Nicole Carroll doing bodyweight x15 in the Overhead Squat

jason's_planet — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:40:37 -0800

Nicole Carroll is a CrossFit trainer who works out of Santa Cruz. Here is a video of her aiming for 15 reps of her bodyweight in the Overhead Squat, which is a very impressive lift. (In .wmv format) Just to give you some idea of how strong she is . . . I have about a hundred pounds on her and there’s no way I could do an overhead squat with that kind of weight. (If you try this at your local gym, please don’t throw the weights down unless you are using special bumper plates.) SquatRx on the Overhead Squat (starting at 2:20 in this video). Peaches -- Boys Wanna Be Her

What is Fitness?

jason's_planet — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:46:58 -0800

“What is fitness?”(large PDF) is an essay by the leaders of the CrossFit movement. The ideal they propose is an athlete who is “equal parts gymnast, Olympic weightlifter, and multi-modal sprinter or ‘sprintathlete.’ Develop the capacity of a novice 800-meter track athlete, gymnast, and weightlifter and you’ll be fitter than any world-class runner, gymnast, or weightlifter.”

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Nicole Carroll doing bodyweight x15 in the Overhead Squat

What is Fitness?