I feel pretty confident assuming we all want stronger, leaner muscles. I mean, why wouldn't you?
The more muscles we have the less fat we often carry, and the more confident we feel in achieving both daily activities and physical tasks. There truly is no downside to gaining more muscle mass.
While many of you…
You're powering through a WOD as best you can. The weight is heavy, but not over the top and you're managing to maintain form with speed.
BUT...as the clock ticks on you start to feel your grip failing. Little by little your fingers begin to lose their stronghold and holding onto the bar becomes your…
If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of people who participated in the 2020 CrossFit Open, you may be having a case of the Post-Open Blues. The Blues set in after five weeks of excitement, from the Thursday night announcements (Is it going to be another WOD with dumbbells? Do I need to…
Yay! the Open is here! Last year was my first CrossFit Open, and I scaled it like a BOSS. I spent four minutes to get 23 toes to bar because there was no way I was going to be able to clean even the scaled weights. And those deadlifts? Yeah, I came close to injuring…
I’m not a fan of winter. After living in Colorado as a child, and having Raynaud’s Syndrome, I would be happy never living where it snows again. Somewhere where it’s 70 degrees all year round sounds great to me. . . Alas, I live in the central part of the US, and like many other…
Diane Fu is of one the prominent and most sought after Olympic Weightlifting coaches in the CrossFit community. From time to time she tours the country to hold seminars at CrossFit boxes. I had the pleasure of attending one she held in Detroit. Below is a quick primer on key points of emphasis from the seminar:
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