The team at The Box Community is extremely excited and proud to announce Mason Doherty as our newest TBC Ambassador. Mason is a competitive and influential CrossFit athlete, Coach and CrossFit affiliate owner at CrossFit MSD in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. He has been successfully competing in and enjoying CrossFit since 2011 and has been fortunate […]
Lately a lot of people have asked me about how I handle continually making sacrifices, turning down invitations to events, prioritising training, recovery and preparation over partying, friends and family. For me it comes down to my innate personality and drive. I make my choices based on what is going to have the most rewarding […]
The festive season is upon us and this is ultimately a happy time but unfortunately for some it can be a time of regret and self loathing come the start of the new year. I hope you enjoy yourself but still maintain the healthy habits you worked so hard to instill in yourself over the […]
The team at The Box Community is extremely excited and proud to announce Darcia Ondrovcik as our newest TBC Ambassador. Darcia is a competitive and influential CrossFit athlete, CrossFit coach and personal trainer in Brisbane, Australia. She has been successfully competing in and enjoying CrossFit since 2011 and has been fortunate enough to compete at […]
As a fitness professional I get a lot of questions about my personal programming and any exercise “secrets” that I might be hiding from everyone. People seem to think that out there in the health and fitness industry there is a ‘secret’ bullet, program or diet that is going to be the answer to all of […]
So you’ve finished work after 8 or more hours sitting and driven to your local affiliate to train and there are a few squats and deadlifts on the board… if you haven’t released your TFL (tensor fascia latae) muscle then your form will be compromised. TFL is one of those muscles that likes to do […]
The common perception among those who do not understand CrossFit is that CrossFit is the cause of all kinds of injuries from Rhabdo to sub acromial bursitis. It is not the movements that CrossFit employ that cause injury, it’s the lack of range of motion or abnormal bio-mechanics of the individual. For example the majority […]
It’s not taught in medical schools. It’s not talked about in strength and conditioning communities. But literally every Applied Kinesiologist, Chiropractor and some savvy Naturopaths and Massage Therapists know it to be a fact. Every important hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, neck and back stabilising muscle has a direct neurological link to a particular organ. You […]
It seems that every 2nd person you bump into these days is a personal trainer or a CrossFit coach, not saying that this is a good or a bad thing but with the more people that are doing something then the more the variance in quality that occurs (a bit of a metaphor for CrossFit […]
The 2016 CrossFit Open is over! This may be a sad occasion as the realisation sets in that the open will not be happening for another 12 months but I imagine for the majority of people it comes as a welcomed relief. A relief as we go back to our weekly training routine and rid […]