In Athletes, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, HD Videos, Medical/Injuries
May 14, 2013
As a child, Annie Thorisdottir took ballet. It didn’t stick for long, though. Like her cousins, she wanted to try gymnastics. She made it to Iceland’s national team but quit to focus on high-school studies.
“Going from training 24 hours a week into training not at all didn’t really work out for me,” the 23-year-old two-time CrossFit Games champion says with her quintessential smile.
So she started ballet again, and dance. That, too… Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In Athletes, CrossFit, CrossFit Games, Radio
May 09, 2013
On Episode 275 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Chris Dozois, who won the CrossFit Games Open in the South West. Also on the show was Rainier CrossFit owner and HQ Seminar Staff member Kurtis Bowler. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
3:41 Chris Dozois finished at the top of the Open leaderboard in the South West, placing ahead of Games competitors Chris… Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In Athletes, CrossFit Games, HD Videos, Sports Applications
May 07, 2013
At 13, Anna Tunnicliffe decided she wanted to win an Olympic medal in sailing. And she did, taking gold in the Laser Radial class at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
“(It’s) the most amazing feeling in the world,” she says. “Not too many people can say they’ve won one.”
Now 30, Tunnicliffe began training at CrossFit B&S in Miami about a year and a half ago.
“I was fit, but I was just not getting fitter. I wasn’t getting… Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In Affiliation, CrossFit Games, Radio
May 03, 2013
On Episode 274 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit Belltown owner and HQ Seminar Staff member Nadia Shatila, as well as HQ Seminar Staff member Miranda Oldroyd. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.
2:28 Nadia Shatila and several CrossFit Belltown athletes were fortunate enough to attend a recent lecture by Coach Greg Glassman at the University of Washington, and… Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In Athletes, CrossFit Games, HD Videos
April 28, 2013
As they ride to the gym before the announcement of Workout 13.4, Chris Spealler tells Director of the Games Dave Castro, Rory Mckernan and Graham Holmberg that he got no-repped on his fourth rep in 13.3, which began with 150 wall-ball shots.
Spealler can’t figure out how the ball hovered just off the wall for a no-rep but still seemed to bounce back to him. It’s a physics problem a host of athletes are pondering in the post-Open period.
Castro says … Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In Affiliation, Coaching, CrossFit Games, Radio
April 27, 2013
On Episode 273 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Jessa Lemoine, who placed 20th at the CrossFit Games in 2012, as well as HQ Seminar Staff member Cherie Chan. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.
2:03 Jessa Lemoine is the head trainer at CrossFit Back Bay. The box is only three blocks away from where the bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, and Lemoine gave an… Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In Athletes, CrossFit Games, HD Videos
April 24, 2013
Countless hours went into producing the unveiling events for each of the five workouts of the CrossFit Games Open. In Part 1 of this series, take a look at everything that happened before Director of the Games Dave Castro finally broke the suspense and released the events during the live broadcasts.
Included are tidbits like the old-fashioned barber-shop shave before 13.2 with Castro, Games Head Judge Adrian Bozman and CrossFit… Continue Reading
Free Download
Comment
In CrossFit, CrossFit Games, LEO/Mil, Radio
April 13, 2013
On Episode 271 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed 2009 CrossFit Games champion Tanya Wagner and CrossFit HQ’s Pat Sherwood. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
3:30 Tanya Wagner is a member of CrossFit’s Level 1 Seminar Staff, owner of CrossFit Apex and a commentator for CrossFit Media. She’s also a top athlete who earned a spot to compete in the Mid Atlantic Regional… Continue Reading