Kai Rainey's health was in a downward spiral until she took control and traded her unhealthy lifestyle for a healthier one with CrossFit.
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The CrossFit stimulus—constantly varied high-intensity functional movement coupled with meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar—prepares you for the demands of a healthy, functional, independent life and provides a hedge against chronic disease and incapacity. This stimulus is elegant in the mathematical sense of being marked by simplicity and efficacy. The proven elements of this broad, general, and inclusive fitness, in terms of both movement and nutrition, are what we term our CrossFit Essentials.
The CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course is the base requirement for anyone wishing to train others in CrossFit. But just as the air squat is the foundation — not the end point — of exceptional fitness, the Level 1 is only the beginning.
Read MoreWhy Every CrossFit Trainer Should Level UpBeing coachable is key to getting results.
Read MoreWhat Happened When I Started Listening to My CoachOn game day, there is no predicting what an athlete will face. CrossFit can help prepare for the unknown and unknowable.
Read MorePreparing for the Unknown — Adrian Conway on Training CrossFit for SportsFor life-changing results, you need the kind of coach equipped to change lives. So, what makes a coach equipped?
Read MoreWhy CrossFit Coaches Are the Best in the BusinessWatch the recording of our newest webinar, when we took a deep dive into the CrossFit course, Coaching Fundamentals.
Read MoreWebinar Recording: Coaching Fundamentals & CrossFit’s Online CoursesThe CrossFit Training and Education team is excited to release Coaching Fundamentals, a new online course specifically geared toward coaches who are early in their career and eager to develop their skills and proficiency in the six criteria of effective training: teaching, seeing, correcting, group management, presence and attitude, and demonstration.
Read MoreIntroducing the Coaching Fundamentals CourseThe Teaching Movement course will help you refine your teaching skills and get new ideas about how to run an effective and fun class for every level of athlete. Gain access to a video library of teaching progressions that can be used in group classes or personal training sessions.
WatchNeed Help Teaching CrossFit?The Teaching Movement course will help you refine your teaching skills and get new ideas about how to run an effective and fun class for every level of athlete. Gain access to a video library of teaching progressions that can be used in group classes or personal training sessions.
WatchHaving Trouble Teaching CrossFit?Doug Katona starts with the three running fundamentals: Pose/position, fall, pull.
WatchRunning FundamentalsChris Michelmore offers tips for the average CrossFit athlete when a swimming WOD comes out of the hopper.
Watch From the Archive: Swim Tips for CrossFitters, Part 1If the bottom of your snatch is full of trepidation and shaking, Bill Starr has the cure.
Read MoreStability Now!Workout of the Day for 211206: For time: 20 back squats, 40 toes-to-bars, 60/40-calorie row.
Watch Workout Tips for 211206Seminar Staff Flowmaster Tefy Escudero refers to CrossFit's theoretical hierarchy of development shown in “What Is Fitness?” and explains why nutrition is the foundation of the pyramid.
Watch Nutrition Is the FoundationWorkout of the Day for 211205: Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 min. of: 5 burpees, 15-foot rope climb, 1 ascent, 30 double-unders.
Watch Workout Tips for 211205Workout of the Day for 211204: Nasty Girls V2: 3 rounds for time of: 50 single-leg squats, alternating, 7 muscle-ups, 10 hang power cleans.
Watch Workout Tips for 211204Gymnastics coach Kevin Montoya demonstrates techniques for scaling the pistol.
Watch Scaling the PistolWorkout of the Day for 211201: 3 rounds for time of: 500-m row, 21 push-ups, 12 strict toes-to-rings.
Watch Workout Tips for 211201Workout of the Day for 211130: With a continuously running clock, complete 5 thrusters every minute. From 0:00-5:00 use ♀ 55 / ♂ 75 lb. From 5:00-10:00 use ♀ 65 / ♂ 95 lb. From 10:00-15:00 use ♀ 75 / ♂ 115 lb. Continue adding ♀ 10 / ♂ 20 lb. every 5 minutes for as long as you are able.
Watch Workout Tips for 211130Workout of the Day for 211128: Complete as many Echo bike calories as possible in 10 minutes while performing rounds of: 10 box jumps, 15 push jerks, 20 seconds on the Echo bike.
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