In Athletes, Sports Applications
February 08, 2014
Former and current Olympians talk about the evolution of skiing and snowboarding at the Winter Olympics. Equipment and training have changed, but the love of competition remains constant.
In Sochi, Russia, freestyle skier Keri Herman will represent the United States in her first Olympic Games. She’ll compete in the slopestyle competition, and it’s the first time the event will be included at the Winter Olympics.
Herman’s been training hard on and off… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit Games, Sports Applications, Swimming
January 14, 2014
The Pool event at the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games revealed dramatic differences in swimming efficiency. Adam Palmer explains how you can learn to cut through the water.
The 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games introduced a swimming event held in a pool, which was unprecedented in the brief history of the Games. The event was 10 rounds of a 25-yard swim, 3 bar muscle-ups and another 25-yard swim, and the short lengths in the water revealed the… Continue Reading
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In Combatives, HD Videos, LEO/Mil, Sports Applications
December 26, 2013
Most CrossFit athletes know the cramping, burning ache in the forearms caused by Fran, but few have pushed through that to fire a gun at a target.
At a Nov. 16 competition in Florida, three-time CrossFit Games champion Rich Froning did exactly that as part of a five-event challenge involving fitness and firearms.
“I’m comfortable with guns. Doesn’t mean I’m accurate with guns,” Froning says.
The champ competed against a field that… Continue Reading
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In HD Videos, Sports Applications
December 17, 2013
Every year in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, area businesses gather for the annual Kai ’Opua Businessmen’s Regatta, a quarter-mile sprint. CrossFit Kona, with a lot of former paddlers in its ranks, signed up a men’s and women’s team. Monty Enriquez, however, is not among the experienced.
“It’s going to be interesting to see how this goes,” the CrossFit Kona owner says with a wide smile.
At the start of the race, one team member snaps his… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit, HD Videos, Sports Applications
December 11, 2013
To hear Albert Azaryan tell the story, you’d think he was just doing his due diligence.
At the 1953 U.S.S.R. Championship, while holding an iron cross on the rings, he actually checked in with the judges to see if he was meeting the standards for the movement.
“I would turn my face to the left and the right, and I asked the judges, ‘Is it enough holding the cross?’ And they said, ‘Yes.’… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit, HD Videos, Sports Applications
November 13, 2013
Twenty-two stages and multiple moving and stationary targets—all in Hurricane, Utah.
It’s the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s Open and Limited 10 National Handgun Championships.
“Basically, for most folks this is sort of a culmination of the year. It’s also one of the most difficult matches from a shooting-test standpoint,” explains Dave Re, a practical shooting grand master who works at CrossFit Inc. headquarters in Scotts Valley, Calif. Re… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit Striking, Sports Applications
November 07, 2013
CrossFit Striking combines punches and kicks with traditional CrossFit movements to introduce new elements into training.
I closed my eyes and spun in a circle, around and around, until I felt a tap on my shoulder.
“Knee strike!” someone shouted.
I opened my eyes and dizzily threw three unsteady knee strikes into a focus pad. Before I could finish the third one, I felt another tap on my shoulder.
“Palm-heel strike!”
Each time I finished one set… Continue Reading
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In Athletes, CrossFit, HD Videos, Sports Applications
November 07, 2013
Three years ago, the Angel City Derby Girls were at the bottom of the barrel in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association rankings.
“We couldn’t win a single game,” says team captain Jane Wilkins.
As of Sept. 30, the squad is ranked sixth of 166 teams spread over three divisions.
Roughly a year ago, Angel City started incorporating CrossFit into its training.
It began with one of the team’s jammers, who goes by the name… Continue Reading
