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Athletes don't always eat healthy – The prevalence of eating disorders in sports

Athletes don’t always eat healthy – The prevalence of eating disorders in sports

Sport is often regarded the principle display of health and fitness but sometimes there can be a dark side to high performance sport. Once of which is the prevalence of eating disorders which can have a huge impact on an individual’s health and psychological welfare. The main eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia being where an individual tries to maintain a bodyweight lower than a…

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2018 CrossFit Regionals - Pacific, Meridian and Atlantic Results

2018 CrossFit Regionals – Pacific, Meridian and Atlantic Results

The field is set for the 2018 CrossFit Games with the conclusion of this weeks regionals.  The 2017 fittest woman on earth, Tia-Clair Toomey, bested Kara Saunders to win the Pacific Regional once again.  Here are the results of this weeks regionals.

Pacific Region

Men’s Results:

James Newbury

Dean Linder-Leighton

Khan Porter

Royce Dunne

Zeke Grove

Women’s Results:

Tia-Clair Toomey

Kara Saunders

J…

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2018 CrossFit Regionals – Central, West and Latin America Regional Results

What should come to no surprise, Matt Fraser has won the Central Regional in a dominating fashion thats never been done before.  He took first place in 5 of the 6 events.  I am in awe at his level of fitness.  It looks like a third consecutive CrossFit Games championship is next for Fraser.

Here are the results of this weeks regionals!

Central Region

Men’s Division:

Matt Fraser

Alex Anderson

Nich…

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2018 CrossFit Regionals - Europe, East and South Regional Results

2018 CrossFit Regionals – Europe, East and South Regional Results

The first week of the 2018 CrossFit Regionals is in the books and there are several familiar faces going back to the CrossFit Games.  Former two-time women’s champion, Katrin Davidsdottir, won the East division for the second consecutive year.  In European region, another former two-time women’s champion, Annie Thorisdottir, took the top spot of the podium.  Stay tuned for next weeks results of…

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2018 CrossFit Regional Workouts Released

2018 CrossFit Regional Workouts Released #CrossFitRegionals

All 6 Regional workouts have finally been released.  From the looks of it, this will be the toughest regionals to date.  We’re excited to see how the athletes will handle Event 5.  That looks to be the most painful of the 6 events.  Good luck to all the athletes competing.

Event 1:

Triple 3 For time: 3,000-m row 300 double-unders 3-mile run

Time cap: 49 minutes

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2018 Age Group Online Qualifier Events Released #CrossFit #AGOQ The 2018 CrossFit Regionals have officially begun with the release of the age qualifier workouts.  All scores are due on Monday, April 19th at 5:00pm PT. 

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CrossFit Athletes Medal At The 2018 Commonwealth Games

CrossFit Athletes Medal At The 2018 Commonwealth Games #CrossFit

The 2017 CrossFit Games Women’s champion, Tia-Clair Toomey, has notched another win under her belt taking gold at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.  Tia competed in the 58kg division taking first with a 87kg (191 lb) snatch and a 114kg (251 lb) clean and jerk for a total of 201kg (443 lb).  She beat second place finisher Tali Darsigny by just 1kg.  Another games athlete, Alethea Boon…

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CrossFit Open 18.5 Tips

CrossFit Open 18.5 Tips #18point5 #InTheOpen #CrossFit

Week 5 of the 2018 CrossFit Open is finally here and the CrossFit community was given the choice of picking the final workout.  All three workouts included chest-to-bar pull-ups so there was no escaping that movement.  In the end the community choose to redo 11.6 which will be both fun and painful!  Below are the best tips and strategy videos we were able to find to help you get through this…

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18.4 And The New Handstand Pushup Standard

18.4 And The New Handstand Pushup Standard #CrossFit #InTheOpen #18point4

The new handstand push-up standard has been all the rage since the announcement of 18.4.  The community has been outraged at the new measurement standard since it causes the line to be higher then the years prior.  No rep after no rep has been the most common complaint.  If you’re struggling to meet the new height then you need to take a step back and look at your handstand pushup form.  Are your…

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CrossFit Open 18.4 Tips

CrossFit Open 18.4 Tips #18point4 #InTheOpen #CrossFit

Week 4 of the 2018 CrossFit Open is here and we are officially past the halfway point.  After 3 weeks, Matt Fraser and Kara Saunders (formally Kara Webb) are currently leading the pack in the worldwide leaderboard.  We’ll see how 18.4 shakes things up.  This one will once again favor the elite athletes.  For the rest of us mortals, prepare to have a really sore back this weekend. 😉

18.4

For time:

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CrossFit Open 18.3 Tips #CrossFit #InTheOpen #18point3 Welcome to week 3 of the 2018 CrossFit Open!  I have to say I really like the direction Dave Castro is going in this years Open. 

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When should I redo a CrossFit Open workout?

When should I redo a CrossFit Open workout? #CrossFit #InTheOpen #CrossFitOpen

For the vast majority of crossfitters, the Open is a fun social event where we get to throw down with our friends in a friendly competition.  The Open comes with added pressure, nerves, achievements and disappointments.  The majority of us have no shot at making it to regionals but its still a fun experience knowing we’re competing with over 400,000+ other athletes from around the world.

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CrossFit Open 18.2 Tips

CrossFit Open 18.2 Tips #CrossFitOpen #Crossfit #InTheOpen

Week two of the 2018 CrossFit Open is here and, once again, we have a new movement!  We’ve accumulated the top tips and strategy videos from around the internet to help you get the best score possible. With that said we recommend you go fast and hard. 😉

Good luck!

18.2

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 reps for time of: Dumbbell squats Bar-facing burpees

Men use 50-lb. dumbbells

18.2a

1-rep-max clean

Time cap:

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CrossFit Open 18.1 Tips

CrossFit Open 18.1 Tips #CrossFit #crossfitopen

The 2018 CrossFit Open kicked off with the announcement of 18.1 in Brazil. Here are all the best tip and strategy videos to help get you the best possible score. We only included the highest rated videos or videos we found helpful.

18.1

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

8 toes-to-bar

10 dumbbell hang clean and jerks 50/35

14/12 calorie row

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New Standards For The 2018 CrossFit Open

New Standards For The 2018 CrossFit Open #CrossFit #OpenStandards

The 2018 Open is starting in just five days and we’d thought it be a good idea to remind everyone of the new changes to the movement standards.  With the release of 18.0, everyone was made aware of the changes to the movement standards involving dumbbell snatches and burpees.  CrossFit HQ recently release new standards on hand protection that a lot of athletes still don’t now about.  Here are all…

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Review: Reebok Nano 8 Flexweave

Review: Reebok Nano 8 Flexweave

I finally had a chance to try out the new Reebok Nano 8’s and I was really impressed.  First of all, I’ve been a Nike Metcon guy for a couple of years now.  I used Nano’s before but found that Metcon’s were more comfortable when lifting heavy and I really liked the the plastic on the outside of the heel that made handstand pushups easier.  With all that said, here’s my take on the new Nano 8’s:

I…

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The Redeemed and The Dominant: Fittest on Earth - Official Trailer Released

The Redeemed and The Dominant: Fittest on Earth - Official Trailer Released #CrossFit #RedeemedAndTheDominant

The trailer for documentary of the 2017 CrossFit Games has been released! This has to be the most anticipated CrossFit Games documentary considering all the controversy involving Ricky Garard and his failed drug test. We get a glimpse of Garard in the trailer so we can expect to see some insight into that situation.

The title of the documentary clearly is referencing Tia-Claire Toomey and Matt…