CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: Press Series
CrossFit Kids have all the fun: laser beams for elbows, hands that hold up the sky and the dance moves of an Oompa-Loompa. In this video, Kids Seminar Staff member John Brown explains how to teach the...
View ArticleJanuary 2012 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in January 2012 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: CrossFit...
View ArticleHear and Now
Born deaf, Jordan Levin runs a CrossFit affiliate and is a motivational speaker. Lon Wagner tells the story. I am talking, on the phone, to Jordan Levin. Normal. Mundane, even. When I emailed Jordan,...
View ArticleFashion to Fitness
When Laura Dziak first started CrossFit, she was mildly concerned about bulking up. What preoccupied her more, however, was doing a workout as RX’d. Today, she’s gained a total of 15 lb. of muscle but...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 209
On Episode 209 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed George Ryan, who is the subject-matter expert for the CrossFit Striking Trainer Course. Justin also interviewed Bob Weeks, who is...
View ArticleCrossFit at 60
Craig Nelson shares his views on CrossFit after discovering the program at age 60. Birthday milestones never meant much to me—30, 40, 50 years old—bah, who cares? But 60? That’s a serious number. One...
View ArticleMeet the Owners of CrossFit Vitality
Steve and Jessica Pinkerton started their affiliate out of their garage. About 15 people showed up to train there. A few months later—in April 2010—they “pulled the trigger” and opened CrossFit...
View ArticlePlay 60 Influences Next Generation
To tackle childhood obesity, the NFL is focusing on educating children about exercise and nutrition. Julie Buehler reports. Ever watched in awe as someone obliterates a workout? Ever seen a human...
View ArticleCulture Divide
When Kulsoom Abdullah found CrossFit Atlanta several years ago, it was her desire to learn the Olympic lifts that brought her there. “I had the drive. I really wanted to learn lifting, and I really...
View ArticleFrom Overweight to CrossFit Coach
In the summer of 2010, Lou Callejas, his wife and son went to Houston to visit his parents. His brother, who lived in Tucson, was there, too. “He was lookin’ pretty nice. He had a nice body. He was...
View ArticleMy CrossFit Story: Kevin Miller
Kevin Miller was 325 lb. when he found CrossFit through a chance encounter in a bar. Once he started, he was gung-ho, working out five times a week and wholeheartedly adopting the Paleo Diet. It was...
View ArticleLessons Learned
Flowmaster and self-described “slow learner” Pat Sherwood shares wisdom acquired over six years of CrossFit training. August marked the end of my sixth year of CrossFit, and let me tell you, it has...
View ArticlePull-Up Virtuosity: Part 2
CrossFit Santa Cruz’s Laurie Galassi, a gymnast and the fifth-place finisher at the 2011 NorCal Regional, shares her coaching tips for mastering the pull-up. In Part 2 of the series, she focuses on...
View ArticleCaterpillar Fun
This hungry caterpillar is just wishing to be eaten! Prep all the body parts beforehand and create this insect with your kid. Make its legs out of anything you have handy. We chose colorful carrots...
View ArticleCrossFit for Swim Training
In Vermont, there is no high-school swimming, so in the Burlington area, students go to Green Mountain Aquatics on the campus of Saint Michael’s College. Laura Matuszak has been there for 15 years....
View ArticleWork, Power and the Science of CrossFit
Dr. Ken Gall examines the thermodynamics of CrossFit and asks 10 questions worth considering. While I was an undergraduate research assistant, one of the graduate students in my lab wanted to show me...
View ArticleBand Sprints With CrossFit Football
Band sprints are no joke. “It gets a little serious ... especially if you’ve never done ’em right,” Raphael Ruiz says during a CrossFit Football Trainer Course. He instructs the group on how to do...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 210
On Episode 210 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit HQ’s Justin Bergh, as well as Chip Pugh, who is Tennessee Tech’s strength-and-conditioning coach. This episode was webcast...
View ArticleThe Little CrossFitter That Could
A year of CrossFit and an astonishing deadlift PR transforms Jessica Tyler from shy wallflower to outgoing leader. Julie Kelly reports. Jessica Tyler, a 28-year-old nurse and Navy reservist, first...
View ArticleA Whole New Person
To say Irene Kolivas is a whole new person is not an exaggeration. Over the course of eight months, she lost 77 lb. And for the first three months, she wasn’t even working out—just eating Paleo. “I...
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