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Veterans Day 2018 Hero WOD “Armistice”

jeff
Veterans Day has been observed since 1954 by the U.S. and its origins date back to Armistice Day 1918, which marked the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front in WWI. Veterans Day preserves the historical significance of the 11/11/1918, but also focuses attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor…

Acupuncture for CrossFit Athletes

William Boylan
Many people seek out Acupuncture for day to day aches and pains, acute ailments and chronic health issues. It doesn’t matter if someone is a professional, amateur or hobbyist CrossFitter, Acupuncture can help improve many areas that are of concern when it comes athletic performance. In this post I want to touch base on three…

Nutrition Seminar 1 Recap and Links

Neil
Watch the Live Seminar Replay Seminar Powerpoint Slides 2018 Nutrition Smackdown 4.0 from crossfitamoskeag Nutrition Challenge Tracking Document View Only: Click to view the document. Get Your Own Copy (Must be signed into Google): Click to get your own copy of tracking document.

It’s Safe For Your Kids to Lift

Dan Baram
Growing up as a child of the 80s and 90s the topic of children lifting weights was a controversial one. Most parents were told to keep their kids out of the weight room until at least high school and most of us didn’t touch the iron until college. Yet even in college it was the…

How to Prevent Injury in Student Athletes

Dan Baram
In Spetember of 2017 Time magazine published an article stating that youth sports has become a 15 billion dollar industry. The fact is college scholarships are saving families hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition fees. This potential for massive financial gains has led to professional level youth sports becoming hyper competitive. What this means…

Staying Grounded: 5 Great Ankle Mobility Stretches

Dan Baram
Recently at a CrossFit Competition a competitor asked what he would be bracing his feet against during a sled drag, to which the host answered….. the EARTH. Yes the answer was a little tongue in cheek but also made me think for a moment. Our feet are usually our only connection with the ground and…

Bedford Kid’s Tryathalon

Neil
Grab your kids and join CrossFit Amoskeag for some fun running, swimming, and biking! What Is The Kid’s Try-athlon? Swim, bike, run, fun!  We are proud to announce that we will be a sponsor at the 6th Annual Kid’s Try-Athlon.  Registration is open for the Try-athlon and we have 10 free registrations for team Crossfit…
Crossfit for Runners

3 Simple Rules to Improve Running

jeff
If you want to improve running as well as recover faster and better then you need to do strength training. Runners get plenty of practice running. Their greatest area of opportunity to improve overall fitness, as well as the amount of time it takes them to go from the starting line to the finish line,…

My Masters Journey: Qualification

Neil
If you missed it or need a refresher, read parts one and two of this series. In my first meet and all the lifts so far in this meet, I didn’t remember anything any of the coaches for the last year had told me.  I was too nervous and just tried not to throw up.…
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