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  • Amanda: The Woman & The WOD

    You may now know the classic CrossFit Girl Benchmark “Amanda”, 9-7-5 of Muscle Ups and Squat Snatches @ 135/95 lbs, but do you know who the Amanda that it’s named after is?

  • Which Regions Dominated the Open in 2016?

    *Photo from The CrossFit Games Every CrossFit Games season we get one opportunity to see the entire CrossFit world compete against each other. The CrossFit Games Open is the only time we get to really compare the different Regions directly against each other. Although the athletes all do the same workouts during the Regionals, the…

  • Open 16.5 – Preliminary Analysis

    This is part of a series on The CrossFit Games 2016 Open Workouts. For more, checkout: 16.5 Final Analysis, 16.4 Final Analysis, 16.3 Final Analysis, 16.2 Final Analysis, and 16.1 Final Analysis. 16.5 is a miserable WOD. It was miserable when it was 14.5, and it’s just as bad now. As Coach Glassman (CrossFit’s founder)…

  • Open 16.4 – Preliminary Analysis

    This is part of a series on The CrossFit Games 2016 Open Workouts. For more, checkout: 16.4 Final Analysis, 16.3 Final Analysis, 16.2 Final Analysis, and 16.1 Final Analysis. Here are some preliminary numbers on 16.4. Although the deadlifts are the scariest part of the workout, the handstand push-ups (HSPUs) are everything. Currently, finishing the…

  • Open 16.3 – Preliminary Analysis

    This is part of a series on The CrossFit Games 2016 Open Workouts. For more, checkout: 16.3 Final Analysis, 16.2 Final Analysis, and 16.1 Final Analysis. Here are some preliminary numbers on 16.3. We’re already seeing a huge pile-up at 10 reps Rx’d, especially on the Women’s side. How many athletes will we see fighting…

  • Open 16.2 – Preliminary Analysis

    This is part of a series on The CrossFit Games 2016 Open Workouts. For more, checkout: 16.2 Final Analysis, and 16.1 Final Analysis. In a throwback to the first issue of the CrossFit Journal “Garage Gym“, the Open 16.2 workout announcement was held in a garage gym in North Carolina. This workout combines Toes-to-Bar, Double…

  • The Smiley/Frown Face and Your Community

    As many of you have noticed we launched our new support system over the weekend, and have already gotten great feedback. Being on the beyond the whiteboard team means you respond to support. We don’t see it as a task that one person should do. We can’t expect our team members to know what beyond…

  • How Crossfit, and beyond the whiteboard, are saving my life

    But, if I was going to work on this project, I would have to know what the potential users were dealing with: I would have to meet Helen.