World of WODs 6: San Diego, Calif.
Creative CrossFitters create new workouts every day. Mike Warkentin continues the search for signature workouts from around the world. “I could totally do a pull-up on that branch.” Indeed, all the...
View ArticleTraining With Champions: Part 5
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 After Professional Baseball: Finding That Competitive Outlet
Twin brothers David and Jason Benham are former professional baseball players. David was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 1998, and Jason was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the same year. Both...
View ArticleDecember 2011 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in December 2011 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: Boxes and...
View ArticleFranks Strength: Part 1
Ben and Owen Franks are professional rugby players for the New Zealand All Blacks, winners of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Take a peek into their lives and see how they balance training, family and...
View ArticleCrossFit Akwesasne: Done With the Blame Game
This affiliate is the first on a First Nations reservation in Canada, and it’s giving new fitness options to the country’s indigenous people. Emily Beers reports. There’s no point in sugarcoating the...
View ArticleThe Soulful Side of CrossFit
CrossFit Inferno stuck to the original Greg Glassman recipe: start small, grow out of your space, repeat. Bill Grundler, founder and co-owner of the San Luis Obispo, Calif., affiliate, talks about the...
View ArticleCrossFit Kids “Switch”
Mikki Lee Martin explains a simple game that’s been getting rave reviews at CrossFit Brand X. Sometimes the simplest things are the most engaging for kids. Think empty refrigerator carton vs....
View ArticleTraining in the Offseason
Join Sevan Matossian as he finds out how 2009 CrossFit Games champion Mikko Salo and Reebok CrossFit Games Open winner Dan Bailey approach the offseason and stay fresh for upcoming competition. “I’ve...
View ArticleMade in the U.S.A.
E.M. Burton examines domestic manufacturing in post-industrial America. I played a small part today in creating an American job. I donated $5 at my local Starbucks to their Create Jobs for USA...
View ArticleCoaching Points for Flipping Tires
“You were born to do this,” Rob Orlando says. “We have to put you in the right position and it’ll happen naturally.” Join Orlando, owner of Hybrid Athletics, as he teaches tire-flipping technique to...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 205
On Episode 205 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Practice CrossFit trainer Mindy Coby and goal-setting guru Greg Amundson. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday,...
View ArticleOut of the Box
The owners of the newly opened CrossFit Ocean Beach take advantage of their surroundings and bring CrossFit to the streets. Hilary Achauer reports. Ocean Beach is a coastal town in San Diego, Calif.,...
View ArticleThe CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: The Squat Series
Get a peak inside a CrossFit Kids Trainer Course with John Brown of CrossFit Kids. In this segment, Brown explains how to teach the squat to preschoolers, kids and teens. “These kids cues work great...
View ArticleThink Like a Bumblebee, Train Like a Racehorse
Ben Bergeron teaches a few CrossFit lessons based on the bumblebee and the racehorse. One of the most powerful and motivating coaching mantras I have ever stolen (yes, I steal from other coaches) was...
View ArticleAttending a Level 1 Trainer Course as a First-Time CrossFitter
At a Level 1 Trainer Course at Norcal CrossFit Santa Clara, Seminar Staff member Pat Sherwood addresses the attendees to find out who is new to CrossFit. Tim Gallagher and David Temple are two of...
View ArticleTraining With Champions: Part 6
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 ArticleFranks Strength: Part 2
Ben and Owen Franks are professional rugby players for the New Zealand All Blacks, winners of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In Part 2, the brothers are training on the beach, and it looks a little like...
View ArticleBringing Nutrition Home
When it comes to food, kids and teens require a special approach. Shannon Jones offers some advice. An integral component of CrossFit Kids programming is a focus on nutrition, which is vital to...
View ArticleBe Your Own Bodyguard Part 2: PPP
In this new series, get an inside peak into Tony Blauer’s Be Your Own Bodyguard seminar hosted by San Francisco CrossFit. Tony Blauer, founder of Blauer Tactical Systems, has been providing these...
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