STAR WARS Marathon This Sunday

STAR WARS Day Marathon. Sunday 5/4 at Foundation CrossFit. We start at 2pm with Episode IV: A New Hope. We'll take short breaks to switch films.

No workout, just time to hang out and enjoy some awesome movies while enjoying each other's company.

Remember that we're in the beginning of our PaleoRx Nutrition Challenge, so try your best to bring friendly foods!

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WOD for Champange Friday 5/2

STRENGTH

establish a heavy thruster within 10 minutes

CONDITIONING

CGO 13.5

as many rounds as possible in 4 minutes:
15 thrusters, 45/29kg
15 chest-to-bar pullups

If 90 reps (3 rounds) are completed in under 4 minutes, time extends to 8 minutes. If 180 reps (6 rounds) are completed in under 8 minutes, time extends to 12 minutes. If 270 reps (9 rounds) are completed in under 12 minutes, time extends to 16 minutes, ad infinitum...

Compare to 04APR2014. Post score to whiteboard/the Cody app.

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WOD for Volume Week Saturday 5/3

STRENGTH

5 sets of 5 single-leg double kettlebell deadlifts/side

CONDITIONING

4 sets of 3 minute rounds:
- 3 kettlebell cleans (+ 5 breath fix)
- 2 kettlebell jerks (+5 breath fix)
- reset into the swing

Rest 1 minute between sets.

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And just because, here's some STAR WARS 7 news:

• Here Is the S7AR WARS Cast - BAD
• Meet Your Star Warriors - Badass Digest
• Max von Syndow
• Oscar Isaac
• Daisy Ridley
• John Boyega
• Adam Driver (Max's doppleganger)
• Domhall Gleeson
• Andy Serkis

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Muscle Snatches, Double Unders, and Snatch Balances

Andrew B

How are your double unders? They're really easy aren't they? (=

Read: Double Unders Are As Easy As Air Squats. Really. - WOD Talk

---- Upcoming Events:

• Saturday 4/12. Lululemon Salute the Studio: HellaFit at CrossFit SLU. 10am.
• Friday 5/16 through Sunday 5/18 - CrossFit Games NW Regionals.
• Friday 5/16 - CrossFit Total Nights at CFSLU. 5pm to 8pm.
• Saturday 5/24 - Weightlifting Total at CFSLU. 9am to 11am. 
• Saturday 5/24 - Track Time Trials at TBD. 12pm to 2pm.
• Sunday 5/26 - VERSUS IV: The Reckoning. 10am to 2pm.
• Monday 5/27 - Memorial Day Murph

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WOD for Deload Wednesday 4/9

STRENGTH

push press 7x3

CONDITIONING

every minute on minute for 20 minutes:
a. 1 muscle snatch, double under practice
b. 5 snatch balances

On every even minute you'll have 60 seconds to complete one technically-sound muscle snatch then fill the rest of the minute with as many double unders (or attempts) as possible. Then every odd minute you'll have 60 seconds to complete five snatch balances.

Post push press load to whiteboard/the Cody app.

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Igor Lukanin does a 150kg/330lbs muscle snatch:

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DEADS

This is a conventional deadlift. Today we do sumo deadlifts!

---- Upcoming Events:

• CrossFit Total - Saturday 4/5 at CFSLU. 9am to 12pm. REGISTER HERE.

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WOD for April Fool's Tuesday 4/1

STRENGTH

sumo deadlift 5x3

CONDITIONING

QUICK "KALSU"

as many thrusters (61/43kg) as possible in 10 minutes. every minute on the minute do 5 burpees.

Post score to whiteboard/the Cody app.

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Strength At Any Age: A Woman's Perspective - StrongFirst

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ACTV RCVRY

photo by Mark Malijan ---- Upcoming Events:

• Sign up here to take your CrossFit Judges Course
• Sunday 3/9 - VERSUS III: Return of the Jedi
• All of March - CrossFit Games Open
• CGO 14.1 - Saturday 3/1
• CGO 14.2 - Sunday 3/9 (Event 2 of VERSUS III)
• CGO 14.3 - Saturday 3/15
• CGO 14.4 - Saturday 3/22
• The Finale CGO 14.5 - Saturday 3/29
• Saturday 4/19 & Sunday 4/20 - Gymnastic Bodies Seminar @ CrossFit SLU

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WOD for Thursday 2/20

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Trainer's Choice!

Expect some skill work paired up with mobility today to prepare you for the kettlebell wall ball substitutes, kettlebell jerks, burpees, and knees-to-elbows set up for this weekend.

Also: CHALLENGE JOEY THIS SATURDAY AT CROSSFITSLU- it's for a great cause!

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Your moment of zen:

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VERSUS III Registration!

Brady, Roo, Zach, Sheena, BCS, Coach Martone, Jared, Ron, and AB

Another action-packed weekend! A crew of us went over to Morgan Junction CrossFit in West Seattle to be taught by Coach Jeff Martone, as well as Zach and Roo of MJCF for the Advanced Kettlebell CrossFit Trainer Course.

Expect more kettles in your future!

and oh yeah... here's a nice, big, ugly link to REGISTER FOR VERSUS III.

RIGHT NOW!

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• Sunday 3/9 - VERSUS III: Return of the Jedi
• All of March - CrossFit Games Open

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WOD for Volume Monday 2/17

STRENGTH

front squat 3x10

CONDITIONING

22-16-10 reps for time:
kettlebell press, 20/12kg
strict-ish pullups

Strict-ish pullups mean stay as strict as possible for as long as possible, then if you need to kip utilize a 'frog kip' (similar to how you would kip dips- heels pulling up to the butt). Post time to whiteboard/comments/the Cody app.

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Active Recovery Thursday

Musical med balls at the Annual Holiday Party!

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• Saturday 2/15 & Sunday 2/16 - CrossFit Advanced Kettlebell Course @ Morgan Junction CrossFit

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WOD for Thursday 2/6

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Trainer's Choice!

Drag sleds or learn new skills! Then mobilize your positions of restriction!

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Should You Remove the Green Germ From Garlic? - David Lebovitz

Power or Full?

Pao and AB explain the movements

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• Saturday 1/25 & Sunday 1/26 - CrossFit Kettlebell Course hosted by FCF
• Friday 1/24, Saturday 1/25, & Sunday 1/26 - Cretus Ex Duellum @ Local's Gym
• Saturday 2/15 & Sunday 2/16 - CrossFit Advanced Kettlebell Course @ Morgan Junction CrossFit

---- WOD for Saturday 12/28 STRENGTH

• establish a heavy hang snatch within 10 minutes
• establish a max distance broad jump within 5 minutes

CONDITIONING

WHEEL O'MANIA!

• Wheel 1
• Wheel 2
• Wheel 3

Post results to whiteboard/journal/the Cody app.

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Seattle Seahawks: What You Need To Know Heading Into Week 17 - Bleacher Report

"Then die."

"Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We'd run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a-half minutes per mile].

So this morning he said to me "We're goin to go five."

I said, "Bruce, I can't go five. I'm a helluva lot older than you are, and I can't do five."

He said, "When we get to three, we'll shift gears and it's only two more and you'll do it."

I said "Okay, hell, I'll go for it"

So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I'm okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I'm tired, my heart's pounding, I can't go anymore and so I say to him, "Bruce if I run anymore,"-and we're still running-"if I run anymore I'm liable to have a heart attack and die."

He said, "Then die."

It made me so mad that I went the full five miles.

Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, "Why did you say that?"

He said, "Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you do, physical or anything else, it'll spread into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level."

- Stirling Silliphant (screenwriter, student of Bruce Lee)

from Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body

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Congratulations to all of our Seattle Marathoners and Half Marathoners!

AB and Victor M

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• Sat 11/9 - 2013 Trident Athletics Olympic Weightlifting Championships
• Sat 11/16 and Sun 11/17 - Ido Portal Seminar @ CrossFit Seattle.
• Sun 11/24 - VERSUS II: FCF vs SLU Throwdown @FCF

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WOD for Max Week Monday 12/2

STRENGTH

• establish a 1RM snatch within 20 minutes
• establish a 3RM overhead squat within 15 minutes

CONDITIONING

tabata pushups

Post results to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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The Comp Ex Program: Round 2 begins today! Did you get your email?

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Team Photoshoot

Zeb, Blair, Cheryl, Andrew, Colin
Pao, Tony, Jared, Leslie, Sheena

Our friend and talented photographer Mark Malijan came in and a handful of trainers for his portfolio! Unfortunately we couldn't capture everyone, but we had a pretty epic time.

Check the rest of his work, including a nice taste of our set here!

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• There will be a Comp Ex Program meeting this Saturday at 11am at CFSLU.
• VERSUS II: Electric Boogaloo is happening this Sunday 11/24 here at FCF from 10am to 2pm! We will have a BBQ Potluck after and everyone's invited to join us!

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WOD for Deload Thursday 11/21

STRENGTH

front squat 3x10

ACTIVE RECOVERY

Trainer's Choice, but I may have influenced them to work on weighted burpee box jumps. Or mobilizing. Or mobilizing WHILST doing weighted burpee box jumps. In the dark.

Post results to your journal/Cody.

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The Newest Class

the graduating class of November 2013!

REGISTER HERE for VERSUS (our inter-gym throw down between FCF and CFSLU) on Sunday 11/24 at Foundation CrossFit. This registration closes Monday at 11:59pm. Don't miss your chance to represent your gym!

Remember that we are still running a food drive and FCF is getting killed! CFSLU already filled up one entire box- where are you guys at?

The gym that donates the most will get an advantage at VERSUS II: Electric Boogaloo!

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WOD for Deload Week Monday 11/17

STRENGTH

back squat 5x3

CONDITIONING

as many reps as possible in 20 minutes:
30 ab-mat situps
400m suitcase carry, 24/16kg
50 double unders

Post results to whiteboard/Cody.

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Comp Ex: Group A testing schedule has been posted on Cody and on Facebook.
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That New New

A huge congratulations to the August 2013 Foundations Graduates!

Cheryl, Melissa, Lillian, Lauren, Vinod, Thao, Anna, Tony, Nate, Paul, Hannah, Eric, Ani, Jenn, Joel, Brian, Stephen, Troy, Jeff, Bob, AB, Danny, Jason, Gorm, and Robert

Be welcoming to all the new faces you see in class this week!

Also it's Dr. Blair now:

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• We have a CrossFit Total this Saturday at 2pm! Test your 1RM back squat, 1RM press, 1RM deadlift with a bunch of your fellow athletes. Register here.
• Sign up for the Freestyle Connection Seminar with Carl Paoli on Sunday 10/27 here.

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WOD for Tuesday 9/10 - HBD Gaylin R, Laura W, and AB!

STRENGTH

every minute on the minute for 10 minutes:
3-position clean (floor, knee, high hang)

CONDITIONING

"15 Minutes of Fury"

15 minutes for max total reps:

• 5 minutes 20 air squat, 10 HR push ups
• 4 minutes max lunges
• 3 minutes plank, 15/10kg
• 2 minutes max double unders
• 1 minutes max Monkey Smashes Coconut/sledge/slam ball, 20/10#

Every rep counts. Post total to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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42 Clever Food Hacks That Will Change Your Life - Buzzfeed

Do you have any good hacks?

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CFT This Saturday

There will be a CrossFit Total this Saturday at 2pm at FCF. If you'd like to participate this gives you the chance to find your 1RM back squat, 1RM strict press, and 1RM deadlift.

AB

We're not going to run it the traditional way, but more like the #Occupy Strength way by putting you in smaller groups and giving you 20 minutes to establish each of your loads. You and your group will be responsible for changing out weights and cheering each other on.

This will be open to all members of Foundation CrossFit and CrossFit SLU. Non-members may participate for $20 cash.

What I'll need from you:

1. If you'd like to participate, I need you to comment below (or email me) your best loads in each of those lifts (back squat, press, deadlift)
2. About 2 hours of your Saturday. You can come in an hour prior to 2pm to get in a long warmup. The more prepared you are, the better your attempts will be! 

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WOD for Wednesday 7/31

STRENGTH

press 5x3

CONDITIONING

21-15-9 reps for time:
front squat
handstand pushups

You choose the load on the bar. Post time to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Zeb's 61m Hammer Throw

This past Saturday our own Zeb competed in a track meet where he threw for 3 PRs. Here's his new personal record at 61.81m.

Hammer Throw - Zeb 61.81m

A crowd was there in support:

Mike P, TL, Cheryl C, Deanna D, the Man of the Hour Zeb H, AB, Sandi P, Boudy, Heather (and Felix), and Sheena (and Appa)

Must be all those ZEB drinks.

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WOD for Freestyle Friday 6/7

"FRAN"

21-15-9 reps for time:
thruster, 45/30kg
pullups

OR

Any other iteration of FRAN that we've done: dumbbell, kettlebell, Playing With FRAN, CGO 11.6/CGO 12.5, CGO 13.5, Heavy FRAN, etc.

Post version and time to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Best one of these yet!

1:07 on is money

Maybe we'll get a line of BroFlexes for the new gym* in the next month.

*If you'd like to know where the location is for the new iteration of Foundation CrossFit, please be present at this Saturday 11:50am at FCF.

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Hanging Off the Floor

AB, Boudy, Heather, Tony, BCS

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WOD for Freestyle Friday 5/30

Choose either A. or B.

A.

9-6-3 reps for time:
burpee muscle-ups
split snatch, 61/45kg (alternating)

OR

B.

15-12-9 reps for time:
hang power clean, 45/30kg
burpee pullups

*Start and end with a 400m run


Post time to whiteboard/comments/Cody.

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Also leaving us: Team Sassyhip member Mika. She's moving to Boston and will be snatching and cleaning shit tons over there.

We're going to miss all three of you guys!

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Coach Glassman and CrossFit

Tony, Coach Glassman, Andrew in April 2013. Photo by Paolo.

from CrossFit.com:

CrossFit begins with a belief in fitness. The aim of CrossFit is to forge a broad, general and inclusive fitness. We have sought to build a program that will best prepare trainees for any physical contingency — not only for the unknown, but for the unknowable. After looking at all sport and physical tasks collectively, we asked what physical skills and adaptations would most universally lend themselves to performance advantage. Capacity culled from the intersection of all sports demands would quite logically lend itself well to all sport. In sum, our specialty is not specializing. 

CrossFit is many things. Primarily, it’s a fitness regimen developed by Coach Greg Glassman over several decades. He was the first person in history to define fitness in a meaningful, measurable way (increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains). CrossFit itself is defined as that which optimizes fitness (constantly varied functional movements performed at relatively high intensity). CrossFit is also the community that spontaneously arises when people do these workouts together. In fact, the communal aspect of CrossFit is a key component of why it’s so effective. 

Today, CrossFit, the company, provides accredited training seminars throughout the world. We publish several websites providing extensive free content, including workouts, training and support for becoming fit, as well as a growing Journal of extended instruction. We have a worldwide network of more than 5,500 affiliated gyms and more than 35,000 accredited CrossFit Level 1 trainers. And, we have created the Sport of Fitness, known as the CrossFit Games, where we crown the Fittest Man and Woman on Earth.
In 2003, we started a “new” blog that would spur a revolution in the fitness industry. The contents were simple: the date, a picture, the Workout of the Day (WOD), and usually some provocative nugget of information. Check out our first full month of posts back in May 2003. 

Anyone with an Internet connection and the willingness, curiosity and bravery to try it, could. From this simple blog and a single gym in Santa Cruz, Calif., there sprung an immense community of fitness enthusiasts who have learned the movements, tested the theory and accumulated a huge amount of data supporting Glassman’s equation: 

CVFM @ HI + Communal Environment = Health

A regimen of constantly varied (CV), functional movements (FM) performed at high intensity (@ HI) in a communal environment leads to health and fitness.

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WOD for Champagne Friday 5/17 (Pick your Poison) "CHRISTINE" 3 rounds for time: 500m row 12 deadlifts, BW 24 box jumps, 24/20" OR "HELEN" 3 rounds for time: 400m run 21 kettlebell swings, 24/16kg 12 pullups Box jump is Games standard. KBS is American Style. Post time to whiteboard/comments/Cody. ----

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Kipping T2B

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WOD for Thursday 5/2

5 rounds for time:
100m suitcase walk, L
100m suitcase walk, R
15 burpees
15 toes-to-bar

For a spicier workout, try circular t2b. Post time to whiteboard/comments.

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PaleoRx Mini-Challenge #2: Eat Breakfast!

See if you can make a meal the with following macronutrient ratio! Check out the details here!

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Freestyle Connection with Carl Paoli

Pao, Carl, AB, and Ryan! See the group shot here.

Look out for more FCF x Freestyle Connection collaborations sooner than later!

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WOD for Tasty Tuesday 4/30

GYMNASTICS

play with handstand walking for 10 minutes

CONDITIONING

"DIANE"

21-15-9 reps for time:
deadlift, 100/71kg
handstand pushups

Compare to 22JAN2013. Post results to whiteboard/comments!

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Success Story: Mandy B - PaleoRx

I joined Foundation Crossfit in March of 2011 and started eating paleo right around the same time; in doing so I gained around 20 pounds and have never been happier. If this doesn’t seem like your typical diet success story, it is because it isn’t.

Surprised this isn't all over tumblr!

Read more at the link!

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BBShrugged, Back Levers, Cardio, and EA

Enjoy Episode 47 of Barbell Shrugged: How To Prepare for the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games and When to Peak For Competition

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WOD for Valentine's Day 2/14

STRENGTH

play with the back lever for 10 minutes

hang clean 12x2

CONDITIONING

3 rounds:

• 500m row for time
• 2 min max calories on AirDyne
• 800m run for time
• 30 sec max burpees

2:1 rest after each effort. Example: you row a 1:30 500m, you rest for 3:00 before attempting 2 minutes on the AD. You'll always rest 4 minutes after the AD. So on and so forth.

Post hang clean to whiteboard.

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I'm Not Trying to be That Diesel - Elizabeth Akinwale

via King CF

I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Akinwale this past weekend at the Outlaw Camp!

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Thrustering

Throwdowns are so much fun. Having your gym fam there is even better.

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WOD for Champagne Friday 2/1

“PLAYING WITH FRAN”

for time:

3 rounds of
7 thrusters, 45/30kg
7 c2b pullups

3 rounds of
5 thrusters, 52/38kg
5 pullups

3 rounds of
3 thrusters, 60/45kg
3 strict pullups

Compare to 23AUG2012. Post time to whiteboard.

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Beer, Wax, Competitive Exercise Party at CrossFit SLU this Saturday at 4pm.

Check this out to see what team WODs will go down.

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Friday Quiz

FCF 1.0 - circa 2008

What 3 things could fix this athlete's handstand pushup?

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WOD

1.
play with freestanding handstands for 10 minutes

2.
"DIANE"
21-15-9 reps for time:
deadlift, 100/70kg
handstand pushups

compare to 05OCT2012. Post time to whiteboard.

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