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So you think you know CrossFit, eh? Do you know the history of the games and how it all started on Dave Castro's family farm in Northern California? Here's a brief history of the CrossFit Games that will ... Continue Reading

In order to help you all join in this annual celebration of CrossFit, we are analyizing the WODs and giving tips on how to approach them. We'll be issuing a challenge or two, as well! Today we bring you ... Continue Reading

So you have been doing CrossFit for some time now, and you have made noticeable gains in your fitness. That is great! Now, you should take some time to stop what you are doing and reflect on how incredible ... Continue Reading

The 2014 CrossFit Games began yesterday and we're keeping a close eye on the competition - including our own Patrick McCarty. Patrick is competing in the Games as a masters athlete for the third ... Continue Reading

CrossFit affiliates are a multilevel marketing (MLM) dream come true. They already own a business, they have a ready supply of potential customers, and a preexisting revenue stream. The opposite is not ... Continue Reading

When people ask me if I am still personal training, I tell them I am not. The connotation of the term personal trainer is that it’s, well, personal, which people typically take to mean one-on-one. What I ... Continue Reading

Some CrossFit WODS are designed and some are slapped together. One of the cool things about CrossFit is that you can put together any two or three movements, and call it a WOD. After all, “constantly ... Continue Reading

Every now and then in a fitness program you have to stop what you are doing and think, "What am I really training for anyway?" Are you registered for an upcoming competition of some sort (CrossFit, ... Continue Reading

There was a time when Lindsey Valenzuela was not a household name in the world of functional fitness. Now, she dominates both CrossFit and the NPFL (not to mention the world of weightlifting where she ... Continue Reading

We have entered the Groupon age. CrossFit, once the underground rave of serious fitness enthusiasts, military, police, and fire, has come to the masses. The house fraus have come out to play with the ... Continue Reading

The importance of breathing need hardly be stressed. It provides the oxygen for the metabolic processes; literally it supports the fires of life. But breath as "pneuma" is also the spirit or soul. We live ... Continue Reading

Over the past few years CrossFit’s popularity has skyrocketed, and today there are new gyms opening up on every corner. Unfortunately, the fate of the untrained athlete entering these programs is not good, ... Continue Reading

I never pass up a good Rocky reference. The film: Rocky III. The scene: Rocky has agreed to fight Clubber Lang, played masterfully by a young Mr. T. Rocky, knee deep in his own celebrity, is more concerned ... Continue Reading

Cheryl Brost is a three-time CrossFit Games competitor, a former two-time collegiate soccer national champion, official spokesperson for LivOnLabs, a mother of two, and she’s stronger than most women half ... Continue Reading

If you’ve ever experienced an injury, you know it can be emotionally devastating. You think the world is ending and you feel claustrophobic in a body that no longer performs in a way you’ve come to expect. ... Continue Reading

Everyone who reads Breaking Muscle is serious about their fitness. There's no question about that. But both CrossFitters and triathletes are special breeds. There's an intensity among even amateur athletes ... Continue Reading

In the first article of this series, we discussed how reinforcement plays a role in an athlete’s motivation. Specifically, reward systems using 1) the number of reps or 2) completing a long workout for ... Continue Reading

There is a fairly old Christian-radio song by Chris Rice called Face of Christ. Leaning toward sappy, it is a song hewn in the spirit of the best country-radio storyteller style, the gist of which is that ... Continue Reading

CrossFit’s mantra is “be better than yesterday” and there are a few specific members at your box that will help you achieve that goal. CrossFit is an individual sport, but with a community aspect, so you ... Continue Reading

It happens a lot in the clinic where I work. It happened yesterday, in fact. We rehab a high volume of athletes and a decent active adult population, so it makes sense. To them, we’re the authorities on ... Continue Reading

So, you want to compete at the CrossFit Games? Or at regionals, for that matter? Then you’d better damn well be able to do muscle ups. This last week when the Masters Qualifier workouts were ... Continue Reading