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8 Ways to Improve Your Rest

8 Ways to Improve Your Rest

Do you ever wonder how pro athletes can train multiple times per day, at a high intensity? Well, their strength is one thing but the secret to their great performance actually lies in how good their recovery is. Athletes who make a serious effort to recover by getting the rest...

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Learning the Squat Clean With Khan Porter

Learning the Squat Clean With Khan Porter

The clean, one of two Olympic lifts, is a common ingredient in CrossFit classes and WODs. There are two main variations: the power clean (where the bar is caught above parallel), and the squat clean or clean (where you ride the bar all the way down into a squat). Right...

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How to Optimize Every WOD

How to Optimize Every WOD

CrossFit is well known for the variety and unexpectedness which comes with every WOD. Your body is always surprised, challenged and pushed to your limits. Everyone is adequately challenged and you rarely do the same routine twice a week. There are always new opportunities to test your progress as an...

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Pregnancy Didn’t Stop This CrossFit Team Champion

Pregnancy Didn’t Stop This CrossFit Team Champion

The debate surrounding whether or not it's safe to practice CrossFit while pregnant continues; but one woman has done her part to put the naysayers to rest: Michaela North not only competed at the CrossFit Games while pregnant — she won! North was a few weeks pregnant when she set...

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The CrossFit Kettlebell Specialty Course is Here to Up Your KB Game

The CrossFit Kettlebell Specialty Course is Here to Up Your KB Game

While CrossFit is about being good at many different things, they still offer more specific training so you can improve in each area. Enter CrossFit courses. Aside from attending Level 1 and Level 2 seminars to receive your certification, CrossFit offers a variety of specialty courses; and they've recently revamped...

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Knee Wraps or Knee Sleeves?

Knee Wraps or Knee Sleeves?

Finding the right fitness accessory for your workout routines might just give you the added boost that you are looking for. Let’s talk about knee sleeves versus knee wraps. You may have noticed a couple of people wearing knee accessories at the gym. While they do look cool, knee wraps...

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How to Make Training More Fun

How to Make Training More Fun

The road to fitness is a tough one. That’s a truth most of us know. It’s also a reason that people hesitate on changing their lifestyles in the first place. What if there was one simple truth that would blow your mind? What if I told you that you can...

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CrossFit Announces 2017 Team Series

CrossFit Announces 2017 Team Series

CrossFit HQ has announced the details surrounding this year's CrossFit Team Series. Read all about it here. 

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The Benefits of Body Language

The Benefits of Body Language

Whether it’s dominating the competition world or meeting your own fitness goals, most athletes strive to be at peak performance. No matter what the motivation, reaching the apex of health and fitness is a never-ending challenge. Dedicated athletes rarely miss a day of training. They eat all the right foods...

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CrossFit Announces How to Watch the Games

CrossFit Announces How to Watch the Games

Today, CrossFit released all the details you'll need to plan your watch party for the CrossFit Games! In addition to streaming live on Facebook, there will be loads of coverage on CBS and CBS Sports Network. Click here for all the details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N11o6srWc1s&t=62s Photo courtesy of CrossFit 

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Shaking It Out

Shaking It Out

If you’ve ever seen an athlete shake their limbs before a big lift or event, chances are you’ve taken notice of the ritual. Some say shaking it out relieves nerves and muscle tightness, making your body ready for what you’re about to do. In this article, we’ll address the question:...

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Functional Fitness for Two

Functional Fitness for Two

Listen to your body. Maybe the best piece of advice when it comes to scaling CrossFit workouts while pregnant. Most avid CrossFit athletes who become pregnant expect that if they are able, they’ll continue to do CrossFit in some capacity throughout the pregnancy. While some women are comfortable jumping rope...

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