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Older, Wiser, Fitter
More and more seniors are using CrossFit to ensure the golden years are rich with vitality. Marty Cej reports. First, Lu Quast talks about about the cancer and the knee surgeries. Then she talks about...
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Killing the Fat Man: Episode 13
For Gary Roberts, best friend Harold Ryden represents his “baseline workout” in the real world. A former arm wrestler of 12 years, 39-year-old Ryden has beaten Roberts at everything. “So as long as...
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Lego-Mania
This CrossFit Kids game lets young athletes get creative in crafting objects out of Lego. If they build it, they will run.
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CrossFit Radio Episode 270
On Episode 270 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Jax owner Meghan Russell and CrossFit Vitality owner Steve Pinkerton. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on...
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Oly Analysis: Chad Vaughn Snatch
Alongside CrossFit Media’s Carey Peterson, two-time Olympian Chad Vaughn dissects his 285-lb. snatch via slow-motion footage. As he settles into his start position for his heaviest snatch of the day,...
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Remembering Glen
On Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya, former U.S. Navy SEAL Glen Doherty died during an attack on the U.S. Consulate. The native of Winchester, Mass., was 42. A CrossFit.com Hero workout honoring his...
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Mikko Salo Does 13.5
Mikko Salo had taken three days off—“not a good thing”—and had consumed nothing more than two cups of coffee and a protein shake the morning he performed CrossFit Games Open Workout 13.5. “I’m not...
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Dieter’s Room
In B.C., Canada, 71-year-old Dieter Stamm invests in the sport of weightlifting and the young athletes he coaches. It’s a Saturday morning at Semiahmoo High School in White Rock, B.C. It looks like an...
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College-Bound Rower: Ryan O’Rourke
At 13, Ryan O’Rourke decided to try CrossFit as a way to improve at hockey. “I wanted to play in college more than anything,” he says. “That’s what I dreamt about.” The plan changed when he rowed...
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Shelter From the Storm
In July 2012, Stockton, Calif., became the largest U.S. city to file for federal bankruptcy protection under Chapter 9. The same year, it ranked 10th on a list of most dangerous cities in the country,...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 271
On Episode 271 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed 2009 CrossFit Games champion Tanya Wagner and CrossFit HQ’s Pat Sherwood. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday,...
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Five Essential O-Lift Drills
Bob Takano recommends five drills perfect for anyone learning the snatch and the clean and jerk. If we think of drills as exercises or activities performed to learn and refine technique, then it is...
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Box Profile: CrossFit Calgary
At CrossFit Calgary in Alberta, Canada, Brett Marshall says he tries to do all the right things for all the right reasons. “‘You changed my life’—they’re words that will never get old,” says the...
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Suffer the Children
CrossFit unites its global community in the fight against catastrophic children’s illnesses. Chris Cooper reports. It costs US$1.9 million to turn the lights on every morning and run St. Jude...
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Chad Vaughn Coaches Kayla Baumgardner
Chad Vaughn repeatedly tells Kayla Baumgardner to get comfortable in the bottom of her overhead squat. Vaughn, a two-time Olympian, can tell being so low is an unfamiliar position for the 22-year-old,...
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What’s in a Name?
CrossFit HQ General Counsel Dale Saran explains why a local throwdown is not a “CrossFit competition.” CrossFit’s growth has produced a number of interesting side effects, most of them positive. One...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 272
On Episode 272 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed representatives from two affiliates located close to where the bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon on April 15. This episode was...
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A Fight to Live
In 2010 on the streets of East Oakland, Calif., a gang member shot Fremont police officer Todd Young in the pelvis. He suffered injuries so severe that doctors thought he would die. Young woke up after...
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Finding a New Community: Marion Jones-Thompson
When former track-and-field star Marion Jones-Thompson stepped into CrossFit Texas, the coaches were perplexed: how do you coach such an accomplished athlete? The answer was simple: treat her just like...
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To Know a Hero
“It was horribly hard (when) I realized I’ve been a widow longer than I’ve been a wife,” says Ann Schmalstieg, an artist and a coach at Oceanside CrossFit. Her husband, Marine Staff Sgt. Justin...
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