CROSSFIT HEALTH

What’s cooler than being cool? ICE COLD! CrossFit Health has partnered with Ice Barrel and Penguin Chillers for a cold-therapy challenge this February. Cold-water therapy has been catching a lot of attention lately with claims that it can increase metabolism, build resiliency, and improve energy, focus, mood, and recovery. So we're going to put it to the test.

Mike Giardina sits down with Jason Welch at the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games. Welch is a nurse anesthetist, a member of the CrossFit Games medical staff, a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer, and an affiliate owner — CrossFit Cadre in Hudson, Ohio.

Welcome to the CrossFit Health Book Club. Each month, we will announce the title of a book based on a health topic we will cover through articles, social-media posts, IG lives, and webinars. The book for January 2023 is “Fat Loss Forever: How to Lose Fat and Keep It Off.” We would love for you to read along with us and provide feedback and questions for our webinar in the comments below.

Mike Giardina sits down with Thomas DeLauer to discuss metabolic optimization. DeLauer is a nutrition and business performance coach who has 3.2 million Youtube subscribers and has helped military special operations, law enforcement, and firefighters develop both metabolic and brain optimization.

Mike Giardina sits down with Simon Bachofner at the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games. Bachofner is a nurse practitioner, a 10-year CrossFit athlete, and a five-year CrossFit affiliate owner. As a member of the audience at the CrossFit Health Panel on “Bridging the Gap Between Fitness and Healthcare,” Bachofner posed a lot of great questions to the panel, and after learning Bachofner is also a healthcare professional, Giardina decided to continue the conversation.

In this panel from the Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, California, Mike Giardina, Dr. Meghan Helwig, and Griffen Bradds discuss different strategies for bridging the gap between fitness and healthcare.

Dr. Jason Garrett, Chief Medical Officer for Airrosti, Clinical Director for the CrossFit Games, and MD-L1 Certificate holder, sits down with Mike Giardina to discuss movement compensation and assessment. Dr. Garrett provides some general strategies to assess an athlete or a group of athletes in the gym.

Nicole Aucoin, a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer and founder of Healthy Steps Nutrition, sits down with Mike Giardina to discuss bridging the gap between fitness and healthcare.

Mary Mirabelli of the Health Finance Management Association and Mike Giardina discuss the cost-effectiveness of health - essentially, how keeping people healthy affects the economy.

Welcome to the CrossFit Health Book Club. Each month, we will announce the title of a book based on a health topic we will cover through articles, social-media posts, IG lives, and webinars. The book for December 2022 is “Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More.” We would love for you to read along with us and provide feedback and questions for our webinar in the comments below.

Last weekend, November 12-13, 2022, the first CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course for Healthcare Professionals (HCP-L1) was launched at CrossFit 1904 in San Diego, California. The HCP-L1 is a private course open to all licensed healthcare providers and healthcare administrators. In San Diego, the participants were emergency-room doctors, neurologists, psychologists, nurses, physical therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, an acupuncturist, and an ear, nose, and throat doctor.

Dr. Tony Hampton believes metabolic health is the key to healing. According to Dr. Hampton, it is not willpower that is the main barrier to improved lifestyle. He uses two acronyms — NEST and ROPE — to highlight the keys to metabolic health.

In this interview at the Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, California, Mike Giardina sits down with Dr. Stephen Phinney to discuss how the ketogenic diet can prevent chronic low-grade inflammation to improve health and performance. Dr. Phinney is the co-founder and former Chief Medical Officer of Virta Health.

Want to learn the keys to achieving metabolic health from a board-certified obesity specialist? Join the CrossFit Health team for a webinar with Dr. Tony Hampton on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET.

Dr. Cory Jenks, doctor of pharmacy, comedian, speaker, and author, sits down with Mike Giardina at the Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, California. Why is a licensed pharmacist at a metabolic health conference? Well, Dr. Jenks has a very powerful message that has been transmitted through in-person events and his new book: “Permission to Care: Building a Healthcare Culture that Thrives in Chaos.” Dr. Jenks wants healthcare professionals to stop acting like robots and learn to adapt to the unexpected. The principles he teaches can be applied right away, and they are not only for healthcare professionals — they can also apply to CrossFit coaches.

Shveta Raju, M.D., is passionate about improving the metabolic health of her patients and community using CrossFit training. 

From the publisher: “You can literally do the impossible. You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your physiology so you can thrive in any stressful situation.” With The Wim Hof Method, this trailblazer of human potential shares a method that anyone can use — young or old, sick or healthy — to supercharge their capacity for strength, vitality, and happiness.

Allison Betof-Warner, Ph.D., M.D., and practicing oncologist, talks with Mike Giardina at the 2022 CrossFit Games about updated cancer exercise guidelines and training active and beyond-cancer athletes.

In this interview at the Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, California, Mike Giardina and Dr. Robert Cywes discuss self-speak and self-affirmation when initiating and maintaining healthy behaviors.

In this panel from the 2022 CrossFit Games, Allison Betof Warner, MD and Ph.D., and affiliate owner Amy Hollingsworth join Mike Giardina to discuss the current guidelines and recommendations for training athletes in cancer treatment or remission, and running a successful cancer program in a CrossFit affiliate.