This week you should be seeing some random pieces of paper hanging on the gym walls. Closer inspection should reveal that these pieces of paper are food journals. The competitive crossfitters at CrossFit Works will be hanging their food journals. Why would they do this you might ask?
Performance CrossFit with a [...]
The Women-Only CrossFit class busted out the weight vests yesterday and finished up with some picture perfect Deadlift complexes. Very very inspired by this group of women who said they want a class of all women, but they don’t want an easier workout. Grab onto your bootstraps…
Tonight at 6pm is the second in [...]
What’s the first place to stop after two days of studying with the CrossFit Football crew? How about after the Tough Mudder? What about The OC Throwdown? First stop is the pharmacy for a couple giant bags of Epsom Salts, chemical composition Magnesium Sulfate.
Magnesium is an sadly neglected mineral. Lots [...]
At last. An opportunity to spend many hours talking about food, nutrition, health and wellness! My friend Ryan Koch and I are going to lead/teach an eight hour “class” on the evolutionary approach to food, eating and wellness. Ryan and I share a belief in the wisdom of the diets of our long-ago [...]
“What is gluten-free?”
“Why does everyone want to be gluten-free now?”
I hear these questions quite often. My usual answer is an abbreviated explanation [...]
Liver is one of the best sources of Vitamin D. When I lived with a Lakota family on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation raw liver was a special treat, shared equally amongst the family members. If you aren’t thrilled at that idea you can try a supplement that some of the most [...]
Don’t forget Nutrition Basics lecture this Saturday at 11:30am. Bring your friends, bring your questions, bring your goals!
Ask yourself a question. How coachable are you? Do you plow on through a set of deadlifts basically ignoring the cues your coach gave you? How is that some people hurt themselves with a lightweight and [...]
Quick Update: Steve Haessler will compete at 10:40am and 3:20pm today. Watch it live at http://games.crossfit.com/ GUEST BLOGGER: Mark Lapczynski, CrossFit Works Kids Coach There is literally nothing better than seeing kids running into the gym with huge smiles on their faces in anticipation of a fun workout . Whether we are building forts [...]
This morning we bid adieu to Dr. Stephen Haessler and his coach, the lovely and talented Chris Gartrell, as they head to The Home Depot Center in California to the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. We don’t want Prof Steve to be embarrassed by his coach so we marshaled all our beauty experts and [...]
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than watching Nic’s MMA conditioning crew do some rope pullups and then talk a little nutrition?
Here are a few reminders about how to approach your Paleo transition. Remember that if you are a performance athlete you might do some of this a little [...]
Sunday 2:00pm Nutrition lecture. You can learn how to eat like Sam C.
Watching weighted ring rows at 7am can be…
I know that January 2012 is a long ways away, but it just about the right time to contemplate training for an event like The Tough Mudder Race. It will take place [...]
Green Fish salad: shredded napa cabbage, diced zucchini, grilled fish with lime and cumin, avocado, tomatillo salsa and cilantro.
This Sunday, June 12 at 2:00pm will be the CrossFit Works Introduction to Excellent Eating lecture. Otherwise known as Paleo Basics. During this lecture we cover some of the reasons why a hunter-gatherer [...]