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Startling Ignorance
Arguing about technique variations is pointless without clear definitions and data. Good exercise technique versus bad exercise technique: Everyone seems to have an opinion about what makes a movement...
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Sugar and Diabetes: Myths and Misleadings
Type 2 diabetes has become a global epidemic. Despite growing evidence implicating sugar as its cause, Big Soda and industry-funded science continue to point the finger at the scale. The ice cubes...
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Portraits in Motion
Capturing the beauty of athletic movement through the eyes of a first-time attendee to the CrossFit Games is a challenging task. Award-winning photojournalist Kieran Kesner attended the 2015 Reebok...
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Squats and Tots
Four CrossFit affiliates share their strategies for keeping kids safe and minimizing the logistical headaches of gym-based child care. Tacheena Rubio drives a long way to work out. There are CrossFit...
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“Sugar and Diabetes—Myths and Misleadings”—Correction
A Sept. 13 article incorrectly stated Sean Buchan’s blood-sugar level was 9.2 percent. His hemoglobin A1C test result was 9.2 percent.
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Enhancing Fitness at Decatur Memorial
CrossFit Enhance in Decatur, Illinois, is not a typical CrossFit affiliate. Opened in 2009, the facility is part of the Decatur Memorial Hospital complex, and it caters to staff and patients, as well...
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The Senior Entertainer
After stumbling across an ad on craigslist, CrossFit Salem owner Andy Bolliger succeeded in developing a fitness program designed to help seniors improve quality of life. Square dancing was their...
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Mop and Fail
Nobody wants to do burpees in dog hair and someone else’s sweat. Affiliate owners around the world share how they tackle the common and tedious task of keeping their floors clean. Jessica Kates...
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September 2015 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in September 2015 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: “Born to Ride” -...
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Calories In, Calories Out-Dated
Researchers say traditional weight-loss guidelines obscure the effects of calories from different sources. It’s a law of thermodynamics: A calorie in equals a calorie out. Energy is neither created nor...
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Scaling CrossFit Workouts
Jeremy Gordon shares scaling strategies to help coaches ensure their athletes are getting exactly what they need from each session. “Ahead of efficacy is safety.” —Greg Glassman, CrossFit Inc. Founder...
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Virtuosity 11: Dig In
In the 11th edition of the Virtuosity series, Jason Taylor explains how a great gym inspires its members, who then pay it forward by inspiring each other to apply a rugged attitude to training and life...
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VO2 Max-Effort Lift
Once considered the gold standard of fitness, VO2 max is now just one aspect of athletic performance. “By analyzing the amount of oxygen you consume, the (VO2 max) test determines how efficiently your...
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Dissecting the Squat
Zachary Long details three tests that will help you determine whether mobility or motor control is derailing your squat. The squat is an essential movement pattern, but many lose the ability to perform...
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El Animador de Adultos Mayores
Después de ver un anuncio en Craigslist, el dueño de CrossFit Salem Andy Bolliger tuvo éxito en desarrollar un programa de fitness para ayudar a los adultos mayores a mejorar su calidad de vida. El...
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Cystic Fibrosis: An Athlete’s Story
Zack DeBaltzo is a coach and athlete at CrossFit Apogee in Gibsonton, Florida. The 29-year-old found CrossFit when a nearby barber suggested he give it a shot. On DeBaltzo’s first day, affiliate owner...
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Never Miss the Jerk
Affiliate owners work to please every client, but when an athlete is clearly unsuited to a gym, it’s time to take action. Doug Chapman has seen it all: stalking, rudeness, willful ignorance. There are...
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Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman?
In CrossFit gyms around the world, women deconstruct the longstanding myth of “the weaker sex” and continue the march toward true equality. In 1973, 55-year-old Bobby Riggs—the 1939 Wimbledon...
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Restricted Success
Our bodies fight restrictive diets in every way possible, resulting in weight gain, not weight loss, over the long term. Starting a new diet can be thrilling. It’s a time of hope and possibility. The...
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Soda War
Bills requiring health-warning labels for sugar-sweetened beverages have thus far failed to become law but still succeeded in raising awareness. The United States’ first two legislative measures...
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