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Time-Restricted Eating’s Real Payoff, Why Bedtime Consistency Matters, and What Makes an Electrolyte Drink Work
This week's Research Update looks at whether time-restricted eating can trim body fat without costing performance, why an inconsistent bedtime may hit recovery hardest after your toughest training days, and what actually makes an electrolyte drink absorb better than plain water.
How Much Fitness Do You Actually Lose in the Off-Season?
Your season is done. Here's what the research says happens when you stop, and how to rest without starting from scratch.
The Real Science Behind Runner's High, Caffeine's Sleep Trade-Off, and Cramping at Long Distances
This week’s Research Update looks at what really causes runner’s high, how caffeine can help performance while hurting sleep, and why long-distance cramps may have less to do wi...
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Understanding Creatine for Performance Part 2: Creatine’s History, Research-Record and Side Effects
Understanding Creatine For Performance Part 1: What the hell is it?
From group class mentality to multi-service facility: Should CrossFit affiliates seek to partner with other, on-site health professionals?
The first question affiliate owners ask each other is always the same one: “How many members do you have?”Why is this? Is it a way to size each other up and to judge the other ...
Is there a place for an off-season in CrossFit?
If you’re an NHL hockey player, the stereotypical off-season involves not much hockey at all. Professional hockey players are known to hit the golf course, and the committed one...
How much are you really eating?
Even if we take an epic cheat meal every now and then, most of us in the fitness world know what we should be eating on a daily basis. Lean protein, greens, healthy fats and hea...
How hard is CrossFit?
This infographic from menshealth.com gives us some numbers comparing the benchmark "Cindy" to your average health club workout using cable machines. We can't say we're surprised...
Infographic: Get up, the Turkish way
The Turkish get-up is a fantastic tool for building stability, strength and assessing movement patterns for imbalances or weaknesses. We love this infographic taking you through...
Is counting calories enough?
It seems like every successful athlete follows a specific nutrition plan, and the options are endless. Plenty count Macronutrients, determining the correct balance of carbs, fat...
How many times will you try?
Many of us, CrossFitters, weightlifters, strongmen, gymnasts, NFL players, and entrepreneurs alike have hit that wall at some point where we ask ourselves, "why am I still doing...
Coaching through the Weightlifting plateau, with Outlaw Way Coach Tom Sroka
The rapid ascension of weightlifting standards amongst the Crossfit Elite is evidence that both coaching and training standards are rapidly improving. High quality athletes a...
CrossFitters CAN jump.
There's no doubt that with a 117" standing broad jump, Nate Schrader, Blonyx ambassador and CrossFit Games competitor, is an elite athlete. When we compare him to long-time st...
Muscle Up Drills to Perfect Your Form
We all cheer with excitement when a member at our box pumps out his or her first ring muscle-up, screaming enthusiastically as they struggle and flail for seconds to lock out th...
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