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Experienced athletes should go as heavy as possible across all sets. Newer athletes should start light, focus on mechanics, and add weight as they are comfortable.
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VIEW MOREOfficial class plans for Open Test 23.1 have been provided by CrossFit Affiliate Programming (CAP). Prepare for the first week of the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games Open. Set yourself and your members up for success by reviewing the intended stimulus and how to run multiple heats for Open Test 23.1.
Auburn CrossFit Through a New Member’s Eyes
“What we practice at CrossFit is hard choices, and the result is we get a better life,” Auburn CrossFit member Dane Sanders says. It’s a practice that does not discriminate. Athletic or deconditioned, young or old, if you put in the work, you’ll get results — and you’ll be supported every step of the way. "Everyone welcomed me,” says 93-year-old Annie Holmes, who joined the affiliate at 89. “It makes you want to stay — and I did.”
New York Minute Benchmark Demo With FDNY
Chris Torres (CF-L2) and Andrew Guarrasi of the New York Fire Department perform today's workout: New York Minute. Find a partner and complete as many reps as possible in 1 minute, switching every minute, until you complete: 150 wall balls, 30 muscle-ups, 30 clean and jerks.
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CrossFit, "Man Muscles," and the Feminine Ideal
Internet trolls love to point out how unnaturally masculine female CrossFit athletes look. But if a training and nutrition regimen increases one’s capacity and health, how can the resulting physique be anything but natural?
Surviving Trauma; Thriving With CrossFit
A traumatic childhood, an unhappy marriage, and the death of his daughter brought George Goodhue to the brink of suicide by age 24. He chose slow death instead, eating and drinking his way to 365 lb by 48. But after a wake-up call provoked by a gallbladder attack, Goodhue decided to live.
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VIEW MOREWhere the Best Get Better: Why Chandler Smith Took the L1
Chandler Smith is one of the best and most beloved athletes in the Sport of Fitness. And even he had something to gain from the CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course. Find out what the Army veteran turned CrossFit Games vet learned when he traded the heavy barbell for a PVC.
Kai Rainey: 720 hours
Kai Rainey’s watershed moment came in the produce aisle at the grocery store. She recalls dropping a peach while shopping and laboring for three to four minutes in front of the prying eyes of strangers as she struggled to pick it up. This wasn’t the life she wanted. At over 300 lb. and in steeply declining health, she knew she was going to end up losing her ability to move without a mobility device. So Rainey decided to fight for her health instead.
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“I feel like there’s a lot of people that might be at their age and not willing to try,” she says, “and it’s that willingness at any age that allows us to experience new possibilities, new opportunities for growth.”
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