Everyone is always asking me for tips and help with their training. I’ve been coaching the sport for over a decade and have worked with countless people that went on to compete at different levels or ... Continue Reading
18.4 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips from Top Athletes and Coaches
Can you believe we're already four weeks into the 2018 CrossFit® Open? Last night, Dave Castro announced CrossFit Open Workout 18.4, which is composed of two descending couplets with a 9-minute time ... Continue Reading
CrossFit® Open Workout 18.4 Announced
With just two more weeks left in the 2018 CrossFit Open, the worldwide Leaderboard has started to settle into place with some very familiar names toward the top. The first three weeks of this year's Open ... Continue Reading
EMG Differences Between the Deadlift, Hex Bar Deadlift, and Barbell Hip Thrust
If deadlifts, hex bar deadlifts, and hip thrusts frequent your workout program, then we have some good news. A recently published study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning explored the ... Continue Reading
Just 17% of Rx’d Athletes Got to Round Two of CrossFit Open Workout 18.3
We know that every time an Open workout is announced people call it brutal, but the CrossFit Open’s 18.3 workout was pretty darn brutal. With its AMRAP triplet of toes to bar, hang clean & jerks, ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Superstars Sara Sigmundsdottir and Bjorgvin Gudmundsson Try MMA
OK, but what is fitness? The standard response from many CrossFit® athletes is something along the lines of "constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity across broad time and modal ... Continue Reading
How Strength Training Is Helping This Adaptive Athlete Prepare for the Ironman® World Championship
Imagine later today you’re walking around as normal, then out of nowhere you’re struck by a car and the life that you’ve become adapted to living changes in a split second. You wake up in a hospital bed ... Continue Reading
10 Athletes Who Got Their First Muscle-Up During CrossFit Open Workout 18.3
Every year, the string of five CrossFit Open workouts test an athlete's tenacity in multiple capacities of strength. The workouts test an athlete's mental, emotional, and physical capabilities, and ... Continue Reading
3 Benefits of Reverse Hyperextensions
In an earlier article we discussed the reverse hyperextension and provided a thorough exercise guide for strength, power, and fitness athletes and coaches. In the reverse hyperextension exercise guide we ... Continue Reading
Nike Metcon 4 Review
In late December 2017, Nike released their fourth iteration of the popular cross training shoe the Nike Metcon 4. With every Metcon model, Nike tries to include more features that increase their ... Continue Reading
The Untold History of the Bench Press
The bench press has been called the King of the Upper Body Lifts, and given its unstoppable popularity amongst gym goers, chances are it’ll retain this title for the foreseeable future. Upon entering the ... Continue Reading
How to Watch CrossFit Open 18.4 Announcement (Plus Current Leaderboard)
Only two weeks remain in the 2018 CrossFit Open, and we're beginning to get a hint of the top competitors for the 2018 CrossFit season. With the conclusion of the ridiculously tough Open Workout 18.3, ... Continue Reading
Check Out Bodybuilding Legend Frank Zane’s Weightlifting Commercial
Get ready for a throwback. I've seen the image below surface a couple times on forums, most often on bodybuilding focused sites, but it's made its way back to many strength athlete's Instagram feeds and ... Continue Reading
Should Strength Athletes Be Drinking Bulletproof Coffee?
Move over branched chain amino acids, citrulline, and beta alanine, there’s a new pre-workout in town: butter coffee, at least according to advocates of the Bulletproof Coffee trend. Popularized by ... Continue Reading
3 Reasons Why Strongman Athletes Can Benefit From Weightlifting
Something interesting that I’ve noticed over the past four years coaching strength athletes is the complete lack of competitive strongman athletes using the Olympic lifts. Every once in a while you'll get ... Continue Reading
Naturo Nitro Creatine Chrome Review — Is MagnaPower® Creatine Better?
Naturo Nitro is a division of Naturo Sciences, a company that's pretty well known for their natural approaches for issues like bone, colon, and prostate health — their joint pain product is made with green ... Continue Reading
Watch Sylvester Stallone Hit a 100-Pound Weighted Pull-Up (Or Get Very Close)
It’s hard to talk about Sylvester Stallone without spouting worn-out clichés. Words like “ultimate badass,” “fitness icon,” and “never too old” tumble from our mouths as we try to adequately describe the ... Continue Reading
Top Performances of CrossFit Open Workout 18.3 (and Leaderboard Mishaps)
Editor's note: The current 18.3 leaderboard has multiple score submission errors, and the lists below are based off of our best judgements. Once CrossFit HQ validates the current 18.3 leaderboard, then ... Continue Reading
4 Key Tips for College Weightlifters to Succeed and Grow
I study business administration at a small school in central Maine called Thomas College. I recently transferred to Thomas from the larger urban University of Southern Maine, which was much further from ... Continue Reading
Use These 3 Squat Variations to Build Stronger Legs
Unlike the deadlift, the squat is a little more forgiving in terms of high-frequency training, and most people are already familiar with many variations of the standard low-bar back squat. High bar, ... Continue Reading
Nike Free X Metcon: Exclusive First Look Photos and Release Info
Nike Metcon fans and lovers, you're in luck. In an announcement made earlier today, Nike disclosed that they'd be releasing their next Nike Metcon model in the very near future. This model takes form as ... Continue Reading
Boady Santavy (94kg) Unofficially Breaks Canadian Snatch and C&J Records
Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy is heading to the Commonwealth Games in Australia, and a month out of from competition he’s exceeding Commonwealth records. The -94kg athlete just posted this clip of a ... Continue Reading
Eva Dunbar Now Has the Highest Wilks for Any Raw Powerlifter (Ever)
This weekend, Eva Dunbar’s stature in the sport of powerlifting soared to new heights. The 148-pound athlete competed at an RPS meet called "No Retreat No Surrender" in Cherokee, North Carolina, and ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2018 Senior Pan Am Team
This past Friday afternoon, USA Weightlifting announced the full men's and women's rosters for their 2018 Senior Pan Am team. If you follow some of USA Weightlifting's top athletes already on social media, ... Continue Reading