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  • Hey all. Day number 3 started. I've found it easy doing the fitness part of my program. But as I've been getting older, I'm finding that working out is not enough. I've been doing intermittent fasting and a low carb diet - but with the emphasis on protein versus fat. This is way different for me and has been a little more…
  • Home box is Greenville Garage (which is really my garage. but I have other crossfitters join me regularly) in Greenville Wisconsin. 5 minutes outside of Appleton Wisconsin. 30 min from Green Bay. 3 other boxes in a 10 minute radius from me. Crossfit Appleton Crossfit Vanguard Crossfit Fox Cities. All great boxes and…
  • Welcome to Crossfit Runner Kip. I've been doing crossfit for over a year or so. I just started using myfitness pal to track my nutrition. I was using "circuit training" as the method to track my exercise time. When I initially started using that method, I always felt that it under estimated my caloric burn. So for the past…
    in Crossfit Comment by mnvela March 2014
  • Great discussion. I started doing crossfit for the challenge, and it is one of the main reasons why I continue to crossfit. The other reasons appeal to the scientist in me. 1) Measureable, observable and repeatable. This is certainly possible in many other exercise modalities - weight lifting, exercises modalities that…
  • When I first started, I had problems with different positions. Squat, Overhead, Front Rack, etc. This is not unusual for people starting in Crossfit or olympic lifts. It seems the nature of the lifts and the requirement of full range of motion exposes those issues. If you jump on the Crossfit message boards or do a search…
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