Crystal and Ali doing a tandem deadlift at the 2017 RCF Games ARTICLES + What a Park in the ID Tells Us About Urban Life – Crosscut + H20 How-to: Hydration Cheat Sheet for Better Performance – Athlete Daily CrossFit WOD for Tuesday 8/22 for time: 21 deadlifts 42 hand-release pushups 15 deadlifts 30 hand-release […]
Don’t look directly into the sun unless you have properly made glasses or Welding glasses/masks (Shade 14) This week we have NOT versions of some classic benchmarks: workouts similar to HELEN, DIANE, CINDY, JERRY, RYAN, and LYNNE. On Friday you’ll actually do the final event of the 2012 CrossFit Games: ELIZABETH + ISABEL + FRAN […]
Setting a personal record at the 2017 Trident Championships ARTICLES + A New Type of HERO WOD – CrossFit Lumos CrossFit WOD for Friday 8/17 establish a 1RM clean & jerk Post loads to whiteboard! Olympic Weightlifting WOD – Week 7 of 12 snatch, clean & jerk Powerlifting WOD – Week 11 of 12 power […]
Chris S demonstrates a very strong overhead position ARTICLES + Man Believes 41st Attempt at Max Snatch Will Be “The One” – The Overheard Press “Competitors will be assigned a starting time for Sunday’s workout. The top 40 men and top 40 women will compete in the early afternoon. All others will compete in the […]
Mika T at the bottom of her squat A take on the Ranch Chipper from the 2016 Games, this is a calculated but fast sprint! ARTICLES + Nevermind CCTV in Slaughterhouses- We Need to End the Meat and Dairy Industry Altogether – The Independent CrossFit WOD for Wednesday 8/16 for time: 50 wall ball shots […]
Tina L during the FreeStyle Running Seminar ARTICLES + Rocking Straddle Stretch – Foundation CrossFit YouTube CrossFit WOD for Tuesday 8/15 Rx for time: 400m run 20 chest-to-bar pullups 20 broad jumps, 6/4′ 400m run 16 chest-to-bar pullups 16 broad jumps, 6/4′ 400m run 12 chest-to-bar pullups 12 broad jumps, 6/4′ Each time the athlete […]
Performance Enhancing Drugs and more have a been a point of contention for a long time in sports and physical activities where money and pride are on the line. This was a pretty good primer when it was aired earlier this year: A new movie on NETFLIX called Icarus was released and it is a […]
Kristina B Muscle-ups (strict or kipping) require a certain amount of strength to perform well and often. There’s a level of mobility and strength involved to to stay injury-free. You should be able to have 3 strict chest-to-bar pullups, and 3 full range-of-motion dips before attempting any muscle-ups. Or you can be this athlete. ARTICLES […]
With any running workout, you can increase the intensity by putting on a weight-vest or ruck (We use GoRuck Ruckers). Just remember to maintain the intended stimulus the workout was designed for- in today’s case it’s an ENDURING workout, meaning it should feel like cardio: lower-powered continual movement from start to finish. ARTICLES + Powerful […]
Chip C and Leah W Let’s see how you fare with today’s chipper! The Games-level athletes hit each exercise in pretty big sets. ARTICLES + Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic CrossFit WOD for Wednesday 8/9 for time: 100 pullups 80 med ball situps 60 pistols, alternating 40 calorie row 20 one-arm […]
