Workout of the Day:
Deadlift
5-5-5
and then,
Three rounds for time of:
10 x Deadlift (80% of your 5-rep max)
10 x Strict Pull-Ups
10 x Ring Dips

Adam T. is legit! The sweat pool beneath his rower tells the story. He rowed 42,000 km last night in 3 hours, 20 minutes. His preparation - he rowed 10,000 km last week, which was about 9,000 km longer than he had ever rowed before.

Adam didn't stop there. He decided to take on the King's Challenge at Fatburger. Not surprisingly, he crushed it. He finished in 11:46 - and then washed it down with a strawberry shake.

The Effectiveness of Kids Cues for Adults
Written by Tabitha Stine

If you’ve recently been put through a warm up with C.J. or Mike you may have found yourself in an angry gorilla race or saying hello to someone while duck walking with your hands on your ears and your elbows high. Aside from feeling silly, at some point the thought might have crossed your mind, “where do they come up with this stuff?”

The answer is Jeff and Mikki Martin and CrossFit Kids. The Martin’s have done a fantastic job breaking the complex CrossFit movements down to the most basic level and providing simple, creative cues that make the movements readily understandable. The great thing about many of these kid-friendly cues is that they are immediately applicable to training adults and often paint a better, clearer picture for athletes.

A primary goal of any CrossFit coach is to get people moving better. Since kids have short attention spans and little patience, my goal as a CrossFit Kids coach is to accomplish this quickly. That’s why kid’s cues are designed to not over-analyze the movement but to get proper form as quickly as possible. This seemingly simplistic approach translates very well with adults. If you’re correcting someone who’s pulling early on their sumo deadlift high pull you might say, “Wait until the legs and hips have reached full extension before you engage the arms” or you can try what I tell the kids, “Stand first, then pull.”

Whether you’re an experienced CrossFitter or brand new, coach or athlete, young or old, we can all benefit from a broader repertoire of coaching cues. I encourage everyone to watch some CrossFit Kids videos and research the CrossFit Kids’ teachings. Then act like an angry gorilla and set a new deadlift PR!