Quick Log

We have amazing users who send us amazing feedback, and, as you guys know, we take it every seriously. A common theme has been to log more fitness variables. For example, sleep. Our goal was to build an interface where a user could log various daily attributes in under 60 seconds. We got it to under 30 Seconds. Starting today you can log your Sleep, Body Condition, Mobility Work, Diet, Post WOD, Water Intake, Fish Oil and Shoes right from your whiteboard. Simply click an option from the whiteboard column and it will instantly get logged.

2 week Overview

The 2 Week Overview brings together Gym Programming, Workout Results, Weigh Ins and Journal Entries.

Today

An easy way to organize what you have to get done today. We created a to-do section which will show your WODs and let you know if you need to weigh in. On top of user submitted demos, we organized any movements prescribed today by workout elements. You can click any movement to view your movement history. We are also excited to include a list of related and recently published articles from the Crossfit Journal. We support the CrossFit Journal because it is the greatest fitness library in the world. Do yourself a favor and read an article, or watch a video if you are against reading, everyday.

A More Personal Feel

The first thing we decided to do is replace “beyond the whiteboard” with your Affiliate name. We assume you know what site you are on and don’t need to be reminded on every single page(the above picture has “CrossFit Kinnick”). Having your affiliate name(linked to the affiliate page) cleans up the user interface and gives a more personal feel to the site.

Navigation Made Simple

As we worked on features we realized the top navigation was getting a bit crowded. We grouped the navigation options into three categories: Log, Find, You. New features will easily be added to one of the top menus and will never cause design problems.

Don’t Panic

We aren’t changing everything on the site overnight. The new layout will have the same main section on every page. We will constantly make more videos and blogs anytime we are about to change a page.

The new logo embodies our next big step. Simple but not simpler. It conveys our mission, passion and commitment to the CrossFit community. From a Garage Gym in 2007 to 1.5 Million Results strong today. And this is only the beginning. Let’s Change The Game. Again.

You Never Forget The First

Since 2009, our logo has been based on a picture of Jeremy Kinnick doing an Overhead Squat during the 2009 So Cal Regionals, where he earned a qualifying spot at the 2009 CrossFit Games. Jeremy was with us in the garage in 2007 and has recorded over 1200 posts on our site. We thought this movement was fitting for our community, given that it is the most challenging of the squat variations (especially for Moe), and it is also the receiving position of a squat snatch.  As much as we are sad to be retiring this logo, we are really excited about the meaning and professionalism of the new logo.

As stated above, the new logo embodies our next big step. Simple but not simpler. The “b” is drawn with three progress bars, because our fundamental purpose is to help you track your progress. You are working out to get better, and we want you to be able to see that. The first progress bar is going “beyond” the box. This embodies our approach to building outside of the box technology for the CrossFit community. Also, there is a “w” in the logo. This respresents the whiteboard that we, as many other gyms, started at in 2007. Over the next few weeks, you will see all of our materials being updated with the new logo.  The blog was one of the first places the new logo was introduced.  Below you can download hi-res versions of our new logo to use on your own blog, website, or wherever else you might want to put it.

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Our next mission is to not only build the greatest fitness tracking tool in the world, but to help you assess and strengthen your fitness weaknesses. We plan to release a game changing update every week or two for the next few months.

In 2008 we changed the way people organized their CrossFit workout histories. We quickly became the community’s largest workout log and have now recorded over 1.5 Million workout results. We are fortunate to have amazing users who appreciate our passion and commitment towards our services as well as our community. We get great feedback and usually respond to all our support questions quickly. We listened and have been hard at work over the last few months. In fact, our hardwork is a testament to the amazing support we get and want to thank everyone out there for their kind words. Especially all the Military affiliates.

With that said we have exciting news. We plan to release a game changing update every week or two for the next few months. Every new feature or update is driven by what we have learned over the past few years. When we started our goal was to offer an unmatched tracking service that would scale with it’s growth. After 1.5 Million results we learned a lot, and our new goal is to apply what we learned to help you achieve your fitness goals. This major shift in philosophy is a natural evolution of the site, and we are really excited. So hold on to your seats, the next few months should be a lot of fun!

Sneak Peek

1. Mobile Apps. Yes we have been making mobile apps and they are part of the update. We architected them so they could seamlessly connect to all your btwb data. Plus, we build some awesome features that should help fight your Angry Birds addiction. We will give regular updates as we put the finishing touches and are testing them.
2. Workout Creation and Posting. We really took this to a whole new level. It will be 100% easier to create and post for workouts. In fact, we are applying for a patent. Can’t give too much away just yet.
3. Goals. You guys have set a lot of goals. Some good, some bad, some really bad. We have a brand new approach that is going to help everyone not only set better goals, but achieve them. Here’s a hint, we are working with a firebreather. In fact, we have ramped up our Meals and Weigh Ins features with the same approach.
4. Site redesign. We obsessed over our design and have made big changes. It’s safe to say that every single page of the site is more usable and easier on the eyes. Don’t panic, you are not going to log in and be lost. We are going to release the design step by step and make sure to include videos, blogs and help text everywhere.
5. Unknown and Unknowable. We have some big surprises planned that we are trying to keep a tight lid on. Let’s see if we can. Hint: it’s awesome.

We are going to be blogging/tweeting/facebooking a lot to keep you guys up to date. Expect feature explanations and design thoughts all the time. Feel free to contact me via twitter/@moe_naqvi or on our facebook fan page.

In 2008 we(including you) changed the game. Let’s do it again. This time faster and with better form.

It’s time CrossFitters took advantage of Dynamic Inertia. Although the prescribed workout from the official site is six minutes, we opted for 2 minutes to avoid injuries(rhabdo etc). The Shake Weight helps you perform 240 muscle contraction repetitions per minute (4 per second). The workout will be judged for total reps, with a maximum of 480 reps.

Workout

-In the squat position hold the shake weight at chest level.
-The shake weight must be shaking.
-Video(s) must be included. We understand if some of you want to take video from different angles.

Post Total Reps (4 per second)

Video Guide

Make sure you angle the shake weight correctly to get the most benefit from the dynamic inertia movement. Just imagine you are aiming a giant hose (or any other metaphor that suits you) in front of your face. We are looking for FULL RANGE OF MOTION here. Below are some pictures to help.

Men

Women

We hit another milestone. On February 18, 2011 CrossFitters from around the world surpassed the one million result mark on beyond the whiteboard. By we, I mean every single one of us that uses beyond the whiteboard. Every person who has battled through a tough Cindy, Helen or Fran. We realized, early on, that we were niche, and we like it that way. If you don’t CrossFit, you shouldn’t use our site. Our goal from day was has been, and will always be, to build amazing products for the CrossFit community.

Where do we go from here?
We’ve learned a lot from these results. We respond and discuss every single support email, and what to thank everyone for their support(especially from our heroes deployed around the world). Our next batch of releases will be our largest to date, with big updates in both design and technology. We plan to start blogging about the changes(with screenshots), so you guys can give us feedback. We want to thank everyone again for their continued support and passion.

Here is an infographic showing a fun overview of the one million results.

As many of you know, running a CrossFit affiliate is a labor of love. However, many affiliates have to watch every penny when they first start out. In the beginning we developed a free trial plan that would let smaller affiliates use beyond the whiteboard at their own pace. The trial period worked great and allowed for lots of affiliates to grow. That trial period is limited to 300 posts, which works well for a lot of affiliates. Because we know there are a lot of CrossFit boxes that are growing at a slow/steady pace, starting next week we are going to introduce a “forever free” plan for affiliates that have 10 members or less at their box or garage.

Our mission, from day one,  has been to help CrossFit affiliates organize, analyze and, most importantly, grow. We care lots about our community and really appreciate all the support we have been getting. We have big plans for the upcoming months and hope that you stay along for the ride.

Browsing Workouts

We rolled out some features that makes finding workouts simple. You can search by name or filter workouts.

Filters

1. A list of exercises(movements).
2. By post type; Total Time, Total Weight, Total Rounds, Total Reps, etc.
3. By Max Effort
4. Number of Rounds
5. Time (AMRAP)
6. Submitting Gym
7. Submitting Member
8. Quick links to Main Site and Crossfit Endurance WODs

Searching

Let’s be honest, our universal search hasn’t progressed as the rest of the site. Over the past few weeks we have added individual search functionality to the exercises, workouts and gyms pages. We are leaning towards introducing this system across the entire site, because the majority of the universal search results weren’t that helpful. We added a search on individual workout posts as well, so you should be able to find stuff quickly.

Say Hi To Me(Moe)

Say Hi To Corey

Say Hi To Jonathan

We have a lot of workouts now, somewhere around 40,000. It’s getting tough to find workouts, and we are tackling that problem this week. The first step is to encourage users to search or browse for a workout before trying to create it. The second step is to let users filter workouts to quickly find the one they are looking for.

Filters

1. A list of exercises(movements).
2. By post type; Total Time, Total Weight, Total Rounds, Total Reps, etc.
3. By Max Effort
4. Number of Rounds
5. Time (AMRAP)
6. Submitting Gym
7. Submitting Member

There will also be quick search for a workout by name.

This is a screenshot of what we got so far. Let us know what you think. Thanks guys.

Thanks for all the feedback and support guys. Keep CrossFitting!

Say Hi To Me On Facebook

We just rolled out a big update for the admin section. We plan to roll out incremental updates for this section over the next two weeks, but are really excited to get the ball rolling. Our goal was to show relevant data about your gym without overloading you with information, and we think we accomplished this task.

Month View

A gym admin now sees a high-level view of their gym. By default we show a month view which contains the number of new members, workout posts, goals, meals, weigh ins, and journal entries for each day. The admin can see more detail by clicking on any of these categories.

Filters

The detail view for any category has the following filters to help find data quickly.
1. Start and End Date
2. Last Name (Letter)
3. Member Name (List)
4. Member Attributes (Sex, Age Range)

Member Administration

We also made member administration better. It’s even simpler to create, suspend, remove, and invite members to your gym. It’s simple and straightforward.

Sync Data

We’re really excited about this feature, and plan to do upgrade this a lot over the next few weeks. You can now view the workout posts your users push to their facebook (twitter soon) profiles. Take part in facebook conversations started in your gym, with, hopefully, future clients.

Thanks again for all the feedback guys. We appreciate it.

Say Hi To Me On Facebook