We have created a specific warm-up for 18.1 that ensures your body is ready to handle the workout. If you’d like to take a look and see what it is click below to download our FREE 18.1 Strategy Guide today.

Muscle ups, pistols, rope climbs, HSPU in all varieties, HS walking, CTB chin-ups, TTB, barbell complexes, ring dips.  All of these things belong in the trick bag that the competitive CF athlete has to have in their arsenal to compete at the next level.  The reality of the situation is that not only do they need to have them but they also need to be able to a fuck ton of reps at each one.  Over the years we have seen workouts organized at the regional level that have a large number of repetitions.  For example this years 5 round deficit HSPU workout, the chipper workout with ONE HUNDRED GHD SITUPS, and the 15 MU ascending clean workout.

Need a hand crushing CrossFit Open Workout 18.5 and securing a competitive score? Our very own coaches, Sam Smith and Mike Lee were on hand to answer some of our athletes pressing questions in an hour-long webinar the morning of Friday, March 23rd. Here are some of the highlights:

There’s plenty of misinformation out there about what it takes to be the best in the Sport of Fitness. Given the time of year, the halfway point of the 2018 CrossFit Open, I thought I’d dispel at least three of the myths that surround the CrossFit competition training process for athletes and coaches.

You choose the path that matches your vision of coaching success, and we’ll provide you with clear direction to the career of your dreams and mentorship from those with a proven record of success.

The OPEX Programming: Principles course is an introductory program designed to help coaches or personal trainers develop a better understanding of effective program design. 

One of the great things about fitness is that it attracts people from all walks of life into your facilities and you have the opportunity to help all of them in their fitness journey.  Arguably one of the bad things about fitness is that it is built on a foundation of competition with the games being the Holy Grail at the end of the chase.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, it is what it is and has inspired a ton of people to unleash their inner athlete.  But where this model falls short is that not everyone is a competitor nor do they wish to structure their life around what it takes to be one.   The true problem lies with a model that makes the assumption that everyone does want to get jacked up about being a competitor.  

There are hundreds of different ways to tackle this difficult question. If you are looking for simple answers, you are more than welcome to move on to some free online eating template for CrossFitters to follow.

Sunday is Tennil's active recovery day. She has longer easy aerobic sessions. This is to allow her body and mind to recover as she prepared to compete at the South West Regionals. Recovery is just as important as training!

James FitzGerald’s latest course, Mixed Modal, is here. After decades of experience in the world of competitive functional fitness, James set out to answer these three simple, but vital, questions:

OPEX Fitness and The Brand X Method recently inked a broad partnership to improve their respective coaching education programs and fitness service offerings to their clients globally.

“I think growth is a really interesting topic for anybody. Again, I am a huge advocate of the growth mindset because I think as you grow, you feel momentum, you feel inspired. But I think a lot of people ask themselves the question of why they feel stagnant sometimes. They might spend a couple of years doing something, they might spend 10 years doing something. But I generally think that people feel stagnant when they’re stagnant. I don’t think that it needs to be much more complicated than that.”

I have programmed thousands and thousands of workouts and programs for athletes over the past twenty years. Despite all this experience, I have made mistakes. Sometimes I see my mistake immediately upon writing and reviewing the program, other times the mistake has taken years to discover. It was only when I became a coach of coaches rather than a coach of athletes that I finally was given a different perspective that allowed me to not only learn what caused my mistakes but how to fix them.

The ‘wall ball’ is a movement commonly done by individuals participating in fitness in a CrossFit environment. The movement has often been misinterpreted as a squatting maneuver. In reality, the movement is much more dynamic in nature.

Patrick Casey started training with Head Coach Michael Bann at 14 years old, the end of 8th grade. As an extremely hypermobile athlete, with an inability to stabilize, this lead to sub-optimal movement such as the inability to complete even an air squat or set his back for a deadlift.

This particular education piece will not discuss technique NOR pre-qualifications BUT how to ensure it is powerful training.

OPEX Owner and Coach James Fitzgerald, discusses the ways to add more weight to your backsquat. With proper and smart programming, this is achievable over time. Check out the full video below!

A program that focuses on personalized, progressive, functional work is a winner. It’s not that hard, you just have to write it down. When you experience it, it makes even more sense. AND it actually has been happening for a LONG time with success. Success means constant improvement in some ways towards the long term goals.