As CrossFitters, we employ a wide range of training tools that have been deemed “functional”; compound/multi-joint movements which replicate the stresses of life, and carry over to all forms of physical activity, be it sport, work, or a healthy active lifestyle. From the very beginning CrossFit has borrowed extensively from the well established disciplines [...]

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As many of you have experienced from your first few weeks of training, recovery plays an important part in your overall training plan. We scale the workouts to the best of our abilities, trying to ensure that you get a good workout without having you never come again. Inevitably, you’ll run into a [...]

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I want to make this simple for everyone so we can get back to training.
Insulin is bad. Well, elevated insulin is. Let me explain:
The body uses the hormones leptin and insulin to communicate the status of energy in your body. Simply, insulin tells your body how much energy is available and leptin how much food [...]

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I’ve been trying to write a post that addresses nutrition for two weeks. Obviously, no dice. The problem is I’m not an expert and I don’t have any advice. I do not know how to properly restore depleted glycogen after heavy metcon training, I have no clue how high GI food interact with blood chemistry, [...]

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I’m not sure why but I’ve always felt that the ability to do many consecutive pull-ups was a true indicator of strength and fitness.
The pull-up: the act of hanging with your elbows completely extended and pulling yourself up until your chin reaches the bar.
The better pull-up: the act of hanging with your elbows completely extended [...]

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I’m feeling posty lately so I’m going to give it another go:
Yesterday I insisted that specialization was the bane of fitness. Fitness was the choice of working as many of those 10 recognized physical skills as possible, preferably possessing a minimum level of competency in all of them, and maintaining a balance with random functional [...]

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I’ve been reading a lot lately about the definition of fitness. You’d think there’d be some consensus on this one. Let me tell you if you don’t already know: there is more discord on this subject than anything else.
Dan John, whom I respect immensely, defines fitness roughly as the ability to complete a task. [...]

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Did the cast of 300 train with CrossFit?
The short answer is yes and no, mostly yes. Watch the 300 Training Video
We’ve had a few folks call or come by CrossFit Atlanta who have somehow discovered a connection between CrossFit and the training of the 300 cast by Mark Twight of Gym Jones in Salt Lake [...]

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