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Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week

Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Getty Images A few years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan put rats through a series of swim tests with surprising results. They had one group of rodents paddle in a small pool for six hours, this long workout broken into two sessions of three hours each. A second group of rats were made to...

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Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week

Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Getty Images A few years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan put rats through a series of swim tests with surprising results. They had one group of rodents paddle in a small pool for six hours, this long workout broken into two sessions of three hours each. A second group of rats were made to...

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Kill That Voice

Kill That Voice. I saw this great t-shirt from CrossFit CapOp: It just says “Kill That Voice.” You know what they’re talking about: The voice in your head that has always been with you, right from the early days. It tells you that you can’t do this, that you’re not strong enough, fast enough, smart enough, skinny enough, pretty enough, or sexy enough. It tells you to stop, to wait, to...

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Pro Athletes vs CrossFitters

This was a challenge that took place in LA, and the results are overwhelming. The WOD was: 4 rounds for time of: 5 Thrusters (135 lbs) 5 Burpees 5 Weighted Pull-ups (30 lbs) 5 Box Jumps (32 inch) 50m run (heavbag – 85 lbs) 100m run 50m run (heavybag – 85 lbs) Pro Athlete vs. CrossFitter, who will win… from CrossFit Los Angeles on...

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Dedication by Jon Gilson

His articles are really inspiring and enlightened. Dedication Monday, May 26, 2008 at 10:57AM You think you know pain, but you have no idea. The heart thumping, chest expanding, lactic acid burn of your last workout was a walk through the meadow. Somewhere, there’s a guy who did it in half the time it took you. He suffered. Plasma forced its way into his lungs, causing him to hack on repeat....

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10 Ways to be a better CrossFitter

  10 ways to be a better CrossFitter by Forrest on January 21st, 2010 – CrossFit...

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