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Peer review is held up as the gold standard of legitimacy in academic publishing, but Lon Kilgore says the system has inherent flaws and isn’t as foolproof as journals would have you believe.

As any reader of CrossFit.com and The Russells blog can attest, exercise-science journals seem to be suffering from compromised systems of publication and ethics.

As scientists, clinicians and practitioners rely on the information contained within journals to provide factual basis… Continue Reading

The individual PDF articles published in July 2014 are collected here in a single download.

The video and audio posts are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

CrossFit Trainer Education and Certification: New Programs and a New Structure - Carroll
Shell Games and Competency: Education vs. Certification - Kilgore
Hanging up His Shoes - Cecil
Deliver Fitness, Not Diagnosis - Kilgore
Clearing the Air - Beers
The Full Snatch - Long
The… Continue Reading

Lon Kilgore advises fitness professionals to work only within the scope of practice dictated by their education.

A professional fitness practitioner is hired to improve fitness levels in trainees or to help them make progress toward some other goal, such as losing weight, gaining weight, improving some aspect of performance, etc. What is important is that the professional must be capable of delivering sound, fact-based training to improve physical function while at the… Continue Reading

Lon Kilgore takes a look at the machine that produces fitness professionals, and he doesn’t like what he sees.

The problem with sport, exercise and fitness certifications is that they propose to supplant university education. The problem with sport, exercise and fitness university education is that they can.

Before you applaud or get your shotgun, no one really wins in this scenario—not the trainer, not the trainee.

It is an all-too-common occurrence for graduates in… Continue Reading

The topic is the “knees out” cue in this episode of Offline, an unscripted presentation of guests debating controversial subjects in the CrossFit world.

Host Russell Berger welcomes four guests:

• Kelly Starrett, leader of CrossFit Mobility seminars, owner of San Francisco CrossFit, doctor of physical therapy and author of Becoming a Supple Leopard.

• Jacob Tsypkin, owner of CrossFit Monterey.

• Lon Kilgore, professor at the University of West Scotland… Continue Reading

The individual PDF articles published in October 2012 are collected here in a single download.

The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

What Should We Eat—and Why? - Cej
Applied Fitness: CrossFit Defense - Randolph
Short and Simple—and Effective - Starr
Coconut Popsicles - Brown/Dazet
The CrossFit SAT-Prep Program - Glassman et al.
Christine Girard on Olympic Bronze - Beers
Shop Like a Detective - Ford
Fat of the… Continue Reading

Dr. Lon Kilgore finds a numbers game at the heart of the obesity epidemic.

An increased frequency of obesity is a cross-societal issue that is receiving a tremendous amount of scientific and media attention. Current estimates of obesity range from 33.8 percent in the U.S., 23.0 percent in the U.K. (with Scotland leading the way with 27.0 percent) to an international low of 3.4 percent in Japan.

There are myriad proposed explanations… Continue Reading

What’s the best running shoe? The one you like, says Doug Katona of CrossFit Endurance.

“All running is natural,” he explains.

Simply teach athletes good mechanics and problems will go away, Katona says.

In terms of minimalist shoes, he says they’re great except for one problem: “If you’re heel striking in a flat shoe, you’re really screwed. If you’re wearing a Vibram and you ... run a mile in bad… Continue Reading

Here are the individual PDF articles published in January 2011, collected together in a single download.

The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

Fitness Is ... Exposure and Impartial - Morrison
When Minor Becomes Major - Burke
Remembering Lumpy - Cecil
Fitness Is ... Identity and Personal - Morrison
DIY Dip Stand - Rice
Dips: The Forgotten Shoulder Exercise - Starr
The P-Word - Moore
Training Quality Trainers - Pak
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The “perfect shoe” may not exist, so Dr. Lon Kilgore offers up a system designed to help you select the best footwear for any sport.

There has been a tremendous amount of online chatter about what shoe to wear while CrossFitting. Hundreds and hundreds of expert and not-so-expert opinions are floating around the Internet. This person recommends one model and brand of shoe because he or she likes it. This person… Continue Reading

Here are the individual PDF articles published in November 2010, collected together in a single download.

The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

Leading Marines—or Athletes - Barnett
Burg’s Eye View No. 1 - Burgener
Athletes—Always - Berger
The Cogni-Gym: From Whiteboard to Chalkboard? - Cooper
Fitness Is ... Potential - Morrison
Lifting Out of Pain - Williams
Conjugate CrossFit - Mason
Paradigm Lost - Kilgore
Improving the Full Snatch - Starr
The Athletic Hip… Continue Reading

The hip is essential to elite performance. Dan Hollingsworth explains how this complex joint works.

An easy case can be made for the hip being the most important anatomic region in all athletic endeavors. Before this argument can be made, we must have a clear picture of the anatomic structure and biomechanics of this complex region.

The true hip joint, otherwise known as the “coxofemoral joint,” is the articulation between the femur… Continue Reading

Dr. Lon Kilgore questions the modern foundations of the study of exercise physiology and suggests a new way forward.

“Into what abyss of fears and horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.” —John Milton, Paradise Lost

I don’t know why no one has asked this before. I don’t know why it has come down to me to ask a question central to the existence of an academic discipline. But someone needs to cowboy… Continue Reading

Why do we run? And more importantly, how should we run?

The legions of marketing mavens hawking running shoes will tell you a heel strike is safe with their shoes on, but some scientists happen to vehemently disagree. The controversy over this subject can be as heated as the ideal-diet debate.

Dr. Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and an avid runner. His research on human evolution and… Continue Reading

Dr. Nicholas Romanov is in front of a crowd of CrossFit subject-matter experts, HQ trainers and media to explain how to run efficiently, safely and sustainably—how to run in the Pose Method.

The technical differences between the proper running posture, or Pose, and inefficient movement can be summed up easily: pull vs. push. This oversimplified explanation would do in a pinch, but it doesn’t truly flesh out the details of Dr… Continue Reading

We’re back with Dr. Nicholas Romanov at the University of San Diego to learn more about his discovery of the Pose Method. In this third installment, the good doctor delves into the simplicity and beauty of Pose but reveals the dirty truth of “perception.” By utilizing the affects of gravity and a well-defined stride, runners improve their efficiency—but finding that stride isn’t easy.

“We do drills not for the sake of drills,” Romanov says… Continue Reading

We’re back at Front Range CrossFit for a look at one of the elements of the training camp Skip Miller held to ready athletes for the CrossFit Games qualification process.

This time around, athletes are tackling Grace, a 30-rep clean-and-jerk workout with moderate weight. The goal is to improve upon previous times through some simple coaching and cueing throughout.

“Smooth is fast,” Miller tells his cohort just before putting them… Continue Reading

The individual PDF articles published in May 2010 are collected here in a single download.

The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

Kilgore - Getting Some Leverage
Various - You Be the Affiliate!
Morrison - California Via Europe?
Starr - The Quick Lifts: Start Here
Halmi - The Path to Fitness
Ames - Showcasing Excellence: The Intro
Daigle - Training With the Enemy
Cooper - Rewiring the Body
Zimmer - Your Form Sucks… Continue Reading

Dr. Lon Kilgore says paying attention to simple mechanics can help great coaches improve technique and get better results in the CrossFit box.

The human body is a complex system of levers that enables us to perform everything from very basic to extremely complex movements. Individually, levers are simple machines, and we can think of the body as a collection of machines.

During exercises, we want to use the levers… Continue Reading

The individual PDF articles published in March 2010 are collected here in a single download.

The video and audio articles are not contained in the PDF.

The articles included here are:

Fournier - The Fish Go CrossFit
Seryak - CrossFit Westside?
Fernandez - Quality of Life, Not Leisure
Williams - Weakness Bias Training
Mason - Optimized Post-Workout Nutrition for the CrossFit Athlete
Sullivan - A Vote for CrossFit
Houghton - Get Some More
Kilgore - Running the… Continue Reading