The new rig is UP and USABLE! Get ready for muscle-ups and rope climbs! Thank you immensely to everyone who helped us install it (both times)!

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The new space is coming along—opening VERY SOON! Thank you David O. for all of your help!

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Have you weighed in on our MPH #hashtag contest yet? Head over to our Facebook page now to help!

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Demolition goes down today at 9:30a at our new space, 1457 Church Street! Come over anytime to help by getting in on the action (and bring your tools—especially the sledgehammers and crowbars), or just to check out our new digs!

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***Important Announcement***
MPH will be closed from Monday, August 25 through Saturday, August 30, as well as the Labor Day holiday.

• This will be important, prescribed rest for all of us, athletes and coaches, as there is no “off season” in our sport. Rest and recovery are essential to maintaining the mental and physical intensity required for long-term success. There will be no posted workouts during this time, and instead, a programmed break from all CrossFit activities.
• We will resume a normal workout schedule on Tuesday, September 2.

This week, play a sport, hike, ride your bike and walk to work—nothing that resembles a workout. Turn off your watch, metronome and anything that counts or beeps—nothing that reminds you of the clock. Keep your hands clean of chalk and tears, and treat them repeatedly. Stretch, massage and roll. Sleep in. Leave work early. Eat well. Really well.

When we return, we dive into a fantastic fall of fun workouts, PR’s and community events, as well as preparations for our beautiful, new, significantly larger space!

Let’s watch Christy A. in her first season with the DC Brawlers! Home games are on Tuesday, August 26, and Saturday, September 6—both start at 7p, and are at the Patriot Center! You can purchase tickets for these games here and here.

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Full range of motion in the squat allows us to experience the entire benefit of the movement by placing the greatest stress on the system per repetition. What are we looking for? Hip crease well below the knee. In other words, if we need a committee to determine if the rep counts, then it needs to be deeper! Dave R. (see above!) has very legit depth in his overhead squat.

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This morning, Christy A. concludes her quest to become the Fittest Woman on the Planet at the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games. The schedule of events, along with media coverage, can be found here.

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Start getting excited, because in just 10 short days, Christy A. will return to the Reebok CrossFit Games—for the sixth year in a row! CrossFit put together a piece about this year’s Mid-Atlantic Regionals in Fairfax, Virginia. Christy’s competitive spirit and character are highlighted in the 15-minute recap–take a look here.

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