Clik here to view.
CrossFit Striking: Lead and Rear Straights
Despite hours watching professional hockey, few people know how to throw a proper punch. In this video, CrossFit Striking instructor George Ryan covers the basics of throwing a punch and explains how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Cancer Is My Bitch”
Brian Watts originally thought CrossFit was a piece of swimwear. That changed, of course, and now he’s the manager of CrossFit New Haven. Watts is also a cancer survivor who jumps at any chance to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Accommodating Resistance
It’s impossible not to have bar deceleration if you don’t have “accommodating resistance,” says Shane Sweatt of Westside Barbell. “If you have bar deceleration, you’re teaching yourself to slow down....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Injury Prevention: The Application of CrossFit Kids
Many overuse injuries are preventable. Janet Kowalchick explains how CrossFit Kids can help keep young athletes healthy and on the field. If you were to take a straight pin and poke the pad of your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Box Profile: P3 CrossFit
John McPherson started his affiliate in a multi-sport facility that included batting cages and soccer practice. “I just couldn’t provide a service to my clients unless I got out,” he says of the space...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pull-Apart Potatoes
What kid doesn’t like to eat things with his or her hands? Heck, what adult doesn’t like to either? Dive into these sweet potatoes with nothing more than your fingers and plenty of napkins!
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Foundation Is Nutrition
Combining the CrossFit training methodology with a diet of meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar brings “a jet stream of adaptation,” says CrossFit founder Greg...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Upward, Onward
Bill Starr explains how to plan strength work for maximum gains. If a program for beginners is fundamentally sound and they get in their workouts consistently and put lots of effort into them, they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“My Recovery Program: CrossFit”
Everyone has a different reason for doing CrossFit. For Pat Sprague of Cascade CrossFit in Washington state, CrossFit is about camaraderie and self-improvement. “The beauty of it to me is that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CrossFit Radio Episode 217
On Episode 217 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed cooking expert Nick Massie, as well as Jason Ackerman, who owns CrossFit Albany and Clifton Park CrossFit. This episode was webcast...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Cost of CrossFit
Aaron Carr explains how 65-year-old Bruce Hughes discovered the true price of CrossFit after a year at CrossFit Cedar City. Bruce Hughes is a mild-mannered accountant who moved to Cedar City, Utah, 18...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Deadlift Set-Up
The deadlift set-up is easy, says Kelly Starrett: get stiff, load the hips, send the knees forward, pull back, stand up. It’s a strategy athletes should use every time they approach the barbell, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Play Nice With Others
Dale Saran explains how courtesy and hard work trump piggyback advertising techniques. So, you wanna be a CrossFit affiliate, eh? I remember the salad days of being a CrossFit affiliate, circa early...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CrossFit for Ski Racing
Vermont’s Stratton Mountain School has made 33 Olympic placements, seen more than 53 of its athletes participate in multiple Olympics and put 120 of them on the U.S. Ski Team. Now the winter-sports...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Swing: Loading the Hips
Seeking Jeff Martone’s famous “boom!”? Look no further. At this CrossFit Kettlebell Trainer Course at Progressive F.O.R.C.E. CrossFit in Las Vegas, Martone talks about establishing body awareness to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
March 2012 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in March 2012 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: A Life of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paleo Potluck
If you’re like me, you get invited to great Paleo potluck parties. This spring, we’re celebrating another successful season of the Reebok CrossFit Games Open and hosting our own potluck that brings...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Adapt and Overcome: Nicholas Thom
“The first thing I thought was, ‘How’s my face doing?’ because this is how I make my money.” Nicholas Thom of CrossFit Rubicon has the courage to make light of injuries suffered when he was the victim...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All About the ’Bell
Kettlebell RX: The Complete Guide for Coaches, by Jeff Martone. 320 pp. Victory Belt Publishing. $34.95. Jeff Martone is the CrossFit kettlebell subject-matter expert and creator of the CrossFit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Owen Franks’ Oly Training
Professional New Zealand rugby player Owen Franks dedicates a portion of his training to Olympic weightlifting. His coach: Lee Attrill of Weightlifting Canterbury. “I like to train for sport, train...
View Article