Everything You Need to Know About CrossFit (and How to Train Safely and Efficiently)
If you want to know CrossFit CEO and founder Greg Glassman's official mantra on what fitness is, here it is: “Eat meat, vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, few carbs and no sugar. Keep an ener...
10 Accessible Functional Training Routines in our app
Functional training routines are based on integrating all aspects of our body's movement into our daily exercise routines. That is, we don't train an isolated muscle group, but rather exercise rou...
Discover the new VELITES MINIMAL 1.0 training shoes: Performance Simplified
The story of the Minimal 1.0 shoes designed by Velites begins with a recurring question we've heard from athletes, coaches, and users who train CrossFit, Hyrox, and functional training: "I want the...
The 8 Best CrossFit Workouts for Beginners. Guide to Starting Functional Training
If you're new to CrossFit, you’re probably wondering: first, what does Froning do, and second, how to actually get into the world of WODs, the intensity, the pain and the functional workouts toughe...
7 HIIT Jump Rope Workouts – Maximum Results in Minimum Time
Bored of the usual jump rope routines? Let's talk about high-intensity interval training, also known as HIIT. As the name suggests, HIIT workouts are done in intervals, alternating intense anaerob...
Step-by-step Guide. How to train for a Spartan Race
In Ancient Greece, the Spartans were revered for their physical and mental strength. The life of these soldiers began in childhood; weak infants had no place in military training. At age 7, boys en...
How to remove hand calluses for CrossFit
Whatever activity you perform with your hands, skin wear and wounds accumulate until calluses form. When you do CrossFit training the friction on the hands with each repetition is maximal. For that...
CrossFit and functional training dictionary: Vocabulary, acronyms and abbreviations
Imagine you leave home or arrive at your workplace and everyone speaks a language unknown to you. The same thing happens when you land in a box. You’ve probably heard things like: “What do those in...
20 of the Coolest WODs in the World
With Murph already done by most of us for another year, you might be asking, what's next? There's a whole world of hard and fun WODs to explore; some are much worse than Murph, and others are simpl...
50 gift ideas for your favorite CrossFit and Hyrox athletes
Whether you're excited or anxious about the Christmas madness, your favorite CrossFit athletes are expecting gifts. From training shoes, weightlifting belts, chocolate protein or paleo snacks, deci...
50 At-Home CrossFit Workouts: WODs You Can Do With No Gym
Yes, you can do CrossFit at home without giving up the intensity or variety of the box. In this guide you'll find 50 at-home CrossFit WODs, organised by type and level: from the classic benchmark W...
Before getting into the specific process of how to adjust your jump rope according to your height, it's important to understand why the correct jump rope length makes the difference. Using a poorly...
11 Foods That Will Make You Stronger and Help You Gain Muscle
When it comes to increasing muscle mass and becoming stronger, we often end up going crazy looking for a solution, because not all information available on the subject is reliable, unbiased, or, by...
Choosing the right jump rope can make all the difference in your CrossFit performance. Whether you're trying to nail your double unders, working on your speed, or prepping for competitions, your ro...
Rules change. Interpretation tightens. Enforcement varies by stage and by head judge.The only approach that never fails: follow the current CrossFit Rulebook, the workout scorecards, and the head j...
10 WODs Every CrossFitter Should Try at Least Once
CrossFit is a methodology of training that seeks to develop all physical capacities: cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balanc...
How to prepare for your first Spartan Race. Training for Beginners
Spartan Races, or more generally obstacle races, have been popular for a few years now, with people looking for new ways to challenge themselves and to test their agility and technical skills over ...
12 Days of Christmas WODs (You Can Do at Home)
While most people see Christmas as days to relax and do nothing, you're worried about how many workouts you'll miss because you have to travel or because there's no box near where your parents live...