It's immensely stupid of me to hit the gym on just four hours of sleep, but I did it anyway. Strength Skill: Turkish Get-Ups (1. 2...

Another PR day! Strength Skill:  Push-Presses (5-3-3-1-1) For a while now, I've felt like I've plateaued in strength, bu...

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...

Gah -- 115-pound push-presses are on the menu for the Open WOD 12.3  at CrossFit Palo Alto tomorrow, along with a crapload of box jumps ...

Strength Skill: Front Squats (5-5-3-3-3) I paired up with the Terminator today, but I couldn't match the weight he was squat...

After five long days away from the gym, I was looking forward to joining my fellow 5 a.m. nutjobs at CrossFit Palo Alto today. Alas, M was ...

What was different about this morning's class at CrossFit Palo Alto ? Tim wasn't there. For the first time ever, he didn't co...

Not a bad way to kick off a weekend. Strength Skill: Muscle-Up Progressions Yeesh. These aren't getting any easier. I almost regret ...

A couple of months ago, during a particularly pistol-intensive metcon, I chose to do all the single-leg squats with my right leg . It was...

Back to work. Strength Skill: Deadlifts (3 sets of 3, followed by 2 sets of 1) I'm slowly creeping my way back up towards deadliftin...

Strength Skill: Front Squats Some experts -- like renowned strength coach Mike Boyle -- aren't fans of front squats , but I like '...

So much for resting on the weekends.  This is what I did today. Fight Gone Bad is a WOD that also doubles as CrossFit's signature an...

Strength Skill: Handstand Push-Ups (Photo: CrossFit Kids ) I'm now able to crank out a bunch of handstand push-ups -- something I c...

More groove-greasing. This ought to look familiar by now: 2 sets of deadlifts 2 sets of presses 2 sets of weighted pull-ups For good mea...

Squat cleans! Three sets of 5, and three sets of 3.  Today's metcon:  3 rounds for time: 400-meter sprint 60' overhead walking ...

Day Two of Power to the People : Two 5-rep sets of deadlifts Two 5-rep sets of presses Two 5-rep sets of pull-ups No fuss, no muss -- ju...

Pavel Tsatsouline is nothing if not prolific. Over the past few months, I've already read a couple of his books ( Enter the Kettlebell...

Just a good old fashioned strength workout this morning: Push Presses - Three sets of 5, followed by three sets of 3 Deadlifts - Three set...

I am officially declaring my love for practicing chin-ups at the CrossFit gym. I have my reasons: (1) I find them to be much easier than p...