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July 2013 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in July 2013 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: Hack It Up? - Cooper...
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Meet Shari Keener: Changing the Pattern
Years before Shari Keener started training in 2005 at the original CrossFit box in Santa Cruz, Calif., she had a different addiction: meth. “It’s astonishing to me that that is how I lived my life,”...
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Training in the Heat
Bill Starr offers advice to athletes training hard in the dog days of summer. This is the time of year when athletes have to deal with temperatures soaring close to or over the century mark, as well as...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 289
On Episode 289 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit HQ's Paula Gravatt and Pat Sherwood. This episode was webcast Aug. 14, 2013. 2:11 Paula Gravatt, who is on the CrossFit...
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The Angry Surfer
Can the uptight ever hang loose? Hilary Achauer examines her complicated relationship with surfing. The paddle out was easy that day. I didn’t even get my hair wet. I sat on my board with my dry hair...
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Destiny, Choice and Struggle
Patrick Miller is a typical kid from a working Midwestern town. This is his coming-of-age story in which there may or may not be a happy ending. I am writing this brief article for a writing class that...
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Being Present
The night before the final day of this year’s CrossFit Games, Sam Briggs had a dream. “Wouldn’t it be so awesome if we swept the podium: one, two and three?” she asked Lindsey Valenzuela and Valerie...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 290
On Episode 290 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed three people who attended the CrossFit Tour stop and Affiliate Gathering in Big Sky, Mont., from Aug. 16 to 18. Jonathan Gonzales and...
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An Unlikely Friendship
When Samantha Briggs sent Lindsey Valenzuela a Facebook message earlier this year and asked if she could come train and live with her, the Southern California athlete was taken aback. “‘With me?’”...
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A First Timer
At this year’s CrossFit Games, Alessandra Pichelli never finished an event outside the top 20. “I want to prove to myself that my body’s capable of great things,” she said before the Games began....
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“This Is CrossFit”
CrossFit community comes together to commemorate the Hotshots 19 and raise funds for their surviving family members. Prescott, Ariz.—On June 30, 19 members of the Hotshot team died fighting a fire that...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 291
On Episode 291 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit success story Justin Hopman and CrossFit Games competitor Dan Bailey. This episode was webcast on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013....
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August 2013 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in August 2013 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: The Lunatic Farmer...
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Taxing Our Patience
Washington state CrossFit affiliates not considered “instructional,” burdened with confusing tax. Maureen O’Hagan reports. CrossFit Bellevue owner Leilani M. Cerrillo looked around one day and realized...
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Warm-Up With Matt Chan
Key points of warm-up include moving joints through a full range of motion and increasing mobility. Sometimes the movements specifically complement those in the workout, and other times the movements...
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Choke Out?
International Olympic Committee to decide fate of wrestling at the Games on Sept. 8 in Buenos Aires. The announcement knocked the wind out of many wrestlers around the world. In February, the...
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Offline, Episode 1: CrossFit Posts Unrelated to Fitness
In the inaugural episode of Offline, an unscripted presentation of guests debating controversial subjects in the CrossFit world, the topic is CrossFit.com and other CrossFit Inc. media platforms...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 292
On Episode 292 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Bill Grundler and Peter Egyed, both of whom attended the Hotshots 19 Memorial Workout in Prescott, Ariz., on Aug. 31. This episode was...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 293
On Sept. 8 in Buenos Aires, the International Olympic Committee voted to decide which of wrestling, squash or baseball/softball would be included in the 2020 Games. Wrestling won with 49 votes, while...
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Back on the Mat
International Olympic Committee votes to reinstate wrestling for the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. While wrestling officials celebrated the victory, they said the work has just begun. Wrestling’s back...
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