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March 2015 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in March 2015 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: “Virtuosity 5:...
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In Loving Memory
Members of the CrossFit community explain how they cope and heal after losing a coach or member. At Kitsap CrossFit, Moani Daniel was known as reserved but friendly, a hard worker who never complained...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 375
On Episode 375 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Blacksburg owner Amy Crawford. This episode was webcast on April 1, 2015. 7:51 CrossFit Blacksburg in Virginia became an...
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Master of the Many
It takes great skill to manage a large group of athletes. Affiliate owners share how they learned to do it and how they’re teaching others to be leaders. Coaching a group class is a bit like being an...
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Road to Conviction Episode 3: Moving Forward
While incarcerated, Fletcher Tholin discovered CrossFit. Watch his rehabilitation in this eight-part series. In this episode, Tholin’s at work discussing how important the gym and community have...
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Periodization: Period or Question Mark?—Part 2
Lon Kilgore reviews academic literature on periodization from 2000 to 2015 and finds little support for the NSCA’s contention that classical periodization is superior. Academic evaluation of periodized...
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Learning for Life
The secret to becoming an expert is always behaving like a student. John Broz questions himself all the time. Although Broz has been involved in the sport of Olympic weightlifting for 36 years, he...
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Bill Starr, 1938-2015
Longtime CrossFit Journal contributor and strength legend Bill Starr passes on at 77. Bill Starr died April 7 in Maryland. He was 77. Starr first contributed to the CrossFit Journal with the November...
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CrossFit Leeds the Way
Mike Rawlinson opened CrossFit Leeds after leaving an unfulfilling career at a financial company. “I took a leap of faith and never looked back, really,” he says. “That was four-and-a-half years ago.”...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 376
On Episode 376 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed this year’s winners of the CrossFit Games Open. Two-time CrossFit Games champion Annie Thorisdottir is featured in the first half of...
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Road to Conviction Episode 4: It Was a Process
While incarcerated, Fletcher Tholin discovered CrossFit. Watch his rehabilitation in this eight-part series. In Episode 4, we hear the story of Tholin’s reunion with his father, David. The two hadn’t...
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Practice Makes Progress
After a divorce, Thomas Tompkins found himself overweight and unhealthy in Troy, Ohio. He was on various medications for high cholesterol and anxiety, among other things. “There were some hard times,”...
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Hammer Time
The CrossFit Games have twice exposed athletes who didn’t know how to swing a sledgehammer. Moe Kelsey and Dan Hollingsworth offer tips for mastering this basic functional movement. It was a...
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Hydrating the Elite
Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield reveals how elite triathletes figured out widely held hydration guidelines are wrong. When Simon Whitfield competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games—the first to...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 377
On Episode 377 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed two athletes who were at the top of the regional leaderboards in the CrossFit Games Open. Carleen Mathews placed first in the North...
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Road to Conviction Episode 5: CrossFit Is the Foundation
While incarcerated, Fletcher Tholin discovered CrossFit. Watch his rehabilitation in this eight-part series. In Episode 5, Tholin is seven weeks into CrossFit and he’s competing in his first Open...
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Ironman in Waterworld
Years of being told to “hydrate, hydrate, hydrate” caused first-time Ironman athlete Dan Fontaine to overlook the dangers of overhydration. He had been training for his first Ironman for 12 months. Dan...
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Fear Factor
Kevin Ogar, Tony Blauer and others explain how to overcome trepidation to find success in the gym and in life. It was July 2010, my first week of CrossFit. The affiliate had opened a month prior, and I...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 378
On Episode 378 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Chelsey Hughes, who finished seventh overall in the CrossFit Games Open and first in the North East. This episode was webcast on April...
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Virtuosity 7: One Spirit
“This movement is the direct result of a marvelous little gym in Santa Cruz, California. And that wonderful little gym has been replicated 1,000 times over and for the most part with extraordinary...
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