“Typically, the world's best athletes are minimalists when it comes to their training. They work hard and fast with few exercises. They master the fundamentals and work with them for years. This is the secret that no one wants to hear.” -- Greg Glassman, Founder...
“Hiding from your weaknesses is a recipe for incapacity and error.” -- Greg Glassman, CEO and founder of CrossFit Different cults from the different walks of life have rites of passage which, once completed, deem individuals as accepted members of their given cult. The rites of passage...
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.” -- John F. Kennedy Strength, stamina, endurance, dexterity: these are the physical traits we want to achieve. How we go about achieving them comes down to a...
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” -- William Shakespeare CrossFit, weightlifting, fitness, diets, eating chocolate, eating ice-cream, smoking cigarettes, smoking marijuana, smoking methamphetamine, watching pornographic videos; they're all addictions. We seem to take the equivalent to...
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” -- Marcus Aurelius There are plenty of tedious activities we perform everyday as a necessity rather than a desire. We can be grateful for such necessary daily activities like...
“Wisdom stems from personal accountability. We all make mistakes; own them...
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them...
Pull-ups are one of the most common movements performed in CrossFit. We do them often at G-Force, and we pride ourselves in coaching our athletes to move as efficiently as possible. One of the fastest ways to perform pull-ups is the butterfly, but learning this...
We all love a good kip, whether it's to get us up and over the rings, to get our chin over a bar, to smack our chest against the bar, or to recharge ourselves with an afternoon nap. Earlier on in the week, G-Force held...