Wondering where I've been? I've been up to my eyeballs with work these days, having recently shifted my responsibilities to cover ...

Perhaps if I'd dressed up as a superhero for our Halloween workout, I would've fared better. At CrossFit Palo Alto , we were tr...

Upon returning from the Rockies, I figured I'd kick some butt in the gym. After all, I did all sorts of high-altitude training, like ...

Crap. I forgot to post last Friday's workout. I wish I could blame it on work (which has, in fact, exploded recently), but I had all wee...

I must not have been fully awake today. You'll see why in a sec. Strength Skill: Zercher Squats (5-5-5-3-3) It's been half ...

Strength Skill: Overhead Squats (5-5-3-3-3) It's been a while since I last practiced overhead squats, but they felt good. I kept the...

I woke up achy and cranky. After spending two days moving back into our house, I probably should've slept in, but didn't. Streng...

With Tim on vacation, Trish led us through the workout yesterday. Afterwards, she remarked that the 5 a.m. class was extremely "coach...

I missed class again this morning. As readers of Nom Nom Paleo know, we hit a bunch of rough patches this week, and the upshot was that I...

The boys were up all night crapping their pants. M  knew I was still recovering from a cold, so she looked after our sick kids, generously a...

All I can say is: Ouch. This workout  -- an AMRAP of 15 box jumps, 12 push-presses, and 9 toes-to-bar -- was indeed a punch in the face. An...

I've been sick for the past few days (hence my absence from the gym on Friday), and was hoping to ease into the week with a nice little ...

It was freezing cold this morning, but I got warm fast. Strength Skill: Thrusters (5-5-3-3-1) I paired up with Jay today, and managed ...

I know you've been waiting with bated breath, so before I conk out, here's a quick recap of today's WOD. Strength Skill: ...

CrossFit Palo Alto 's closed for Turkey Week, so for the first time in a long while, I got to play around in my garage with some of my t...

To kick off Halloween in style, the 5 a.m. crew at CrossFit Palo Alto threw ourselves into a devilishly challenging  Tabata -style workout....

It felt good to return to the 5 a.m. class. Strength Skill: Zercher Squats (5-5-5-3-3) Mark and I paired off to tackle the Zerchers. I...

Good news: The groin's feeling better! Granted, it's still not in tip-top shape -- I still have twinges of pain discomfort when I p...

I felt a lot less wrecked this morning, but some residual soreness is still cramping my style. Strength Skill: Deadlifts (5-3-3-1-1) Ne...

For the first time in two years, I didn't exercise for a full week. My only physical activity -- if you could even call it that -- was t...