On Aug. 28, 2009, CrossFit co-founder and CEO Greg Glassman made an appearance on Fort Hood TV during a visit to the U.S. Army facility in Texas. Coach Glassman was invited to speak at a Commanders’ Call just as the Army was doing an eight-week evaluation of CrossFit vs. regular PT. Coach used the occasion to present the Army with $20,000 of fitness gear as part of Operation Phoenix.
He also did an in-studio interview for… Continue Reading
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In Medical/Injuries, Powerlifting, Videos
November 09, 2009
While injuries are a part of any sport, they don’t have to happen all the time.
In his own special way—no BS with extra profanity— strength expert Dave Tate of Elite FTS offers his strategy for avoiding downtime due to injuries:
“We all do stupid shit. It’s just you want to try to stop from doing stupid shit 100 per cent of the time, and just do stupid shit, like, 20 per cent of the time.”
You may not be able to avoid a… Continue Reading
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In Olympic Lifts, Videos
November 08, 2009
In Part 1, Coach Mike Burgener taught a group of athletes the grip and receiving position for the clean. In Part 2, he showed them how to put speed on the bar as they clean it to the rack position. Part 3 finds the CrossFit Olympic-lifting expert teaching the split jerk.
A good split jerk looks like a quarter lunge, where the back heel is off the deck with the weight in… Continue Reading
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“Selena” takes in only 1,200 calories a day. She’s 300 lb. and isn’t losing any weight.
What gives?
Robb Wolf asked that question at a recent CrossFit Nutrition cert, and participants came up with the following answer: the calories Selena takes in constantly raise her insulin levels and encourage her body to store fat. Her consumption of artificial sweeteners compounds the problem.
According to Wolf, artificial sweeteners can create… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
November 05, 2009
Who says big men and women can’t be graceful?
“This one is all about walking smooth,” Kurtis Bowler of Rainier CrossFit says of the yoke walk.
The strongman movement is particularly challenging because it requires more than just raw strength and core stability. One of the keys to the movement is fluidity, and athletes who stagger or change speed while under load will find heavy weights very difficult to control.
“If you start walking and… Continue Reading
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In Gymnastics/Tumbling, Videos
November 04, 2009
Athletes who have been in that frustrating no man’s land between ring pull-up and ring dip have heard a multitude of cues shouted as they struggle through the transition with kicking legs and T-rex arms. Some cues are more helpful than others, and many athletes find themselves baffled by the instructions and completely frustrated by the muscle-up.
Jeff Tucker of GSX Athletics teaches the movement with athletes starting on their knees. That way they can… Continue Reading
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Can you imagine your Fran time if you hadn’t wasted 10 years doing biceps curls?
What if someone had taught you in college to squat below parallel instead of to barely crease your knees while “feeling the burn” in your quads?
How fit and functional would you be right now if you had never set foot in a Globo Gym?
Greg Glassman came up with the CrossFit Kids program to ensure young athletes don’t make the same… Continue Reading
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In Coaching, Olympic Lifts, Videos
November 01, 2009
In Part 1 of this series, Coach Mike Burgener taught a group of athletes the grip and receiving position for the clean. In Part 2, Coach B shows them how to put speed on the bar as they clean it to the rack position.
Drilling from the high hang position, Burgener has the athletes clean the bar, with one trainee getting holy hell for forgetting to use the hook grip. Under threat of burpees, the athlete takes… Continue Reading
