Front Squat 7-7-7-7-7 Ali said Yes! to Rick last weekend after a climb in Eldo up Rewritten. Congrats you two!Read more

For time: 185-lb. deadlifts, 30 reps Row 30 calories 95-lb. overhead squats, 30 reps The future is officially here. And your future looks like a tough little triplet today!  Read more

Thruster 5-5-5-5-5 Many of you had the pleasure of being coached by our dear friend and former coach Tracie Holcomb. After moving to Durango she opened up a CrossFit gym in town called CrossFit Catacombs, and she’s been throwing down some terrific blog posts. Taken from CrossFit Catacombs website:  An article in the Washington Post inspired this post. The article and link to it are here: New study says 30 minutes of exercise a day is not enough. You should double or quadruple that. A study was published this week in the journal Circulation (worth noting this is not Vanity Fair or Men’s Health; actually a journal by and for cardiologists) which suggests that the American Heart Association (AHA) should revise its long-held recommendation of 30 minutes of exercise per day. On the surface, this is an interesting finding. Basically we can further reduce our cardiac risk factors by exercising more. But upon digging deeper, there is more to...Read more

Complete as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes of: 12 walking-lunge steps 15 GHD sit-ups 15 hip extensions 5 muscle-ups “What right has the federal government to propose that the American people conduct a vast nutritional experiment, with themselves as subjects, on the strength of so very little evidence that it will do them any good?” – Phil Handler, 1980, President of the National Academy of Scientists, testimony to Congress regarding the government’s consideration of a low fat diet. The picture above is a product of the low fat diet recommendations. Since 1980, the rates of childhood obesity have tripled; rates of obesity among adults have doubled. Rates of Type II Diabetes have quadrupled. In that time, we did what the government suggested – we eat 60 pounds more grain per year and 30 pounds more refined sugar per year. And still to this day, no study has ever...Read more

Push Press 4-4-4-4-4 then Tabata Mash-Up Burpees Abmat Sit-ups Building off of yesterday’s post, today we dive into a typical prep Sunday for the Christensen household. After going to the grocery store, I will come home and cook the following. This is so we have food on hand for the week to grab and go for breakfast and lunch combinations. We don’t just eat meat, potatoes, and asparagus but it gives us enough food to build meals with. As an example, we might chop the asparagus onto a salad and combine with meat and beets that we buy pre-cooked from the store. Meat I cook 4 pounds of meat. Over time Eric and I have figured out how much meat we need for the two of us to get through Friday lunches – it’s four pounds for us. This meat is for us for breakfasts and lunches during the week and one...Read more