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Warrior Athlete – Max Fernandez

By |2017-01-11T18:45:04-07:00April 22nd, 2009|Categories: All Entries, Warrior Athlete|

By: Aly Willier The face of a Warrior can take on many different looks. No matter how it appears, whether as a soldier, an athlete, or anything else,  it depicts an individual that prepares themselves to fight against all odds and pulls from deep within to bring out their best capabilities. Being a warrior goes beyond [...]

Warrior Athlete – Rory McKernan

By |2017-01-11T19:07:22-07:00April 22nd, 2009|Categories: All Entries, Warrior Athlete|

By: Aly Willier The face of a Warrior can take on many different looks. No matter how it appears, whether as a soldier, an athlete, or anything else,  it depicts an individual that prepares themselves to fight against all odds and pulls from deep within to bring out their best capabilities. Being a warrior goes [...]

FMP VBSS Debrief

By |2017-01-10T11:40:41-07:00March 30th, 2009|Categories: All Entries, Coach's Corner|

FMP Debrief - Operation "Two if by Sea" On Saturday, March 28th, a group of elite warrior athletes assembled at the YMCA in Portland, OR for Operation: "Two if by Sea". Many of the members were long time CrossFitters from CrossFit HEL in Portland, some of whom will compete in the Northwest Qualifier for this year's [...]

KB Windmills

By |2017-01-10T11:40:40-07:00March 24th, 2009|Categories: All Entries, Warrior Athlete|

The Kettlebell Windmill is a great warm-up exercise. This is part of a series of posts which will be added to the workout techniques section.  I will be adding static photos and in-depth directions at a later date.  For now, I wanted to get these videos up for all of you on the free training program. [...]

FMP Predator Debrief

By |2017-01-11T16:14:53-07:00February 9th, 2009|Categories: Coach's Corner|

CrossFit Reno hosted an awesome FMP Workout. In all there were 16 athletes that took part. They were broken into 3 separate squads. Squad Alpha was a 4 man element. They did an awesome job of getting to the Objective in well under the allotted time. Their teamwork was good and they maintained positive communication throughout. [...]

Full Mission Profile in Reno

By |2017-01-10T11:40:40-07:00February 7th, 2009|Categories: Coach's Corner|Tags: |

Reno vs. Predator Coach Rob Ord will be conducting a Full Mission Profile in Reno this Sunday, the 8th. If you are interested in joining and will be in the area, please contact CrossFit Reno. Location: CrossFit Reno Time: 9:00 am Duration: At least 2 hours Phone: (775) 825-5678 CrossFit affiliates are individually owned and maintain [...]

Dumbbell Complex

By |2017-01-11T19:32:02-07:00January 4th, 2009|Categories: All Entries, Training Tips, Warrior Athlete|Tags: , , |

Here's a new one that is fun and effective. This training method merges a group of simple exercises into a more complex movement, ergo the name "complex". Today I want to introduce something I've been using in my training for some time now. I call it the Dumbbell Complex and it goes like this: Push Up [...]

Listen To Your Body

By |2017-01-18T10:59:37-07:00December 18th, 2008|Categories: All Entries, Warrior Mind|Tags: , , |

Have you ever noticed that your right quad is stronger than your left? Are you more flexible on one side than you are on the other? Does it matter to you? Balance and Symmetry Most people intuitively know that one side of the body being stronger is not the ideal.  But why is that?  What benefits [...]

Full Mission Profile – “Mountain Rescue”

By |2017-01-20T13:32:51-07:00December 6th, 2008|Categories: All Entries, Full Mission Profile|Tags: , , |

FULL MISSION PROFILE Situation: A group of 4 back country climbers missed their scheduled rendezvous with their pick up approximately 24 hours ago.  About 4 hours ago an emergency call was received from the party via sat phone that was garbled and cut off short.  Fortunately it was clear enough to determine that [...]

Balance = Work Hard + Play Hard

By |2017-01-11T19:37:55-07:00December 1st, 2008|Categories: All Entries|

Creating Balance No matter how far you stretched it, the fact of the matter is that the Thanksgiving holiday is over. Now it's time to get back to the duties required to making progress in life. It was good to take a little time off. To spend quality time with family and friends. To put away [...]

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