Ditching the Donkey Kick
Hall-of-fame Oly coach Bob Takano addresses Oly form errors common to the CrossFit community. For the last two years, I’ve been an instructor/coach in the Crossfit Olympic Lifting Seminar program...
View ArticleA Well-Organized Box: CrossFit 810
HQ Seminar Staff member Joe DeGain is also the owner of 810 CrossFit in Grand Blanc, Mich. In this video he shows off his pride and joy: his CrossFit box. The gym incorporates some interesting...
View ArticleA CrossFit Transformation
In February, two new clients joined CrossFit Vancouver and made a remarkable transformation. Dustin and James work together at Flight Centre Canada, which holds an annual 12-week fitness challenge....
View ArticleConfessions of a Naval Pentathlete
Kasper Hansen, a member of the Danish armed forces, rekindles his love of training and sport through CrossFit. I stumbled upon CrossFit in fall 2009. Two of my friends started working out in one of...
View ArticleA Second Family: CrossFit Spartanburg
Tal Young, owner of CrossFit Spartanburg in South Carolina, opens the doors to his box and shares the story of its success. “It was more of an experiment than anything, and it actually just blew up. I...
View ArticleShooting Skills and Drills: Moving Into and Out of Position
Join Dave Re, grand master in the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) along with fellow grand master Jake Di Vita, CrossFit Director of Training Dave Castro and PT guru Kelly Starrett...
View ArticleI Believe in Zombies
Andréa Maria Cecil advises you prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse not just with weapons, but with fit people. Forget the word “zombie.” It’s a loaded term. Next, think “infectious disease.” Better yet:...
View ArticleOctober 2011 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in October 2011 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: Bar None -...
View ArticleKeeping Kids Corralled
Mikki Lee Martin explains how to manage the little ones in your gym with a safe kids area full of entertainment. Many affiliates struggle with the concept of a kids area, a place for siblings of...
View ArticleA Language to Diagnose With Kelly Starrett: Part 4
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 4, Starrett shares his athlete checklist....
View ArticleThe Kitchen WOD
Mise en Place: CrossFitting chef Nick Massie on how to make cooking fast and enjoyable. Food—we all eat it, and most of us enjoy it. Some look to it for comfort, while others see it strictly as fuel....
View ArticleCrossFitting With Asthma
Chance Hughs, co-owner of Predation CrossFit has an athlete named Tim who has battled asthma his entire life. However, since starting CrossFit, Tim has gotten his asthma more under control. Hughs says...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 196
On Episode 196 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFitting chef Nick Massie and 2010 CrossFit Games champion Graham Holmberg. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on...
View ArticleMidline Progressions on Rings With Jeff Tucker
Ready to take your push-ups to the next level? Try them on rings. Jeff Tucker, CrossFit Gymnastics coach, uses ring push-ups to develop midline stabilization. To demonstrate the progressions, Tucker...
View Article“I WOD for Ted Hoyt”
After one of its members is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, CrossFit Mission Gorge shows what it means to be part of the CrossFit community. Jack Goodson reports. Fall 2009. CrossFit Mission...
View ArticleThe Chancey Plate Mover
Chance Hughs, co-owner of Predation CrossFit, shows an innovative way to move plates around the gym. “To me, the less time I can spend building stuff and get focused on other things, the cheaper it is...
View ArticleSkip Chapman: Reclaiming Strength and Mobility Through CrossFit
Skip Chapman is the owner of JSA CrossFit in Point Pleasant, N.J. He shares how CrossFit has changed his life. As a martial artist, Chapman sustained a shoulder injury in 2004 that led him to find...
View ArticleCrossFit Morristown: A Third Home
HQ Seminar Staff member Karianne Dickson takes us on a tour of her affiliate, Guerrilla Fitness at CrossFit Morristown in New Jersey. Her affiliate’s equipment includes atlas stones and tires for...
View ArticleClimbing the Urban Jungle
Ryan Ford explains five basic parkour-inspired exercises you can do in the urban jungle. Parkour is an art of movement in which you train the body and mind to overcome everyday obstacles with speed...
View ArticleCoaching an NFL Quarterback for Recovery
Matt Hasselbeck, quarterback for the currently 4-4 Tennessee Titans, trained at CrossFit Bellevue in Washington state before the season. Reebok challenged him to give CrossFit a try, and he said he...
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