Why The NFL’s Best Can’t Crush CrossFit
AP Images The question has surfaced in conversations for years now, both within the CrossFit world and among its critics: What if one of the fittest athletes from [...]
The Welcome Mat: 7 Tips to Getting Started Right in CrossFit
Amity CrossFit sits on one of the busiest roads in Palo Alto, Calif. Situated in Silicon Valley, a CrossFit hotbed, Amity is a successful gym that is "old-school" CrossFit for [...]
Addressing the Biggest Safety Threat in CrossFit Boxes
AP Images On Jan. 11, elite CrossFit athlete Kevin Ogar competed in the OC Throwdown, a two-day event held in Costa Mesa, Calif. During a Snatch lift with [...]
5 Rules You Must Know Before Taking a Fish Oil Supplement
Background In the late 1980s, some of the first field tests of high-grade fish oil supplements took place with athletes in California. Dr. Barry Sears, Ph.D, a former staff scientist [...]
4 Lessons From a CrossFit Master
Photo: CrossFit® via YouTube Not even the fittest man alive could have kept up with Greg Amundson in his prime. In September of 2007, before CrossFit took off [...]
What Happened When a 300-Pound Chain-Smoker Tried CrossFit
Travis Brumbaugh at CrossFit 428 (Tampa, Fla.) Photo by Jay Kay (jayknickerbockerphotography.com) The first time he walked into a CrossFit box about a year ago, 30-year-old Travis Brumbaugh [...]