I read somewhere over the weekend that a long-prominent strength and conditioning coach has completely banned Box Jumps from his training programs for his athletes; the risk/reward “ratio” was “too high.” Okay. I get it, I do. In the last 24 hours, I’ve watched at least 4 people trip up in a multitude of ways [...]
CrossFit is a lifestyle, not a workout routine. This comes as a shock to many who simply window-shop our website or the CrossFit.com mothership. “21-15-9 for time,” after all, sounds a lot like a prescription for a rep scheme, and very little like an investment in goal setting, nutrition education, rehabilitation, and personal responsibilty. But [...]
This years CrossFit Games was perhaps the most functional test of General Physical Preparedness yet. Individual Athletes (their sport is Fitness!) were exposed to fantastic combinations of the 10 General Physical Components of Fitness: Workout 1, Snatches and Muscle-Ups, stressed Flexibility, Speed, Power, and Coordination. Workout 2, Middle Distance Running mixed with High-Rep Kettlebell Swings [...]
