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Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: CrossFit “Elitism,” 10 Do’s of Mass, and Superhuman Strength

I wanted to start things off today with an interesting conversation I had with a friend/colleague of mine concerning CrossFit. I can sense the eyes rolling already. There’s enough CrossFit bashing on the interwebz to feed a small country (<—- that doesn’t make sense but I’m rolling with it), and I’m certainly not immune to […]

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The Greatest Push-Up Article in the History of Ever

Today’s guest post is brought to you by strength coach and current Cressey Performance intern, James Cerbie. I first met James last year when he came to observe for a few days at the facility, and then again late last summer when he attended mine and Dean Somerset’s Boston Workshop. Note: Dean and I are […]

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CrossFit and Baseball: The Two Don’t Mix

Some things are just made to complement one another. Will & Grace He-Man and BattleCat Boston & Red Sox Peanut butter & jelly, peanut butter & chocolate, peanut butter & well, pretty much anything. Hint: I really like peanut butter. It goes without saying we could fill an infinite abyss of “synergistic” pairings that play […]

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Bus Bench vs. Park Bench Workouts

I hate doing laundry. Lisa and I moved in together coming up on three years ago now, and as much as we love our apartment and the neighborhood we reside in – Coolidge Corner – the one major drag about the place is that there’s no laundry room on premise. It’s certainly not the end […]

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Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work: 2/21/14

I think I’m in heaven right now. Unfortunately, no, I wasn’t invited by JJ Abrams to his hidden lair to proofread his screenplay for the next Star Wars movie. And no, this version of heaven doesn’t include me driving a tank to work, which is still on my bucket list. Nope, it this sense there’s […]

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