Mar
13
2009
Who needs CrossFit?!?
… now that we can get one of THESE:
Browse our post topics:
Back extension Back squat Ball slam Benchmark workouts Box jump Burpee Clean & Jerk CrossFit Games Deadlift Double-under Farmers carry Front squat GHD sit-ups Goblet Squats Handstand push-up Hang power cleans Jumping lunges Kettlebell Kettlebell SDLHP Kettlebell thrusters Knees to elbows Lunges Muscle-up Nutrition Over head lunges Over head squat Power Cleans Pukie Pull ups Push press Push ups Rope climb Row Run Shoulder press Sit ups Sledgehammer Squat Squat cleans Sumo deadlift high pull Tabata Thrusters Video Walking lunges Wall ballHere are all the entries with 'Video' identified as a topic:
Dec
13
2008
Recommended Products
These are some of our recommendations for nutrition and fitness related resources.
Nutrition
Nutrition |
Enter the Zone by Barry Sears A dietary roadmap to lose weight permanently, reset your genetic code, prevent disease, and achieve maximum physical performance. |
Mastering the Zone by Barry Sears The next step in achieving super health and permanent fat loss. Expands on the “Zone” theory, and offers recipes to help readers put these principles into practice. |
The Anti-Inflammation Zone by Barry Sears Combat silent inflammation — the most serious health threat you never heard of. |
The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain Lose weight and get healthy by eating the food you were designed to eat. |
The Paleo Diet for Athletes by Loren Cordain & Joe Friel A nutritional formula for peak athletic performance. The first book ever to detail the exercise-enhancing effects of a diet similar to that of our Stone Age ancestors. |
Nutrient Timing by John Ivy & Robert Portman Learn how to deliver the precise amounts of nutrients needed at precisely the right time to optimize your muscle-building agents and maximize muscle growth, while minimizing muscle damage and soreness after a hard workout. |
Protein Power by Michael Eades & Mary Dan Eades The high-protein/low-carbohydrate way to lose weight, feel fit, and boost your health – in just weeks! |
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan Examines “our national eating disorder”. It might change the way you read the label on a frozen dinner, dig into a steak or decide whether to buy organic eggs. |
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan An eater’s manifesto. The author poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? |
Good Calories, Bad Carloies by Gary Taubes Fats, carbs, and the controversial science of diet and health. |
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Want to know why those French fries taste so good and what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns? Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is – literally – feces in your meat. |
Exercise
Exercise |
Essential reading for anyone looking to get stronger. Covers the basic lifts in great detail, including the squat, deadlift, shoulder press, bench press, and power clean. A “must have.” |
Practical Programming for Strength Training by Mark Rippetoe & Lon Kilgore Contrary to the one-size-fits-all models of periodization, PPST explains the differences in response to exercise commonly observed between athletes at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels. |
Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches by Greg Everett The most comprehensive and practical book available on learning, teaching and performing the Olympic lifts for athletes of all disciplines. This is the equivalent of “Starting Strength” for Olympic weightlifting. |
Explosive Lifting for Sports by Harvey Newton Shows how to incorporate the movements in competitive weightlifting (the snatch, clean, jerk, and other variations) into your own sports training program. |
Explosive Lifting for Sports (DVD) by Harvey Newton Brings to life the safest, most effective learning progressions for the snatch, clean, jerk, and their variations. |
Enter the Kettlebell! Strength Secret of the Soviet Superman by Pavel Tsatsouline The toughest, most demanding, highest-yield exercise tool on the planet. |
The Pose Method of Running by Nicholas Romanov Radically change your form, eliminate injuries, enhance endurance, raise speed… have we got your attention yet? |
The Pose Method of Running (DVD) by Nicholas Romanov The companion video to Dr. Romanov’s book on Pose running, showing drills and exercises to help learn the method. |
Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin The revolutionary way to swim better, faster, and easier. This is the equivalent of the “Pose” method for swimming. |
Freestyle: Made Easy (DVD) by Terry Laughlin The companion DVD to “Total Immersion”, showing drills and exercises to help learn this method of swimming. |
Wellness
General Wellness, etc |
Lights Out by T.S. Wiley & Bent Formby Sleep, sugar, and survival. This fascinating, thought-provoking study discusses the central role of sleep in our lives. |
Equipment
Fitness Equipment |
Aero Speed Hyperformance Jump Rope – 2004 US Olympic Team Official Licensed Jump Rope. Aero Speed – The Rolls Royce of Jump Ropes. Selected “Top 3 out of 100 items every man should own” by Men’s Fitness Magazine. Voted “smoothest, fastest, and best balanced rope” by Men’s Health Magazine. |
Abmat abdominal exerciser – the AbMat is a totally one-of-a-kind abdominal exerciser and core trainer because it offers the full range of motion necessary to work the entire abdominal muscle group. |
Dec
1
2008
“This stuff looks too hard!”
You are right – it is hard.
Our workouts are designed to challenge someone in top physical condition. Not everyone can complete these workouts without some modification (or “scaling”). Some never will. But don’t let that discourage you. Your goals will be different, your ability level will be different, and your experience will be different.
CrossFit will improve your overall fitness and health regardless of your current fitness level – or even lack of fitness level!
If the posted workouts look too difficult for you, don’t worry – we routinely scale the workouts to meet individual needs and capabilities.
As an example, take a look at the following video from CrossFit HQ that shows a workout being performed by four different athletes whose fitness levels drastically differ: [mov] [wmv].
Now, stop worrying about what you can or can’t do and give it a try!
Go back and check out the WOD, and get at it!
