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CrossFit Radio Episode 383
On Episode 383 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed California Regional champion Brooke Ence. This episode was webcast on May 27, 2015. 1:38 At the conclusion of the ultra-competitive...
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May 2015 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in May 2015 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: “Broken Window, Broken...
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CrossFit Tuluka: Row Problem!
CrossFit Tuluka was the first affiliate in Argentina. Today, the founders run five locations and host more than 3,000 members. Along with most other affiliates in the country, CrossFit Tuluka faces a...
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Gymnastics: The Long Journey Worth Taking
Learning gymnastics skills can be frustrating, but Dave Durante explains why the return is well worth the investment. Be patient and limit frustration. These are the first two points on a list I share...
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Virtuosity 8: Satisfaction
With the CrossFit Games season ramping up, the focus is on the competition to find the Fittest on Earth. While the numbers on the leaderboard or the whiteboard certainly drive us to improve, many...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 384
On Episode 384 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed regional champions Emily Abbott and Brooke Wells. This episode was webcast on June 4, 2015. 1:24 Last year, Abbott finished first at...
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Mind Over Muscle-Ups
Scientists and meditation experts explain how focus and mindfulness can help athletes rise above burning discomfort to improve fitness. On the surface, pain seems straightforward. You get poked with a...
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Dehydrated and Dominant?
New study shows mild dehydration has no effects on athletic performance. Researchers from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, have discovered new evidence that suggests being dehydrated...
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Where Students Become Coaches
Exercise-science students and professors say learning how to become a coach happens in the gym—not in a lecture hall. A dentist, an orthopedic surgeon and a personal trainer—you would expect formal...
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A Theoretical CrossFit Model for Professional Baseball Players
Former Oakland A’s outfielder Danny Putnam creates a CrossFit training plan to keep ball players in top shape all year long. A new element is affecting baseball culture and the rest of the professional...
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Deadly Myth
Smart and athletic, Zyrees Oliver had a bright future washed away when widely accepted hydration advice ended up killing him. Andréa Maria Cecil investigates. The words hung in the air: brain dead....
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For the second consecutive year, CrossFit Inc. sponsored Operation Surf Santa Cruz, held April 21-27. The program serves wounded members of the military by allowing them the opportunity to...
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Zone Meal Plans
This article was originally published May 1, 2004, as “CFJ Issue 21: Zone Meal Plans.” Practicing CrossFit without any regard to nutrition is similar to only having “one oar in the water,” according to...
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Perish the Thought
Lon Kilgore explains how the pressure to publish has created libraries full of useless exercise-science publications. Why doesn’t exercise science answer even the most basic questions about creating...
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True Warriors
In one of America’s safest communities, an affiliate owner and his wife found themselves in a desperate fight for their lives. Andréa Maria Cecil reports. There was no reason to lock the door. In North...
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Story in the Atlantic
The 2015 Atlantic Regional was a matchup of champions not to be missed: 2014 South East Regional champ Emily Bridgers faced 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games winner Samantha Briggs, while fellow 2014 South...
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Opening a Community
Aptos, California, is located just south of Santa Cruz, where the first CrossFit gym was opened by CrossFit Inc. Founder and CEO Greg Glassman. A quiet beach community, Aptos was once one of just a...
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Drink According to Thirst, Scientists Advise
Updated consensus statement on hydration and hyponatremia published June 29 in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. The dogma is pervasive: Dehydration is bad. For more than a decade, a group of...
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Story in the South
The competition floor at the 2015 South Regional was reminiscent of the CrossFit Games, with many big names in the field. The biggest story was perhaps 2014 Games champ Camille Leblanc-Bazinet’s move...
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June 2015 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in June 2015 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: “Gymnastics: The Long...
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