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Can you outrun a bad diet?
🎄Happy holidays! Planning to enjoy family, friends and some good food over the next couple of days? Make sure to carve out some time for...
Dec 21, 20241 min read
Carbohydrates in endurance events: Why? Some biology
🍯 WHY would you need to supplement carbs during longer endurance events? This post is inspired by the insights from our ongoing...
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Always Training Hard might LIMIT Gains in Fitness - New study suggests
🤔 Something that the CrossFit methodology is overlooking? A new overview study looked at the effects of training intensity on gains in...
Oct 31, 20241 min read
The Hidden Downside of Always Trainig too Hard
🥵 Why always training too hard might limit long-term process High-intensity functional workouts like AMRAPs, EMOMs, and “for time”...
Oct 31, 20241 min read
Pain tolerance in athletes: Are they really built different?
Athletes And Pain - An Inseparable Relationship? Some of you will still remember the examples from the first slide. From left to right:...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
Be impressed by intensity, not volume
A quote by founder of CrossFit, Greg Glassman Although any physical activity is better than none, this study suggests that longer bouts...
Sep 24, 20241 min read
Is Zone 2 Needed in CrossFit? (pt.1)
Zone 2 Training in High-Intensity Sports: a two part series 🔥 Are you doing zone 2 training, but not sure you are actually training in...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Is Zone 2 Needed in CrossFit? (pt.2)
Zone 2 Training in High-Intensity Sports: a two-part series 🔥 Pt. 2 // Do I need to do Zone 2 training as a CrossFit athlete? In this...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Carbs are KING for High-Intensity Sports
Carbohydrates are probably the most misunderstood macronutrient out there. In this post, we lay out biochemical reasons WHY carbohydrates...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
A Guide to Building More Muscle in CrossFit
How to build muscle while maintaining functional fitness. A question we get a lot. Rightly so, because a recent overview study showed...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
A NEW Wearable to measure PACE and POWER during WODs
WODmotions , a device and accompanying software designed to: ✅ Detect functional movements ✅ Assess pacing and movement speed ✅ Estimate...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Why Certain Muscles Shrink Even When You’re Training Hard
This new study shows (again) how incredible ingenious the human body is. It seems that muscles are ‘reallocated’ from untrained to...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
2x your CrossFit® performance with this new training method
🔥The results of our HYBRID study are in! ▶ Please checkout the latest video on our YouTube channel for full breakdown and analysis of...
Aug 22, 20242 min read
No-reps undermine the spirit of competition - 3 reasons why
'🗣 No-reps, the nemesis of CrossFit®. How much advantage does an athlete gain by not meeting movement standards? 🧐💦 Let's consider...
Jun 4, 20232 min read
Most common injuries in CrossFit®athletes
According to an overview study including 14 studies which reported on 2111 injuries, shoulder, lower back and hand wrist were most...
Jun 4, 20231 min read
Injury and CrossFit®
🗣 You heard it a lot. ‘CrossFit® is dangerous and gets you injured much more quickly than other sports’. 🕵🏻♂️ Well… the scientific...
Jun 4, 20231 min read
🔥🥛 Nutritional supplements and CrossFit® performance
👀 New study looked at the effect of caffeine of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) separately or combined on Performance in the workout Cindy....
Jun 4, 20231 min read
Four reasons why CrossFit® induces muscle growth
🔥 CrossFit® and muscle growth 4️⃣ We believe that there are 4 possible reasons why CrossFitters – male and female – can build a...
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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