing them in the next sentence, so don’t cheat and read ahead). [...]
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2010 VA/DC Sectionals Wrap-Up
To start off, the VA/DC/MD sectionals was a great experience, both for myself and the four guys from CrossFit RVA who competed. The event was much larger than I anticipated, with a total of 250+ people competing. The event was well-run; scores were updated quickly on the games site, heats started when they [...]
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