He's For Real

Sir Charles sure looks like one committed CrossFitter. Can't wait 'til this guy starts breathing fire.



But in the meantime, can someone get the guy a towel?

See Part One of his CrossFit Journal video here.

[Previously: Charles Barkley's CrossFitting?]

Best Quote Ever

"There are three things in my life I never want to hear: 'Royal Wedding,' 'Charlie Sheen,' and 'kettlebell.'" - Charles Barkley (currently working out at CrossFit North Atlanta)



[UPDATED: Yup, he's doing it.]

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Charles Barkley's CrossFitting?

Ochocinco, Matthew McConaughey, and now Sir Charles?

This would make for one helluva reality show. Celebrity Fight Gone Bad, anyone?

Tweet Tweet

Like just about everyone else at our tech-immersed box, I've become a big fan of Twitter -- though I’d be the first to admit that I should have jumped on the bandwagon sooner. If nothing else, Twitter serves as an incredible news reader. By following the folks who share links to topics of interest to me -- including CrossFit, Paleo nutrition, minimalist footwear, etc. -- I end up with a nicely-curated selection of reading materials, videos and photos. I can also follow specific lists (say, of CrossFit Palo Alto members) or take advantage of Twitter feed aggregators like CrossTwits.

Best of all: With a 140-character limit per tweet, people on Twitter are forced to GET TO THE POINT ALREADY.

Here are just a few random items that popped up on my Twitter feed today:

• What's the connection between wheat and schizophrenia?
• Fatigued from exercising? It's all in your head.
• Steve Nash and Grant Hill appear to be eating Paleo.
• The best thing you can do with McDonald’s French fries? Sculpt a big-ass skull.
• Some guy’s body literally fused into his chair after staying seated for two years.
• Perez Hilton’s take on the Paleo diet is boring and wrong.
• Failure can be a good thing.
• I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson's workout is ridonkulous (and hazardous to your health).
• Holy crap -- two brothers (both U.S. Marines) busted out over 15 rounds (!) of Games Open WOD 11.2!
• The advice to “drink 8 glasses of water a day” has no scientific basis, so give your bladder a break.
• And while we're on that topic, I have a feeling my pee is going to smell funny for the next month.

If you're not already on Twitter, get on it. (And while you’re at it, follow me, dammit.)

Finally: Yoga Mats for Manly Men

You know the thing that keeps most guys from doing yoga? It's not just the perception that yoga is "weird" or "new age-y" or "girly." It's the fact that yoga mats aren't printed to look like basketball courts.

Or football fields.

Or weirdly rectangular baseball diamonds.

Thankfully, Kent Katich -- real-life husband of George Lopez's TV wife, owner of All Sport Yoga and "yoga guru of the NBA" -- is marketing these desperately-needed goods to those unwilling to give yoga a shot without making damn clear to others (and themselves) that they're doing Downward Dogs only because Dirk Fucking Nowitzki does 'em. I can't wait for the NASCAR version, because my kids'll also be able to use my mat when they're playing with their Hot Wheels.

I have to give Katich credit: Making accessories for yogaphobes is a great business idea. Don't tell anyone, but I have an idea for découpaging photos of Chuck Liddell, B.J. Penn and Rampage Jackson to yoga blocks and selling them to MMA fans secretly yearning to do sun salutations.