Westside Barbell practitioners Shane Sweatt and Laura Phelps-Sweatt talk about how Accommodating Resistance can help improve not just your numbers in the weight room but also your power output to make the heavy lifts move fast. Check it out in the CrossFit Journal here.
This one’s extra special. Jerry Hill is my coach at CrossFit Oldtown. At 45, this will be Jerry’s first year competing in the Masters division for the CrossFit Games. Jerry crushed the Open and will be #1 going into the Home Depot Center. See how Jerry feels about the experience in the video above.
CrossFit Oldtown recently completed all 5 workouts from the 2012 CrossFit Games Open. You can watch the athletes from the box hit each workout below. Enjoy!
This one slipped through the cracks but if you’re looking for a fun date night on Valentine’s Day look no further than Urban Evolution’s Acro Sutra night. Have fun balancing with your partner in fun and imaginative ways. Check out the video for all the details.
CrossFit Football explains its methodology as to how CrossFit-styled programming can fit into a school or professional team’s fitness program. Ben Oliver explains the tiers in a pyramid structure, letting the lecture-goers know what should be their base and what each successive layer of the pyramid should lead to. Watch it here!
I had the pleasure of meeting Reis Baron during my recent trip to CrossFit NYC. Reis started doing CrossFit well overweight and deathly out of shape. Today he continues to make progress on his CrossFit journey and manages to inspire the other members of his box. Watch his story here.
Shanyn Tuftee is competing in the CrossFit Games Open 30 weeks pregnant. And she’s still putting up impressive numbers like 93 reps on 12.2. Watch the video and check out how to do handstand push-ups 6 months pregnant.
Bryan and Rachel Edwards co-own CrossFit Vengeance, a process that is still evolving and unique in how they had to go about finding their location and programming their workouts. They also share how the members of the box have added their own touches to the gym to truly make working out a community experience. Check out the video here!
Michael Giardina of CrossFit Atlanta has been to the CrossFit Games 3 times. He had to sit out of 2011 with a newborn daughter Luciana. Now he’s looking to return to the Games and his wife, Bethanie, is looking to help out CrossFit Atlanta’s team. Watch the video!
It seems like all I do is film Hero WOD’s. This time I had the pleasure of filming Hero WOD “Jerry” with the fine folks over at CrossFit Rubicon. Be sure to check this gym out!
