CrossFit Journal Articles

• The Moves
  The CrossFit movements are functional, full-body movements that generate a great deal of power, and virtuosity in these movements requires instruction, practice and refinement. The movements are tremendously effective for producing fitness, but they are c
• Spanish Push Press
  Maggie Dabe from CrossFit Fairfax is one of CrossFit HQ’s traveling seminar trainers. Originally from Ecuador, she explains our standard cues and faults for the push press entirely in Spanish.
• Perfecting the Push Press
  Joe Westerlin, owner and head coach at CrossFit Omaha, leads a group class on the push press, correcting a multitude of errors along the way.
• On the Safety and Efficacy of Overhead Lifting
  This month we respond to the oft-heard conjecture that lifting overhead is inherently dangerous--i.e., that it is destructive of the shoulder. Conjecture, by definition, is required neither to comport with fact nor to offer testable proposition, and, as s
• The Lifting Shoulder
  What should the shoulder's contribution to overhead lifting be? Should the shoulder remain fixed or should it elevate, moving toward the ear, during an overhead lift? These questions were recently raised on the CrossFit message board and found their way o
• The Overhead Lifts
  Coach Greg Glassman breaks down the significance of the overhead lifts that progress from shoulder press, to push press, to push jerk. From shoulder press to push jerk the movements become increasingly more athletic, functional, and suited to heavier load
• A Postural Error: A Costly Biomechanical Fault: Muted Hip Function (MHF)
  Muted hip function (or MHF) is a postural error and a costly biomechanical fault found to some degree in all but the most accomplished athletes, writes Coach Greg Glassman.
• The Jolie Diaries: Correcting the Push Press
  Jolie Gentry from CrossFit One World won the 2007 CrossFit Games. She came in fifth in 2008, and she is a part of CrossFit HQ’s traveling Level 1 seminar team. In this clip from Jordan Gravatt of CrossFit by Overload, Jolie teaches the push press to
• The Level 2 Cert - Fixing the Dip
  On Day 1 of the CrossFit Level 2 certification seminars, participants instruct each other in the 9 fundamental movements (squat, front squat, overhead squat, press, push press, push jerk, deadlift, sumodeadlift highpull, and clean) that are the core of th
• Overhead is Rising
  Coach Bill Starr is a legend in the strength and conditioning world. He was Mark Rippetoe's coach in the 70s, who has this to say about him. Bill Starr is the author of the books The Strongest Shall Survive: Strength Training for Football, Defying Grav