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Dec 7, 2019

A newbie wanders into your CrossFit gym, watches for a while, decides they want the life they see, and signs up.  Are they now a CrossFitter?  Yes.  Are they any fitter?  Not yet.  But as they move forward, over time they will be.  Their outer reality will match the identity that is now theirs.  It happens the same way...


Nov 5, 2019

Dave Hippensteel is one of CrossFit’s most accomplished athletes, having competed seven times as a master in the CrossFit Games, and winning three (count them!) gold medals.  As both a competitive athlete and a medical professional, Dave has a deep appreciation for the human body.  In today’s episode, he joins Tim...


Oct 13, 2019

Matt Lodin coaches the coaches.  As one of the senior-most trainers (CFL4) in the CrossFit organization, he spends his weekends training Level 1 and Level 2 CrossFit instructors, and his weekdays running the on-site box at CrossFit’s San Diego headquarters.  At this point he has done just about everything in CrossFit...


Sep 15, 2019

Is there a point at which good care of our bodies crosses over and becomes a bad thing?  Ragamuffin Barbell says “yes.”  In this episode, Tim Morey and Kris Germain speak of their own understanding and experience of the idolatry that can pop up around body image, athletic performance, and being enslaved to...


Aug 7, 2019

It is one of those counterintuitive truths in training: rest is essential to growth.  In other words, if you work out too much and don’t take time to recover, your body will actually get weaker, not stronger.  The same is true of the other dimensions of our lives – without adequate time given to rest and recovery,...