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Remember The Fallen - 11 CrossFit Hero Workouts you should try at least once
What is a CrossFit Hero WOD? Good question. Fellow CrossFitters name a number of WODs after fallen service personnel. One of the best known is ‘Murphy,’ named after a 29 year old U.S. Navy Lieutenant called Michael Murphy who died in Afghanistan in 2005. A Hero WOD is therefore about honoring a fallen hero. Be warned, however; some of them (in fact all of them) are designed to put you in a world of hurt and make you question why you’re doing them. This brings the entire Hero WOD into perspective. Hero WODs are not supposed to be a daily...
Sleep and its importance for athletic performance and recovery.
Pssst, if we told you that you could get an edge in your chosen sport simply by catching the zzz’s, would you believe us? Seem too good to be true? Well, it’s not. Research shows that sleep is crucial for optimal athletic performance and is one of the most underrated elements to improving your health and fitness overall. For many of us sleep can be seen as a luxury. In today’s society many of us are sleep deprived and we don’t even know it. With longer working hours and more pressure on us from external sources the recommended 7-9 hours...
14 CrossFit Workouts That You Have To Try At Least Once
CrossFit workouts typically combine olympic lifting and gymnastic movements, sprints, and bodyweight exercises such as push-ups and burpees. The sport is growing rapidly, with people from all walks of life pursuing CrossFit workouts to get fit, healthy and strong!CrossFit workouts are fun but physically demanding. They require you to be strong at high heart rate whilst still maintaining good form and technique. When you’re feeling fatigued it’s often your technique that will go first but if you want to be a good crossfitter then this is something you’re going to have to work on. In today’s post we’re going to...
Lois Smith CrossFit Journey - From a dream to CrossFit Games Sanctionals Qualification
Good evening, how are you all? This feels strange, writing as if I am speaking… please do bear with me as this is the first time I have written a blog! I was thrilled when Shaun, a good friend of mine, and owner of Icon Nutrition approached me to write a blog. And with the sanctionals season underway, what better topic to chat about? So yeah, Hello, I’m Lois. I’m a mummy of two wonderful boys, George (5) and James (3). I work as a Lecturer in Sport Rehabilitation at The University of Hull and I’m married to retired...