17.1 Tips and How to Prep
The 2017 CrossFit Open is officially underway and that means five weeks of worldwide competition designed to push you to the limit (see why the CrossFit…
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Why the CrossFit Open Matters
CrossFit can be intimidating. Competing in CrossFit even more so. But with Thursday set to unveil 2017’s first CrossFit Open workout, it’s important for everyone…
It’s All About the Women
Who run the world? Girls. Maybe Beyonce knew it all along. The rapid rise of strength sports like powerlifting, weightlifting and Strongman and CrossFit are…
Becoming Brute: Cazayoux on Fear, Addiction and Finding Purpose
“The lower you fall, the higher you’ll fly.” —Fight Club It was May 2009 when Brute Strength co-founder Michael Cazayoux tried heroin for the first…
Fit After 40
There’s a new wave of high-level, inspiring CrossFit athletes, people who are ripping through heavy snatches and deadlifts and breezing through muscle-up workouts with…
Pages of Purpose (excerpt)
Women empowering women. That’s the premise of the new e-book Pages of Purpose, which features more than 20 strong women doling out advice aimed at bringing you…
The Legend of That One Leg Monster
K.C. Mitchell shouldn’t be able to do this. He knows this, that there has never been another lifter like him, and perhaps never will be…
How to Carry Your Way to Gains
They aren’t something you hear people brag about or a trendy Instagram post. But loaded carries are king of functional movement and are one of…
The Hardest Workout You’re Not Doing
They do it in the NFL, UFC, MLB and in college programs across the country. Still, a good chunk of the functional fitness world leaves…
The Juggernaut: Inside the World of Chad Wesley Smith
Chad Wesley Smith has no time to be sick. The elite powerlifter is just nine days out from competing in Australia, a trip filled with…
