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THE JOURNAL
Training tips, skin science, and athlete stories.
Rope Burn Prevention and Treatment: When A Long Sock Just Isn’t Enough
Everyone knows the long sock, athletic tape rope burn prevention trick by now. It works most of time. By that, I mean it works when...
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Tis the season to stop stuffing your stockings with lame gifts like mandarin oranges and scratch tickets that never win
Stuffing stockings is a stressful endeavour. It’s usually left until the last minute—after you’ve already spent too much money on other presents—and you end up...
Read More →5 Reasons the Group Class Might not be the Best thing for Fitness
I love sweating with others as much as the next CrossFit athlete. After six years of CrossFit, I still hit workouts with a group once...
Read More →3 Reasons Not to Offer ‘Women’s Only’ CrossFit Classes
When I was in Grade 10, my school decided to put us in gender-segregated fitness classes. Twice a week, we took a school bus to...
Read More →Not About the Run
When people say, “I’m not competitive,” or “I don’t like to compete,” they are essentially announcing to the world they lack courage. Why? Because competing...
Read More →Michelle Miguez: Living—and thriving—with Cystic Fibrosis
Your legs are on fire. Your heart is racing. You seem to have lost vision in one eye, and your lungs burn like a bitch....
Read More →Catching Up With Rachel Siemens
After Rachel Siemens helped Team Taranis to a bronze medal at the 2011 CrossFit Games, she abandoned the sport. Not because she didn’t love CrossFit. But because...
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