The push press, push jerk, and split jerk are some of our athletes’ favorite movements.  What’s not to love?  Moving heavy weight overhead makes one feel strong and able.  As good as they make us feel now though, we’re all still missing out on maximizing our potential because of error

As CrossFit trainers we get asked this question a lot.  Because the mainstream fitness model revolves around body building methods (isolation movements and machines) it is difficult for people to come to terms, at first, with CrossFit’s apparent abdominal neglect.  Go to any CrossFit

Yep, you heard us correctly.  And, no, it isn’t April Fools day.  We didn’t mispeak.  We rarely mispeak.  Why, then, is it that members always seem to question the validity of the 5k Run day?  Is running not an exercise?  Is a 5k run not a workout?  Hopefully the answer to both of tho

Surprise, surprise.  Rich Froning won the CrossFit Games for the third year in a row.  Without question we can say he is the fittest man on the planet.  The constantly varied format of the Games means that three completely different tests were thrown Froning’s way, and each time he ca

“If you do not squat, your knees are not healthy regardless of how free of pain or discomfort you are.” -Greg Glassman This wonderful quote from Glass Glassman, founder of CrossFit, fits well with a discussion on health.  For our purposes it can also read “If you do not eat right and

Want to know a secret? Okay, cool, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else. Deal? This is how you get significantly better at CrossFit. DO THE CFK WARM-UP! Like the basic air squat, warm-ups are often overlooked and underestimated. If you aren’t taking it seriously, then

Most people tend to live their lives retrospectively. That is, they wait for things to play out before deciding to look back and make judgments about the choices that were made. This lifestyle can lead to missed opportunity and, possibly, bad choices. A little foresight can go a long

Another holiday, another successful event. The turn out for this year’s Memorial Day event was absolutely fantastic, and judging by the way most of your bodies were feeling the next day, it sounds like Murph definitely struck again. Given the awesome cause though, most will prob