Sunday, December 27, 2009
The snatch, while fun, is a challenging lift to perform. A high level of balance, timing, accuracy, coordination, and flexibility is required to perform the lift, never mind the strength and power that is needed to get the bar moving. It is for that reason that assistance and skill [...]
dan⋅ger⋅ous –adjective
full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe. able or likely to cause physical injury: a dangerous criminal.
Outsiders to the CrossFit world often use the word “dangerous” to describe what we do. High-rep Olympic lifts, lifting heavy weights, mixing beginners and advanced athletes together, the use of [...]
Goats. We all have them. All athletes do. We are not talking about the standard definition of goat, however. In this context we are referring to the slang definition often used in the CrossFit world.
goat (gōt) n. Slang
Someone who is blamed when things go wrong.
Examples:
Sarah made Michael the goat [...]