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Bob Harper: The Hardest Worker
Before the fame, Bob Harper was just a personal trainer who knew that if he wanted to get a break, he’d have to move to California and work hard. So he packed up his car and drove roughly 2,000 miles...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 329
On Episode 329 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed South Central Regional competitor Roy Gamboa, as well as multiyear CrossFit Games athlete Lucas Parker. This episode was webcast on May...
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Baby on Board
Athlete Kristin Auger shares her experiences with CrossFit training while pregnant. I stand just inside the open door with one leg forward, feeling the customary adrenaline and prickly anticipation I...
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When “Harvard” Won’t Do
A decision in 1976 by the Radcliffe women’s crew continues to affect every single woman who puts an oar in the water at Harvard University today. In 1976 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nelia Newell was a...
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Brittany Gill: “Cancer Girl”
After 30-year-old Brittany Gill was diagnosed with cervical cancer, she did what any CrossFit athlete would: She used her chemotherapy IV pole for an overhead squat. “I didn’t realize at the time how...
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All Day With Chad Mackay
It’s 5:45 a.m. in Sydney, Australia. Four-time CrossFit Games competitor Chad Mackay is finishing his breakfast. By 6:15, he’s got his first cup of coffee in hand and is off to coach the 6:45 class at...
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Julie Foucher: Medical Training
It’s three weeks before the 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games Regionals begin, and Julie Foucher is dividing her time between medical school and the gym. She trains in the morning, focuses on school during...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 330
On Episode 330 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed multi-year CrossFit Games competitor Ashleigh Moe and North Central Regional winner Alexandra LaChance. This episode was webcast on May...
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Lords of the Realm
Medieval combat fighters from the U.S. take seven of nine gold medals at world championships held May 1-4 in Spain. In a sport based upon the unforgiving, brutal armored battles of medieval Europe, it...
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Pace Makes Race
Harvard University Crew members and coaches advise CrossFit athletes to use pacing to become more efficient on the rowing machine. For many CrossFit athletes, the rowing machine is like a first date: a...
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CrossFit Tour: Island Life
Earthquakes, jail, sheep, tattoos, the haka and lots of boxes: The CrossFit Tour was in New Zealand in January. In four episodes, CrossFit Inc. videographer Jordan Gravatt takes you to dozens of...
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Building Behemoths: Part 2
Bill Starr goes over the finer points of training to lift big loads in strongman competitions. In Building Behemoths: Part 1, I outlined a number of exercises useful to any athlete training for any...
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Memorial Day Hurt
Some place flowers on the graves of soldiers on Memorial Day, and others suffer through a painful workout to honor the fallen. Josh Appel has a Memorial Day tradition. Before the barbecues, before...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 331
On Episode 331 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed South Central Regional competitor Jason Hoggan, as well as Cole Sager, who won the North West Regional. This episode was webcast on May...
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The Missing
Lisbeth Darsh explains why she’ll be suffering through a Hero workout this Memorial Day. Memorial Day rolls around each year, and we give it lip service. There are parades and speeches and flags placed...
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All Access Part 2: Roll On
Athletes in wheelchairs are experts at adapting. Now they’re joining CrossFit affiliates in growing numbers. Chris Stoutenberg fractured three thoracic vertebrae falling from his friend’s balcony on...
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Noble Goals
Chicago Bulls College Prep’s superintendent set a plain goal: Provide the best health-and-fitness program of any high school in the country. Likewise, the school adopted CrossFit and further hosted a...
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CrossFit Risk Retention Group Inc. Announces Premium Reduction, Claims-Free...
RRG members to save almost $1 million in premium costs from June 1 through 2015. Effective June 1, 2014, CrossFit Risk Retention Group Inc. (CF-RRG) will implement two cost-reduction programs for its...
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CrossFit Radio Episode 332
On Episode 332 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Amanda Schwartz, who qualified for the CrossFit Games via the South Central Regional. Jason Khalipa, 2008 Games champion, was featured...
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A Workout to Remember
USA Memory Championship tests the skills of competitors who can memorize a deck of cards in 60 seconds. The elevator to the top of the Consolidated Edison Building is jammed with bodies and big brains....
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