Let Me Tell You About CrossFit

Byers owner/coach Debbie Broderick Rodriguez is pretty crazy about CrossFit. She linked to the best promo video I’ve seen yet introducing the sport to newbies.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

People walk in the door and ask:

… “Hey, where are the machines?”

… We’re the machines.

CrossFit is great and getting better. Getting safer.

Still, I’d rate regular gymnastics bodyweight training as superior. And much safer.

Where CrossFit succeeds best is in the psychological domain. The team approach, very well explained in that video. We should emulate that.

most incredible Manna sequence

kinesthesist (website) sends this link. Yowser.

Anait (Arevik) Seyranyan, Circus performer and Coach from Winter Haven, FL.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (at 7min 30sec)

There’s a training clip on this page. She’s incredible.

best Olympic eye makeup – Aliya

Aliya Mustafina Online on Facebook:

Aliya gets named best eye makeup of the olympics by Glamour …

I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of Aliya Mustafina make-up tutorials on YouTube. 🙂

Keep Calm posters

Have you seen something like this?

You can make your own variations. This one, for example.

To customize one of your own, follow the prompts from this page.

Mackensi Emory – tricking

I follow one of the best female trickers in the world, Mackensi Emory.

Here’s a new edit incorporating some tumbling.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It’s her Happy Birthday today.

Jordyn Wieber for Tumbl Trak

How many kids are inspired by Jordyn and the Fierce Five?

Tens of thousands. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

TumblTrak is headquartered close to Jordyn’s gym in Michigan.

(via Rec Gymnastics)

climbers crazier than gymnasts

Proof.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s a promo for the Reel Rock Tour 7 touring the world.

(via Adventure Blog)