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CrossFit Tour: Matt Swift in Gold Coast
There was no plan. CrossFit Brisbane was an accident, says owner and head trainer Matt Swift. “I was doing PT. I was doing CrossFit myself, stumbling upon it, badly, and just had this phenomenon of my...
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My Introduction to CrossFit Kids
Erin Walker, a veteran P.E. teacher and a new CrossFitter, uses the training methodology to help her students become stronger and faster. As a veteran middle-school physical-education teacher in San...
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Biggest Loser Winner Goes CrossFit
What do you do after winning season 12 of The Biggest Loser? You get your CrossFit Level 1 certificate, of course. Washington native John Rhode lost 220 lb. on the show, winning the grand prize of...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 215
On Episode 215 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Bangor owner Mel Metten, as well as Tanya Wagner, winner of the 2009 CrossFit Games. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m....
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The Guy at the Back
Ever wondered what the guy at the back is thinking? Gary Jeffress gives his perspective from the back of the box. What’s the guy at the back doin’? Yes that’s me. I’m the guy at the back of the...
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Brett Marshall: Lifting One Another
Calgary’s Brett Marshall has a long history of CrossFit competition going back to 2007, when he finished second at the very first CrossFit Games, held at The Ranch in Aromas, Calif. He competed in...
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CrossFit Is for Everyone
Mother Lynne Knapman explains how CrossFit changed life for her special-needs son. My 21-year-old son Chris participated in his first CrossFit competition a few months ago. What’s so special about...
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Disposable Heroes: What Will You Do?
The name comes from a tattoo: a couple of the Marines with whom Brad McKee served had a black-and-white American flag inked on their chests. The tattoos were accompanied by the words “disposable...
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Box Tour: CrossFit Vengeance
Don’t let the skeleton mascot and the box’s handle fool you; this affiliate’s name comes from the Bible. So says Bryan Edwards, who co-owns CrossFit Vengeance Myrtle Beach South with his wife, Rachel....
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Keeping the Goal the Goal
Every box has its own personality, and Matt Swift talks a little bit about what makes CrossFit Brisbane special in this video from Down Under. Listening to Swift, it’s clear that he and his box are...
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“You Heard of CrossFit?”
Josh Bunch visits the Arnold Sports Festival to find out what the sports world really thinks of CrossFit. For three years running, CrossFit has made quite the Arnold appearance. From the 2010...
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Jumping Position, Landing Position
Coach Mike Burgener has a special gift for simplifying the Olympic lifts—especially for beginners. “Ninety percent of all missed lifts are attributed to the feet,” Burgener says to a group of athletes...
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CrossFit Kids “UPS”
Mikki Lee Martin explains how this CrossFit Kids games delivers fun—and kids. Kids love playing with boxes, and if you can find a few sturdy ones, this CrossFit Kids game promises to be a hit. And it...
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“It Will Never Get Old”
There was a time when Reis Baron was excited to do 90 minutes on the elliptical machine—sometimes twice a day. Then his friend told him about the handstand push-ups he was doing at CrossFit. “I was...
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You Were Saying With Jasmine Danker
Jasmine Danker wanted to be a “tiny-call-a-gist” but couldn’t be happier to be a CrossFit trainer. The CrossFit Journal is pleased to present the next in a series of profiles designed to help you get...
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The CrossFit Football Pyramid
It begins with nutrition. “Nobody ever got strong out of a vending machine,” says CrossFit Football seminar staffer Ben Oliver. “Training makes you weaker.” It’s rest, recovery and food that make you...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 216
On Episode 216 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Lisa Scotto, creator of a portable Paleo snack, and John Durocher, who started CrossFitting at CrossFit New England back in the early...
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Bouncing Back
Hilary Achauer reports on a Reebok CrossFit Games Open athlete who’s competing after doctors told her she would never do strenuous exercise again. Elise Metts was just out of college when her life...
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Exporting CrossFit to Israel
Over four days in October, Hybrid Athletics hosted nine CrossFitters from Israel. The group made the trip specifically to work with box owner and strongman expert Rob Orlando and to complete the Level...
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CrossFit Tour: Gold Coast
The CrossFit Tour kicked off Down Under in February. Aussie Steve Musgrove tells the tale. My first insight into the CrossFit World Tour was back in December last year when I watched a promotional...
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