Freestyle Connections Seminar: Kipping Handstand Push-Up Progression
Retool your gymnastics skills with elite gymnast Carl Paoli, founder of Naka Athletics, coach at San Francisco CrossFit and creator of GymnasticsWOD.com. Through his Freestyle Connections Seminar,...
View ArticleThe Transformation
Jon Gilson narrates photographer Albert Dickson’s look at the CrossFit body. CrossFit athletes are striking. The right lens on the right subject creates an image saturated with athleticism and...
View ArticleRebuilding Your Life Through CrossFit
Nancy Raineri is 64 years old and has struggled with alcoholism for more than 20 years. She remains sober now thanks in part to CrossFit Sonora Sports and Fitness Center in Sonora, Calif. “I feel like...
View ArticleHail to the Volunteers!
Take another look at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games from the perspective of the volunteers who made it all possible. Meet some of these hard-working folks and find out why they gave back to their...
View ArticleCycling Basics: Part 1
In this new series, Doug Katona of CrossFit Endurance shares tips for improving your cycling performance. In this segment, Katona explains how to properly fit your bike. “If you’re not fitted...
View ArticleSquat Heavy and Often
Powerlifting affiliate owner Chris Moore challenges the CrossFit community to train strength way more often. For some reason, I recently recalled a memory of watching Kickboxer, the old Jean-Claude...
View ArticleCooking With Nick Massie: Thai Turkey Wraps
In his cooking series, Denver’s Nick Massie prepares meals showing how to apply the CrossFit dietary prescription of meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Today...
View ArticleScramble This
It’s Wednesday night, and you’re unsure of what to make for dinner. Let’s hope you made some pot roast the night before and didn’t eat it all. If you have some left over, try this tasty mash-up of...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: Part 3
Join Sevan Matossian as he captures athletes, judges, spectators and staff at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games, providing a look at what goes on before, during and after the events. In Part 3, Matossian...
View ArticleWhat Would Andy Do?
Emily Beers tells the story of the man behind the Hero WOD Nutts. Richard and Jane Nuttall sit at their dining room table in their four-bedroom home in Victoria, B.C. A year and a half has passed...
View ArticleSweet Peeps Farm
CrossFitter John Post, a competitor on the ABC series Expedition Impossible, is also the proud owner of a farm. Sweet Peeps Farm is located in Dyke, Va., and jointly owned by Post, his sister...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 185
On Episode 185 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFitting amputee Ben Lunak and Cheryl Brost, who recently placed seventh at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. This episode was...
View ArticleA Legend Returns
After more than seven years of inspiring generations of CrossFitters, Nasty Girl Annie Sakamoto competes as an individual at the CrossFit Games. Andréa Maria Cecil reports. Fear is what gripped her....
View ArticleThe Hollow-Body Position With Carl Paoli: Part 1
Retool your gymnastics skills with elite gymnast Carl Paoli, founder of Naka Athletics, coach at San Francisco CrossFit and creator of GymnasticsWOD.com. Through his Freestyle Connections Seminar,...
View ArticleThe Fountain of Youth
Is there CrossFit after 60? Hilary Achauer investigates at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. Some couples celebrate their anniversary by going on a cruise to Alaska. Some throw a party. High-school...
View ArticleCrossFit for Athletic Performance: Part 2
For the past four years, Tennessee Tech University has been using CrossFit to train many of its athletes. Chip Pugh, director of athletic performance, and CrossFit Games champ Rich Froning Jr.,...
View ArticleA Look into Mental Performance Training: Part 1
CrossFit is “largely more mental than it is physical,” says HQ Seminar Staff member Miranda Oldroyd. “Yeah, I’m doing stuff that I never would have imagined I could do physically, but I’m a different...
View ArticleCrossFit Rowing Trainer Course: Rower Maintenance
Angela Hart, a Concept2 master trainer, gives the lowdown on maintaining your rowers for long and efficient use. She specifically tackles how you can refurbish a used rower yourself. Hart instructs...
View ArticleRookie Rally
Does experience count for anything at the CrossFit Games? Hilary Achauer explores how rookies Jenny LaBaw and Brick CrossFit came out of nowhere and stormed their way into the top 10. This year’s...
View ArticleCycling Basics: Part 2
In this new series, Brian MacKenzie and Doug Katona of CrossFit Endurance share tips for improving your cycling performance. Using a Wattbike, the two are able to collect data on cycling performance...
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