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USAW Movement Standards
From Oct. 1-3, CrossFitters will compete with Olympic lifters in the first CrossFit-USAW Open. What will be the hardest adjustment for CrossFitters at this judged weightlifting meet? The standards....
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The Champ
From inception, the CrossFit Games have been our proving ground, both making and breaking the best athletes. The 2010 CrossFit Games carried on this tradition and brought athletes and spectators alike...
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Happy New Year?
In 2009, CrossFit Fort Vancouver, Affiliate Cup winner at the 2010 CrossFit Games, held a unique Dec. 31 celebration designed to test athleticism to the extreme, CrossFit-style. To say you did one...
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CrossFit Athletes Vs. the Combine 360
Over 1,000 elite athletes have been tested at IMG Academies, including a group of top CrossFitters. Dave Castro describes the test protocols and shares the results. In the spring of 2010, we sent a...
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Redemption Year
Elyse Umeda of CrossFit Hawaii/Hardass Fitness actually qualified for the 2009 CrossFit Games but was unable to compete due to an illness in the family. For her, 2010 was a “redemption year,” and she...
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A Theoretical Template for CrossFit Endurance Programming
John McBrien offers basic programming for single-sport and multi-sport athletes who are looking to improve their endurance while training with CrossFit. In February 2003, Coach Greg Glassman wrote an...
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The Bear-Hug Drill Revisited
Join combat specialist Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical Systems at CrossFit Santa Cruz for another look at how CrossFitters can implement his SPEAR System—spontaneous protection enabling accelerated...
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CrossFit Radio, Episode 137
On Episode 137 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed traveling CrossFitters Jaimie Harrington and Michael Weyer. Justin also interviewed CrossFit Inferno owner Bill Grundler. This episode...
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Dissecting Dave & Nadia: Part 3
At a recent certification, Nadia Shatila and Dave Lipson had an opportunity to work one-on-one with Olympic-lifting coach Mike Burgener. As an HQ trainer, Shatila regularly teaches new CrossFitters...
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Death of the Meathead
CrossFitting powerlifter Chris Moore visits a bodybuilding show and ponders the evolution of fitness. “I feel a change comin’ on” — Bob Dylan Right around Highway 61 and State Line Road, we realized...
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Tuna Cup and Broccoli Bowl
Tuna Cup (1 serving) Ingredients 1 5 oz. can of lower sodium tuna 1/4 cup raw organic mixed nuts 1 tbsp. raw organic sunflower seeds Wisconsin Raw Milk Cheese (graded or sliced; optional) 1/4 cup...
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Warm Up Like an Athlete
At CrossFit Moxie, Chris Michelmore tries and keep the warm-up as varied as the WOD, and in doing so he hopes to prepare his athletes for the day’s work and keep them stimulated with new combinations...
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Positive Self-Talk: The Greatest Adaptation
“The greatest adaptation to CrossFit takes place between the ears.” Those are a few inspiring words Coach Greg Glassman shared with “original firebreather” Greg Amundson back when Coach was regularly...
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Combative Practical Shooting: Part 1
Join Dave Re, a CrossFitter out of CrossFit Central, and Dave Castro, CrossFit’s Co-Director of Training, as they show how CrossFit can prepare shooters for the sport of practical shooting. Re is a...
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Tested by Fire
Peter Trapp survives one of Australia’s worst bushfires—and he believes CrossFit helped him do it. The radio assured me the fire was still far away. Ten minutes later, the sky turned black, then red....
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Coaches Prep Course: Multi-Tasking
At a recent Coaches Prep Course, participants were given the opportunity to shadow and learn from top HQ trainers Chris Spealler and E.C. Synkowski. For new coaches, complex movements can be...
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Preparing for the First Olympic Meet
You only get six chances to make a lift at an Oly meet. Bob Takano details how coaches and athletes can prepare to get optimal results on the platform. An athlete’s first weightlifting meet is often a...
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Om and Holmberg
We know CrossFit Games champ Graham Holmberg can deal with the unknown and unknowable. But Holmberg also enjoys dealing with the unknown when participating in yoga classes led by his fiancée, Savanna...
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CrossFit Radio, Episode 138
On Episode 138 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFitting insurance agent Vaughn Vernon. He also interviewed HQ’s man in the know about the Risk Retention Group: Dale Saran....
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2010 Affiliate Cup Champions: The Events
Join CrossFit Fort Vancouver, winner of this year’s Affiliate Cup, as team members recall their performance at the 2010 CrossFit Games. The Fort V experience at the Games started out with a...
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