March 02, 2014
Knowledge Is Power Program school relies on Los Angeles affiliate owners to help bring CrossFit to new East L.A. junior high.
Paul Austad, Candice Ryu and Shirley Brown didn’t know each other until recently, even through the three grew up in the same rough area of East Los Angeles and have been exposed to much of the same adversity.
But now they’re banding together for a greater cause. Along with a woman named… Continue Reading
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In Kids
February 21, 2014
By imitating and escaping the undead, your kids will avoid becoming unfit.
Infected with fitness, zombie children carrying dumbbells shamble after human kids who traverse obstacles while fleeing the walking dead.
As they say in the movies, cardio is essential to escaping zombies, and your kids will find agility and speed are similarly useful.
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In Affiliation, Kids
February 02, 2014
Schools and CrossFit affiliates are teaming up to improve fitness and brain function in children, and opportunities for funding abound if you know where to look. Chris Cooper explains.
Physical education has flatlined.
While the obesity epidemic rages and many schools lack the money, time or knowledge to implement a comprehensive approach to physical activity, CrossFit Kids is bringing fitness back into the curriculum, and the growing demand is creating new… Continue Reading
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In Affiliation, Kids
January 16, 2014
Nick Loera wanted to bring CrossFit to fellow students at Summit Tahoma. Through the help of the NorCal CrossFit community, he’ll be teaching his peers to squat in February.
Summit Charter High Schools are based on a philosophy that the students should drive their own learning, and 16-year-old Nick Loera took that to heart.
While Summit has a strong approach to developing learning and critical thinking in the classroom, the students lack any… Continue Reading
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In Kids
December 21, 2013
Gift-wrapped rocks make poor presents, but they’re perfect for a CrossFit Kids workout, and you can re-gift them in a special game as well.
If your young ones have a bit too much energy after holiday treats, pull out the rocks for some push presses, and when they're worn out, you can explain why you gave them a bunch of stones for Christmas.
You might want to have a real present handy… Continue Reading
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In Kids
December 14, 2013
Charter school with CrossFit as its physical-education program receives conditional approval.
On Dec. 3, the San Diego Unified Board of Education voted 6-1 in favor of granting conditional approval to Empower Charter School, making it the first school to name CrossFit as a foundation in its petition for charter. About 40 green-clad supporters, including CrossFit originals Greg Amundson and Josh Everett, were in attendance for the… Continue Reading
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In Kids
December 10, 2013
While some boxes can send their CrossFit Kids outside to build real snowmen, others have to get creative and use a bit of imagination.
Lori Hubbard’s fun winter game involves fitness, teamwork, memory work and math skills, and it’s perfect for groups of young athletes.
Aside from the obvious benefits of the game, this snowman won’t melt and make a mess in the gym.
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In Kids, Rest Day/Theory, Special Populations
November 30, 2013
Noble and Empower charter schools find CrossFit fits their mandate to pursue excellence in education.
The Noble Network of Charter Schools is located in the worst neighborhoods of Chicago: Englewood, Garfield Park, West Humble Park. Ninety-five percent of its students live below the poverty line, and many of the schools in the neighborhood are equipped with metal detectors to curb violence. When students enter Noble schools in the ninth grade, they’re… Continue Reading
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