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Coaching the Positive
To coach the positive, coaches must understand two things: 1. Learning takes place when good behavior is rewarded versus bad behavior criticized. 2. The criticism sandwich. “We’re trying to ignite the...
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Simple Nutrition: Part 2
CrossFit trainer E.C. Synkowski offers practical nutrition information to help with day-to-day choices. In Part 2, she talks to a group at CrossFit Hingham about protein and fat. Protein is pretty...
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The Discount CrossFit
Emily Beers examines how wildly popular websites Groupon and Living Social can be used to the advantage—and disadvantage—of CrossFit affiliates. Websites like Groupon and Living Social—which sell...
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Thrower Uses CrossFit to Train
Loree Smith, who was on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track and Field team for hammer throwing, was exposed to CrossFit via Fran. She had to do banded pull-ups, the weight was scaled down and she ended up...
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Cops and Robbers
Sean McCue introduces a simple game of sprinting that requires no equipment at all. This role-playing game will have your athletes running like the wind in an attempt to escape their pursuer or catch...
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Biggest Loser Contestant Goes CrossFit
When 25-year-old Courtney Rainville first heard of CrossFit through her sister and brother-in-law, she wasn’t interested. At 270 lb., she had one goal: getting on The Biggest Loser. “I remember...
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Sex on the Brain at the Box
Sex writer Anka Radakovich becomes a CrossFitter but just can’t quit her day job. Please note: This article contains adult discussions of sexuality. As a journalist who writes about sex and...
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The Gymnastics Tool Bag of Warm-Ups: Part 1
CrossFit Gymnastics seminar trainers Jessica Gray, Julie Barnes Maurer, Jeff Tucker and Keith Wittenstein explain the many warm-up movements part and parcel to gymnastics. It starts with walking on...
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Meet CrossFit West Jax
Nick Hawkes didn’t plan on being an affiliate owner. When he was visiting a friend in Jacksonville, Fla., he saw that the gym where he went to catch a workout was for sale. A month later, after...
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The Best Running Shoe
What’s the best running shoe? The one you like, says Doug Katona of CrossFit Endurance. “All running is natural,” he explains. Simply teach athletes good mechanics and problems will go away, Katona...
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Christian’s Story
In July 2009, Shauna Meekin asked her adolescent son to watch her toddler, Christian. At four months pregnant, she was feeling grumpy and needed to lie down. She recalls: “I close my eyes, and the...
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Simple Nutrition: Part 3
CrossFit trainer E.C. Synkowski offers practical nutrition information to help with day-to-day choices. In Part 3, she talks to a group at CrossFit Hingham about vegetables, nuts and seeds, and fruit...
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Three Aussie Trainers
Meet Doug Armstrong, Brett Fforde and Drummond Williamson: three of CrossFit’s Australian Seminar Staff trainers. In this clip, they’re at CrossFit Brisbane for a Level 1 Seminar with 53 participants....
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Sweet Potato Volcanoes
Healthy food is always more fun when it looks like something kids can identify with. These sweet potato volcanoes are fun to build, bake and watch grow. Plus, they taste good, too! This explosive...
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SWAT Team Goes CrossFit
Join members of the Santa Monica Police Department SWAT Team on training day. Each member is wearing close to 50 lb. of gear as the team simulates the pursuit of two suspects. Since 1992, team members...
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All for One
Tevita Ngalu’s incredible effort sends a CrossFit affiliate owner to the Olympic Games in weightlifting. Emily Beers reports. Generally, Olympic weightlifting is thought of as an individual sport....
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Diego’s Story
Early in his childhood, 12-year-old Diego Rodriguez was diagnosed with ADHD. His mom tried everything: soccer, basketball, swimming. Still, she needed to give him melatonin every day so he could sleep...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 232
On Episode 232 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Ben Bergeron, coach of last year’s Affiliate Cup champions. Justin was on location at the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games and interviewed a...
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Strength From Struggle
Just as weightlifting builds strength, difficult experiences build character. Bradley Berlin explores how stress is relative and attitude is everything. I started CrossFit roughly a year and a half...
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Jacinto Bonilla Learns the Split Snatch
CrossFit Games Masters athlete Jacinto Bonilla has shoulder pain, especially when he performs squat snatches. So Olympic-weightlifting coach Mike Burgener recommends he split snatch. The split snatch...
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