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The purpose of holding a CrossFit journal or logbook

By coach Rene There you are, fully dressed and impressed to kill the work out of the day. The coach shouts to come round to the whiteboard and after the regular shit chat the coach explains the workout: A. find your 1RM Push Jerk in 15 minutes B. Fran You already see your shoulders & lungs just go up in …

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Power Monkey experience

By coach Sabine On march 2 & 3 2019, the crew from Power Monkey Fitness will make their way to Amsterdam, and will share their knowledge and skill during a 2-day clinic hosted at Mobilis Amstel. TIP: Join this course the weekend of March 2-3 and you get 10% OFF! Use this code: “POWERMONKEYFAM” In October of 2017, I was …

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New Year’s Resolutions

by coach Dave No matter what change you’re trying to make in your life — whether it’s fixing your daily nutrition, getting better performance in the box, improving your body composition, getting rid of a bad habit, whatever it might be — remember that the keys to success are scale, consistency, and keeping your goals realistic. We’ve put together a …

Benchmark Blog: Elizabeth

One of the Girls workouts, Elizabeth first appeared on the main site on September 12, 2003.
A task priority workout, with the classic 21-15-9 rep scheme couplet, should tell you already 2 things: it needs to be fast and it’s going to be brutal.

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Benchmark Blog: Kelly

To continue our “Girls week”, today we are doing WOD Kelly.
This is a task-specific workout:

Five rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 Box jumps, 24/20 inch box
30 Wall ball shots, 20/14 pound ball