THE JOURNAL
Training tips, skin science, and athlete stories.
Half Marathon Row Part 1: The Pain and the Regret
I speak from experience when I say, if you’re ever crazy enough to try a half marathon row, like the one Dave Castro programmed for...
Read More →Desperate Times, Magical Tape Job
No matter how committed you are to preventative hand care, if you enroll in a CrossFit competition where you have to do 50 pull-ups in...
Read More →The best gloves for CrossFit are no gloves at all. Sissy.
Let's be honest. Your grandfather didn't need gloves while he worked long hours in the field or factory doing manual labour that would crush even...
Read More →RIPT: Hand-in-Hand with sport - Olympic Weightlifting
Take Care of Your Thumbs! That's the advice Rachel Siemens had to offer when we asked her how a CrossFit athlete turned Olympic weightlifter (who...
Read More →RIPT: Hand-in-hand with sport - Kettlebell Athletes
Ben Poss still remembers the horrors of his hands when he completed his Russian KB certification RKC (Russian Kettebell Challenge). It was a three-day course,...
Read More →RIPT: Hand-in-Hand with Sport - Gymnastics
Meet Kate Richardson: Kate learned about hand rips at a young age. The two-time Canadian Olympic gymnast was already going through multiple rolls of athletic...
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