CrossFit—And My 10-Year-Old—Helped Me Beat Leukemia
Rick Reifenberg’s life was perfect. Then cancer struck. He says physical and mental fortitude helped him survive. In August 2010, everything in my life seemed to be going great. Life was good. So...
View ArticleA Phenomenal Experience: Masters Athlete Karen Rackliffe
Karen Rackliffe is a 60-Plus Masters Division competitor from the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. She finished in fifth place. Her daughter, Kim Malz, was a Games competitor in 2009. In November 2010,...
View ArticleStaying Safe With CrossFit Kids
Do your kids know how to escape from an attacker? Mikki Lee Martin and Dan Strametz explain how to defend against wrist grabs. CrossFit Brand X began as Brand X Martial Arts in 1999. Things have...
View ArticleCooking With Massie: Thai-Style Chicken Curry
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. In...
View ArticleFunctional Fitness in Iraq
Army Capt. Josh Holden says CrossFit replaced his bodybuilding ways and helped him help Iraqis. My first cup of coffee in Iraq was as a brigade battle captain in Mosul with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry...
View ArticleA CrossFit Comeback From Cancer
Find out how CrossFitter Chad Hamilton fought testicular cancer and is making his recovery. As he underwent chemotherapy, he continued CrossFitting as much as he could and even participated in the...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 203
On Episode 203 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Dr. John Berardi, who owns Precision Nutrition. Justin also interviewed Meghan Russell, co-owner of CrossFit JAX. This episode was...
View ArticleFinding the Fire
After a disastrous injury playing Division 1 softball, Panita Thanatharn lost her passion for competition—until she found CrossFit. Hilary Achauer reports. Panita Thanatharn had her eye on home plate....
View ArticleA Language to Diagnose With Kelly Starrett: Part 8
Join Kelly Starrett, owner of San Francisco CrossFit and creator of MobilityWOD, as he teaches coaches and their athletes how to diagnose dysfunction at CrossFit South Bay. In Part 8, Starrett...
View ArticleI Am Keen
Emma Keen is an international field-hockey player for Wales and also a CrossFitter out of CrossFit 365, which shares its facility with Ospreys Rugby. Keen discusses how she found CrossFit and how it...
View ArticleTraining With Champions: Parts 3 and 4
Find out what it’s like to train with 2009 CrossFit Games champion Mikko Salo and Dan Bailey, first-place finisher in the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games Open, as filmmaker Sevan Matossian captures their...
View ArticleCrossFit 365 and Ospreys Rugby
Gary McLean, owner of CrossFit 365 in South Wales, shares how he started his U.K. affiliate and how the Ospreys Rugby team has embraced CrossFit and shares its facility with the affiliate. Mark...
View ArticleLifting Boundaries
Kulsoom Abdullah is a CrossFitter and Olympic-weightlifting competitor who is breaking social constructions. To enter the U.S.A. National and American Open, the required attire is a singlet. According...
View ArticlePumpkin Soup
Do your kids love pumpkin pie? Then serve them a slice of this soup! Oops! We mean, of course, a bowl of this soup. Chock full of pumpkin-pie spices, this dish will please your kids, who won’t even...
View ArticleProper Bench Technique
Join Shane Sweatt and Laura Phelps-Sweatt of Westside Barbell as they demonstrate bench-press set-up and technique. Phelps-Sweatt’s best bench is an incredible 530 lb. The first cue Sweatt has...
View ArticleFrom Pain Comes Pleasure
The S&M community meets the CrossFit crew at the Taranis Winter Challenge. Emily Beers reports. When CrossFitters from different boxes gather together, it usually becomes one of those rare moments...
View ArticleFunctional Fitness on and off the Battlefield
Jim Ametler is a 48-year-old CrossFitter who served as battalion medical chief with the Marine Corp. He recently took a Level 1 Trainer Course at Norcal CrossFit Santa Clara and describes his CrossFit...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 204
On Episode 204 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins looked back on 2011 and played excerpts from interviews with well-known CrossFitters such as Matt Chan, Rich Froning Jr., Leah Polaski and Amber...
View ArticleTraining With Mom
Karen Rackliffe is a 60-Plus Masters Division competitor from the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. She finished in fifth place. Her daughter, Kim Malz, was a Games competitor in 2009. In this video, they...
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