Sweet and Low
Brittney Saline details how exercise and healthy eating might be the best way to combat sugar-fueled depression. America has a happiness problem, and Coca-Cola’s got the answer. On the...
View ArticleCrossFit in Russia: The Level 1 Certificate Course
CrossFit continues to grow in all parts of the world, and Russia is no exception. In December 2014, CrossFit offered a Level 1 Certificate Course at CrossFit Geraklion in Moscow. The course was...
View Articleكروسفتدلیلتدریبالمستوىالأول
يتكون دليل تدريب المستوى الأول لكروسفت من مجموعة من المقالات المنشورة في مجلة كروسفت جورنال كتبها الرئيس التنفيذي والمدرب المؤسس جريج جلاسمان (“المدرب جلاسمان”) لكروسفت منذ عام 2002 بشكل أساسي حول...
View ArticleA Better Beautiful
When asked to provide an introduction for the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games program, CrossFit Inc. Founder and CEO Greg Glassman did more than that: He redefined beauty for a new generation of athletes....
View ArticleEL Movimiento
In this video shot in August, Juan Carlos Lourido and Dr. Oscar Reyes reflect on the history of their community at CrossFit Reebok Iron Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Reyes discovered CrossFit online...
View ArticleCoach’s Orders
Affiliate owners and trainers weigh in on how and when they have their athletes do workouts as prescribed. There’s the guy who went out on his third 800-m run never to return, another who insisted on...
View ArticleCalifornia Invasion: Rally to Fight Big Soda
In this video shot at various Southern and Northern California affiliates in November, CrossFit Inc. Founder and CEO Greg Glassman talks about Big Soda and California Senate legislation that would...
View ArticleStudents Stop Soda
SF State groups beat back pouring-rights contract worth millions. On Nov. 19, a group of about 20 college students in San Francisco, California, managed to do what countless community leaders and...
View ArticleAnatomy and Physiology: A Primer for CrossFit Trainers
Trainers are in the business of creating fitness. They apply exercises to their clients in order to induce adaptations in structure and function that lead to improved fitness. In order to do this...
View ArticleFood for Thought
Regulation of nutrition practitioners is intended to protect the public, but critics suggest it reduces the innovative thought needed to fight obesity. Amanda Petroccione thought she wanted to be a...
View ArticleA Massie Holiday: Bacon Butternut Turducken
Nick Massie of PaleoNick.com brings us a traditional holiday classic with a twist. Turducken is delicious and a great centerpiece for your holiday table, and if you add bacon and butternut...
View ArticleA Day With the Seminar Staff in China
The first CrossFit Level 1 seminars in China took place in June 2014 in Shanghai. Since then, CrossFit has exploded in the country, with the most recent seminars held in the capital city of Beijing....
View ArticleScoping out Your Practice
Personal trainers are encouraged to define and take ownership of their profession. In the fitness industry, scopes of practice appear to overlap and create identity crises. How does a personal...
View ArticleCarbo-Load of Crap
T.J. Murphy explains how he ditched his traditional running diet, lost weight, didn’t bonk and felt better. On Aug. 9 The New York Times published “Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for...
View Article2015 Working Wounded Games
The 2015 Working Wounded Games were held Nov. 7-8 at CrossFit Lorton in Lorton, Virginia. An annual fitness competition, the event brings together wounded veterans, permanently injured people and...
View ArticleNick’s Zone: Fajita Pie
In this video, Nick Massie of PaleoNick.com takes a brief break from rowing to share his recipe for fajita pie. Unfamiliar with fajita pie? Just think shepherd’s pie with a twist. Massie’s fajita...
View ArticleDrunk on Sugar?
Study results suggest guzzling a beer after a workout might actually be more productive than chugging a sugar-laced sports drink. I just finished Grace, and I’m old, tired, sweaty and thirsty. What...
View ArticleI Am Ivan
Meet Ivan Garcia. The 26-year-old waiter and bouncer aspires to be a police officer, but one thing stands in his way: his weight. The restaurant where Garcia works is located in Scotts Valley,...
View ArticleDevil in the Diet
Fat has been demonized for over a century—with disastrous consequences. In the 1800s, Sylvester Graham scornfully wrote of fatty meats’ driving sexual desire. His cure: whole wheat. Later in the...
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