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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If you always put a limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee
THE COMPETITION FLOOR
DAN BAILEY AND MICHELLE KINNEY SAY GOODBYE…FOR NOW
Dan: “Thank you everyone for reaching out in support, I’ve read every message and comment. Strikes and gutters, ups and downs, that’s how life goes…I am still proud, and still thankful for all that I have and all that I am no matter the circumstance.”
Michelle: “My goal for this year was to do everything in my power to qualify for the 2016 CrossFit Games. I knew there would be plenty of obstacles that were out of my control, but I sit here content in knowing that I did all that I could. I gave it everything I had each day, whether that was physical therapy, body work, or another training session. I fought to the end and never gave up… and therein lies my satisfaction. Full effort, full victory.”
REGIONALS PREP
How to watch this weekend’s Regionals. Rich Froning prepares by practices legless l-sit rope climbs with his daughter in his lap. Get yourself pumped up for the Atlantic Regionals with 46 seconds of raw CrossFit fuel. Cody Anderson PRs his snatch at 265 just in time for this weekend. Noah Ohlsen sits in some kind of cryo ice bath. CrossFit HQ gets athletes’ perspective on the programming for this year’s Regionals.
SPEED READ
IN 2 MINUTES
Paleo Nick explains a little about the new culinary classes CrossFit HQ is offering. Julie Foucher catches up with James Hobart to talk about his evolution with CrossFit over the last decade and watching his mom start CrossFit at 54. On Cosmo’s “12 Things That All Women Hate About Guys” number 5: Guys who can’t stop talking about one thing that honestly doesn’t matter…”if I love Crossfit too, then yay, let’s keep talking Crossfit. But if I don’t and the only source of conversation you have is Crossfit, I’m dying. I’m dead.” ROMWOD interviewed Becca Voigt before Regionals about her willingness to always try something different. Here are 4 everyday movementsthat CrossFit prepares you for. Brooke Wells would love to take a bath in Kill Cliff. Kill Cliff’s Regionals backdrop is so America. Cyna Cho loves sunflower seeds.
FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Rogue Fitness has teamed up with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help raise money. IAVA supports veterans, empowering them through job training, one-on-one counseling and legal support. So far they’ve raised $250,000 and you can support them by buying this “Never Forgotten” t-shirt.
HEALTH & MOBILITY
Box Life Magazine has some tips for improving your thrusters. Finding yourself too busy to WOD? Julie Foucher has a 1 hour daily program that walks you through everything you need to stay fit and achieve your goals.