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Don't Be Another Stat!

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From CrossFit SweatShop blog

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This graph was taken from Google Trends.  It shows the internet search popularity of CrossFit, Bally Fitness, Gold’s Gym, and 24 Hour Fitness.  Notice the huge spike each New Year for all big commercial gyms.  CrossFit’s growth in popularity has been steady with the occasional spike due to large newspaper or magazine publications.  However, it appears CrossFit will soon overshadow even 24 Hour Fitness in popularity. 

One of the key differences with CrossFit is that it is a program and supportive community that seeks to improve the health, fitness, and well-being of it’s members, not a membership driven gym with several hundred or even a few thousand members which relies on an extremely high turnover rate for it’s success.  CrossFit is a process of continual learning and refinement, both in regards to the exercises, as well as nutrition and other lifestyle habits.  With the New Year right around the corner, don’t be just another jackass that makes a resolution to get in shape, only to give up come February.  Make a change that will improve your long term health.


On the Kettlebell Swing

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Pictured: variations of the top of an American style Kettlebell Swing, by Jeff Martone.

Be careful when going this far overhead, I don't want anyone getting bonked on the head!


What about booze?

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From CrossFit Brio Blog:


So you've taken the plunge and decided to jump with two feet into the caveman style of eating. You're buying and cooking real food and you've given up on take out for a whole week and then realize you have plans to go out for dinner with friends on the weekend. You prepare like any good paleo person and check the menu ahead of time to figure out how to get your meats and veggies with out any grains or dairy. You meet your friends feeling confident you'll stick to the food plan without being a pain in the butt when the waiter arrives and asks the table "Can I start anyone with a drink?"

You panic... all your friends are having drinks, that's partly why they're there. Are you going to have to stick with water? Is beer Paleo? Did cave people have long island ice teas? Crap, what to do!?

Everyone enjoys and evening out with their friends or family and it's just become common place to have a drink or two. There's been many studies discussing both the benefits and disadvantages to alcohol. So, how does alcohol fall into the caveman style diet?

I'm pretty sure that our caveman ancestors did not have a brewery, but alcohol has been around for a long time. There have been beer jugs found from the Neolithic period that date back 10,000 years and Egyptian pictographs show the use of wine 4,000 years ago. So we've certainly had it a heck of a lot longer than high fructose corn syrup which has allowed us to adapt to its use. The fact is some people do better than others with alcohol. You need to figure out how well you do with it.

If you can eat meats and veggies, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, some alcohol and no sugar and still meet your health and fitness goals then by all means have a glass of wine here and there. But if you are doing the above and not meeting your goals, you might want to try to kick the booze. This is especially the case if one of your goals is to lose weight. This article from our other site discusses the effects of beer on body weight.

Just remember you can get noticeable results from following the caveman style eating plan 80-90% of the time. If that other 10-20% involves a drink or two it's not the end of the world. Just listen to your body and make healthy decisions. If you do decide to have a drink check out this link from Mark's Daily Apple for a guide to making the right choices on what drinks to have.

Workouts to be done anywhere!

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Some of you know who Eva Twardokens is – she’s been in a lot of the CrossFit videos and is an amazing athlete. She is a 2x Olympian and was a 12 year member of the US ski team.

She also keeps a cool blog where she posts different bodyweight workouts every day – it’s great for those of you who are doing extra workouts at home or on the road where you don’t have access to a lot of equipment.

The link to her blog is here: http://skievat.blogspot.com/

Below is a list of many of her workouts!

Run 1/2 mile 50 squats – 3 rounds for time.

10 push-ups 10 sit ups 10 squats – 10 rounds for time.

200 squats for time.

“Susan” Run 200m 10 squats 10 push ups – 5 rounds for time.

Sprint 200m and do 25 push ups – 3 rounds for time.

10 Handstand push ups and a 200m run – 3 rounds for time.

Tabata Squats and Push-ups: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds each. Count your lowest score.

5 push ups 5 squats 5 sit ups – 20 rounds for time.

Walk 100m on your hands, even if it is 2ms at a time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 sets of sit-ups and a 100m sprint between each set.

Invisible Fran: 21-15-9 of squats and push-ups for time.

Spend a total of 5 minutes in a handstand, or headstand. If you are using the headstand do not stay over a minute at a time.

10 push ups 10 squats and 10 sit ups – 6 rounds for time.

Do one squat and take one breath, (you can breath all you want while you do the squat or squats) do 2 and take 2 breaths etc… up to 10, and then come back down to one.

3 vertical jumps 3 squats 3 long jumps – 5 rounds for time.

Handstand 30 seconds and 10 squats – 8 rounds for time.

10 push-ups 100M dash – 10 rounds for time.

Tabata Squats: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

5x 400M sprints.

10 X 100 m dash.

25 pressing snatch balances each arm. No weight.

Run 1 mile, lunging 30 steps every 1 minute.

Handstand 30 seconds and 20 squats – 5 rounds for time.

10 handstand jackknife to vertical jump, 10 handstand jackknife to tuck jump, 10 handstand jackknife to straddle jump.

100 squats for time.

4x 25 jumping squats

10 vertical jumps, 10 push ups, 10 sit ups – 4 rounds for time.

10 squats every 1 minute of your 1 mile run.

10 push-ups 10 squats 10 sit ups – 10 rounds for time.

10 vertical jumps, run 400m – 5 rounds for time.

Spend a total of 3 minutes in a handstand.

Handstand 1 minute, hold bottom of the squat for 1 minute – 5 rounds for time.

Sprint 100m, Walk 100m – 10 rounds for time.

100 push ups for time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 burpees and sit ups.

50 sit-ups, 400m run or sprint or walk – 3 rounds for time.

10 walking lunges, 10 push-ups, 10 rounds for time.

50 split jumps for time.

Handstand for 30 seconds or 5 handstand push ups, 400m run – 4 rounds for time.

10 burpees, 100meter sprint – 10 rounds for time.

L-sit off the floor. 10 rounds of 10 seconds. If you can’t do it sit with your legs straight out and try to lift your heels of the ground for 10 seconds instead!!!

Run 400m, 50 squats – 4 rounds for time.

handstand 30 seconds, to squat hold 30 seconds – 10 rounds for time.

Ten vertical jumps ( jump as high as you can, land and do it again), 10 push-ups – 5 rounds for time.

10 push-ups, 10 squats, 10 rounds for time.

Handstand to Jack-Knife to vertical jump – 30 reps for time.

Run 1 mile with 100 squats at midpoint – for time.

7 squats, 7 burpees – 7 rounds for time.

10x 30 second handstand to 30 second bottom of the squat hold.

Burpee to the push up position, do 10 push ups, burpee out – 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 mile, plus 50 squats – For time.

100 burpees for time.

5 squats, 5 push-ups, 5 sit ups – 20 rounds for time.

Plebs plank, bottom of squat, hollow rock hold, 30 seconds each for 10 rounds for time. Use the transition times as your rest periods…they should be as brief as possible.

5 push ups with a 30 second plebs plank(a hold at the top of the push up, arms extended and body tight like a plank!) at the end of each 5 reps, 10 rounds for time. Then 3x 100m dash @ 80%.

Handstand practice, 25 tries at free handstands, then a 1 mile run at 80%.

Handstand 10 seconds jack-knife to vertical jump – 25 reps for time.

Mime 4x 25 sumo deadlift high pulls, make them perfect. Be sure the hips extend before the arms bend!

50 squats x 5. Rest equal amounts as it took to do each 50.

Run 1 mile and do 10 push-ups every 1 minute.

Sprint 100m 30 squats – 8 rounds for time.

30 push ups, 30 second handstand or Plebs Plank – 3 rounds for time.

10 sit ups and 10 burpees…10 rounds-for time.

Handstand hold, 30 seconds, squat hold 30 seconds – 10 rounds for time.

250 jumping jacks – for time.

100 jumping jacks, 75 squats, 50 push ups, 25 burpees – For time.

Tabata Push-ups: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

30 second handstand against a wall, followed by a 30 second static hold at the bottom of the squat – 5 rounds for time.

with eyes closed do 10 squats, open eyes..do 10 push ups eyes closed – 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 minute, squat 1 minute – 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 mile for time.

squat x 10 push up x 10 sit up x 10 – 3 rounds for time.

10 push-ups, 10 hollow rocks, run 200m – 5 rounds for time.

Tabata Squats with eyes closed: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

bottom to bottom ( est at the bottom of the squat instead of standing without support on your hands or butt and make the bottom good, straight back, butt back) Tabata squats.

20 sit ups with support under the lumbar spine, 20 push ups, run 400m – 4 rounds for time.

Handstands, 30 second hold, 30 second static squat, 30 second rest – 8 rounds for time.

Sprint 50ms, 10 push ups – 10 rounds for time.

50 squats, 4 rounds for time. Rest for 2 minutes between rounds.

3x 20 tuck jumps. 3x 30 second handstands.

400m run/sprint 30 squats – 3 rounds for time.

20 jumping jacks, 20 burpees, 20 squats – 3 rounds for time.

Warm up. Run 100m and do 20 squats – 10 rounds for time.

Handstand 5x 30 seconds. Run 800m – 2 rounds for time. Do the handstands first. Rest and recover and do the runs with a rest in between that is as long as it took you to run your first 800.

100 squats, 3 min. rest, 100 squats.

Run with high knees for 15 seconds and drop into a pushup, get back up and run with high knees again for 15 seconds – 5 rounds. Each pushup counts as 1 rep. Rest. Do 3 more rounds for time.

10x 50m sprint.

Test yourself on a max set of push ups, tight body chest to the floor, full extension!
If you cannot do push-ups from your toes, do your push-ups from the knees. After that do 100 squats for time.

Tabata Tuck jumps and Sit-ups: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds each. Count your lowest score.

Run 400m squat 30 hand stand 30 seconds – 3 rounds for time.

5 handstand to jacknife to high jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to tuck jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to split jump – 3 rounds for form

50 burpees for time.

Run 1 mile, stopping every minute to do 20 squats.

30 second handstand, 60 second squat hold ( at the bottom of the squat) – 5 rounds for time.

Run 200m, 50 squats – 3 rounds for time.

20 squats, 20 Burpees, 20 Push-Ups – 3 rounds for time.

For CrossFit Toronto blog


WOD's to do on your own

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Some of you know who Eva Twardokens is – she’s been in a lot of the CrossFit videos and is an amazing athlete. She is a 2x Olympian and was a 12 year member of the US ski team.

She also keeps a cool blog where she posts different bodyweight workouts every day – it’s great for those of you who are doing extra workouts at home or on the road where you don’t have access to a lot of equipment.

The link to her blog is here: http://skievat.blogspot.com/

Below is a list of many of her workouts!

Run 1/2 mile 50 squats – 3 rounds for time.

10 push-ups 10 sit ups 10 squats – 10 rounds for time.

200 squats for time.

“Susan” Run 200m 10 squats 10 push ups – 5 rounds for time.

Sprint 200m and do 25 push ups – 3 rounds for time.

10 Handstand push ups and a 200m run – 3 rounds for time.

Tabata Squats and Push-ups: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds each. Count your lowest score.

5 push ups 5 squats 5 sit ups – 20 rounds for time.

Walk 100m on your hands, even if it is 2ms at a time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 sets of sit-ups and a 100m sprint between each set.

Invisible Fran: 21-15-9 of squats and push-ups for time.

Spend a total of 5 minutes in a handstand, or headstand. If you are using the headstand do not stay over a minute at a time.

10 push ups 10 squats and 10 sit ups – 6 rounds for time.

Do one squat and take one breath, (you can breath all you want while you do the squat or squats) do 2 and take 2 breaths etc… up to 10, and then come back down to one.

3 vertical jumps 3 squats 3 long jumps – 5 rounds for time.

Handstand 30 seconds and 10 squats – 8 rounds for time.

10 push-ups 100M dash – 10 rounds for time.

Tabata Squats: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

5x 400M sprints.

10 X 100 m dash.

25 pressing snatch balances each arm. No weight.

Run 1 mile, lunging 30 steps every 1 minute.

Handstand 30 seconds and 20 squats – 5 rounds for time.

10 handstand jackknife to vertical jump, 10 handstand jackknife to tuck jump, 10 handstand jackknife to straddle jump.

100 squats for time.

4x 25 jumping squats

10 vertical jumps, 10 push ups, 10 sit ups – 4 rounds for time.

10 squats every 1 minute of your 1 mile run.

10 push-ups 10 squats 10 sit ups – 10 rounds for time.

10 vertical jumps, run 400m – 5 rounds for time.

Spend a total of 3 minutes in a handstand.

Handstand 1 minute, hold bottom of the squat for 1 minute – 5 rounds for time.

Sprint 100m, Walk 100m – 10 rounds for time.

100 push ups for time.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 burpees and sit ups.

50 sit-ups, 400m run or sprint or walk – 3 rounds for time.

10 walking lunges, 10 push-ups, 10 rounds for time.

50 split jumps for time.

Handstand for 30 seconds or 5 handstand push ups, 400m run – 4 rounds for time.

10 burpees, 100meter sprint – 10 rounds for time.

L-sit off the floor. 10 rounds of 10 seconds. If you can’t do it sit with your legs straight out and try to lift your heels of the ground for 10 seconds instead!!!

Run 400m, 50 squats – 4 rounds for time.

handstand 30 seconds, to squat hold 30 seconds – 10 rounds for time.

Ten vertical jumps ( jump as high as you can, land and do it again), 10 push-ups – 5 rounds for time.

10 push-ups, 10 squats, 10 rounds for time.

Handstand to Jack-Knife to vertical jump – 30 reps for time.

Run 1 mile with 100 squats at midpoint – for time.

7 squats, 7 burpees – 7 rounds for time.

10x 30 second handstand to 30 second bottom of the squat hold.

Burpee to the push up position, do 10 push ups, burpee out – 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 mile, plus 50 squats – For time.

100 burpees for time.

5 squats, 5 push-ups, 5 sit ups – 20 rounds for time.

Plebs plank, bottom of squat, hollow rock hold, 30 seconds each for 10 rounds for time. Use the transition times as your rest periods…they should be as brief as possible.

5 push ups with a 30 second plebs plank(a hold at the top of the push up, arms extended and body tight like a plank!) at the end of each 5 reps, 10 rounds for time. Then 3x 100m dash @ 80%.

Handstand practice, 25 tries at free handstands, then a 1 mile run at 80%.

Handstand 10 seconds jack-knife to vertical jump – 25 reps for time.

Mime 4x 25 sumo deadlift high pulls, make them perfect. Be sure the hips extend before the arms bend!

50 squats x 5. Rest equal amounts as it took to do each 50.

Run 1 mile and do 10 push-ups every 1 minute.

Sprint 100m 30 squats – 8 rounds for time.

30 push ups, 30 second handstand or Plebs Plank – 3 rounds for time.

10 sit ups and 10 burpees…10 rounds-for time.

Handstand hold, 30 seconds, squat hold 30 seconds – 10 rounds for time.

250 jumping jacks – for time.

100 jumping jacks, 75 squats, 50 push ups, 25 burpees – For time.

Tabata Push-ups: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

30 second handstand against a wall, followed by a 30 second static hold at the bottom of the squat – 5 rounds for time.

with eyes closed do 10 squats, open eyes..do 10 push ups eyes closed – 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 minute, squat 1 minute – 5 rounds for time.

Run 1 mile for time.

squat x 10 push up x 10 sit up x 10 – 3 rounds for time.

10 push-ups, 10 hollow rocks, run 200m – 5 rounds for time.

Tabata Squats with eyes closed: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds. Count your lowest score.

bottom to bottom ( est at the bottom of the squat instead of standing without support on your hands or butt and make the bottom good, straight back, butt back) Tabata squats.

20 sit ups with support under the lumbar spine, 20 push ups, run 400m – 4 rounds for time.

Handstands, 30 second hold, 30 second static squat, 30 second rest – 8 rounds for time.

Sprint 50ms, 10 push ups – 10 rounds for time.

50 squats, 4 rounds for time. Rest for 2 minutes between rounds.

3x 20 tuck jumps. 3x 30 second handstands.

400m run/sprint 30 squats – 3 rounds for time.

20 jumping jacks, 20 burpees, 20 squats – 3 rounds for time.

Warm up. Run 100m and do 20 squats – 10 rounds for time.

Handstand 5x 30 seconds. Run 800m – 2 rounds for time. Do the handstands first. Rest and recover and do the runs with a rest in between that is as long as it took you to run your first 800.

100 squats, 3 min. rest, 100 squats.

Run with high knees for 15 seconds and drop into a pushup, get back up and run with high knees again for 15 seconds – 5 rounds. Each pushup counts as 1 rep. Rest. Do 3 more rounds for time.

10x 50m sprint.

Test yourself on a max set of push ups, tight body chest to the floor, full extension!
If you cannot do push-ups from your toes, do your push-ups from the knees. After that do 100 squats for time.

Tabata Tuck jumps and Sit-ups: 20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, 8 rounds each. Count your lowest score.

Run 400m squat 30 hand stand 30 seconds – 3 rounds for time.

5 handstand to jacknife to high jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to tuck jump, 5 handstand to jacknife to split jump – 3 rounds for form

50 burpees for time.

Run 1 mile, stopping every minute to do 20 squats.

30 second handstand, 60 second squat hold ( at the bottom of the squat) – 5 rounds for time.

Run 200m, 50 squats – 3 rounds for time.

20 squats, 20 Burpees, 20 Push-Ups – 3 rounds for time.

From CrossFit Toronto blog