11/9/10 11/9/10

The Rules of One

There is only one rep. The one you're doing right now.

11/8/10 11/8/10

Losing Your Fran Virginity

Bumpers and a barbell: $300. Pull-up bar: $100. Watching a newbie roll around on the floor after their first Fran, trying not to puke: Priceless.

11/3/10 11/3/10

H is for Homework . . . or Hotness?

11/2/10 11/2/10

The "S" Word

Don't ever apologize for having standards.

10/31/10 10/31/10

The CrossFit Conscience

Somewhere in the back of your mind, wondering what would have happened -- how you would feel -- if you had gone a little bit harder, been a little bit stronger, got an extra round, did the right thing . . .

10/30/10 10/30/10

Rekindling the Metcon Fire

I am not exaggerating when I say that you found salvation in metcon. It was your first introduction to CrossFit and it saved you from who you were before. It saved all of us.

10/28/10 10/28/10

CrossFit Math

Accomplishment = Effort x ∞

10/24/10 10/24/10

Slipping

You won't recognize the moment that you start to slide backwards.

10/24/10 10/24/10

The Bar Tells The Truth

Here's the funny thing: It tells the truth when you walk away too. How you leave a failed lift tells more about you than you imagine.

10/21/10 10/21/10

Kindness and Stuff

But Elite Fitness is what attracts us and drives us. Compassion is what keeps us. Love is what makes us come back to the Painatorium.

10/19/10 10/19/10

Are You Accountable?

A simple question.

10/18/10 10/18/10

Burning Cars

Do we complain too much as a community? Do we posture too much about the WOD, about our pain, about our efforts? Do we give our exercise far more importance than it deserves?