Loading Dock CrossFit
Jenna Johnson doesn’t have a CrossFit box near her home in Racine, Wisc., so she set up a gym next to the loading dock at work. Her co-workers think she’s crazy, but she’s never felt better. Hilary...
View ArticleShepherd-Style Beef Tongue Tacos
Nick Massie, a career chef who runs PaleoNick.com, shows you how to prepare shepherd-style beef tongue tacos—without the tacos. “The cow tongue is a delicacy. Definitely a delicacy,” he says. Massie...
View ArticleTheoretical 52-Week Programming Cycle for a Military Unit
Maj. Donald Clarkson outlines how CrossFit can create fitter soldiers in a one-year period between deployments. The concept outlined in this article is based on having 52 weeks available between a...
View ArticleMeet Carlos Andrade
CrossFit is growing quickly in South America, and there are a total of 14 boxes in Ecuador according to the Affiliate Finder Map. Most of the affiliates are Guayaquil, the country’s largest city....
View ArticleNovember 2012 Collected Articles
The individual PDF articles published in November 2012 are collected here in a single download. The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF. The articles included here are: Intensity in...
View ArticleLaurie Nelson Starts CrossFit in her 60s
When Laurie Nelson was in high school, there were no women’s sports. It wasn’t until she graduated from college that college sports started for women. Once at Pepperdine University, where the...
View ArticleThe Basic Elements of Self-Defense
Your arm is like a personal crowbar, says Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical Systems. The trick is to be sure to remain in a nonviolent posture with those arms up when the bad guy approaches. It’s the...
View ArticleCrossFit: Forging Elite Relationships
When your business partner is your life partner, you can expect some unique challenges. Sara McEvoy offers solutions for a healthy relationship inside and outside the box. My husband, John, and I got...
View ArticleDrummond Williamson: Tasmanian Devil
Australian Drummond Williamson is a Level 1 Seminar Staff member who came across CrossFit after his time in the military, and he initially questioned everything about the program. But after he started...
View ArticleKnock Stuff Over
The urge to build forts, jump on things, climb, swing and knock stuff over permeates most childhood play scenarios. In CrossFit Kids, we have jump, climb and swing pretty well covered. Now it’s time to...
View ArticleFixing the Jerk
At this video filmed at CrossFit Invictus, Coach Mike Burgener explains why he has athletes jerk from behind the neck. “Forces me to go straight up. My elbows are where automatically? They’re down....
View ArticleMeet Christmas Abbott
Christmas Abbott is the owner of CrossFit Invoke in North Carolina, a Level 1 Seminar Staff member and a NASCAR pit-crew member in training. “My family’s always taught me to listen to my heart and...
View ArticleAthena—and Friends
Dogs have been a part of CrossFit from the very beginning. Photographer Michael Brian puts his lens on the descendants of Athena, the original CrossFit dog. Photos started regularly appearing beside...
View ArticleA Biomechanical Analysis of Rowing
Proper coordination and sequencing of movements will result it efficient, powerful rowing. Joel Martin and Bryan St. Andrews explain. Rowing requires proper technique to maximize performance....
View ArticleBuilding Schools in Kenya
The competition was old school: no prizes. Just friends getting together for a great workout and some beer. “And all the money that was raised, every single dime, went straight to Kenya,” says NorCal...
View ArticleAir Force Wonders: CrossFit Kids
We’re only starting to realize the potential early CrossFit training can unlock. Former CrossFit Kids Chris Fabian, Meredith Prinz and Tyler Jordan are certain their CrossFit experience has prepared...
View ArticleWhen Water Comes to You
CrossFit-funded collection systems are freeing Kenyan women from the burden of transporting water, allowing them to pursue education and take important steps toward equality. Marty Cej reports. Their...
View ArticleLess Training, More Living
The members of CrossFit Alaska use CrossFit to get into shape for the physical demands of daily life in the North. One member used it to save his life—twice. Alaska’s wilderness is breathtaking and...
View ArticleCrossFit Radio Episode 263
On Episode 263 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Hope for Kenya project leader Dallin Frampton, as well as Justin Bergh, general manager of the CrossFit Games. This episode was webcast...
View ArticleThe Handstand Pirouette
If you’re faced with lengths of handstand walks in a workout, why not use a pirouette to turn around and come back? “To do a handstand pirouette, you have to have a really good sense of where vertical...
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