Handgun Basics Part 2: Stance, Grip and Firing
Join Dave Re, grand master in the United States Practical Shooting Association, as he teaches gun safety to fellow CrossFit Central members Travis Holley and Crystal Nelson at the Austin Rifle Club....
View ArticlePregnancy for an Elite Competitor: Part 2
At the Rogue Vs. Again Faster Throwdown in Lake Tahoe, Calif., 2009 Games champion Tanya Wagner talked about her pregnancy and how it has changed her CrossFitting. In this installment, Wagner, who...
View ArticleBlue Flame Part 2
CrossFit is becoming the sport of fitness for our youth, and at two South Carolina high schools, this sport is has become competitive. PE teacher Jon Wilson founded Blue Flame CrossFit, a non-profit...
View ArticleInside a Strongman Seminar: Parts 1-2
What do kegs, yokes and concrete balls have to do with CrossFit? Join Rob Orlando of Hybrid Athletics at San Francisco CrossFit as he takes coaches and athletes through strongman movements and...
View ArticleNutrition Prep Day with the Chans: The Chili
“This recipe is going to be a super-easy chili recipe that we’re going to be able to eat all week long,” says Cherie Chan of CrossFit Verve, located in Denver, Colo. Join Cherie and husband Matt for...
View ArticleBurg’s Eye View No. 3
Coach Mike Burgener explains how to fix the path of the bar with athletes of very different proportions. Athletes with different proportions look very different on an Oly platform, and each will...
View ArticleMeet CrossFit Charlotte
Take a tour of CrossFit Charlotte with owner and former Miami Dolphin Andy Hendel. The gym is equipped with a full kitchen complete with portioned food consistent with both the Paleo and Zone diets....
View ArticleThe Home Gym With Pat Sherwood
HQ trainer Pat Sherwood shows off his personal gym at his Denver, Colo. home. It doesn’t take a fully equipped, professional gym to make elite athletes, he says. “Sometimes there’s so many big gyms...
View ArticleCrossFit: My First 10 Days
After a sedentary lifestyle, a badly injured back and other health complications, J. Rich Wilson dives into CrossFit in an attempt to better his quality of life before turning 40. As a kid, I did all...
View ArticleCrossFit Endurance Swimming: 3/4 Swimming Parts 1-2
Join CrossFit Endurance swimming coaches Brian Nabeta and Chris Michelmore at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif., as they apply their endurance specialty to swimming. In Part 1, Michelmore and...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio, Episode 156
On Episode 156 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed 2010 Games qualifier Ben Smith and CrossFit success story Stephanie Vincent. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday,...
View ArticleThe Reverse Hyper: Part 1
Strength legend Louie Simmons swears by the reverse-hyper machine he invented after breaking his back. In this two-part video, Kelly Starret explains why the device works and why you might want to put...
View ArticleRate Your Shoe
The “perfect shoe” may not exist, so Dr. Lon Kilgore offers up a system designed to help you select the best footwear for any sport. There has been a tremendous amount of online chatter about what...
View ArticleRetooling Jason Khalipa's Handstand Push-Up
“Why do you think everyone was sucking so bad at those handstand push-ups on the rings (at the 2010 CrossFit Games)?” asks coach Carl Paoli, a trainer at San Francisco CrossFit and owner of Naka...
View ArticleMikko Salo: Coming to America Part 3
Join Mikko Salo, the 2009 CrossFit Games champion, on his road trip across America—but this trip isn’t quite the same as the CrossFit Journal’s last Road Trip with Dave Lipson, Rob Orlando and Dave...
View ArticleCrash Course: The Butterfly Kip
At the Rogue Vs. Again Faster Throwdown held in Lake Tahoe, Calif., Chris Spealler had the chance to coach at CrossFit Avalanche. Here’s his crash course in the butterfly kipping pull-up. “It’s just...
View ArticleCrossFit Kids Archives
Dear readers, We are currently integrating archived material from CrossFit Kids into the CrossFit Journal. To access that material, please use the CrossFit Kids button on the left navigation bar. The...
View ArticleDynamic-Effort Squat Day at Westside Barbell Part 1
You’ve seen the drill: squat a set, wander around, chalk up, talk some smack, chalk up again . That’s not how they roll at Westside Barbell on dynamic-effort squat day, when lifters push weights as...
View ArticleJanuary 2011 Collected Articles
Here are the individual PDF articles published in January 2011, collected together in a single download. The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are:...
View ArticleCrossFit Strength Training
Louie Simmons explains the finer points of the training principles he employs at the legendary Westside Barbell in Columbus, Ohio. While experts like Tudor O. Bompa, Y.V. Verkhoshansky and others call...
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