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DogTown CrossFit Muscle-Up Drills
“Today, we’re going to show you a couple drills we’ve developed to help you get you through that transitional phase,” says Dusty Hyland, co-owner of DogTown CrossFit in Culver City, Calif. He’s joined...
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CrossFit Kids: Exercise and Brain Function
“So it might be pretty obvious that CrossFit is all about (the) musculoskeletal system, cardiorespiratory system, but what isn’t as obvious is the effect of exercise on the brain,” says Dr. Jon Gary,...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 157
On Episode 157 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit success story Amber Wilson and Games hopeful Sarah Rodriquez, who also co-owns CrossFit La Verne. This episode was webcast...
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Fitness Is Purpose and Defense
Greg Glassman asked the question, “What is fitness?” Blair Morrison offers some of his own thoughts to help you discover what fitness means to you. What is fitness? That question is one of the...
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Kipping Pull-Ups with Jeff Tucker
There is no violent hip drive in the gymnastics kipping pull-up. Instead of using the lower body to drive the pull-up, the upper body powers the movement. Why is this useful? It’s insurance at...
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Colombians Learn How to Live Primitive—the CrossFit Way
CrossFit Bogotá owner Geoffrey Tudisco and his staff have expanded their training business to include a nutrition company and an athletic-equipment manufacturer. In September 2008, I, a former finance...
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The Two-Ply Shirt
Join Sevan Matossian at Ironwill Strength and Fitness as he shows us a specialized piece of powerlifting equipment for the bench press: the two-ply shirt. According to Willie Albert, a competitive...
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Climb This Way
The rope climb in the last event of the 2010 CrossFit Games derailed some top competitors who didn’t have the technique to scale it efficiently. Some had spent plenty of time on the rope and made...
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Beast of the East
Welcome to the Beast of the East Throwdown hosted by CrossFit New England in November 2010. CFNE owner Ben Bergeron says the event was a huge success. “It grew super fast, super organically. I posted...
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SEALFIT Part 4
Leave your tights, weightlifting shoes and iPods at the door. In this camp, your name doesn’t go on the whiteboard. It goes on your plain white T-shirt. This is SEALFIT’s Kokoro Camp. On the line to...
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If the Shoe Fits
Reebok opens a CrossFit box in Massachusetts as the first step in a growing partnership with CrossFit. Kevin Daigle reports. Canton, Mass.—In late 2010, the garage door rolled up and the very first...
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Flowmaster Chuck
Who is CrossFit flowmaster Chuck Carswell? Join Sevan Matossian as he captures the day-to-day life of this HQ trainer. As a flowmaster at Level 1 seminars, Carswell has his hands full orchestrating...
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Mikko Salo: Coming to America Parts 4-5
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...
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Left Out in the Cold
One loyal CrossFitters has a bad experience at an affiliate and issues a call to action to others: Be passionate about every athlete. As an at-home CrossFitter (we live in the boonies), I needed help...
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Number 1 and Number 2: A Day of Training
Find out how 2010 Games champion Graham Holmberg and second-place finisher Rich Froning Jr. are training for the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. At the Rogue Fitness training center in Columbus, Ohio, and...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 181
On Episode 181 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Central female Games qualifiers Lindsey Smith and Carey Kepler. Lindsey will be making her third trip to the Games and placed...
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A Hippie Lifts Heavy
By matching strongman Rob Orlando in the thruster ladder, T.J. O’Neill helped the CrossFit Southie team place fourth at the Northeast Regional. Andréa Maria Cecil reports. On the second day of the...
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Cooking With Nick Massie: Butternut Squash Puree and Soup
In his cooking series, Denver’s Nick Massie shows how to apply the CrossFit dietary prescription of meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Today’s dish is...
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Taking Age Out of the Equation
Hilary Achauer explains how the oldest and youngest athletes in the Southern California Regional approached the competition. If you’re a CrossFitter over the age of 30, it’s likely that at some point...
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Running Drills With Brian MacKenzie: Part 5
In this series on improving your running performance, Brian MacKenzie and Doug Katona of CrossFit Endurance demonstrate drills utilizing the Pose Method of running. In Part 5, MacKenzie discusses...
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