CrossFit WOD

Joint Angles For The Olympic Lifts? Marko Asks: I have a question that bothers me for a couple of weeks now:  Some coaches like to prescribe numbers for the angle in the first pull.  Like 40 degree back angle from the… Read more »

Patrick Vellner On Training, Managing Time, & His Advice For the Community. Plus, Two Sample Training Days! In the sport of CrossFit, Canada’s Patrick Vellner has a resume that speaks for itself. His first three individual appearances at the CrossFit… Read more »

Racing With Purpose: Charity, Struggle, and Plenty of Mud in Kauai It’s just after sunrise on Saturday morning in the Omao region of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The normally quiet and peaceful private lands of the Knudsen Trust spanning… Read more »

Medial Elbow Pain From Weightlifting? If you have medial elbow pain, give this exercise a shot 3 days a week for 3 sets of 10-12 reps at the end of your workout. Use both hands to pull down, then one… Read more »

How to Get Optimal Sleep to Recover Lifting heavy weights is healthy. It’s linked to an enormous variety of benefits , and it’s linked with a huge variety of benefits that include improved learning capacity, better cholesterol levels, lower inflammation,… Read more »

Brain Surgeon Calls on Former Patients Turned CrossFitters to Compete for a Worthy Cause The 52-year-old was diagnosed with glioblastoma – a terminal brain tumor – in June 2018. What started as a migraine he simply couldn’t shift: “I was… Read more »

Benefits of Bodyweight Workouts Bodyweight workouts can deliver potent fitness in a short amount of time. They can deliver quick fitness. Bodyweight workouts have a low barrier to entry, both physically, financially, and mentally. Going into the gym is always… Read more »

Why Wear Weightlifting Shoes? There are 3 reasons to wear weightlifting shoes: The lifted heel effectively increases ankle range of motion, allowing a deeper and more upright squat position. The thin, hard soles absorb very little force, which means more… Read more »

“She fell Sara, I can’t get her up!” In memory of Gigi, who passed away just a few weeks after I wrote this. Though she was little, she was fierce and strong in her own way and inspired me to… Read more »

Why Are You Still Using RX? Do you know why you are still using RX?  When I ask that in coaching workshops, I usually get a gym full of people looking at me as if I were eating kittens, then… Read more »