While some of you might think you’ve seen this post before, you didn’t.  It was only a dream…. Adventures in Zombieland “Welcome to Zombieland.” That’s what the receptionist at the Globo Gym should have said when I walked in the door.It had been 6 months...

You may or may not have heard one of CrossFit’s popular mantras a million times: “Functional Fitness”.  Sounds appealing, we all like functionality… and fitness is cool.  But what the hell does this mean? In the eyes of CrossFit, it means we’re using our bodies...

The CrossFit Games season has just hit!  Starting Tuesday, March 15th 2011 competitors from every corner of the world will begin the grueling process of becoming crowned “The Fittest Man/Woman on Earth”. In years past, there would be a round of events, usually held at a local...

When you see the Workout of the Day for the first time which category do you fall into? Statement #1 : “hmmm, doesn’t look that bad, should be able to knock that out without too much trouble” … and then its way harder than what you could have possibly...

Egg timer, chicken rotisserie, can of coors light and a GoPro Grand Opening Party from LAX CrossFit on Vimeo. What would Macgyver do with an egg timer, battery powered chicken rotisserie motor, can of coors light® and a GoPro camera? He would run a steel cable the length of the box, duct tape...

Sam Visnic is gonna be droppin a shit ton of knowledge at his FREE Stress And Hormones Seminar on March 26th. In the mean time, here’s a little preview on some of that knowledge… New Supplement ‘X’ Raises Hormone ‘Y’ By 200%! Do you have the same response to...

Doug’s Glamour Shot The other day Doug approached me after class about the photos we post. He liked them & all, but none of them were good enough to use as his Facebook profile picture, and he wanted to use a “workout” photo as his profile picture.  My response was,...

Zombies Are Coming. We Need You! We’re holding open recruitment for our zombie defense tactical units. Nah, just kidding – bet you thought this was going to be some cult-like recruitment post due to the title, didn’t ya? In fact, what we’re going to gather around the...

This image was generated from the most popular 300 words from our website. The larger the word, the more often we used it. I will probably do the same experiment in a years time and compare the 2. (Dan says: I really feel like a whore now.  You know “shoes” is 90% me… ...

Since Nike attached itself to rising NBA star Michael Jordan in 1984 the sneaker business has marketed the latest and greatest must have athletic shoe to us.  I must say I loved my one and only pair of Air Jordan’s IVs… So Fresh & So Clean.  Check out the old school Mars...

Let me just say this one time, really loud and clear, so there’s no mistaking the point: The best – and ONLY – way to “get in shape for Crossfit” is to DO CrossFit. As coaches/trainers we hear things like this all the time: “Yeah, I’m totally in on...

“Hormones & Aging” is a post courtesy of Sam Visnic. He is an expert on analyzing hormones and how they effect your overall health, among other things. He will be holding a seminar on March 26th, after our Saturday class. How Hormones Affect Aging Does this line sound...

Where do I begin with Lynn? (I’m now tempted to rhyme the rest of my post, but I’ll spare you). Lynn came into the box, having heard about us from her buddy Brandon.  As many of you know – Lynn can get in and out of the gym unnoticed, but at the same time doesn’t come...

Look Good Naked Whether you’re doing CrossFit to get healthy, be better conditioned for a sport, get hulk like strength, or any other reason you tell people, don’t kid yourself into thinking you wouldn’t like to look good naked. We all want to look good (or is that just me),...

My CrossFit shoe obscession has taken new lows just now. But in case any of you want in on the action, I feel it’s my duty to post this. Normally I’m jack this shit up on Facebook, but I’m going to keep this an LAX CrossFit only mention this time. Again Faster, seems to be...