The proliferation of fitness to the masses came at the same time as the advent of the internet.

Ian Boughey working on some eccentric only pullups with a tempo to work on his regular pullups.  Ian has been working hard in the process and “training to get better at testing”

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” 



OPEX HQ Coach Matt Springer provides clear direction on how to structure your warm-up for squatting

The training plan last year emphasized Dustin being able express his fitness potential for 5 weeks in the 2016 Opens.

Over-training, moving house, or finishing up exams: there are a bunch of stressful life events that typically bring on a bout of sickness. But what if they don’t? What if you never get sick?

One walk around the airport in Chicago on my way home to Labrador; or one hour spent at Walmart searching for a snow sled for my kiddos – and the assumption you’d make for most people for this answer is…not a lot.

After being injured during the 2017 CrossFit Regionals, the toughest thing for Rachel Campbell has been getting her mind back in the game…

Within the realm of CrossFit, ‘the community’ is most often the #1 response of every day folks who report on what keeps them coming back to their box, day in and day out.

Tennil will be tackling CrossFit Open workout 18.4 in her morning session today. Be sure to follow OPEX Athlete on Instagram to see her crush this workout.

Tennil Reed is currently preparing to get ready for the CrossFit Regionals. In todays training see has some rope climbs and thrusters in the Am and some intervals of rowing, double unders and running.

Remote Coaching Client David Bozak completing a new battery squat test created by Head Coach Matt Springer.  It mirrors Open workout 16.2.  If you combine this training session with David’s essence, it’s an excellent example of someone on the far end of the Low NME.  Look at his squat prescription, then look at his “max” of 275lbs at the end of the squat ladder.  What coaches can take away from this is an example of someone who does well with high volume at classically high intensity.

If your goal is to bring new people into your business, particularly in a gym setting, you’re going to have develop strategies to get in touch with people or build awareness around your business.

Can coaches train others and be an athlete themselves? Yes, but it’s not easy and the harsh truth is you may not be great. The people who try to make this balance work become “jack of all trades, master of none.” Coaches must strive to figure out what is more of a priority.

Have you ever coached an athlete in the deadlift or squat that just couldn’t seem to figure out how to sit back and let the posterior chain load up?  A rob the forefoot drill is a drill I use with many clients ranging from extremely high-level athletes to the weekend warrior.  Here is the premise behind the movement.  First, I want to clear ankle mobility issues, which is really quite easy.  Put your athlete in half kneeling barefoot and have them lunge forward keeping their heel on the ground, if they can get their shin to be 45 degrees or greater, they don’t have a mobility problem at the ankles.  An even easier test is to do a plate squat, where you have an athlete hold a 10 pound plate out in front with their arms locked out and have them squat as deep as they can.  If it drastically improves then odds are, it’s a stability issue not a mobility issue.  This also explains why a ton of your mobility work has probably not helped too much.  So if you’re one of those athletes or coaches who works with athletes and mobility work just doesn’t seem to work no matter how much you do, this post is for you.

Maybe you didn’t execute the plan the way you wanted or you lost focus and made a mistake that cost you the win or finishing better than you could have… either way the feeling in your gut leaves you unfulfilled from the experience.

Now, learning happens through multiple different ways, through experiences of physical activity and also life experience and fitness experience. So there’s two tracks that are happening. I’ll give you a simple example:

The CrossFit Open has come to a close. For many CrossFit athletes, it’s the end of the season and the start of their annual journey towards their full athletic potential. However, this can be a confusing and difficult time of year for fitness coaches in which athlete enthusiasm and retention drop precipitously.