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You Were Saying With J.T. Scott
J.T. Scott on staying present, qualifying for the CrossFit Games and clothing the homeless. The CrossFit Journal is pleased to present the next in a series of profiles designed to help you get to know...
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Quick Fixes to Improve Rowing
In this video, CrossFit Endurance founder Brian MacKenzie works on rowing with Rich Airey of CrossFit Counter Culture. Airey is rounding his shoulders and back, MacKenzie notes. “What we’ve got here...
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Box Tour: CrossFit New Haven
After a few months of working out in a garage gym without heat, Eric O’Brien had enough. So for a year and a half he and his wife, Carla, worked out at CrossFit Milford. But the commute—about 35...
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Meet Todd Widman
HQ Seminar Staff member Todd Widman says everyone should attend a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course—even the person who just heard of the training methodology and has never attended a class. “It doesn’t...
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Hitch Is Hooked
St. Louis Blues coach Ken Hitchcock embraces the CrossFit Life. Mike Warkentin reports. Ken Hitchcock is a hockey guy. He’s coached over 1,000 games behind the benches of four NHL teams, and he’s won...
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A Correlate Test for Hip Flexibility
Join Kelly Starrett, owner of San Francisco CrossFit and creator of MobilityWOD, as he teaches coaches and their athletes how to evaluate movement at CrossFit South Bay. Working on the hip, Starrett...
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Hard-Boiled Hearts!
We have gingerbread houses for Christmas, barbecued fare on the Fourth of July, turkey for Thanksgiving, chocolate bunnies for Easter and cake on your birthday—but what about Valentine’s Day? Start a...
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CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: The Three Pillars
Fun, quality of movement and the prescription—those are the three elemental pillars part and parcel to the CrossFit Kids program. “It is imperative that you pair fitness with fun—has to happen,” Todd...
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I Am a CrossFitter
Elite weightlifter Erin Okonek explains how she’s fitter and happier now that she’s doing CrossFit. What is CrossFit and why is it better than other workout programs? By definition, CrossFit workouts...
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The Swing: Body Awareness in the Set-Up
In the CrossFit Kettlebell Trainer course, Jeff Martone says a good kettlebell swing has four key elements: weight on the heels, neutral neck, straight back and purposeful breathing. He emphasizes...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 211
On Episode 211 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit 1525 owner Nikki Goldin and CrossFit Gymnastics subject-matter expert Jeff Tucker. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m....
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My Tribe
Jeremy Striffler applies the concept of tribal culture to CrossFit and examines the five stages of the CrossFit tribe. On a crisp, cold Saturday morning in early December, I showed up at TwinTown...
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My CrossFit Story: Scott Horton
In 2010, Scott Horton was more than 330 lb. and riddled with health issues. “My doctor basically told me that if I didn’t start losing some weight, I was going to have some real problems,” he says. So...
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Globo Friendly
Michael Campi explains how to behave as a stranger in a strange land. The benefits of belonging to an affiliate are clear: quality coaching, a sense of community and working with a group of people who...
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The Hybrid Story
In 2008, 32-year-old Rob Orlando was reaching the end of his personal-training career. It was time to find another way to make a living, he says. Then the question came from a client he had been...
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Friends and Family: Mike Riepenhoff
Mike Riepenhoff’s CrossFit Story begins with the 2007 movie 300. After he and his wife went to see the film with another couple, his friend began researching the workouts that gave the actors their...
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Muscle-Up Virtuosity: Part 1
CrossFit Santa Cruz’s Laurie Galassi is a gymnast and CrossFit coach. In this instructional video, she breaks down that most challenging CrossFit movement: the muscle-up. Focusing first on body shapes...
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Romancing the Apocalypse
Dan Edelman visits the CrossFit Kids Gauntlet and finds the missing link between fitness and the zombie apocalypse. My mind zeroed out the moment I was asked to write a piece on the second CrossFit...
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CrossFit Kids Trainer Course: Best Practices
Launching a CrossFit Kids program can seem daunting. Luckily, Seminar Staff members John and Kelly Brown, Aimee Lyons, and Todd Widman—as well as CrossFit New England’s Heather Bergeron—have advice....
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Mind the Gap
Mikki Lee Martin and Keegan Lee Martin explain how CrossFit Kids Preteen Class is a bridge between Kids and Teen/Advanced classes. There is a natural division within the gaggle of children in our...
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