"The CrossFit definition of an athlete is a person who is trained or skilled in strength, power, balance and agility, flexibility and endurance. The CrossFit model holds fitness, health and athleticism as strongly overlapping constructs. For most purposes, they can be seen as equivalents." --...
"The magic is in the movement, the art is in the programming, the science is in the explanation and the fun is in the community." -- Greg Glassman, CEO and Founder of CrossFit This week, the world famous and community-driven main event of CrossFit kicks off....
Mind over matter: it's a real thing. Have you ever walked up to a barbell and psyched yourself out of a lift? We're all victim to mind-games, and in weightlifting, it's very much a reality. But in this edition of our blog—The G-Force Source—we're not...
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” - Lance Armstrong, Every Second Counts The athletes at the CrossFit Games are undoubtedly going through tremendous amounts of pain. This year seems to be one of the hardest years yet with events such as Murph, the clean pyramid, and The...
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” - Eleanor Roosevelt Each and every day, we go about our daily routines: eat, work, eat, work some more, poop,...
In February and March this year, forty five dedicated soldiers from the G-Force CrossFit blue army participated in CrossFit's craziest season of the year: the CrossFit Open. Each week on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, everyone turned up and participated in the worldwide event, testing...
Four workouts of the CrossFit Open are now behind us. We've pushed through overhead walking lunges, toes-to-bar, and bar muscle-ups. Over the weekend, you all powered through a whole lotta' deadlifts and wall balls. Kudos to you all. We've seen a lot of determination and...
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - Winston S. Churchill We've said it before and we'll say it again: the CrossFit Open serves as an opportunity to improve your athleticism. It's an opportunity to successfully perform...
"16.2 is an opportunity to showcase your strength," said Dave Castro. What I think he meant to say was to showcase your muscular endurance after smashing your guts with a lot of toes-to-bar! "16.2 is an opportunity to show us how strong you are. You just...
In previous years of Open workouts, we've seen some lengthy WODs. We had the thruster and burpee-over-bar workout which was one of the first that was "for time." For some people, that workout took over twenty minutes to complete, but for the other more elite...