For many years, the CrossFit community has overlooked the worst excesses of the organization. Why is it any different now?

If you want to try something new, give it a shot and don't be afraid to fail.

Murph has become a traditional Memorial Day workout for some. Here's a primer on how to approach it to get the best results, no matter what your level of ability.

To be useful in life, your training will have to go beyond the standard gym routine.

If you want to truly honor the fallen, take care of their surviving brothers and sisters.

Memorial Day is right around the corner, and that means Murph is, too.

Training can help us discover our inner strengths, cope with adversity, and use these strengths for greater purpose.

Does doing a really hard workout “honor” someone killed in battle? No. So what are we left with?

Structuring the benchmark Girls as time-constrained tests provides a method to help your athletes mature into accomplished CrossFitters.

Just because one can, doesn’t mean one should. It’s the quickest way to “CrossFitter’s doin CrossFit” immortality.

When your breathing gets the hardest, when you are clamoring for breath, dig deep and go a little harder.

What I am asking for is that we invoke that same sense of honor and tribute when “Amanda” is done as when "Murph," "Badger," or "Michael" comes up in the feed.

Birthday WODS, and their ilk, are just an indicator or a much larger issue - you don’t program. Think about it. If you have room in your schedule for birthday WODS, then you don’t have a schedule.