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8 Ways to Improve Your Rest

Do you ever wonder how pro athletes can train multiple times per day, at a high intensity? Well, their strength is one thing but the secret to their great performance actually lies in how good their recovery is. Athletes who make a serious effort to recover by getting the rest...

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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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CrossFit Team Series Events Announcement

Our eager anticipation for the next big CrossFit competition has been answered: the Team Series is here. This is the Team Series' fourth season; and this year, the event (presented by Compex and sponsored by FitAid) is using pairs: two men, two women, or mixed — making it even easier...

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How to Optimize Every WOD

CrossFit is well known for the variety and unexpectedness which comes with every WOD. Your body is always surprised, challenged and pushed to your limits. Everyone is adequately challenged and you rarely do the same routine twice a week. There are always new opportunities to test your progress as an...

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5 Tips to Maintain Your Hands

If you’re already part of the CrossFit community, you’ve probably noticed the social media posts from people boasting about their hand tears, calluses and bruises. Many consider these their badges of honor. However, nothing about injuring yourself is honorable. Knowing how to maintain your hands is nonnegotiable. Injuries only keep...

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The CrossFit Kettlebell Specialty Course is Here to Up Your KB Game

While CrossFit is about being good at many different things, they still offer more specific training so you can improve in each area. Enter CrossFit courses. Aside from attending Level 1 and Level 2 seminars to receive your certification, CrossFit offers a variety of specialty courses; and they've recently revamped...

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9 Things to Know Before You Start CrossFit

If you're intimidated by CrossFit, you're not alone. Many of us are afraid of it until we actually try it. As the saying goes, "90% of success is showing up." Once you do your first class, something magical will happen: you will go back for more and more. This is just...

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Knee Wraps or Knee Sleeves?

Finding the right fitness accessory for your workout routines might just give you the added boost that you are looking for. Let’s talk about knee sleeves versus knee wraps. You may have noticed a couple of people wearing knee accessories at the gym. While they do look cool, knee wraps...

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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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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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Dave Castro Announces Chipper

Director of the CrossFit Games Dave Castro finally announced the details to the mysterious chipper event he's been teasing on Instagram. [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/BW8TEA3FWCm/?taken-by=thedavecastro&hl=en[/embed]

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How to Make Training More Fun

The road to fitness is a tough one. That’s a truth most of us know. It’s also a reason that people hesitate on changing their lifestyles in the first place. What if there was one simple truth that would blow your mind? What if I told you that you can...

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