Dear Willow, Dear Willow, I am a 17-year-old female rower who just joined a CrossFit gym to take some time to recover from recent injuries before I can row competitively again. I feel a ... Continue Reading
Why You Should Never Hit a 1RM Again
Quite often when you read strength programs you’ll see something like “perform 3 reps at 90% of 1RM.” The problem then is figuring out what your 1RM actually is. That then creates another few problems for ... Continue Reading
What Kind of Competitor Are You?
This week marked the start of a new programming scheme here at CrossFit LA. We’re trying something new and progressive, and it’s pretty exciting. Andy Petranek, the owner of CFLA, and Kenny Kane, our ... Continue Reading
Sitting at Your Desk Is Eating Your Muscles
Do you work an office job and sit all day? We have heard increasingly in the past years that this is just plain bad for the human body, but how bad is it, and what should we do about it? Sitting Is ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Chris Duffin, Entry 35 – Testing My Limits
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of world champion powerlifter Chris Duffin. Follow Chris as he trains and competes in various events over the coming year. Chris's journal will be posted every ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting vs the World: Rivalry Amongst Sports
Weightlifting has long been an outsider among the many sports. We were probably isolationist long before the “America First” movement rose. Soon after taking up the sport a new lifter will find out that he ... Continue Reading
Average Is Crap: The Painful Truth About Making Gains
The other week I posted another video clip of me squatting and hitting more personal records in the process. I post a lot of my training videos online for several reasons. I like to get feedback on what ... Continue Reading
3 Sandbag Exercises You Should Add to Your Training
While I am obviously a great believer of sandbag training as a stand alone or heavily emphasized form of training, I am also a realist in that others may want to use sandbag training as a means to improve ... Continue Reading
Wired Kids: How Screen Time Affects Children’s Brains
Moodiness. Restlessness. Strange cravings. Incoherent speech. An inability to focus on tasks that require concentration. Emotional outbursts. These qualities may be used to describe a person on drugs or ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 32 – Picking Up Speed
Click here to read other journal entries and articles by Andrew Read, and look for his new journal every Monday as he trains for Ironman Melbourne. Athlete Journal Entry 32 - Picking Up ... Continue Reading
The 3 Most Common Endurance Sports Injuries and How to Treat Them
The West Coast, particularly West Los Angeles where I practice, is a hub for endurance training. Even though I stay clear of anything longer than a 5K, I’m submerged deep into the track and field, ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Mike Mahler, Part 2 – Live Life Aggressively
Mike Mahler is not someone to settle for the status quo. As his motto says, he likes to live life aggressively. Time and again in his life, when things weren’t headed what he considered to be the best ... Continue Reading
The Multiplier: Your Personal Superpower
I’ve been to a lot of coaching seminars and trainings in my day. Team building, coaching, continuining education, you name it. Suffice to say, I’m pretty familiar with the vernacular. So this week, not ... Continue Reading
Periodization Is a Thing of the Past
My first introduction to well thought out periodization was from Tudor Bompa’s book Theory and Methodology of Training. I still have my copy, which is pretty old. It’s one of the few books on exercise ... Continue Reading
Sunday Seven: The Week’s 7 Most Popular Articles, Vol. 41
Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. This week: lessons from the Marines, coaching tips, letting go of excuses, sports psychology for ... Continue Reading
When Trust Is Broken: How to Pick Up the Pieces
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was co-written by Valerie Worthington, Emily Kwok, and Lola Newsom, the principals in Women’s Grappling Camp, an organization that supports women in grappling and Brazilian jiu ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Julie Warren, Entry 4 – Training For the Great Wall
EDITOR'S NOTE: Along with Andrew Read and Narisa Wild, Julie Warren will be sharing her training experiences for upcoming endurance challenges. Follow Julie as she prepares for her next adventure - ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 27 – Nutrition Plan Details
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever wonder how a world-class coach actually trains? Wonder what it's like to train as a "mature athlete?" Welcome to the athlete journal of Charles Staley. A big believer in practicing what ... Continue Reading
Why and How You Absolutely Must Manage Your Cortisol
You have been training hard, eating nothing but high quality foods, and staying as active as possible, and yet, your body isn’t changing quite as much as you hoped. Sound familiar? This is the case for ... Continue Reading
Taming the Fire: Adapting Training Programs to Your Needs
Following on from this week’s earlier article about learning how to tame fire and make it work for yourself, it seemed logical to show you how this process may work. I’m in the middle of a pretty cool ... Continue Reading
How Much Should You Work Out? Science Takes a Look
Exercise volume is one of the most critical components of training. It is a central tenet of mine that exercising at the highest volume from which you can recover is the best way to prepare for sport or to ... Continue Reading
5 Misconceptions About the Globo Gym
As an experienced CrossFit athlete and coach, I have learned some valuable lessons along the way. One of the most important things I've learned is to not judge a book by its cover, or in this case not ... Continue Reading
Biomechanics and Newton’s Laws: Force-Time Curves and Human Movement
In my last article we covered a few of the relatively simple, but fundamental definitions that underpin sport and exercise biomechanics, relating them to the kettlebell swing. Now, although very ... Continue Reading
Statins Negate Positive Effects of Fish Oil
Omega-3 fatty acids, like EPA and DHA found in fish oil, are turning out to be miracle drugs that protect us from myriad ailments ranging from arthritis to Alzheimer’s. Statins, another class of drugs, are ... Continue Reading
