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These Girls Just Hit a Huge PR… on Their Tandem Clean and Jerk

These Girls Just Hit a Huge PR… on Their Tandem Clean and Jerk

When was the last time you hit a 23.5kg PR on any lift? That would probably be... never, right? Well, these girls just accomplished it. Together. On the same bar. Allow us to explain. Marit Årdalsbakke is a Norwegian Olympic weightlifter and coach. Ine Andersson is as well. The two...

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Fighting Body Image Problems With the Butterfly Effect

Fighting Body Image Problems With the Butterfly Effect

This month, women came together in the name of girl power for the Butterfly Effect — a females-only competition held at Raw Iron on the Gold Coast, Australia, where partners completed four WODs together. A portion of the proceeds went to the Butterfly Foundation, which represents anyone affected by eating...

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The CrossFit Team Series is for Everyone

The CrossFit Team Series is for Everyone

With the first week of the CrossFit Team Series almost coming to an end (get those scores in by 5:00 p.m. PT on Monday, September 25th!), participating athletes have been sharing their experiences completing the events with their partners — once again proving anyone and everyone can participate in the sport...

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How to Improve Your Mindset

How to Improve Your Mindset

Your biggest hurdle when you’re trying to achieve a tough goal is hardly your circumstances or situation. So often, your worst enemy is your own mind. On the road to better fitness, your journey can be attributed to 10% routine, 10% diet and 80% perseverance. With a negative mindset, you...

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Camille Leblanc-Bazinet and Training Around Injury

Camille Leblanc-Bazinet and Training Around Injury

We all shed a tear when Camille Leblanc-Bazinet had to pull out of the CrossFit Games on the second day of the competition due to a shoulder injury. In a post on her Instagram, LB explained that she had dislocated her shoulder a couple weeks prior and torn her labrum....

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Pregnancy Didn’t Stop This CrossFit Team Champion

Pregnancy Didn’t Stop This CrossFit Team Champion

The debate surrounding whether or not it's safe to practice CrossFit while pregnant continues; but one woman has done her part to put the naysayers to rest: Michaela North not only competed at the CrossFit Games while pregnant — she won! North was a few weeks pregnant when she set...

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Sarah Robles is Proving That Beauty Comes in All Sizes

Sarah Robles is Proving That Beauty Comes in All Sizes

Functional fitness and weightlifting are wonderful for women. It's an area where ladies are encouraged to focus on what their bodies can do, as opposed to what they look like. Whereas magazines and pop culture want women to be stick thin and vulnerable, functional fitness and weightlifting tell us to...

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Four Ways To Sleep Better for Better Fitness

Four Ways To Sleep Better for Better Fitness

Sleep is essential. This is true for every human being. The amount of sleep you get, as well as the quality of sleep, can have a huge effect on your health. For those working to get fit, sleep regulates hormones, fat storage, and assures you perform at your best. Sleep...

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Weight Loss Benefits of Coffee

Weight Loss Benefits of Coffee

Coffee is known to have numerous health benefits. Many of the nutrients found in the coffee bean also find their way into the final brew. Recent studies have shown that coffee consumption helps increase your antioxidants, therefore lending anti-aging properties.  Recently, coffee has gained a reputation for its contribution to...

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Dave Castro Has a Challenge for You!

Dave Castro Has a Challenge for You!

Director of the CrossFit Games Dave Castro has teased another individual Games event on his Instagram account. He's challenged his followers with filling in the blanks and offered up a Rogue Fitness Castro Bar as the prize for the correct guess! https://www.instagram.com/p/BXEheyJlSQu/?taken-by=thedavecastro&hl=en  

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Five Benefits of Meal Prepping

Five Benefits of Meal Prepping

One of the root causes of many of our problems is the fact that we are always in a rush. We always feel like we don’t have time for anything, and that leads us to make choices based on convenience. Everyone is busy, and all too often, we choose what...

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Q&A With Games-Bound Jess Coughlan

Q&A With Games-Bound Jess Coughlan

Like most people who step into a CrossFit gym for the first time, Jess Coughlan didn’t think she was good enough to be a competitive CrossFit athlete. All of that changed after the 2011 CrossFit Games Open, in which she placed eighth in Australia. It wasn’t always an easy battle,...

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