Fitness: 3 x 5 Linear Progression
Add 5 pounds to last week.

Performance: 5/3/1 1 Week
75% x 5
85% x 3
95% x 1+

Percentages are based off your TRAINING MAX (90% of a recent 1RM). Aim to hit 3 on the rep out, but save 1 rep in the tank. 

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Partner WOD
In teams of 3 with one partner working at a time, complete:
AMRAP 21 minutes:
12/10 Calorie Row
7 Burpee-Box Jumps

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What did one erg say to the other erg? 

News and Notes

• Attention C.R.A.S.H.-B.ers: If you are signing up to train with Coach Nick, please make your payments here. There are two options: A) full payment of $220 due at registration, or B) payment plan of $55 each month for four months. No refunds on any payments made!
• Curious about the Meat CSA? If you’ve been considering joining the meat CSA program, come to the gym tonight between 5-8pm to meet farmer Jerry Peele. He’ll be selling packages of his famous bacon and ground beef (at a discount), running a raffle for a 15-lb meat share, handing out shares to members, and signing up new ones on the spot. Questions? Email mignyc [at] gmail.com.
• Root Hill Cafe (on the corner of 4th Ave. and Carroll) is back open, and better than ever. They hired a Paleo pastry chef (what?!), and will be expanding their food menu soon. All CFSBKers get a 10% discount with them, so head over and say hi. 

Recent PRs (that we know about!) 

• K HarpZ hit 160# on her C&J last Saturday
• Evan R. ran the NYC Marathon on Sunday in 3:20:16 (his first time, so a PR)
• Jake L. PRed his jerk at 374# yesterday 
• T-Bone hit 88kg on his snatch and 112kg on his C&J for a 200kg total
• Dee hit 90kg x 2 on his snatch
• Coach Fox hit 260# on his bench last night

Come at us in the comments or write on the white board between the bathrooms if you’ve PRed something recently so we can celebrate with you!

Registration is Open for CrossFit Hoboken’s Winter Challenge 7.0

CFSBK sends folks to the Winter Challenge each year. Please contact Coach MeLo if you sign up or have any questions, Melissa [at] CrossFitSouthBrooklyn.com. Note that this is an RX’d-only competition, so no scaling options are offered. Also, it sells out FAST, so jump on it! 

Event Registration & Pricing: 
Registration: Event registration is officially OPEN (click here to register)
Competitor Pricing: The registration fee for this event is $95.00 and includes a free competition t-shirt and complimentary admission to the after party at Village Pourhouse. 
Spectator Pricing: Spectator tickets can be purchased and provide access to the event. CLICK HERE TO GET A SPECTATOR TICKET 

Event Overview: 
Date / Time: Saturday December 6th at 9am
Location: CrossFit Hoboken located at 38 Jackson Street in Hoboken, NJ 
Divisions: Men’s RX and Women’s RX WODs
Individually Scored Workouts WOD Announcements: Workout announcements begin on November 10th 

Learn more and see which CFSBKers are already registered on our event page.

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The Luxury Of Solitude NPR
Tunnel Vision vs. Training ADD Catalyst Athletics
Do You Know How Many Calories Are In These Alcoholic Drinks? Buzzfeed
Better All the Time: How the “performance revolution” came to athletics—and beyond The New Yorker

The second your feet hit the floor on a clean, your hands should be open, elbows up with the bar fully racked on your shoulders. Developing this timing should be one of the first things you focus on when performing cleans.

Do You Know the Difference Between Exercise and Training?

By David Osorio

In a Huffington Post article at the beginning of 2014, noted strength coach and author Mark Rippetoe discussed the differences between training and exercise. Read the full article here, but in essence, Rippetoe says:

Training involves “directed physical stress,” and is “the process of going from where you are now to where you want to be later for the purpose of meeting a specific performance goal.”
“Exercise is physical activity performed for the effect it produces today—right now. Each workout is performed for the purpose of producing a stress that satisfies the immediate needs of the exerciser: burning some calories, getting hot, sweaty, and out of breath, pumping up the biceps, stretching—basically just punching the physical clock” (Practical Programming, 3rd Edition). 

While some debate ensued regarding other specifics in the article, the real value of this discussion, in my opinion, is the standardization of semantics when discussing the effectiveness of a program. These definitions are useful because most people have no idea what the difference is between training and exercise—and as an affiliate owner or coach, I believe it’s important that you guys know why Barry’s Bootcamp or SoulCycle are not actually training.

If our goal is to get good at CrossFit—which means increasing work capacity across broad time and modal domains—then there are certainly more and less effective ways to approach programming. No one could argue that someone blasting out 30-minute metcons day-in, day-out without ever lifting heavy or practicing skills is expressing CrossFit as effectively as someone with a balanced, thoughtful program. A good CrossFit affiliate should understand the differences between exercise and training, and bias practices that lead toward training such that we can see long-term quantifiable progress among both novice and advanced members. 

Below is a list that further differentiates between the two ends of the spectrum between exercise and training. This list is valuable for easily differentiating where a program might fall on that continuum.

Characteristics of workouts that fall on the far end of the spectrum toward exercise include:

• No specific, long term performance goal(s) 
• Non-quantifiable work output
• No standardization of range-of-motion in the exercises 
• Inadequate intensity/stimulus to catalyze an adaptation
• Arbitrarily designed workouts which don’t fit into a larger plan
• No control or consideration of additional variables (recovery, nutrition, etc.)

Characteristics of workouts that fall on the far end of the spectrum toward training include:

• Pursues a specific goal or adaptation
• Quantifiable performance outputs
• Standardized range-of-motion in exercises being used
• Specifically-programmed intensities to develop or maintain physical capacities 
• Each workout is part of a larger framework organized to achieve the specific goals of the program.
• Considers additional and complementary variables (recovery, nutrition, etc.)

Yesterday, we published the full version of this article on my blog Inside the Affiliate. The article goes on to discuss all aspects of training at CFSBK—from Strength Training, Olympic Lifting, Calisthenics/Gymnastics, and Conditioning—and addresses even more of the why behind the how. Read the rest HERE, and learn more about how CFSBK biases our programming toward training. 

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This Aerobic Video Wins Everything
Why We Sleep Together The Atlantic
Get Ready to Pay More to Ride the Subway WNYC
USA is Ready CrossFit

What training goals are you currently pursuing?

Fitness: Push Press 5 x 3 Linear Progression
Add 2-5 pounds to last week’s weight.

Performance: Rack Jerk 5 x 1
Hit 5 singles between 80% and 90% of your recent 1RM. If you’re feeling good then work at the 90% end, if you’re feeling off then work at the 80% end. Your work reps must be no lighter than 80% and no heavier than 90%. 

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For Time:
50 Double Unders
10 Deadlifts 275/155
40 Double Unders
8 Deadlifts
30 Double Unders
6 Deadlifts
20 Double Unders
4 Deadlifts
10 Double Unders
2 Deadlifts

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LT Fisher and Camille Leblanc-Bazinet do the snatch workout from the CrossFit Team series. Camille was 2014’s Fittest Women at the CrossFit Games and a 5x Games athlete (and is finishing her degree in chemical engineering). Lauren took 9th place at the 2014 CrossFit Games and is a 2014 USAW Junior National Champion. 

• Do you know the difference between training and exercise? There’s a new post over on Inside the Affiliate, called “How to Find the Balance Between Training and Exercise at CrossFit Affiliates.” Read up, share it with your friends!
• Happy birthday to our favorite Pigeon! 

Curious about the Meat CSA? Herondale Meatfest on Wednesday!

If you’ve been considering joining the meat CSA program, come to the gym Wednesday evening (11/5) between 5-8pm to meet farmer Jerry Peele and sample his delicious wares.

He’ll be selling packages of his famous bacon and ground beef (at a discount), running a raffle for a 15-lb meat share (tickets are just $10), handing out shares to members, and signing up new ones on the spot. Questions? Email mignyc [at] gmail.com.

CFSBK Art Show: Seeking Graffiti Artist/s!

CFSBK’s first Art Show is less than three weeks away, on November 22, from 7:30-10:30pm. Save the date, it’s going to be completely awesome (and free alcohol, so, you know). All our artists and visiting feature artists are listed here (plus Alona K.!).

We are looking for one or two graffiti artists or people who are good at drawing on a large scale (especially letters) to help create decorations for the show that afternoon (between 2pm-6pm). If you’re interested in playing with lots of markers (not paint) and making some cool, temporary art in the gym, shoot Kate an email at Katharine [at] CrossFitSouthBrooklyn.com.

(One of the signs can created ahead of time, so if that time doesn’t work and you’re talented, still send an email.)

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Photos That Give Voice to the Animal Kingdom TED
Flexibility for the Overhead Squat Catalyst Athletics
Stormscapes 2: An Amazing Severe Weather Time-Lapse Colossal
Is 10,000 Hours All I Need to Run a Faster Marathon? New York Times

Fitness: Power or Squat Snatch 1-1-1-1-1
Work up to a 1RM power or squat snatch in 5 attempts. Misses count as attempts. 

Performance: Snatch 3 x 1
Hit 5 singles between 80% and 90% of your recent 1RM. If you’re feeling good then work at the 90% end, if you’re feeling off then work at the the 80% end. Your work reps must be no lighter than 80% and no heavier than 90%. 

then,

Snatch Pull
Practice movement and bar path that is consistent with your actual lift on these. 

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4 Rounds for Time:
400m Run
15 Overhead Squats 95/65
Rest 2 minutes between rounds.

Post time and Rx to comments.

Coach Jess talks about how to find tension and stability when setting up a dumbbell snatch

News and Notes

• GOOD LUCK to all our runners who are racing in the New York City Marathon today: Mike O., Rob U., Eric E., Aileen, and Evan!! Let us know how it goes.
• Because of the Marathon, 4th Avenue will be mostly closed off during the high-traffic morning times, and you may only be able to cross the street underground at 4th and Pacific. Please plan ahead! 
• Daylight Saving Time ended at 2am, meaning we gained an hour.

Learn How to Row From an Olympian Rower TODAY!

Whenever we have rowing in a workout, does part of you die inside? Then what could be better than slaving away at the erg for the next three and half months?! Learn to love the erg as much as you fear it: join the CFSBK Indoor Rowing Team to train for CRASH-Bs, the premier indoor rowing championship, on March 1!

If you’re interested, come to Coach Nick’s kick-off meeting today at 2:15pm. He’ll explain the program in detail and answer questions. (Best not to PR your snatch that morning–there might also be a workout.) Send Nick an email at nick [at] crossfitsouthbrooklyn [dot] com if you plan to show up or if you have any questions.

Learn more here.

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Even Brutes Can Learn to Cry New York Times
Insider’s Guide to Spectating the New York City Marathon Runner’s World

Fitness: 3 x 3 Linear Progression
Add 5 pounds to your last exposure.

Performance: 2 – 2 – 2
Work up to a heavy set of 2 reps. No failing. 

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For Load and Technique, Not for Time,
Work up to a heavy load on the following complex:
7 Kettlebell Swings
7 Kettlebell Swings Left
7 Kettlebell Swings Right
7 Kettlebell Reverse Lunges Left
7 Kettlebell Reverse Lunges Right
7 Kettlebell Swings
Hold the kettlebell goblet style for the lunges. Rest as needed between attempts. 

Post time and Rx to comments.

A burpee is complete when the hips and knees reach full extensions with the athlete’s feet off the floor. This is Luca… one second before completing a burpee

News and Notes

• Check out Yoga for Athletes with Coach Whitney at 10am, and Active Recovery with Coach David at 11am and 12pm!
• Because of the New York City Marathon tomorrow, 4th Avenue will be closed off and you will only be able to cross the street underground at 4th and Pacific, no swipe required (though it may take a loooong time). Please plan ahead! GOOD LUCK to all our runners who are racing tomorrow: Rob U., Eric E., Aileen, and Evan!!
• Daylight Saving Time ends at 2am tomorrow morning, meaning we gain an hour, so also plan ahead for that (or let your smartphone plan for you). 

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Podcasts So Good You Want to Binge-Listen The Atlantic
A Kinder, Gentler Taxidermy New York Times