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Tough Mudder Training Week 8

by Sara May 13, 2012
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Stam·i·na: Noun; The ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort In the Week 1 post I talked about how to program out your week between the CFMC WODs and these CF Endurance WODs. I said that if you were trashed from a tough week at the gym you could get away with not doing [...]

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What is CrossFit?

by Sara May 9, 2012
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Hope. I bet you expected a link to that famous Journal article or Fitness in 100 words. Nope – not today. You should all know that by now, anyway (and if not, refresh your memory by clicking the link). Today is about what CrossFit has become to many. Something beyond a badass fitness regime or [...]

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Tough Mudder Training Week 7

by Sara May 6, 2012
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Alright Mudders, this week’s topic is the Warm Up. Many of you are at the point where you’re breezing through the Warm Up before the WODs at the gym just thinking about what’s coming next. But Tai devised this warm up to specifically get your body from being at rest (i.e. as you were when you walked [...]

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Tough Mudder Training Week 6

by Sara April 29, 2012

  “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle What habits do you have that you wish you didn’t? How will you create excellence in your life this week? An extra WOD? All-out effort on the second interval despite burning lungs and aching legs? Will you spend [...]

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Tough Mudder Training Week 5

by Sara April 22, 2012

Nothing funny or inspirational this week…just GET TO WORK!   Interval WOD #1 Run/Row: 4 x 5 min w/ 3 min recovery between intervals Record distance for each interval to comments   Interval WOD #2 Run: 10 x 200m w/ 5 times the recovery (i.e. if it takes 40 sec to run 200m, rest 3:20) [...]

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Tough Mudder Training Week 4

by Sara April 15, 2012
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Alright folks, nearly a month down. How are you feeling? Do you have questions about the programming? Maybe you’ve heard some cool things about ‘pose’ running and want to learn more. What a coincidence…this Saturday, April 21 is our first Tough Mudder/CFE clinic. It starts at 1 and will go about 90 minutes. Please come [...]

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Tough Mudder Training Week 3

by Sara April 8, 2012
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Sorry for the late post, folks. I blame the insulin shock received from nicking candy from my niece and nephew   I was also planning for some CFE WODs and clinics over the next few months as a way to get everyone together as a team and maybe even work on efficient “pose” running. So [...]

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