by CrossFit Journal | Oct 1, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
After a poisonous snake bite, CrossFit athlete Anthony Kemp treks 45 minutes for medical attention, flat-lines three times, receives 32 doses of antivenin and lives. A rattlesnake bite nearly claimed Anthony Kemp’s life. He survived minus one limb, an amputation...
by CrossFit Journal | Oct 1, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
After a poisonous snake bite, CrossFit athlete Anthony Kemp treks 45 minutes for medical attention, flat-lines three times, receives 32 doses of antivenin and lives. A rattlesnake bite nearly claimed Anthony Kemp’s life. He survived minus one limb, an amputation...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Sep 19, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
A big, strong back saved a retired Marine’s life after a 25-foot fall broke four of his vertebrae. Jeremy Magee has been in combat twice: once in 2003 with the Marine Corps and then again in 2010 with the Pennsylvania National Guard. Both times in Iraq. He knows...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Sep 7, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
Neurosurgeon credits Stephen Walker’s fitness with saving his life while he fought polymicrobial brain infection. Stephen Walker’s moniker is “Mr. 5 a.m.” Since he joined CrossFit Palm Beach in December 2012, he’s shown up every single...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 30, 2016 | Athletes, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
It’s July in Kelowna, British Columbia. Ordinarily, athletes at Bodyshop CrossFit in West Kelowna would be working out diligently. Today, they’re visibly distracted. The 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games are playing live on a big-screen TV in the weightlifting...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 16, 2016 | Classic, CrossFit, Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries
Adapted from CrossFit Founder and CEO Greg Glassman’s Level 1 Certificate Course lectures Feb. 27, 2016, in San Jose, California; March 27, 2016, in Aromas, California; and April 24, 2016, in Oakland, California. In 2002, we observed that almost any health...
