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081030 THURSDAY
Mitchel, Meg, Jenny V, and Cobi knock out some 'knees to elbows'
Diablo CrossFit Workout:
Overhead Squat
5, 5, 5, 5, 5
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Video: Coach Glassman explains the Overhead Squat.
CrossFit mainpage workout:
"Angie"
For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats
Video: Andy Petranek does Angie in 12:23 (with pretty damn good form).
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Article:
Robb Wolf writes about his Mass Gaining Experiment.
I went from a very scrawny 163 to a much stronger, although chubby 180. My strength improved a bunch but I really do not consider 5×5 efforts “strength” work. Too much fatigue, too little neuro activation and specificity. That considered, I think I have a shot a really increasing my strength levels with some focused work in this area. . .
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Posted by Jeremy Jones at October 30, 2008 12:16 AM
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Knees to elbows getting better!
Posted by: Jenny at October 30, 2008 7:33 AM
Interesting article on "light pollution" in this month's National Geographic magazine... thought it was appropriate since there's been a lot of discussion lately on the benefits of sleeping in a blacked-out room...
Posted by: Shannon Stornetta at October 30, 2008 8:11 AM
Hey everyone...missing my friends at the Shed big time. I'm not 100% right now, hoping I get back in soon. I found this article on Again Faster and thought of all the awesome women in our gym, read and pass along to friends.
againfaster.squarespace.com/articles/you-are-beautiful.html
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Posted by: Stavros @ Diablo CrossFit at October 30, 2008 8:47 AM
Jenny! Nice work - thats a full knees to elbow.
Posted by: Craig at October 30, 2008 9:02 AM
Thanks!! I am really trying hard...by the way I did 15 double unders in a row on Monday!!!
Posted by: Jenny at October 30, 2008 9:28 AM
15.. yikes! Fantastic. That's more than I usually do without bending over panting or smacking myself on the back of the head.
Posted by: Craig at October 30, 2008 9:32 AM
Nice class this morning I had 8 people, some of the 6am crew are showing up (Nancy and Alan), we had some fun with deadlifts and shoulder movements. Good to see Sakura and Lorenzo, it has been a long time since I worked with you two. Sakura your form is great you'll make us look good at the Cert, and Kaela is just too cute. Thanks to Carry for helping me with Stephanie, you're a good trainer, when are you going to get certify?
See you all on Tuesday
Posted by: luca z. at October 30, 2008 10:31 AM
Who else (besides Sakura) is getting certified at One World next month? The rumor is that there is another...
Posted by: Mark L. at October 30, 2008 10:48 AM
How do you people even find out about those certs?
I think our secret is out...LUCA puts on a great class!
Posted by: Carry at October 30, 2008 10:53 AM
The certs are listed on crossfit.com in the right hand column on the top page.
Posted by: Mark L. at October 30, 2008 11:50 AM
Craig,
I hear some trainers saying keep practicing, lol!
Posted by: Jenny at October 30, 2008 1:34 PM
I've been craving some "Nicole" action for a while now, so I did rowing "Nicole" today, with 400m rows instead of 400m runs. Ouch! I managed 101 pullups, but man, were my forearms smoked! Hopefully, I'll get to do the real thing sometime soon at DCF.
Also, I was hoping to attend the cert at One World, but it isn't going to work with my schedule. I'm planning to attend the next northern California one that rolls along.
Posted by: Mountain at October 30, 2008 2:29 PM
A rowing Nicole....yikes! Hanging on to the rower handle after pull-ups..... I may have to try that one. Perfect for a rainy day :)
Posted by: Carry at October 30, 2008 4:37 PM