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CrossFit, Inc. is a fitness company founded by Greg Glassman and Lauren Jenai in 2000 …

… workouts incorporate elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifting, gymnastics, girevoy sport, calisthenics, strongman, and other exercises.

It is practiced by members of over 10,000 affiliated gyms …

Turns out billionaire owner Greg Glassman, a former gymnast, is outrageously outspoken and unrepentant. Click PLAY or watch a feature on him on CBS.

http://www.cbsnews.com/common/video/cbsnews_video.swf

Criticism:

… websites allege that CrossFit exercise sequences are illogical, random, and lack periodization. Those same blogs allege that CrossFit lacks accreditation standards for trainers …

CrossFit needs to evolve. It needs to become more individualized. Needs to be made safer.

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Ironman flying. But for real. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (12min)

The future of human flight is clear. … Completely autonomous. …

(via Mashable)

From the Super 6 Team Final.

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Ivana’s Bars and Beam were (probably) my favourite routines on both apparatus.

(via Balance Beam Situation)

I really like the Pit Pillow Mat because it is perfect size for just about anything in training, GREAT for any dismount, timers or many drills. We also use it for bars release skills. …

– Liang Chow

I visit about 40 gyms every year. Often I ask the kids: “What’s your favourite soft mat?”

They bring me some old beaten up wreck of a mat that’s normally kept in the pit. It’s soft. Friendly. Perfect for “timers”.

Tumbl Trak can sell you a mat like that. And they are comparatively inexpensive.

I guarantee this mat would get a LOT of use in your facility.

related – Pit Pillow as trampoline throw mat

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(via Gymnast #391)

Ludivine Furnon (born October 4, 1980 in Nîmes) is a retired Olympic athlete from France. She was the first French female gymnast to ever win a medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.

Although she attended dance classes from the age of eight, Furnon did not study gymnastics until April 1992, when she was eleven years old. …

LIKE her (amazing) photo on Facebook.

Eight Regional Championships with 4 teams at each.

The winner moves on to National Championships.

Eight teams compete day 1. The top 4 compete day 2 for the National title.

I like it. 🙂

According to stats released by the Pac-12 viewership was up 495 percent from the 2013-14 season and Monday viewership was up 280 percent from Monday meets in 2013-14. …

The SEC saw similar results in their broadcasts numbers …

Chris Waller, UCLA’s assistant who is acting as the league’s rep at the meetings May 18-20, is hopeful other schools will support the move, understanding how important it is to be on TV.

“We have this incredible window of opportunity because the TV ratings have exploded,” he said. “We have to make sure we continue that growth and where we aren’t seeing that growth is in the post-season, which should be our biggest meets of the season.” …

Utah gymnastics: Pac-12 coaches push for format change for NCAAs

Nope. Guilia clarifies that it’s a promo for the Italian Championships in September.

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Four Level 10 junior elite all-around champions were crowned at the 2015 JO Nationals.

Yul Moldauer won his second career JO Nationals all-around title, and also captured individual titles on four events (FX,SR,VT,PB). …

Grant Breckenridge, a Stanford signee, won a hard-fought battle to earn his first JO title. He also claimed top honors on VT. …

In the 16-year-old division, Matthew Wenske earned event titles on FX and PB, propelling him to his first JO Nationals all-around title. …

Also winning his second career JO Nationals all-around crown was Cameron Bock, who put together two great days to win the 15-year-old division. …
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Four more all-around titles were awarded in the evening JO Division competition. Minnesota signee Vitaly Kan earned his first JO Nationals title, winning the 17-year-old division. …

Taylor Fletcher won the 18-year-old division …

Frankie Valentin won in a close contest in the 16-year-old division over Kyte Crigger. …

Joe Dixon captured the championship in the 15-year-old division. …

Stick it Media – Moldauer, Breckenridge, Wenske & Bock Earn Level 10 JE Titles