TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY with Stacie Tovar – Amazing Body Changes for The Veteran
Retired Games veteran throws it back to her days of smoking, drinking and partying.
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7 Crossfit Shoulder Exercises to Build Strength, Muscle & Power
Strong, healthy shoulders absolutely essential if you want to be a decent Crossfitter and think seriously about your long-term health and well-being.
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Jump up, Punch Down
When watching advanced level athletes, it’s easy to see the speed of their hips. Their change of direction is a thing of beauty!! Their hips are up and then they’re down in a split second! However,
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The Top 5 Men’s Strongman Performances of CrossFit Workout “Grace”
One of my absolute favorite things about the CrossFit Games format is the Wild Card spaces, which though aren’t technically new are now a lot more official.
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What is Absolute Speed?
What is Absolute Speed? A detailed look at the far side of the Strength Continuum. Absolute speed is a simple concept, it is the ability to access the full potential of speed.
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Weightlifting Memes for Everyone that Loves to Lift!
For all those who love to lift.
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5 Common Crossfit Nutrition Mistakes to Avoid
Nutrition is the foundation of the results you see in your fitness. If it’s wrong, you’ll have difficulty shifting body fat and increasing muscle mass; you’ll struggle in some aspect of your performance or feel stalled in your progress.
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CrossFit In Palestine – Interview with Regionals Athlete Basel Qatamesh
“He who does fear to climb mountains will forever live among the hollows” Abu Al-Qasim Al-Shabbi.
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This is My CrossFit Story
My name is Jennifer Burns. I am 50 years old, and I started CrossFit three months ago. I was overdue for a lifestyle change – not just to lose weight, but to get healthy, and tone and strengthen my body. Yes, any gym, any workout place, will offer tools to help with that. But I […]
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Rescue on the Mountain. How Noah Ohlsen Helped Save a Life
What happened? On Saturday, approximately four miles into the Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run near the summit, a runner started to experience severe fatigue, cramping, nausea and chills.
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60 Motivational Quotes for Crossfitters and Athletes
What do you want to achieve in your life? It’s time to start making that happen.
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Fun Memes for Strong Women Everywhere!
Take a break from training and enjoy these fun memes.
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170918"3 Key Reasons why your Heart is a Special Muscle"
I can’t help but trip out on the Beating of my Heart. Like all Scientists I like to hypothesize, test, and qualify my findings. With my heart, there are all kinds of stimulations I produce which allow me to dive in on the quality of my beats, quantity of the beats and so many questions about how and why my heart is the way it is. This incredible muscle is sometimes underreported on in Sport because we focus often times on skeletal muscle and its value to producing work for our achievement. Your HEART Muscle is different and really special. What are its needs? How can I boost its performance? Lets take a look under the hood and check out some reasons why???
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Crossfit Strategies: Strict “Nicole”
In this post we will be looking at a strict variation of the Crossfit girl workout “Nicole” and which strategies can give you the best score based on your individual strengths and weaknesses. This workout is interesting and requires you to think of a strategy beforehand as you want to end on the pull-up bar […]
Read More Heatonminded Report: Tia-Clair Toomey Confirms Move to Cookeville, Tennessee
Well, Cookeville, Tennessee just got a heck of a lot fitter. Yesterday, in an interview with BOXROX, two-time Fittest Woman on Earth™ Tia-Clair Toomey confirmed the rumors about her and partner Shane Orr’s potential move to Cookeville, Tennesee. This recent move now makes Cookeville, Tennessee the hub of three recent individual Reebok CrossFit Games Champions, […] The post Report: Tia-Clair Toomey Confirms Move to Cookeville, Tennessee appeared first on BarBend.
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Which Sports Would Produce The Best Crossfit Athletes?
Since Crossfit as a sport is very young, many of the athletes at the top today were previously focused on other sports and then transitioned into Crossfit as it grew.
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Crossfit Women and Gender Equality: A Revolution in Motion
With strong female role models competing at the Games, Crossfit is giving women all around the world a new perspective and helping them take charge of their bodies and lives.
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4 Benefits of Using Mobility Bands Effectively
The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News, Contributor The benefits of mobility bands or resistance bands are plenty. You might be wondering, what exactly qualifies as a resistance or mobility band? Simply put, they are large rubber bands used by securing one end to an object and using the other to create resistance in whatever move you’re completing. This exercise equipment has been […] 4 Benefits of Using Mobility Bands Effectively
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What, When, Why: “Mobility” Tools
If you’ve been going to an affiliate for a while, you’ve likely noticed people pulling out strange props before class- all sorts of bands, balls, sticks, lengths of foam- and then sticking them in strange places. While there may be deeper individual reasons for doing… Read More
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So I Went Demo Team
So I was on the demo team. People, athletes especially, need to stop thinking that the demo team is only for a bunch of back benchers who just aren’t good enough.
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