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• 10 reps 5 times from 5 RFT: Push-ups, Sit-up (standard)s and Pull-ups on May 09, 2013
• 10 reps 10 times from 10 RFT: Pull-ups, Push-ups, Sit-up (standard)s and Squats on Mar 19, 2013
• 30 reps 3 times from 3 RFT: 400 m, Pull-ups and Front Squats on Mar 06, 2013
• 30 reps 3 times from 3 RFT: Pull-ups, Deadlifts and Box Jumps on Feb 18, 2013
• 10 reps 2 times from 2 RFT: Pull-ups, Push-ups, Kettlebell Swings and 5 more on Feb 15, 2013

CrossFit Journal Articles

• Teaching the Pull-up to a Large Group: Part 1
  There are many progressions for learning the kipping pull-up, and different cues will work for different athletes. Join HQ trainers Adrian (Boz) Bozman and Lisa Ray as Boz instructs coaches on his method of teaching the pull-up to a large class. Boz be
• Teaching the Pull-up to a Large Group: Part 2
  There are many progressions for learning the kipping pull-up, and different cues will work for different athletes. Join HQ trainers Adrian (Boz) Bozman and Lisa Ray as Boz instructs coaches on his method of teaching the pull-up to a large class.
• Crash Course: The Butterfly Kip
  At the Rogue Vs. Again Faster Throwdown held in Lake Tahoe, Calif., Chris Spealler had the chance to coach at CrossFit Avalanche. Here’s his crash course in the butterfly kipping pull-up.
• The Quest for 100 Pull-ups
  Chris Spealler got 100 consecutive pull-ups on his first attempt on video with Sevan Matossian and Carey Peterson. Or so he thought. No one counted for Chris, and when they reviewed the tape, he had only done 99.
• Better Movements: The Jerk and the Kipping Pull-up
  In this lecture from a recent CrossFit certification seminar, Greg Glassman looks at the differences among the shoulder press, push press, and push jerk and compares them to the differences between strict and kipping pull-ups. The advantage of the "better
• Pullup Challenge
  Last winter we challenged the message board crew to drive towards 40+ pullups by September '04. After a couple of deadline extensions the contest officially ended with seven winners – Lynne Pitts, Kelly Moore, Aaron Fisher, Adam Walinsky, Larry Lindenma
• Assistance for Bodyweight Exercises
  With training bars and training plates we've been able to introduce the major lifts like squats, deadlifts, presses and jerks, cleans, and the snatch to all comers, including seniors, regardless of ability. This approach is not novel; many of the most suc
• Two Training Aids
  It has long been said that necessity is the mother of invention and this month we give support to that adage with two exceedingly simple inventions. Both devices address problems that have long plagued our training efforts.
• Midline Stabilization Part 3: The Pull-up
  Midline stabilization is essential for effective functional movement. Kelly Starrett, of San Francisco CrossFit, explains the essential anatomy and physiology of it in this excerpt from his one day seminar at CrossFit Santa Cruz on November 9, 2008.
• Kipping Pull-up Progression
  If you haven't heard all the debates about the kipping pull-up versus the strict pull-up, you should probably spend some time on the CrossFit.com message board doing a bit of homework.

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