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Cops and Robbers
Megan Atkinson uses the long arm of the law to create fitter kids. With only a little equipment, you can create a cops-and-robbers game of tag where the criminals will have to work on their...
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Improving Ourselves and Each Other—An Interview With Fast Company Magazine
At the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games, CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman sat down with Fast Company Magazine to talk about CrossFit. In this video, Glassman describes the philosophy of CrossFit. “I...
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Taking It to the People
Can CrossFit meet the country’s obesity problem head on? Stacy McCann thinks so. It’s Sunday and a friend hails me amidst the exiting crowd of the church. My non-athletic husband quickly panics and...
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Making Atlas Stones With Rob Orlando
Rob Orlando, owner of Hybrid Athletics, coaches CrossFit Strongman Trainer Courses across the country. In this video, he demonstrates how to make atlas stones. “From beginning to end, I mean the...
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CrossFit Radio, Episode 194
On Episode 194 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Inferno owner Bill Grundler and 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games 10th-place finisher Matt Chan. This episode was webcast live at 6...
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Annie Thorisdottir: Getting Better
“I don’t like losing—definitely not,” Annie Thorisdottir says. “But it’s easier to lose when you know that you did your best and you knew that the other person just deserved to win.” Thorisdottir is...
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Knowing Vs. Doing—Nutritional Coaching With Dr. John Berardi
Dr. John Berardi runs PrecisionNutrition.com, a “nutrition coaching” website where members pay to access nutrition information, online support, exercise programs and more. Dr. Berardi boasts an...
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31 Heroes, 1 WOD
Julie Kelly reflects on the 31 Heroes WOD performed on the flight deck of the USS Midway in San Diego. Sept. 3, 2011: Just another September day to many, but to those of us in the San Diego CrossFit...
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Dedication to Training With CrossFit BC Island
CrossFit BC Island in Reykjavik, Iceland, is home to not only Fittest Woman on Earth Annie Thorisdottir but also an affiliate team that competed in the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. Find out more about...
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CrossFit Is a Family Affair With Joe DeGain
Joe DeGain, owner of 810 CrossFit in Grand Blanc, Mich., is proud to open his gym to his family. “This is probably one of my favorite parts of owning a gym,” he says. He credits his wife for holding...
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A Language to Diagnose With Kelly Starrett: Part 3
Join Kelly Starrett, owner of San Francisco CrossFit and creator of MobilityWOD, as he teaches coaches and their athletes how to diagnose dysfunction. In Part 3, Starrett shares positioning strategy....
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Follow Your Heart Rate?
Brian MacKenzie and Anthony Roberts explain the origins of the maximum heart rate number and why it so often tells us so little. Ever seen this formula? 220 - age = MHR It’s the standard formula for...
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The Glute-Ham Developer
“Why do we use this if the best way to train your core and develop midline stabilization is through the nine foundational movements and other functional movements such as Olympic lifts? Then why this...
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It's All for the Boobs
Hilary Achauer checks in with Barbells for Boobs, a month-long event to raise money for breast-cancer screening and diagnostic procedures for women and men under age 40. In 2010, more than 400...
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Flying Food
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a “nutterfly,” and it makes for a delicious snack.
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Fixing the Feet With Mike Burgener
How do you fine-tune an elite athlete to reach even more potential? Olympic-lifting coach Mike Burgener trains Danny Nichols of TJ’s Gym in San Rafael on the finer points of snatch footwork. Nichols...
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Barrel Boy
No longer “the fat boy,” Rick Martinez talks about teaching children the value of activity and nutrition. “Hello, my name is Rick, and I’m overweight.” “Hello, Rick!” Seems that nowadays there are...
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Fighting for Fitness
MMA fighter Tandi Schaeffer participates in CrossPit, created by John Hackleman, owner of The Pit. CrossPit is a sport-specific form of CrossFit that incorporates elements of fighting disciplines into...
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CrossFit Radio, Episode 195
On Episode 195 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Shannon DeGraw and Seminar Staff member Spencer Nix. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. The...
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Annie Thorisdottir: Growing up CrossFit
“The goal is to go to the Games in 2012 and be in even better shape,” Annie Thorisdottir says. “I didn’t really know CrossFit,” she says of her first Games in 2009. Thorisdottir had only been...
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