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*Wednesday, July 27th we will have a BOLT dining out following our 5PM class at Sweet Tomatoes in Irving.  Please invite friends and family to come along.

*Friday, July 29th our 5PM class will start at 5:45PM. Our very own member and CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, Cassidy Lance will be filling in as Coach as I head to Houston for my USA Weightlifting event.

*No Class on Saturday morning July 30th.  An at home WOD will be posted and when you are done take the opportunity to watch the free live webcast of the 2011 CrossFit Games

*No 6AM Monday morning class on Aug 1.  We will have a 6AM class on Wednesday morning Aug 3

Thanks to all our members for your understanding and support of my traveling to compete in my own athletic endeavors.

————— A few great articles I read last week

Meal-timing Concerns: Breakfast, Frequency, and Snacking

The Neurophysiological Aspects of Training

Overhead Stability in the Snatch

Squatting- An Expression of Health

And if you are going to fail….Fail like a BOSS!

Check out the two videos of the US Navy Seals Obstacle Course. One run by a Navy Seal and one by the American 50k record holder, Josh Cox.

Josh without a doubt has amazing cardio-respiratory endurance and mental toughness, but he is lacking in many other general physical skills, functional strength being at the top of that list. Josh is very fit compared to the general public, and after watching the video I would guess stronger than most endurance athletes. However, despite the fact he is a record holding specialist, who would you consider more fit after watching these videos? And this isn’t to bash on him, he trains specifically to be really good at running very fast for long distances, but it is a contention to the claim that endurance athletes (marathoners, triathletes, etc) are the most fit individuals on the planet.

Here is the Josh Cox video I was unable to embed in the blog

Congrats to Ashley!! Former Half-Marathoner, CrossFitting for just one month with minimal running and she PRs her 1 mile time – 8:29.