Epic Bridge Run IX Recap

We have started another year and as we have for the past 8 years we kicked it off by heading down to the Golden Gate Bridge and participating in the Epic Bridge Run. This year’s theme was looking forward to this summer. It is an Olympic Year…

Injuries From Activity

If you move you risk injury. Injury through participation in sports and other physical activities range wildly from one activity to another. Some of the facts may surprise you as far as injury rates from various sports. I have been wanting…

Evidence Based Fitness

In CrossFit, we do a lot of things that other people in the fitness industry think are insane. We mix weight-lifting with “cardio,” we use the kip to “cheat” when we do pull-ups, we put heavy weight overhead, we run on the front of our…

The Original "Nasty Girls"

Some of you did the workout “Nasty Girls” last Thursday. You may be wondering where that came from and why it’s called “Nasty Girls”. Here are the original “Nasty Girls” from old CrossFit headquarters in Santa Cruz: That was…

One Bite At A Time

Roger and I talk about nutrition all the time. And for good reason! What you eat directly affects what you can do, how well you recover and how well your body makes gains. It’s also the hardest part of fitness. Let me say that again, it’s…

Thanksgiving Feasting

I was not aware that Nick was going to be doing a nutrition post yesterday, but it is timed extremely well for this post to be a follow up. We’re going to talk about approaching the copious volumes of available food over the next few days…

Flying Kettlebells?

Think for a minute about the human resources available at CFM.  This crazy little gym really packs it in.  It’s a little gold mine of talent.  Among these star trainers we have a kid who’s barely not a teenager any more named Ben Herwitz. …

How To Talk About CrossFit Marin

I’ve been asked a few times how to tell people about CrossFit Marin. We know how enthusiastic we all can get about the program and what it has done for us. Unfortunately often it is difficult to express what it is or how it works. Generally…

Power

Power is the ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to deliver maximum force in minimum time. This is what we chase in our workouts. Power requires both training and practice. Strength without coordination does not yield…

Speed

Speed is the ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement . The ninth detail post on the 10 General Physical Skills. Speed is the first of the skills that requires both training and practice. You can train quite a lot, develop…