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. Have It’s 4:30 p.m. on a Sunday in early September, and we’ve lost
Plyo Box,
Sam Heughan. Or, more precisely, he has lost us. We’ve split
up (our photo equipment alone being enough to overwhelm
our tiny Scottish rental car), intending to caravan to a spot in
the countryside outside Glasgow, Scotland, to get a few more
shots of the actor. But somehow in the confusion of streets
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gotten on a different highway from the one our GPS is insist-
ing we take.
Inspired by the promotional poster for Outlander,
show on which Heughan stars, we spent much of the pre-
vious day driving the small roads around Loch Lomond,
searching for a suitably Scottish vista. We found it — a little er outside a picturesque hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.
lake framed by craggy cliffs — next to a small parking lot Blood pressure thus under control and with the plan back on
just off the two-lane A82. We were intending to lead Heu- track, Heughan and Valbonesi fall in behind us.
ghan and Valbonesi back to it, but now, Ironically, upon our arrival, the spot
separated and trying to communicate we’ve chosen is immediately recogniz-
ϐ able to Heughan. “There’s no way!” he
to identify it on a map or knowing the exclaims after unfolding his 6-foot-3-inch
names of any landmarks, we’re instead frame from Valbonesi’s (also small) car.
experiencing an exercise in frustration. “I thought you might be heading here!”
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Apparently, Heughan tells us, that promo
frantic cellphone Google mapping fol- poster was shot right over there behind us,
lows, and we reconnect 45 minutes lat- with a view out of the valley.
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of road poetically
called Rest and
Be Thankful, and
though we’re thank-
ful to be out of the
tiny rental car, there’s no rest to be had.
There’s equipment — of the photo and
training kind — to be lugged out of the cars,
trekked over a 4-foot berm and through
waist-high grass, the marshy terrain squelching underfoot.
All so that Heughan can show off the CrossFit-style moves he
perfected in order to look the part of Jamie Fraser.
Fraser, as written by Diana Gabaldon in her series of im-
mensely successful New York Times best-sellers (Outlander,
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eight lengthy tomes, with a ninth in the works), is a deep-
thinking and deeper-feeling soldier from the wild Highlands
of Scotland, a character whose panoply of sterling qualities
(not least of which is his utter unwavering devotion to Claire,
a World War II nurse who mysteriously enters his life) has
earned him the nickname “King of Men” among the adapta-
tion’s writing staff. Looking the part, however, was not as
simple as sending Heughan to do some bodybuilding train-
ing — largely because Jamie Fraser was born in 1721.
“They wanted the character not to look like he’d been in the
gym,” Heughan says. “He’s been living rough for months, liv-
ing off the land, being chased by the redcoats; there’s a lot of
horseback riding. So we wanted to have the body that could do
all that. And also the job is very physical. It’s long hours, and
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riding scenes, so it was also to protect myself, as well.”
Enter Valbonesi, a CrossFit Level-1 trainer whose company,
Fight Camp Glasgow, runs boot camps that mix CrossFit and
muay Thai. ϐ ǡ
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tion to train Heughan, was sending him to CrossFit Evolving,
located under a railway arch in North London. “There was
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and, you know, the rig,” Heughan recalls. “And I was used to
doing biceps curls and that sort of thing, so it was pretty ter-
rifying. But it was also really exciting. I wanted to learn all
these lifts; I wanted to lift like a pro athlete.”
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we were down in London. Olympic moves were a big part at
the start.”
To achieve a body that didn’t look “trained,” the training was
intense — but centered around functional moves. “John came
down and stayed in London, and we basically spent the whole
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ting too big,” Heughan says. “So I slimmed down a little bit.
Then, toward the end of the shoot, the last two episodes, my
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happen to him, so I very quickly needed to get lean, and I did
Exposure
that just through diet.”
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cise. Earlier in his career, knowing that
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leaner looks better on camera, Heughan
started running. And didn’t stop. “In Lon- arlier that same Sunday afternoon, Sam
don, I used to get the train to Richmond or Heughan is wearing Under Armour un-
Kew Gardens and then run home, which Ȅ
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was like 20 miles,” he says. “I’d do that once, maybe even minutes of his arrival at our shoot loca-
twice a week, and I really found it very relaxing. Or I’d run tion, in the vast space that will house Fight
down from my house through Hyde Park down to the river Camp Glasgow’s new training facility, he has
and to Borough Market, which is an amazing food market, whipped off his leather jacket and button-down shirt and
get my lunch and then run back. It was brilliant.” is posing shirtless for our cameras. He looks comfortable,
And then he started running competitively. “I did the composed and in control. Shortly thereafter, the jeans come
Paris and London marathons and got some great times,” he off, too, as Heughan, having declined the offer of a more pri-
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hour marathon in me. I did a 3:20 in Paris and trained for Viewers of Outlander might naturally assume this is com-
Ǧǡϐ fortable territory for the 35-year-old actor, who bared just
ready for it, then the hurricane [Sandy] happened, and I about all — repeatedly — on-screen in Outlander’sϐ-
was stuck in New York for the week.” He also often partici- son. But the next day, fully dressed and ensconced in a table
pated in shorter races to raise funds for charitable causes, at the back of Tinderbox, a busy coffeehouse on Glasgow’s
most notably leukemia and lymphoma research. ǡ
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“Running was something I loved doing, but then I started state: “I am by no means an extrovert. The idea of being on
to notice that it didn’t really give me the kind of body that I a stage is very exposing, and I don’t like that, so it’s kind of a
wanted,” he says. “That’s when I started dabbling.” He added strange job to be in. And I think of yesterday — there I am sat
swimming and biking to the mix, did some triathlon train- on top of a box with my shirt off. Hmmm, exposing. But in a
weird way, it’s kind of hiding behind something.”
There's not much hiding to be done on a stage, but before
Outlander, Heughan, who graduated with a degree in acting
from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now
“I USED TO GO ON THE called the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), was mostly
found treading the boards and, paradoxically, still feels most
at home there. “I love the stage,” he says. “That’s where I’m
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AND LOOK AT THE it’s electric and alive. The joy of doing stage is you start the
story and you get all the way through to the end and you go
through that journey every night and you learn more and
DAILY WOD, BUT I more about the character and what’s happening. Whereas
with TV, you live that brief moment until you’ve left it, but
then it’s gone, that’s it. And then you’re done.”
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW Still, screens and not stages line Heughan’s future, at least
for the time being. Season two of Outlander is set to air in
spring 2016, and during what he (and the show's fans) hopes
WHAT I WAS DOING." will be the hiatus before season three starts shooting, he has
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And in January 2015, they were all at Reebok CrossFit’s she’s growing.”
Boston headquarters. Dubbed the Gathering of the At least 24 charities have grown out of CrossFit, but
Charitable Minds, it was in essence a think tank, as Reebok Barbells for Boobs has become the gold standard. Working
and the CrossFit Foundation welcomed more than a dozen of to provide breast cancer screenings, particularly for men
the community’s biggest charities. It was a chance for groups and women 40 and younger, Hanson and company raised
that are so often insulated in their own causes to strategize $2.6 million in 2014 alone; the charity has raised more than
and bounce ideas off one another. “It was kind of like a meet- $7.2 million since its launch in 2009. To date, the group has
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is social change and kind of the common good, and I think It’s a mission that Hanson takes very personally. Hanson
everybody walked away from that meeting with that founded Barbells for Boobs when her close friend Cecy
understanding,” says Tyler Anson, executive director of
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This is a great exercise to work
eccentrically because it trans-
lates strength gained to so many
other CrossFit movements —
cleans, thrusters, wall balls and
box jumps, just to name a few.
While partner-assisted and ac-
centuated-eccentric training work
well with front squats, we sug-
gest adding eccentric-only work
to your front-squat regimen.
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a load that is at least 115 per-
cent of your front-squat maxi-
mum. Most experienced lifters
who focus on eccentric training
would not hesitate to go to 140
percent of maximum, but do not
start there.
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bar situated in a rack. Grasp
the bar in a front-rack posi-
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centric work to be fully prepared func-
tional athletes. 1 2
Strength Gains
You’re stronger in the eccentric part
of any lift. In fact, studies show that
you’re roughly 1.5 to 1.75 times stron-
ger in the eccentric portion of a lift
than the concentric portion. Avoiding
the eccentric portion of the lift means
missing out on strength adaptations
our bodies would make by encounter-
ing loads we’re capable of resisting in
the negative phase but which we can’t
overcome in the positive phase.
Muscle Size
Eccentric training creates greater in-
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This friction brings about damage and
subsequent repair, and that repair
means growth in muscle size.
Tendon Strength
Strength in connective tissue is en-
hanced by eccentric actions much
more than by concentric or isometric
work. Stronger connective tissue re-
duces risk of injury and assists in sta-
bilizing joints.
Range of Motion
Eccentric loading with heavy weight
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negative movement promotes not only
greater muscle size but also increased
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can move through a greater range of
motion. One study, published in 2004
in the Journal of Athletic Training, found
that eccentric training can improve joint
mobility by 20 percent or more.
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Try this. In a squat, ascend (or execute
the concentric phase) at normal speed
and then descend twice as slow as you
ascended. Concentrate on counting at a
normal pace, being sure to be consistent.
Once you’ve mastered that, try a set
or two at three times as slow on the way
down. The optimal rate is 1:4 (one sec-
ond up, four seconds down). This will
take some real stability and stress your
technique, but in the end, it will im-
prove your mechanics, range of motion
and muscle strength. That increased
strength will translate into power dur- Pull-Up/Ring Dip
ing a WOD. Here, because you are work- Eccentric training for pull-ups
ing with submaximal loads, your vol- and ring dips can be performed
Ǣϐ by using the eccentric-only and
sets of six to 10 reps at 70 to 80 percent accentuated-eccentric meth-
ods. Both can be accomplished
of your maximum.
through weighted descents.
There are two general ways to
Partner-Assisted perform weighted descents in
In partner-assisted eccentric train- these exercises.
ing, often referred to in globo gyms as For an athlete who does not
“negatives,” you will use loads above have the strength to perform a
your maximum. Your partner can assist pull-up (strict, kipping or but-
by helping you get positioned under a WHUÁ\RUULQJGLSZLWKRXWDVVLV-
tance, simply using bodyweight
weight and slowly giving you more and
in a jumping pull-up or ring dip
more of the load until you have control is a very good method to bring
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will drive you into the negative phase. perform a jumping eccentric
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mentally and physically for what will be yourself as slowly as possible.
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drive with all your might against a load form pull-ups or ring dips, us-
that’s moving in another direction. Be ing weights from the top/lock-
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Georgia and co-owner of CrossFit Ground- from the top position and lower yourself as slowly as possible. With each set,
Speed. He also competed in the 2013 Ree- try to slow the descent down to a maximum of four seconds. Be careful to not
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part of his septum (the part of the muscle that divides the
two halves of the heart) to prevent further complications.
For years, Kirby had no symptoms. But a chance examina-
tion with a renowned cardiologist in 2001 prompted Kirby
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34 times over the next eight years, with no discernible pat-
tern pointing to the cause of the arrests. “It feels like some-
one has taken a cricket bat and hit you in the chest,” he says.
Over time, Kirby’s heart continued to thicken and stiffen,
reducing its ejection fraction with each beat. When it reached
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weeks to live, he got the call: A heart was available. “We were
pretty excited,” he says. “And really scared.”
He went under the knife that same day. Eight days later, he
Westminster hospital, where he learned he’d survived his I’m mentally prepared for anything that happens,” he says.
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administered by a passer-by kept him alive until paramedics kids and stay more active than any other 40-year-old I know
arrived. Doctors performed a septal myectomy, carving out … well, except for the people who go to my gym.”
HOW MASTERS
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luster once you pass a certain age, and the whole idea of
making resolutions (and then failing to stick to them) gets
kicked to the curb. So in honor of 2016, I won’t bombard
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make a dream board or any other litany of goal-reaching strate-
gies that have been done to death. I’m sure you’ve heard it all
before and nothing I could say would be actual news.
Instead, I offer up some words of wisdom — some funny,
some touching and some hardcore — from actual Masters ath-
letes. These quotes come from our website and Facebook feed,
and I even got some impromptu quotes when I pop-quizzed
some of the unsuspecting Masters in my own box. Use these
words and life lessons to help you stay motivated and pushing
forward. Happy 2016, people. Let’s hit it hard.
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pressure and cholesterol medications. But what motivates me
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or women, life just isn’t fair. Our culture created and
perpetuates gender inequality that affects women
in life-altering ways to this day. Women are too often
disrespected, undervalued and exploited. Fortunately,
CrossFit’s values go against the grain in some major ways.
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with its engagement of millions of athletes and fans, it’s cre-
ating what might be as close to a genderless community as
we may ever experience. There are a few key reasons every
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EQUAL PAY. I have yet to attend or hear of a competition at
BREAKING PHYSICAL STEREOTYPES. The ideals surrounding female which the male and female payouts are not identical. The
physique are changing. Embracing a healthy body is the new CrossFit Games are a worldwide platform, and they’ve set a
fad. Lean, strong bodies have lost their masculine stigma, standard for gender equality with equal work and equal pay.
and beauty as a concept is becoming inclusive of different And everybody else in the CrossFit world is following suit.
Ǧ ϐǤ While workers across the country still endure gender-based
Muscles are miraculously becoming a sign of strength and pay and female star athletes earn lower payouts, endorse-
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ǡǦ ments and incomes than men, CrossFit disregards standards
ble are proving that previously assumed physical limitations and does what is right and rational.
are no match for women on a mission. CrossFit women aren’t
just breaking physical stereotypes, but they’re also breaking RESPECT IS NOT GENDER DEPENDENT. As a woman, it’s not uncom-
records — and hearts. mon to walk into a globo gym and feel slightly intimidated.
It seems to be standard to recognize a woman’s beauty but
WOMEN MATTER AS MUCH AS MEN. The CrossFit industry doesn’t just Ǥ ϐ
include women; it requires women. While many sports have men lift weights and women do aerobics. References like
a heavy gender bias, CrossFit focuses on athletes. Men and “cute” trump ideas like “badass.” But times are a changin’. In
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Ǥ a CrossFit gym, your trainer is as likely to be a woman as a
For that reason, at many competitions and in many boxes, man. The women in a class may perform faster, lift heavier
the male-female ratio is close to even. Women are as much and master skills more quickly than some men. The women
an audience and group of participants as men, and the indus- are working hard, sweating side by side with men and are
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ǡ subject to the same physical tests. Walking into a box, you’re
like Barbells for Boobs and events that highlight female and more likely to experience an overwhelming sense of respect
male performance equally. for your fellow athletes, regardless of their gender.
PERFORMANCE IS THE FOCUS. Although beautiful booties are a ben- As a young woman, I was fortunate enough to have parents
Illustration by Paul Duarte
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who encouraged me to pursue anything I set my mind to. And
appearance. In addition, it doesn’t matter where you came although society is still not to the point of gender equality, we
from, what ethnicity you are, how much money you make are slowly but surely making progress. Stereotypes and limi-
ϐ ǯ Ǥ tations are being dismissed daily, and doing anything “like a
(whether it’s a WOD or a competition), the only thing that girl” is a point of pride. CrossFit is damn close to showcasing
matters is performance. gender equality. Let’s keep it up. T
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