In CrossFit, HD Videos, Sports Applications
February 08, 2012
Band sprints are no joke.
“It gets a little serious ... especially if you’ve never done ’em right,” Raphael Ruiz says during a CrossFit Football Trainer Course.
He instructs the group on how to do band sprints safely and effectively. Build up to the sprint and then kick up the asphalt, Ruiz explains. The goal is to teach athletes speed, not to provide so much resistance that they’re barely moving.
“We’re not trying to make this an… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit, Sports Applications, Videos
February 07, 2012
In Vermont, there is no high-school swimming, so in the Burlington area, students go to Green Mountain Aquatics on the campus of Saint Michael’s College.
Laura Matuszak has been there for 15 years. She owns and operates the USA Swimming club, and she’s also the head coach. The team, which competes as far away as California, began doing CrossFit as part of its so-called “dry-land training” in the last year and a half. It’s a great departure… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit Games, Radio, Sports Applications
January 25, 2012
On Episode 208 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit competitor Kasey Marble and Georgia Tech professor Dr. Ken Gall. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
The WOW (WOD of the Week) is from CrossFit 413 in Ft. Smith, Ark.
Start a 10-minute running clock.
15-12-9 reps of:
115-lb. thrusters
Chest-to-bar pull-ups
Complete as many burpees as possible in the time… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit, HD Videos, Sports Applications, Videos
January 22, 2012
Charlotte Bellis might be a TVNZ news reporter, but she was more than prepared to answer the call when a local promoter asked her to jump in the boxing ring to raise funds for people affected by the Feb. 22, 2011, earthquake that struck Christchurch, N.Z.
Bellis trained with a boxing coach and at Reebok CrossFit Canterbury but wasn’t prepared for a hospitalization two months before the fight. She recovered… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit, Sports Applications, Videos
January 18, 2012
Maree Bowden started playing netball when she was 5 years old.
After 12 years in New Zealand’s national women’s game, she found her training stale. Enter Reebok CrossFit Canterbury, which recently opened in Canterbury, New Zealand.
“I just wanted to try something different,” Bowden explains. “I came along and fell in love with the concept.”
A different workout each day is what she loves, she says.
“And I love competing against the boys,” Bowden says with a big laugh. “I try to beat… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, HD Videos, Sports Applications
January 08, 2012
Ben and Owen Franks are professional rugby players for the New Zealand All Blacks, winners of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
In Part 2, the brothers are training on the beach, and it looks a little like the harsh tests of SEALFIT’s Kokoro Camp. With two competitive, powerful beasts going head-to-head at the highest level of their nation’s sport, you can expect the occasional punch-up, but father Ken Franks says his sons are… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, HD Videos, Sports Applications
January 01, 2012
Ben and Owen Franks are professional rugby players for the New Zealand All Blacks, winners of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Take a peek into their lives and see how they balance training, family and nutrition.
In addition to their sports-specific training, both brothers are dedicated CrossFitters and run their own affiliate: Reebok CrossFit Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. For them, both rugby and CrossFitting are a… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
December 25, 2011
Gary McLean, owner of CrossFit 365 in South Wales, shares how he started his U.K. affiliate and how the Ospreys Rugby team has embraced CrossFit and shares its facility with the affiliate.
Mark Bennett, the head strength-and-conditioning coach for the Ospreys, and his assistant, Kevin Morgan, discuss how beneficial CrossFit has been for their athletes.
“It’s not just the physical ability,” Bennett says. “It gives us that mental edge, hopefully.”
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