It’s not often that most of us can get through our metcon without taking a break at some point. But what are the best ways to get that rest, yet make sure your coach doesn’t yell at you? Below, I ... Continue Reading
The 10 Commandments of CrossFit
Historically, the Ten Commandments set out the laws on how you should live and treat others in your community. One thing that makes CrossFit stand out as a training concept for the long haul is its ... Continue Reading
How to Strategize and Win a WOD Like Rich Froning
Who remembers their first CrossFit workout? For me it was "Cindy" in a hotel gym, and it kicked the living crap out of me. I'd never felt my muscles ache so much or my lungs burn so bad. I peeled ... Continue Reading
How to Simultaneously Succeed in Competitive Sport and CrossFit
Although CrossFit is now a sport in its own right, there are still plenty of people who take it up in order to supplement their other athletic pursuits. That’s how I got into it - I was playing elite-level ... Continue Reading
Programming for CrossFit Strength, Endurance, and Preparedness
Someone asked me how I would program an 8-week CrossFit cycle and I had to say, I wouldn’t. Frankly, I prefer 12, 14 or 16-week programming blocks because I think 8-weeks is just too short to create some ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Keeps Getting Better and Better at CrossFit
Here's the thing about Tia-Claire Toomey, she hadn't been doing CrossFit for a long time when she made it to her first games in 2015. Her background was in track and field but she represented her country ... Continue Reading
CrossFit and MMA Should Be Olympic Events
Let's be honest, CrossFit and MMA are more popular than sport climbing and boxing these days. So, why are we looking at the latter at the Olympics in Tokyo and not the former? It could be that the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Founder, Greg Glassman, Will Roar Back
A new article in the New Yorker, Does CrossFit Have a Future, sounds like a comeback tour of sorts for Greg Glassman, CrossFit's controversial founder. Glassman tells the article's author, Matt Horn, ... Continue Reading
The Cream Rises to the Top for CrossFit Boxes Post-COVID
Mike Tromello from Precision Crossfit has over 20 years of experience and accolades in sports and fitness. His ability to navigate through tough times and grow his business plays a huge role in his ... Continue Reading
Not Swimming and Paddling, CrossFit?!
Since Greg Glassman left CrossFit, the company has moved to Colorado, it has signed on executives who have actually exec'd, and it has got its community all a flutter about competing again. Of ... Continue Reading
The Challenge of Getting on the Podium at the CrossFit Games
Jamie Simmonds, 2019, the Third Fittest Woman on Earth, is an international CrossFit Games champion and ambassador for plant-based nutrition company Nuzest. Formerly a gymnast and rugby player, ... Continue Reading
Are Ripped Hands Still Cool in CrossFit?
For CrossFit addicts, the most telling sign of their addiction is the shredded palms that come from endless bar work. Is it cool? If you bleed for your passion then, sure, it's probably cool if real blood ... Continue Reading
How I Found CrossFit and Community During Lockdown
Being a jiu-jitsu practitioner for the last ten years, I have naturally adopted the mindset to stay calm and leverage opportunities. However, it’s tough to practice the art as regularly as you would like ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Is Not Going Anywhere
I believe that a few other people have had their say, and expressed their opinions about CrossFit's recent issues on these pages. As someone who enjoyed CrossFit when I first founded Breaking Muscle, and ... Continue Reading
The Bleeding Hearts of CrossFit Affiliates
Let's call bullsh*t on the newfound belief in social justice sweeping through CrossFit affiliates. CrossFit's high school musical of dysfunction stopped being interesting years ago. Let's call ... Continue Reading
There is no CrossFit, Just Good and Bad Coaching
By now, most people are aware of the backlash against Greg Glassman, CrossFit's founder and CEO, because of tone-deaf, insensitive, and dismissive remarks he has made about George Floyd's death and ... Continue Reading
Everything You Need to Know to Compete in the New CrossFit Open
The CrossFit Open 2020 starts in October 2019. It's a new set of rules and a new look for CrossFit, and frankly, it might be a little confusing, and I have been doing the Open at all levels since 2011. So, ... Continue Reading
5 Ways That CrossFit May Never Get Fixed
Image courtesy of Bev Childress of Fort Worth, Texas Image courtesy of Bev Childress of Fort Worth, Texas Full Disclosure: I am and will forever be appreciative for what CrossFit and ... Continue Reading
Greg Glassman Wants to Shake Up CrossFit’s Competitive Nature
Although I think there is definite credibility in the article, How Greg Glassman is Reshaping the CrossFit Games by Justin Lofranco, I reserve judgment because there are too many unknowns. Essentially, ... Continue Reading
Don’t Laugh, Hate, or Yawn Watching the CrossFit Games
Image courtesy of CrossFit Inc Image courtesy of CrossFit Inc Full disclosure: I really believe, deep in my heart, that CrossFit changed the gym business for the better over the last decade. I ... Continue Reading
Getting Your Success in 2019 Means Starting Today
Photo of Coach Tromello with CrossFit Games Bound Team Torrance Training Labs at West Regional 2018 Photo of Coach Tromello with CrossFit Games Bound Team Torrance Training Labs at West Regional ... Continue Reading
This Is Supposed to Be Hard
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. “ This Tom Hanks quote from A League of Their Own has become a cliché. But here’s the thing about ... Continue Reading
Quick Tips: CrossFit Qualifiers for Masters and Teens
CrossFit has evolved over the last decade. In that evolution, the Masters and the Teens categories have become a significant factor in competition. This year, we expect over 40,000 female competitors in ... Continue Reading
The 7 Competitor Characteristics in the CrossFit Open
Whilst every athlete is undoubtedly unique, there are 7 broad categories that the majority of CrossFit Open competitors fit into. 1. The Fizzler At the start of the Open this athlete was enthusiastic ... Continue Reading
