7 Must Reads in 2017 (Our “Best Of” Edition)
Phew! Over the past 365 days at Athlete Daily, we went on our first podcast, found ourselves at the center of a story and continued…
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How to Get (and Keep!) Muscle Ups: A Simple, Effective Guide
Ah, the elusive muscle up. The movement that has frustrated CrossFit athletes everywhere, perhaps keeping them from checking “RX” on the daily WOD, plummeting them…
How to Master Pull-Ups: Building a Better Strict, Kipping and Butterfly
Pull-ups should be a staple of any good training program. Why? Whether you’re a strength athlete, CrossFitter or just someone looking to get stronger, pull-ups…
K-Mighty: Meet the Special Needs Mom who’s a World Record Weightlifter
Kristi Brewer is a wife, working mother of two and a world record-holder masters weightlifter. No wonder Brewer, who just picked up the sport two…
Finding Her Voice
She had been living ‘stealth’ since she was 16, hiding that she was transgender. No one asked Chloie Jönsson about it and she didn’t dare…
Chandler Smith: Chasing Greatness Against All Odds
After making a name for himself during the 2016 Atlantic Regionals, Chandler Smith —a West point graduate who is currently serving as an officer in…
The Incredible Mission of Operation 22 MST
Dr. Ron Gellis has seen the benefits of CrossFit’s community firsthand, having found the fitness program a decade ago and setting up a Facebook group…
Route 66: The Masters Lifter (And CrossFit Coach) Who Won’t Slow Down
Meet Clarke Holland. He’s a 6-time CrossFit Games Masters athlete (finishing in the top 10 four times) and a competitive weightlifter (77-kg), having qualified for…
Changing Course: Carleen Matthews’ Wild Ride
They slowly started to trickle in that fateful night in mid-May, hesitant, anxious and unsure. There was more than a dozen, perhaps as many as…
Charity’s Case: How Witt went from Homeless to an Elite Lifter
Eight years ago, elite powerlifter and Strongwoman competitor Charity Witt was sleeping in linen closets and working 60-80 hour weeks in another country as she…
