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CrossFit 101 by: Coach Ben

”The magic is in the movement, the art is in the programming, the science is in the explanation, and the fun is in the community.” – Coach Greg Glassman EMPIRICALLY BASED, CLINICALLY TESTED, COMMUNITY DRIVEN Let’s break that apart and see what it means to us at No Excuses Athletics-CrossFit. The magic is in the

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Conjugate Method

Over the next couple of days, you may notice that we’re deviating a little from the M/W/F Max Effort Days (any day where you attempt to set a 1 rep max on any particular lift) + Met-con (nickname for metabolic conditioning, or what you know to be our WODs) structure. I’m not delusional, I realize

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Help US, Help YOU!

There are a few things I’ve noticed in the gym lately that I want to address as a group before they cause any major issues with our overall service. Since Laura built this hot new interactive website with comments, one of my goals has been to discuss ways in which we can continually strive to

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Our Paleo Challenge is wrapping up!

Since Monday March 1st is the end of our 7-week Paleo Challenge, we wanted to give you a quick run down of next week. We will begin performance evaluations on Monday with the CrossFit Total (1rpm Back squat, Deadlift, Shoulder Press), Tuesday we’ll do Jackie (1000m Row, 50 Thrusters at 45/30#, 30 Pull-ups), and we’ll

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Input & Output

Input & Output For anyone of us who can claim to be among the converted, CrossFit has redefined the way we look at “fitness” with a relatively straightforward approach. The founder of CrossFit, Coach Greg Glassman, was one of the first personal trainers to employ the collection of data to track performance changes in workouts,

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Change! How to Change for the Better!

I came across this very inspirational letter and thought to myself, “everyone needs to read it, act upon it, and true change will occur in all of our lives!” It is from a CrossFitter from New jersey. Enjoy! The Circle of Influence by Patrick Cummings “You know, your grandmother’s been doing CrossFit in her basement.”

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The Ultimate “Pain Medicine”

Here is a great way to welcome one of our newest members to the gym. Many have already met him. Steven is a professor in psychology and neuroscience at the Georgia Gwinnett College and is highly motivated to pursue research-based fitness. How does that play a role with CrossFit? Well, by CrossFit being an evidence-based

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Sleep

What better way to start off this 7 week challenge than to provide information that is related to the most important part of the “Hierarchy of the Development of an Athlete” pyramid that was shown during the nutrition lecture? SLEEP! A phrase that pops into my mind when thinking about getting something done and doing

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