CrossFit Newton Team Throwdown

The CFN team Throwdown is all filled up. It filled up in about a week. There are 18 affiliates competing with a total of 24 teams.  Here they are: 1. North Shore CrossFit 2. CrossFit Woburn 3. CrossFit Fenway 4. CrossFit Somerville 5. CrossFit Hingham 6. Choose The Wrench (CFNewton/CFNewEngland hybrid) 7. CrossFit Wicked/CrossFit Newengland [...]

Quiting is not an option

Jodie and her teammates Geoff, Ali and Daigle Team CTW was sitting in 7th after the first WOD this morning.  The next WOD was the one Jodie has been dreading( More than overhead squats) The Pistol. Team run 800 m 30 front squats 155/105 30 toes 2 bars  30 pistols (15 EACH leg) Team run [...]

Hand Maintenance

This videos kind of long, but it’s worth watching. Here, Donny Shankle talks about hand maintenance . If you’re looking for a glove to wear during pull-ups, try batting gloves. Just incase you were wondering about Donny Shankle

A Little Deception Helps Push Athletes to the Limit

The trained bicyclists thought they had ridden as fast as they possibly could. But Kevin Thompson, head of sport and exercise  science at Northumbrian University in England, wondered if they go could even faster.  So, in an unusual experiment, he tricked them. In their laboratory, Dr. Thompson and his assistant Mark Stone had had the cyclists [...]

Games Competition

                           Starting next week I will start posting some extra work after each daily WOD for those who are interested in competing at the games individually or on our team.  If you can’t complete the work after the WOD, try to do it [...]

Athlete of the Month

We are going to start something new at CrossFit Newton.  Each month we will spotlight a different athlete.  I chose Jodie to be the test subject to show everyone what it will look like.  To choose the athlete I will put all the names in a bowl and pick a name randomly.  After the name [...]

Flexibility vs. Mobility

There seems to be a bit of confusion around the concepts of flexibility and mobility. So let’s begin with a couple of definitions. Flexibility is the ability to flex, extend, or circumduct a joint through its intended full range of motion. So we’re talking about the length of the tissues here, nothing more. Mobility, or [...]

Paleo Challenge winners

Here are the paleo challenge winners!!! In first place: Joe Lind Joe says “the thing that has stood out is the support of everyone in the gym. It was difficult to change habits. Knowing that I was a part of a whole gym doing the same thing helped me avoid cheating many times. The paleo [...]

Amazing Grace sign up is open

Go to www.barbellsforboobs.com to register NOW!!! Search for CrossFit Newton,  click register now, click view cart, then choose your registration and donation, and continue to registration page. Register NOW!!!! You get a cool t-shirt

AWESOME email from someone in NY

Here’s the email: hello I just wanted to send my sincere compliments regarding your book…it is a perfect addition to the list of eBooks and other books on plaeo nutrition that I own..the book is easy to follow and easy to understand and the recipes look easy and delicious as I will begin my CrossFit [...]