CrossFit Metro

Phew - Career changes, travel, and a strong need for physical recovery has sidelined me from CrossFit for over three weeks. But we're back. WOD - wimpy, unfinished Elizabeth 21-15-9 of: 135lb squat clean ring dips Training Summary Blah. Started with 135 and just felt weak. continued with 95lb and that was easy. Dips were done on ...

Here's what I posted at HQ: tough one. - started with 8 dips/8 pull-ups, but finished 4 sets with bar muscle-ups off a 8 inch box - handstand PU with legs draped over dip bar - 65 lb dumbbell 7 rounds + 2 muscle ups

Sometimes, as CrossFitters, it seems we can get so caught up in the benchmark workouts and improvement of our times, that we can sometimes neglect skills training. This week, I am purposely taking some time away from HQ workouts and working directly on my olympic lifting skills. It's important to me ...

Christian Griffith of  CrossFit Metro and Jason Tanner of CrossFit Norcross united for the Nationwide Fight Gone Bad workout. This was Jason's first attempt at Fight Gone Bad as RX'd and he did great with a 226. Christian, your humble narrator, improved on his 226 from the FGB Atlanta Affiliate Challenge ...

I am not trying to start controversy; but I am concerned, from a public perception, about the angst developing around both the sailor's case against Ruthless Training Concepts, and more recently, the Mike Boyle comments regarding CrossFit. Below are my thoughts as posted to the CrossFit HQ forums: We are CrossFit I hesitate ...