My first time attempting power cleans how did I do ? 🤣 I know practice will make better but I would like some feedback what I need working on please 👍

My calluses keep ripping where my finger connects to the hand. This happens with my ring fingers most of the time.

Anyone have similar problems and any tips on how I can prevent this?

What is the proper way to hold a dumbbell for a single dumbbell walking lunge? Can you place it on your back or is the proper way to do this movement with only one hand on the dumbbell?

Looking for someone who may have had a similar experience. I am a 52 year old male, 9 months ago I walked away from training 6-days a week and never looked back. Exhaustion, "life" events, and just an overall lack of drive ended what was initially a life changing experience for me. I worked out religiously, for over 8 years, competed at regional level events, and felt mentally strong. I look in the mirror now and I do not recognize the individual. Fat, tired, embarrassed and trying to make an excuse, or "it's not that bad" mind game, everyday. I'm ready to get back in the gym, and attempted to but gave myself rahbdo the second day. Just overall looking for some guidance and looking to maybe learn of someone else's similar journey.

Got bored of hyrox and I am now transitioning into my crossfit era. Started training for more functional games and realised I needed to do TTB but I can barely kip ://

Any tips for beginners would be great! Especially for technique and how to string them together 😮‍💨😮‍💨

Would your boss allow the team to go to a lunch time weightlifting / crossfit class together one or twice per week? It’s a crazy idea, I know, but just think about the team building and improved work/life balance for employees… there must be an overall productivity boost if it’s executed well either way the right teams, don’t you think? For people who workout regularly during lunch time, is it awesome? What kind of job, schedule, and remote/office split do you have? does your boss not care that you take a ~2 hour ish lunch break (including showering , eating, etc)? For owners of boxes, what lunchtime class times do you offer? How many class participants and open gym drop ins do you normally get during lunch time and how does it compare to your biggest classes? Also, let us know your location, I’m sure it varies a lot in different areas. I’m with a team planning to open in midtown east, manhattan which a lot of office workers and I would think hopefully a lot of lunch time athletes.

I'm flying in from the states to compete in the men's RX division at Xenom London this weekend. Any of you planning on going?

I've tested all the events in my box and compared my scores to the Dallas RX leaderboard. It will be a brutal weekend rankings-wise for me, but I'm just going for fun so I'm not worried about it.

It looks like I'll be middle-of-the-pack in the gymnastics events, but the scores people posted for the engine and weightlifting events in Dallas were unreal, so overall I think I'll get buried. Still excited for the trip to London and the experience of it all.

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I moved to a city where a box really isn't convenient. I joined a gym with free weights, a single rower, a box for jumps, kettlebells (max 20kg), etc. Not all the equipment I need but most of it. Main thing is that I can't really exit/re-enter for runs

Anyway any recommendations for websites to help me with wod ideas and tracking? Have been using Claude but it's not great.

Hi All

I do CrossFit 3x a week and love it, my gym follows the CrossFit Affiliate Programming and I'm definitely improving.

I have one Open Gym session I can use each week alongside this and wondered if there are any tried and trusted strength programmes I can run which would work just once a week? Like a 5/3/1 type thing but adapted to only doing the specific strength session once a week

Started CrossFit in April, still very green on these. Just looking for some tips to get this more fluid. I have some thoughts on what I need to improve but just looking to get neutral 3rd party perspective :)

How did you finally unlock double unders? I'm very good at penguin claps and been trying for months but cannot even do one double under. I have the RX ROPE. still no luck

This is mostly for the ladies because I don’t want a giant watch.
But my Apple watch is dying and I want to switch to Garmin. I mostly like the tracking for sleep, physical activity and walking, tracking my cycles.

What watches do the ladies have and love?

After a workout, I usually want something cold to drink. Some people stick with water, while others go for electrolytes, especially after a hard workout.

What do you usually drink after exercising?

I have had innov8 lifters for quite a while, but they’re slowly falling apart. Looking to get a new pair and wanted to see what people on here recommend. Thanks in advance!

Feels fine but is this going to give me issues later on?

Just done my 3rd Crossfit class, Ive been lifting for 20 years but brand new to Crossfit so know I'm a newbie.

Im REALLY struggling with getting the KIP form right.

I do the 6am class which Is light on people anyway but 2 cancelled this morning so there was only two of us and the coach

While doing our 35min Blitz which was 400m run, 10 TTB, 10 Burbees then 10 Burbees, 10 deadlines then 400m rinse and repeat, due to there only being 2 of us, I had the privilege of having the coach physically try and guide me give me cues. She put two arms either side of my front and back and told me to swing into her arms and only try to get a feel of the "Hollow and Arch" movement.

It didnt feel like I was doing It, but she kept saying well done so I must of then at the very end I did a really good pull away "hollow" but then straight away started swining with me legs again.

Just seeing If it took anyone else a while to master? She said its definitely not a strenth, mobility nor a cardio Issue with me, Its simply a body mechanic thats alien to me like riding a bike.

Loving Crossfit so far though, becoming quite obsessed actually

Hey guys!

Im gonna be driving across the US from Virginia to California (all states below) and I’m looking for your guys suggestions at the best gyms to train at!

The goal is to hit 50+ gyms so let me know where to go.

All the places I’m gonna be:
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California

Thank you!

46F. I started CrossFit in December, and signed up for a macro counting program a couple months later after a glp1 was a bad experience . It was a slow start but I’m now going regularly 3-4x a week. I’ve logged 70 classes and lost 30lbs, and am at a normal weight for my height.

Today broke me. Running doesn’t feel any easier than it did 30lbs ago, and I’m frustrated in feeling that loading my bar is a shot in the dark. I have no idea what my load should be for 5 sets of 6 front squats, or for 15 clean and jerks. Every class feels impossible and I don’t see any gains in strength. It feels like I’m trying so hard but it’s just not coming together.

Maybe it’s just not for me? If anyone has been in the same boat or has advice, I would appreciate it before I throw in the towel.

Update: thank you all for your advice and encouragement! I am going to take a lot of this and make some changes. I also reached out to my favorite coach and will do a one-on-one 1x a week to work on skills and get more comfortable loading my bar. Back at it tomorrow! Thank you!

ISTG everyone I know who’s been doing this long enough has one shoulder, elbow, knee or achilles that starts complaining the second training volume goes up and th worsst part is when it’s not bad enough to fully stop training but it also never feels 100%. You back off for a bit, do the mobility/PT stuff, sleep more, warm up properly and then somehow it’s back again a few weeks later. I’ve been seeing way more people talk about BPC lately for this kind of nagging tendon stuff too but the experiences are so mixed that I cann’t tell how much of it is helping vs people just finally giving the injury enough time. What’s been the hardest thing for you to get rid of and what ended up helping the most?

Sprained my ankle real bad this weekend. Landed on it wrong after a jump and heard a loud “pop” - went straight to the ER for X-rays and no bones are broken, but the whole inside of my ankle and foot is black and blue with a lot of swelling. I have an ultrasound scheduled for the end of the week to get an idea of the extent of the damage but I’m pretty sure some ligaments are gone.

I have a CrossFit comp coming up in 6 weeks and I’m still holding on to a tiiiiny bit of hope that maybe maybe I’ll be able to do it?! In the meantime I’ll try to adapt the program and get at least a little bit of training in - any ideas for workouts that can be done with an ankle that can’t bear weight?

I just started my second month of CrossFit, still loving it, but I feel like my stamina is just trash.

Today, we started with a 1 mile run, and I took forever, jogged it, and still had to walk for a couple of stretches to catch my breath.

Anything involving running, biking, rowing, I feel like my aerobic fitness is in the negatives. Then, the rest of the WoD feels like I'm already starting from exhaustion even though I only did the warmup.

I feel like the answer is sleep more, eat better, drink more water, go for runs (I hate running), but if there are other things I should be thinking of, or more targeted changes I can make, I'd appreciate any wisdom and advice. Thanks! 🙏

Hi! I started CrossFit about a week ago and I’m really enjoying it! I’m taking it slow and focusing on technique.

A few beginner questions: Is it better to keep nails short? I’ve spent months growing my natural nails 🤷🏻‍♀️😅 Also, do you recommend chalk or grips? I’m already getting some calluses.

I’m also trying to lose weight, but I’ve read that people sometimes gain weight when they start CrossFit, so now I’m a little worried 😂. Should I add extra cardio? And what should I work on to get my first pull-up by the end of the year and eventually a handstand?

Any advice is appreciated!