CROSSFIT HEALTH

Registration for the first Healthcare Professional Level 1 (HCPL1) filled up almost immediately, so we are excited to announce the following additional dates for 2022: San Diego, California, Nov. 12-13 and Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 3-4.

Kelly Starrett and Mike Giardina discuss movement compensation in the CrossFit athlete. According to Starrett, movement compensation happens when an athlete moves in a way that is less effective and efficient, and therefore has less transferability.

In this panel from the 2022 CrossFit Games, Naomi Parrella, MD, joins Chris Hinshaw, Thomas DeLauer, Kristi Storoschuck, and Mike Giardina to take a deep dive into understanding metabolic flexibility. Metabolic flexibility refers to the body’s ability to alter fuel sources based on metabolic demands.

Is it dangerous to eat fatty foods like butter, bacon, and avocado? Join the CrossFit Health team for a webinar with author and investigative journalist Nina Teicholz on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET as we assess claims that dietary fat is a risk for disease.

Did you know coach and affiliate owner Adam Neiffer’s gym is home to a physical therapy clinic? Ike Anunciado, a PT out of Fort Vancouver, Washington, sits down with Mike Giardina to talk about running his clinic within the walls of CrossFit Fort Vancouver.

Kristi Storoschuk, a Ph.D. student at Queen’s University, and Mike G sit down to discuss metabolic flexibility. Exercise can be a stimulus to both determine and improve metabolic flexibility. 

Thomas DeLauer, Dave Castro, and Mike Giardina discuss performance on a low-carbohydrate diet and Thomas and Dave’s 35-mile ruck.

Investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. She documents how the low-fat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences for our health.

During this CrossFit Health panel — which took place at the 2022 Games in Madison, Wisconsin — Mike Giardina, Dr. Rodrigo Jasbick, registered dietitian Nicole Aucoin, and affiliate owner Amy Hollingsworth discuss how healthcare providers and coaches can develop a symbiotic relationship and improve the lives of their clients by sending the same message.

Rodrigo Jasbick, M.D., a cardiologist and CF-MDL1 in Brazil, and Mike Giardina discuss the need to bridge the gap between fitness and healthcare.

Dr. Jaime Seeman will take a deep dive into training and nutrition for the female CrossFit athlete. This webinar will mostly focus on improving health and fitness in the general female CrossFitter, but will also touch on how to train and eat for optimal performance and competition.

Dr. Allison Brager discusses the importance of sleep and how it affects health and performance. Dr. Brager focuses on sleep as a “performance-enhancing drug” for athletic performance, cognition, and mental health, while providing strategies to improve sleep during less-than-ideal situations — such as travel or competition.

Dr. Dominic D’Agostino reviews the metabolic impact of ketosis and outlines its neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and regulatory effects.

The only person who can achieve optimal health is one who is willing to put in the work. “Hard to Kill” will give you a roadmap that will help you to master five pillars of health — nutrition, movement, sleep, mindset, and environment — making you physically, mentally, and spiritually strong.

Following the success of the Medical Doctor Level 1 (MDL1), CrossFit Health is excited to announce we will be hosting a Level 1 Certificate Course for Healthcare Professionals in Boulder, Colorado, Dec. 10-11, 2022.

You came to the CrossFit Games to watch the world’s top athletes compete for the title of Fittest on Earth. But you do CrossFit for something even more valuable. You do it to live better, longer. That’s why CrossFit Health invites you to join the conversation in a variety of CME/CEU panel discussions

The CrossFit nutrition recommendation for “eating for wellness” is to eat meat, vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar. The most common critique received for this recommendation is that sugar is found in foods such as fruit, tubers, and even vegetables.

On Tuesday, July 26, at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET, Allison Brager, PhD., will discuss the interactions between sleep and eating, training, and performance. Dr. Brager dissects the science of sleep and recovery, specifically focusing on what makes for restorative sleep and why restorative sleep is crucial for athletes.

High-intensity workouts in which athletes perform complex, technically intensive movements under fatigue and strain are increasingly popular. Dr. Sean Rockett reviews common injuries that emerge under these conditions, why they occur, and how athletes and coaches can adjust behavior to prevent injury while minimizing impact on exercise intensity or performance benefits.

Injury is often seen as a complex psycho/bio, motor/mechanical chance phenomenon over which neither athletes nor coaches have control. Dr. Kelly Starrett reviews the alternative view: that the core tenets that drive effective performance — including sleep, hydration, nutrition, and graded exposure — can be used to deliberately and proactively assess injury risk, prevent injury, and mitigate the impact of injury if it occurs.