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Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. This is why workouts like “PVC mile” are so important. PVC and body weight workouts give you an opportunity to amass volume of perfect practice in a low-consequence environment. If you can do 50 perfect squat cleans with PVC when you’re sucking wind from a 400 [...]

When I first heard of cauliflower rice I was extremely skeptical. The concept is too close to turkey bacon. Either would be okay by itself but when you try to make one from the other…blech. I like it when my food doesn’t have an identity crisis. When I finally tried cauliflower rice I discovered, to [...]

I had a bad experience at a CrossFit gym that will remain nameless. I’d gone there with a friend of mine from the Jiu Jitsu academy. It was his first time in a CrossFit gym and I wanted him to have a great experience. Nope. The workout involved overhead squats. My friend had problems breaking [...]

I have the rather impudent goal of competing in an olympic weightlifting meet so I’ve been following a training program from Greg Everett’s book prescribed for weightlifters of average ability. The book details many training programs but I chose this one because the word “average” really jumped out at me. That about fits the bill. [...]

Part of CrossFit’s prescription for health is to regularly learn and play new sports. But why? Why not just apply the physical skills you develop in CrossFit to the sport you already know and love? Almost every day one of our athletes tells me how they demolished a PR in their chosen sport because CrossFit [...]

Did you know India is suing Monsanto for biopiracy? Apparently Monsanto snatched up a bunch of native Indian eggplants  and used them to develop a genetically modified eggplant called BT brinjal. The BT brinjal promises higher crop yields with less application of pesticide. What makes this case so fascinating is the socio-political backdrop. Remember that [...]

Walking upright has its advantages. We can see predators from far away. We can grab apples off of trees. Our height also increases leverage which means we can swing hard and throw far. Every summer baseball fans everywhere gather to drink beer and gape at the apotheosis of human bipedalism. However, walking upright has some [...]

Researchers at the University of Poitiers recently published an article in the Journal of Experimental Psychology that suggests academic success is only partially a reflection of a student’s innate ability. The researchers gave a group of students a difficult anagram to solve. One subset of students was told that learning is difficult and that failure is [...]

Opera non verba is latin for “deeds, not words.” Your persona is shaped by your words. Your character is defined by your deeds. The gap between them is the battleground where growth occurs.  

This Saturday 4/14 Hannah will be a hosting a kipping clinic at 11 am at the Uptown location. That means the normal 11 am class will be replaced with the clinic. The schedule will be: 11 am – Kipping pullups 11:30 – Butterfly kipping People who come at 11 are welcome to stay for the [...]