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Sunday 050529

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Rest Day

The “staggered stance” is ubiquitous in sport. Its advantages to forward mobility and forward and lateral stability are obvious. If an athlete found it tactically advantageous to lower his center of mass, i.e. squat, from that strong position would he need to square his stance before squatting and then reassume the staggered stance on rising to action? Common sense suggests not.

Trainer Bryce Lane of Visalia, California may have provided an answer to that question with his “B-Squat”. Bryce’s “The Power Endurance and Flexibility Page” whose tagline is “This is a place for people who don’t just want to do one thing well but are interested in improving all areas of physical performance” nears a parallel evolution of CrossFit concepts.

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In the June issue of The CrossFit Journal learn how writer Lindsay Yaw continued her CrossFit workouts during a torrent of assignments involving 39 separate flights since January while covering expeditions in British Columbia, Norway, the Arctic, and finally Nepal – and you were worried about that 3 day trip to Chicago!

Share your traveling workout strategies in comments.