Articles for CrossFit Sioux Falls

I’ve been a member of CrossFit Sioux Falls for almost 12 years, and a coach for seven. In that capacity, I did some blogging on their site. I’ve archived all the posts here. In each article is a link to the original.

Doing CrossFit
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You can’t really “do” CrossFit, because it’s not a single thing.

One More Time
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A meditation on the aging athlete, and how we define ourselves by numbers.

Winning the First Battle
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What you do in the gym is the second battle. The first battle is getting there at all.

The Empathy WOD
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Part of what makes CrossFit work is that we’re all struggling together.

Throwing Down
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Women are some of the most ferocious athletes in any CrossFit gym.

This is Gonna Be Hard
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Some things are just hard, and pretending they’re easy makes them harder.

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Personal Content

A list of non-tech content that I have created and sometimes maintain.

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Deane Barker’s Resume

A long-form resume I keep generally up-to-date.

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Muscles, Movements, CrossFit, and Zombies March 24, 2013

Once, when I was in the military, I was doing a PT with the Marines. I was 19-year-old gym rat at the time, never far from my copy of Muscle and Fitness , and I thought it wise to explain to the drill sergeant that sit-ups were inefficient. They used too much of the hip erector muscles, not the…

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