I first walked into a CrossFit gym - usually called 'the box' (a warehouse-type set up rather than a gym packed with conventional machine equipment) in June 2019. My main personal reason for doing so was to improve my upper-body strength in order to get better at the aerial hoop, and my plan was to ...

In brief, CrossFit entails completing a series of exercises within a specified time frame. To see how it's done, the curious will turn to vid-ucation via YouTube, followed closely by Instagram. You'll see these muscular women, and super v-tapered men with etched six packs and overall just ...

CrossFit as you may well know, is becoming increasingly popular in the fitness industry, with participation levels on the increase thanks to its simplicity and effectiveness. CrossFit involves the use of your body as the resistance itself in training, resulting in varied exercises at high intensity ...

CrossFit is an excellent way to keep fit and healthy. With sessions lasting up to 30 minutes, it’s a perfect mix of short but intense periods of movement which gets your heart to work hard and your body to sweat. With the aim of enticing you to participate, these exercises are simple yet ...

As a 2012 Olympic silver-medalist rower Krista Guloien offers crossfit tips on how to approach the rower.

Our next sandbag training article in the series revolves around Power Cleans. We've all seen weightlifters in the Olympics picking up heavy weights from the floor and hoisting them up before holding them overhead. The clean and jerk is one of the two lifts (the snatch is the other) in this sport ...

To the delight of well-endowed women everywhere, it’s finally fashionable to have a strong, round butt and wider hips. While not every woman has the physique to build a J-Lo type backside, we can all do a bit more to tone and strengthen our derrière. Importantly enough, a strong rear end ties in ...

Grip strength (see our interview with grip-strength pro, David Horne) is something athletes and gym-goers are now becoming more aware of. Thick bar adapters, tools to convert barbell and dumbbell handles to a wider diameter, have become more popular recently. A relative newcomer to this market is ...

TRX is the acronym for Total Resistance Exercises and refers to suspension training that develops strength, resistance and balance with the aid of a suspension straps tool. It is a small, easy-to-carry and store tool that has innumerable benefits, such as improving stability and mobility, whilst ...

The most common complement I get from women (especially at the gym) is, “you have a very attractive and curvy backside”, followed by the question, “what exercises do you do for your glutes?”. It’s extremely difficult for me to make them understand that my exercises don’t affect the size or shape of ...