5 Reasons Why Open Water Swimming Will Improve Your Crossfit Performances
Open Water Swimming in the Crossfit Games In the 2015 Crossfit Games, the athletes had to complete two separate 500m sea swims as part of the Pier Paddle Event. This caused havoc amongst many of the...
View ArticleThe Strength Motivation you Need to Lift BIG in 2016
Olympic lifts and compound barbell exercises are excellent marks of personal strength. As we move into 2016, I’ll bet that there are a lot of you out there in the Crossfit community with numbers and...
View ArticlePerfecting your Grip and Arm Positioning during Muscle Ups
Maintaining control over the bar or the rings is vital when you are working on Muscle Ups. There are two options: You can establish the grip control as you are swinging / pulling, or during the ‘catch’...
View Article10 Crossfit Cards to Motivate you for 2016
It’s almost the end of year! So with one eye on your achievements of 2015, and the other focused on 2016 and the future, here are 10 great Crossfit quote cards to motivate you to keep progressing, stay...
View Article5 Principles for Crossfit Success in 2016
Success creates results, energy, momentum, pride, happiness and more success! Here’s how to make it a part of your 2016. 1 Milestones and End Goals. Milestones are marks of progress along the way to...
View ArticleNutritional Foundations: How to Build your Indestructible Empire
I believe whether you are a full blown meat eating paleo fanatic, or a clean eating vegan, it all comes down to getting enough of the right nutrients. To put it simply, we have our macros and our...
View ArticleAlkaline Water: 3 Ways to Improve What you Drink
Alkaline water is a kind of ionized water, less acidic, that acts as a strong and natural antioxidant, with the capacity to help the body to eliminate acid wastes that come with the natural process of...
View ArticleHow To Implement Strongman Training Into CrossFit
If you’re an avid CrossFitter, you’ve seen the CrossFit Invitational and know who the key players are going to be in the CrossFit Regionals, and possibly the CrossFit Games. You may also have noticed...
View ArticleInstant Knockout Review
Lean mass is not your only ticket to being the best pound-for-pound, it looks good too. A tight torso, toned arms and a serious road map back is a great way to intimidate the competition and draw eyes...
View ArticlePerfect your Double Unders: Speed vs Timing
Those are the fundamentals he lives and trains by. I absolutely love that quote because there is a common misconception that speed is the answer to everyone’s double under woes. The thought process...
View Article2016 Timetable for the Open, Regionals and CrossFit Games
Timetable The beginning of the year is always an exciting time for all crossfitters, whatever your personal standard. Whether you are competing or a spectator, there is no doubt that the Crossfit...
View ArticleCRUSH YOUR WORKOUTS!
Crossfit athletes often find it difficult to keep up work capacity and volume for a long time. That is why programming (waving the load) and nutrition got so important in the last couple of years. Most...
View Article5 Training Tips to Improve your Snatch Technique
Learning the Snatch technique is one of the hardest skills to master. It contrasts with the clean and jerk, in that it favours the athleticism attributed to a gymnastic body-type over the ‘gym-bro’,...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Backyard Box
There’s no reason anyone can’t give themselves a decent set up at home. One that caters to their goals and gives them sufficient options to complete most, if not all, WODs. Remember, one of Crossfits...
View Article5 Tips to Destroy Wall Balls in Crossfit WODs
1. Catching and Positioning the Ball You want to keep the ball as close to your body as possible during the entire movement. As with any weight, the further away from your body it is, the heavier it...
View ArticleChuck Norris Crossfit Meme Motivation
Got an AMRAP workout today? Here’s how Chuck handles them… Chuck Norris makes every crossfit WOD look easy Just in case you were wondering, here’s how Rich Froning stacks up against Chuck Norris… Rich...
View Article15 Reasons why all Women Should do Strength Training
Losing fat 1. Burns Fat Weight loss is a huge topic within the fitness community, but when it comes down to it, this really just means burning fat. Building muscle burns fat in the process. A pound of...
View ArticleTry The Overhead Squat Challenge!
The rules are simple: The challenge works as an Overhead Squat ascending weight ladder. Choose two (trustworthy) helpers to load and unload the bar as you progress through the challenge. Start with a...
View ArticleCrossfit for Charity: Challenge makes you BÄÄÄM
Our Challenge makes you BÄÄM is a team challenge and first took place in 2013, the year, when CrossFit am Lech was established. At first, it was set up as an invitational challenge where friendly and...
View Article20 Signs That You Have Crossfit Obsession
1 You feel strangely drawn to performing handstands and pull ups on objects all around you. This especially applies to walking under scaffolding, it always feels like there might be time to practice a...
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