In Sports Applications, Videos
January 18, 2010
Flipping a tire is often less about lifting and more about pushing.
Comparing the movement to a hitting a blocking sled on a football field, Kurtis Bowler of Rainier CrossFit says it’s important to push through the tire, driving it up and over rather than just picking it up.
The movement still has some of the characteristics of a deadlift, but Bowler recommends having the feet behind… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
January 10, 2010
Kurtis Bowler of Rainier CrossFit started Rainier CrossFit’s Strongest Man and Woman contest to raise money for Fraxa, a research foundation working on treatments and a cure for fragile X.
Fragile X is the most common inherited cause of mental impairment, and symptoms can include everything from mood disorders to learning disabilities to seizures and beyond. Bowler’s son Casey has fragile X, so the fundraising competition is a very personal… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
January 03, 2010
CrossFitters aren’t big on giving up, so when Kurtis Bowler discovered his son Casey has a condition called Fragile X, he fought back.
Bowler is the owner of Rainier CrossFit and a strongman competitor, so he decided to fight fragile X with fitness. In 2006, he organized Rainier CrossFit’s Strongest Man and Woman contest to raise money for Fraxa, a research foundation working on treatments and a cure for fragile X, sometimes also… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
December 29, 2009
Every CrossFit movement has major form faults such as loss of lumbar curve in a squat or muted hips in a med-ball clean. In stone shouldering, one of the worst faults is simply not trying hard enough.
Lifting a barbell is far easier than lifting an atlas stone, and odd-object lifting has a set of rules all its own. Kurtis Bowler of Rainier CrossFit teaches how to get a heavy stone from the ground to the… Continue Reading
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In Powerlifting, Sports Applications, Videos
December 26, 2009
Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell has produced a host of world- and national-champion powerlifters, and the top lifters at his gym in Columbus, Ohio rival the top lifters in any country. He’s one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength training, and at CrossFit Powerlifting Certs he’ll share his knowledge with our community.
Despite the fact that he’s looking to produce specialists, Simmons has a training philosophy that’s very similar to… Continue Reading
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December 18, 2009
Climbing stairs is a measurable, observable and repeatable activity. Louis Hayes thinks more CrossFitters should add stair climbing to their daily WODs.
This past year I stumbled upon a CrossFit message-board thread about exercises readers thought should be a part of CrossFit programming. I happened to read the thread during my seasonal immersion in winter stair climbing, but my post replying suggesting “stair and hill climbing” went completely ignored… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit Endurance, Running, Sports Applications, Videos
December 15, 2009
The days of long, slow distance work are over—at least for anyone who’s discovered CrossFit. With the CrossFit Endurance program, distance athletes are suddenly finding success without the four-hour steady-state workouts that can beat their bodies into the ground.
Brian MacKenzie breaks the CFE program down into three parts: skills and drills, intensity, and stamina work. Skills are required to prevent injury and give you the tools for success, while… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
December 09, 2009
The Foundations section of the Level 1 Cert Manual is clear:
“Powerful hip extension alone is necessary and nearly sufficient for elite athletic performance. That is, our experience has been that no one without the capacity for powerful hip extension enjoys great athletic prowess, and nearly everyone we’ve met with that capacity was a great athlete.”
Hip extension is key to success in CrossFit, and it’s just as essential to strongman lifts. Rob Orlando… Continue Reading
