by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 10, 2016 | CrossFit Games, Crossfit Journal, Editorial, Olympic Lifts
By Roy Masters’ reasoning, most weightlifters in the Olympics aren’t very strong. Masters, clearly grinding a very large ax in the Aug. 8 Sydney Morning Herald article “World CrossFit Games Runner-Up Tia Toomey Finds Rio 2016 a Different...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Jul 5, 2016 | CrossFit, Crossfit Journal, Editorial
The National Strength and Conditioning Association has announced its 2016 National Awards winners. Recipients, who are chosen for “outstanding achievement” in their field, will receive these awards July 8 at the 39th Annual NSCA National Conference in New...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Jun 21, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Editorial, Medical/Injuries, Nutrition
A recent CrossFit Journal editorial on bariatric surgery for weight loss set off a lively debate on Facebook. The discussion below the June 14 post included a number of comments, including several from an athlete who had bariatric surgery several years ago and uses...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Jun 13, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Editorial, Medical/Injuries, Nutrition
“I believe me getting in better shape, me losing, you know, that extra weight I needed to lose, I think … that’s one of the areas that never gets the attention it needs to.” Hip-hop artist Rick Ross said that in 2014 in the CrossFit Journal...