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Gymnastics: Brand New at Brand X
The home of CrossFit Kids offers a new gymnastics program to increase youth strength, agility and more. E.M. Burton reports. CrossFit Kids at Brand X is beginning a new gymnastics program to augment...
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Inspiring Others: Tracy Munroe
Tracy Munroe’s boss brought her and 39 of her co-workers across the street to Reebok CrossFit Ramsay in Calgary, Alta. “(He) thought it’d be good (for) team/morale building,” she explains. A year...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 249
On Episode 249 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Level 1 Seminar Staff member and affiliate owner Christmas Abbott. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Nov. 7,...
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Suffering in Silence
Molly Godby may work out alone, but in the middle of the WOD she feels the presence of other garage CrossFitters who urge her to keep going. Tick-tock. It’s just the clock and me. No one else dropping...
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Box Tour: CrossFit Fever
At CrossFit Fever in Pembroke Pines, Fla., there is a strong connection to the U.S. military. Co-owner Jorge Vega served with the Marines, and coach Natalia Martinez served as an Army officer. Many of...
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A Kipping Pull-Up Instructional
There are many ways to teach the kipping-pull-up progression, and they’re all designed to help athletes understand the gymnastics movement. For Level 1 Seminar Staff member Cherie Chan, the teaching...
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From Lifetime Distance Runner to CrossFitter
From the age of 15, Anne Sargent had been a distance runner. After a year and a half of CrossFit, the 46-year-old decided to run a half marathon with no additional training. She bested the time she set...
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Transforming a Reservation
A couple of years ago, Mike Ute started doing CrossFit in a 7-foot-square space in the gym on the Wind River Reservation in Fort Washakie, Wyo. He found the one barbell in the entire place and some old...
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Meet Erik Preston
Erik Preston grew up in Indian Wells, Calif., a desert town that in 2010 had a population of not quite 5,000 people. “When I was growing up, it was tumbleweeds and jackrabbits and sand dunes,” he...
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“We’re Going to Need a Bigger Box”
Scaling up your box jumps? Matt Blankenship builds a DIY extender to turn a 30-inch box into a 40. Many CrossFit gyms use the Games-style 20 x 30 x 24 plyo boxes that are constructed to allow for 20-,...
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Coaching Tools for Running: Part 2
At the CrossFit Endurance Trainer Course, Doug Katona talks about coaching tools for running. In this video, he highlights drills for pulling. He starts by reviewing what it means to pull the foot...
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Box Tour: Push 511
Inside the former National Brewing Co.—known for once making National Bohemian beer—is CrossFit affiliate Push 511. The gym sits east of downtown Baltimore in the city’s Brewers Hill neighborhood....
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Cues for Weightlifting Coaches
Bob Takano goes over the finer points of cueing lifters in training and competition. Coaching cues are a form of communication that can be unique to a particular coach and the specific situation. They...
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Planes, Trains and CrossFit
Veteran Level 1 Seminar flowmasters Chuck Carswell and Adrian Bozman talk about their strategies for surviving life on the road. Chuck Carswell is a master of efficiency. As a veteran Level 1 Seminar...
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A Metabolic Analysis of CrossFit’s Elite: Part 1
For Team U.S.A., defeating Team Europe at last month’s CrossFit Invitational wasn’t the only challenge. While in Malibu, Calif., team members were subject to metabolic analysis by Pepperdine University...
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Too Cold To Run?
When your affiliate is located in a place with sub-zero temperatures, running outside can be a daunting order. Emily Beers talks to affiliates about how they program for frigid climates. For most of...
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Cooking Creamy Chicken Casserole
During this Paleo potluck, Juli Bauer demonstrates how to cook creamy chicken casserole. “(I am) showing people how to make an easy Paleo meal and make it delicious,” says Bauer, who runs PaleOMG.com....
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Learning a Cartwheel
There are three rotations in a cartwheel, instructor Sean Lind says at this CrossFit Gymnastics Advanced Trainer Course. There’s also a handstand component and a hamstring component. “We need to master...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 250
On Episode 250 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Steele Creek owner Dr. Brian Strump and recovering addict Scott Ries. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on...
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The Outside 90 Drill
The first drill in Tony Blauer’s CrossFit Defense Course is called Outside 90. It involves using your forearm to create distance between you and your attacker. “Without my glutes, without my abs,...
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