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The dip is a classic gym movement that has been utilized to build both strength and those vanity shoulders, pecs, and triceps. The growth of CrossFit has re-popularized the dip, the ring dip, and the ... Continue Reading

Over the next few weeks, throngs of travelers will navigate busy airports and highways en route to holiday celebrations. Indulging in an abundance of holiday cheer is part of what makes this season fun, ... Continue Reading

It seems like a weekend doesn’t go by where there isn’t a new competition popping up in the CrossFit community. Between official CrossFit competitions and unofficial fundraisers, events, and throwdowns, ... Continue Reading

The CrossFit standard workout known as “Diane” consists of: 21-15-9 reps of: 225-pound Deadlifts Handstand Push Ups Diane is one of the many benchmark WODs named after girls. In ... Continue Reading

How often do athletes get injured doing CrossFit? This question evokes anecdotal evidence on both sides of the issue, but very little actual science. The authors of an upcoming study in the Journal of ... Continue Reading

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It’s hard not to draw some comparisons between going to a CrossFit competition and a rave. Pay to get in, see a bunch of girls with great bodies dressed like whores on Halloween, and see rampant and ... Continue Reading

I tried CrossFit for the first time last year and there were a lot of things I loved about it. One of the things I enjoyed learning most was the lingo. For those who aren’t familiar with CrossFit, it has ... Continue Reading

I recently moved and started working in a new physical therapy office. Lucky for business, my new office is in the same complex as a CrossFit gym. Initially, I determined that this particular gym must be ... Continue Reading

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It’s obvious and uncontroversial to say that people have many different types of goals. Some people want to test themselves, and others are more interested in being the best. A program like CrossFit, which ... Continue Reading

It wasn’t that long ago that weekend fitness competitions were few and far between. In 2011 when I launched the Firebreather Throwdown in Cincinnati, there were almost no other competitions in the area. As ... Continue Reading

Hey guys, can we chat? And by “guys,” I mean the boys, girls, men, and women of the CrossFit community. Did you guys see the workout video from “Diemond Dave’s Judy Chompin’ Weightliftin’ Dojo” on YouTube? ... Continue Reading

What a week this has been. It has been quite the roller coaster and I am still trying to come to terms with a great deal of what has happened. Reebok sponsored my trip to the Netherlands where I ... Continue Reading

As a new coach, I am well aware that my CrossFit Level 1 certification can only take me so far as a coach. It’s like reading the Cliffs Notes version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet - you’ll remember the part ... Continue Reading

When I wrote the article in response to an inappropriate picture of Talayna Fortunato being posted on the CrossFit Facebook page, I had no agenda. My intent was merely to express my own disappointment, ... Continue Reading

"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo I owe my brother, Chris, an apology. He ordered a DVD workout series called Les Mills’ Pump and posted on Facebook that he was anxious to get started. ... Continue Reading

I want to open a CrossFit/training facility/studio. I’m gonna share it with everybody and I am going to be awesome. I can work my own hours and wear what I want. This is going to be awesome. Great. ... Continue Reading

"The way I program is on the spot. 100%. I have no idea at this moment what I'm going to do ... Same with Froning. That's what he does." - Jason Khalipa, Second Place - 2013 CrossFit Games I hate ... Continue Reading

They don’t make ‘em like they used to. As I get older (and grumpier - is that inevitable?), I find myself thinking like this more and more. Over the many years I have been involved with the fitness, ... Continue Reading

The overhead squat is a punk. It is one lift that vexes many new CrossFitters and weightlifters alike. Arms collapse, knees come forward, you go up on your toes, and sometimes it feels like your back ... Continue Reading

“Rage-baiting is commonplace and infuriatingly successful, so the most prevalent language of the Internet is at its best cynicism and its worst outright meanness.” - Emily Layden, ... Continue Reading

It seems as of late, especially with the boom of the CrossFit Games, the Rx element has become more important in a CrossFitter's daily workouts. We can admit, we were all beginners at one point in time, ... Continue Reading

I am going to go out on a limb here with a statement: Attending a CrossFit L1 Cert does not qualify you to coach CrossFit. Now, before this is railed as blasphemy, let me put this into ... Continue Reading