On Fear and Learning to Fly
The barbell was heavy, it felt so damn heavy in my hands. How on earth, I wondered, would I be able to throw this over…
Tag Archives: lifting
Blood Flow Restriction Training: Is it for You?
My right leg is on fire. Not a injured feeling, but the kind of screaming and aching that usually accompanies the end of a Hero…
Stop the Sit-Ups: How to Rethink Midline Training and Build an Enviable Core
When it comes to core training, way too much emphasis is placed on working the abdominals and and not nearly enough on the back, pelvic…
Having Faith
By: Sherrie Shover “This year will be different for me. For the first time, I’m heading into the Open more excited than nervous. God has…
Stop taking NSAIDs (And Get Out of Pain)
If doing a competition or having a heavy training day means you’re digging in to a bottle of ibuprofen, you need to seriously re-think your…
What I Wish I Knew When I Started
I wish someone had told me to eat more. When I stepped into a CrossFit gym three-and-half years ago, I wish I had known that…
4 Training Myths (that need to die)
“CrossFit will kill you! Carbs are evil! Women don’t need to be strong!“ There’s a lot of nonsense in the fitness industry. (What exactly is…
Why I’m strong (and so are you)
I am not an elite lifter or a gymnast. I am not a high level CrossFit or a Strongman athlete. I am not the strongest…
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…
