On February 12-13, 2008, a CrossFit HQ staff went to Alamo CrossFit in San Antonio, TX for a special Level 1 certification seminar. Members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from the Brooke Army Medical Center gathered to learn the basics of functional movement and how to scale for any starting point.
In this video from CrossFit Again Faster, the trainers collected for a post-cert workout. They… Continue Reading
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In LEO/Mil, Medical/Injuries, Videos
April 25, 2009
On February 12-13, 2008, a CrossFit HQ staff went to Alamo CrossFit in San Antonio, TX for a special Level 1 certification seminar. Members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from the Brooke Army Medical Center gathered to learn the basics of functional movement and how to scale for any starting point.
In this video by CrossFit Again Faster, Kyle Maynard talks about the gains he’s seen—both physical and mental—after every CrossFit… Continue Reading
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This is Part 7 of the second episode of the Boz and Todd Experience. Boz and Todd, with special guest Chris Spealler, conducted four training sessions at Front Range CrossFit. Except for scheduling the athletes, these sessions were unplanned. They met with the athletes for the first time that night, interviewed them about their strengths and weaknesses, and took them through a training session and workout. Real world training with several of… Continue Reading
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In Radio
April 24, 2009
Todd Widman is an affiliate (CrossFit Flathead), one of HQ’s top trainers, and now one of the heads of the Risk Retention Group (RRG). Todd explained what an RRG is and why it is a must have for affiliate owners. Todd also spoke about coaching styles and what style he likes to adopt as well as what style of coaching he responds to best. Two clips were played as examples of different but effective styles: one clip… Continue Reading
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Rachel Medina is the co-owner of CrossFit South San Clemente, and she’s also a part of CrossFit HQ’s traveling Level 1 seminar team.
In this clip from Jordan Gravatt of CrossFit by Overload, Rachel “Funky-Cold” Medina teaches the sumo deadlift highpull to Level 1 participants at the CrossFit certification seminar at CrossFit San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.
Rachel, once again, entertains as she draws from the most creative and effective cues out there… Continue Reading
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Robert Bernet applied for the Editor-in-Chief job at the CrossFit Journal. In trying to think of a way to make him stand out above the crowd he came up with the idea of doing a blog dedicated to getting Lauren Glassman’s attention. It is www.heylaurenyoushouldhirerob.blogspot.com. Robert talked about his ideas for the blog and how he keeps it creative and humorous. He explained how he got… Continue Reading
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This is the 7th episode of the Weekend Edition of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PDT on Sunday, April 19th, 2009.
This Weekend Edition episode features Andy Petranek from CrossFit LA on the subject of CrossFit Basics: What you need to know before you WOD. Dave Young asks Andy to comment on the importance of form and progression, and to give the listener a more in-depth explanation of the… Continue Reading
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In Audio, ExPhysiology, Videos
April 22, 2009
In CrossFit and in life, we go overhead. Kelly Starrett, of San Francisco CrossFit, explains the essential anatomy and physiology of the shoulder in this excerpt from his one day seminar at CrossFit Santa Cruz on November 9, 2008.
The shoulder is designed primarily for mobility. There are a number of forces that rotate it internally, while there are relatively few forces rotating externally. Balancing the shoulder so… Continue Reading
