When you don’t even have a pullup bar…

Friday, March 6th, 2009

I haven’t talked about it much on this site, other than on my twitter feed, but I’m really enjoying a fitness program I’ve been doing called CrossFit. (I go to Culver City Crossfit and it is awesome.)
In any case, there have been days (like this Friday) where for some reason I can’t make it. No [...]

How to catch up on a 100-something-challenge

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I have seen a lot of 100 something-or-other challenges online recently — I’m currently, as I mentioned, doing the 100 burpee challenge from Crossfit Santa Cruz.
Here’s the problem: I started the challenge on Jan 1st, and I became a new dad on Jan 10th. I managed to do some of them, but I find myself [...]

100 Burpee Challenge: PDF Calendar

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Some of the people at Culver City Crossfit started doing a “100 Burpee Challenge” they found on Crossfit Santa Cruz’s site. (Check that link for a full explanation of the “rules” and for what a good Burpee looks like.)

It sounded like fun so I jumped in and made up my missing Burpees. Since we started [...]