(This was an op-ed piece by Kai Rainey, a CrossFit Level 1 certificate holder, who has been doing CrossFit for over a year. She had dealt with very serious weight and health issues before beginning CrossFit. This is part one of her series imploring people who are overweight to begin CrossFit. Credit to her and…
We’ve previously discussed the importance of intensity but we haven’t really hammered down the details as to why. We have discussed CrossFit’s definition of fitness which is: increase in work capacity across broad times and modal domains. There’s a lot there but all that means is how much work can you do, in any amount…
If you ask a random person what they expect out of a personal trainer they might say something like, “I expect to be told how to workout and be made sore.” When breaking this thought down the specificity of it rings hollow and largely superficial. The trainer used to be more of a hobby/job than…
How long have you been doing CrossFit? I will be celebrating 6 months doing CrossFit on May 20!!! What is your favorite CrossFit workout and/or movement? I look forward to learning a new movement each day. Lifting days have become a favorite day to see just how much I have grown in my strength. What do you…
Like the word fitness, the word “functional” has long been something that could have 20 different meanings to 20 different people. Watch a few minutes of infomercials and you might see someone claiming that the bosu ball, trx bands and yoga are all functional movements. Before we get into the actual definition of functional movements,…
