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The Importance of Cooling Down After a Race or Workout

I enjoy watching the finish of a good race. But I see many people make that final push for the finish - then cruise to a stop to get their breath, go over to the car park for a chat, or sit and wait for ... Continue Reading

Coordination Training for Future Champions

Almost a half-century ago, a famous Finnish coach and athletic authority Lauri Pihkala said, "Boys don't be in a hurry to join the men." His warning is still applicable today and should be ... Continue Reading

The Signature Heard ‘Round the World: CrossFit vs. the NPFL

I am going to go out on a limb here. I believe that the National Pro Fitness League will be a remarkable success. Call it a hunch, call it intuition, but I am willing to state with hubristic abandon that ... Continue Reading

Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 4, Day 2

EDITOR'S NOTE: These workouts are written by Tim Anderson, founder of Original Strength. Tim's goal as a coach is "to set people free through movement." Regain your original strength with this four-week ... Continue Reading

Telling the Athlete’s Story – Jorge Huerta Photography (Featured Photographer)

As a child growing up in Mexico, Jorge Huerta rarely got to watch American movies. When he did, he was drawn to the powerful stories of directors like Spielberg and Coppola. Later in life, Jorge came to ... Continue Reading

The 4 Paradoxes of Boxing (and Fighting)

“One of the paradoxes of boxing is that the viewer inhabits a consciousness so very different from that of the boxer as to suggest a counter-world.” - Joyce Carol Oates Having studied boxing and the ... Continue Reading

Things Are Changing in the BJJ Competition World

If you are involved in the Brazilian jiu jitsu community, then you may have heard talk from frustrated competitors opposed to the use of stalling guards such as the 50/50 guard. Within the past two months ... Continue Reading

3 Things I Learned While Sitting Out the CrossFit Games Open

The excitement of the CrossFit Open has passed and Thursday afternoons are once again just another run-of-the mill day. As the clock struck 5:00pm PST on March 31, CrossFitters around the world breathed a ... Continue Reading

Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 4, Day 1

Get to It: A Lesson in Positivity Through Fallen Heroes

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at around 2:43pm, a fire broke out in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. There, two firefighters would find themselves trapped in the basement of a four-story inferno. Sadly, ... Continue Reading

Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 3, Day 2

Weekly Work-In: Week 6 – Getting Past the Ego

One of my teachers, Swami Satyananda, says Rene Descartes got it all wrong when he posited, "I think, therefore I am." This cannot be true in itself, according to Satyananda, because the only way I know "I ... Continue Reading

Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 8, Day 1

If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading

What’s Underneath: Our Inner Desire to be Overcomers

Click Here to Start Tim Anderson's Free 4-Week Crawling Program We all have our own reasons for training. Some of us want to be top athletic performers. Some of us want to strong, fast, or powerful. Some ... Continue Reading

Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 3, Day 1

How Not to Be “That” Sport Parent: 6 Positive Actions You Can Take

Coach, trainer, or parent, we have all been there. Cringing while a parent shouts out derogatory statements about a coach, referee, or child (their child or someone else’s). Fortunately, most people shy ... Continue Reading

Strongman Series: The Farmer’s Walk

Click Here to Try Our Free Strongman Workouts Want to take your training to the next level? Thought you might. What if I told you it was as simple as picking up a couple of heavy objects and walking with ... Continue Reading

Dear Video Judges: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

This is in no way meant to criticize a young lady by the name of Denisse Tame from CrossFit Alpha in the Latin American Region. She’s a fine athlete I am sure, and a nice person. But Denise had the ... Continue Reading

Go Big or Don’t Bother: 3 Steps to Fulfilling Lifelong Dreams

Back when I was finishing high school there was a Saturday afternoon sports show called Wide World of Sports. As an Australian show, it was filled for the most part with stuff I had no interest in like ... Continue Reading

Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 7, Day 1

Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 2, Day 2

The Origins and Application of the Max Effort Black Box Concept

Back in 2002 I was one year into altering my professional path. I had struggled in a 100% one-on-one private training model and decided to move some of my focus to group training. One day while surfing ... Continue Reading