Go to Source   America loves Soul Cycle, Spinning, CrossFit, and gluten-free foods–just to name a few of the health and fitness trends that are popular parts of the country’s health and fitness culture at the moment.   But what if what’s popular in American culture isn’t quite up your alley? After all, maintaining a […]

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Go to Source Adrian Dougherty stands 5-foot-2. She wears her mass of dirty blonde hair in a long ponytail. On the weekends she works at a local doughnut shop. During the school year she competes on Fort Myers High School’s math team.   Very little about this 16-year-old screams top-ranked national weightlifter.   And that’s […]

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Go to Source MONTROSE, Colo. It started out in a gym about seven years ago when Kelli and Ella Lowenberg took up crossfit, which eventually evolved into representing the US in power lifting.   The mother/daughter combo from Montrose just returned from South Africa, where the World’s competition was held. After rounds of back squats, […]

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Go to Source   STATEN ISLAND, NY. — “You think it’s a lot of running?” roared John Carstensen over the beat of Saturday’s Hi NRG Sound’s soundtrack for the Barbells for Burns event at Outerbridge CrossFit.   “Jeff was a runner; so suck it up and run faster,” the co-owner of the gym exhorted 20 […]

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Go to Source By Jessica Jerreat   Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, who severed her spinal cord in an accident last week, has praised a CrossFit athlete who came to her aid.   Swimmer Dyken Rouen, who won six gold medals for the U.S., was injured while riding an all-terrain vehicle in Arizona on June […]

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Go to Source   On the goal wall at Kulshan CrossFit in Bellingham, eight people have scrawled the same aspiration: Inline skate 30 miles.   “I like to ask all my clients to write down something they’re scared to do, and then I encourage them to do it,” said Kacie Cleveland who owns the gym […]

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Go to Source   FOXBOROUGH — Chace Building Supply and neighbor CrossFit Torque welcome the community to their businesses as they host a blood drive on Saturday, June 14 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. The event will be held outside at Chace Building Supply on Rte. 1 in Foxborough (1 mile south of Gillette Stadium).   […]

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Go to Source If someone in your life does CrossFit, the high-intensity fitness training favored by Marines and first responders, you’ve ribbed them (out loud or in your mind) about being part of a cult. This is a natural response to their relentless insistence that CrossFit has changed their life, and that it will change […]

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Go to Source   You’ve likely heard of CrossFit as being a high-intensity workout combining core training, cardio, weightlifting and gymnastics for a complete full-body workout.   As the top strength and conditioning program for elite athletes worldwide, and professionals in the police and military service, the program is designed to prepare your body for […]

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  Go to Source   You probably know something that does and loves CrossFit or you’ve seen some of the muscled competitors going head to head in the CrossFit games on TV. If you’re curious about this new fitness workout, here’s what you need to know. 1. What is Crossfit? Crossfit is a full-body strength […]

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