For more than a decade, Noah Ohlsen trained and competed against the best athletes in CrossFit. He qualified for the CrossFit Games year after year, finished second in the world in 2019, and remained one of the most consistent athletes of his generation. In 2026, Ohlsen entered a different stage of his career. At 35, […]
Read More →On Sunday in Buenos Aires, Yomif Kejelcha ran 56:51 for the half marathon, averaging roughly 4:20 per mile for 13.1 miles, or about 2:42 per kilometer. He finished more than two minutes ahead of second place and, subject to the normal ratification process, took 29 seconds off Jacob Kiplimo’s previous world record of 57:20. Those […]
Read More →Good conditioning isn’t built by living in one intensity. If you want the adaptations that come from aerobic work, threshold work, and high-output anaerobic efforts, you have to train all of them. That’s why our conditioning doesn’t look the same every day. We use longer aerobic pieces to build the engine, PPM to teach pacing […]
Read More →Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 for the mile in London, breaking a world record that had stood since 1999. The time’s ridiculous on its own, but the more interesting part is how specific the preparation became once Kerr and his team decided they were actually going after the record. They called the plan Project 222, a […]
Read More →James Sprague won the 2026 CrossFit Games by 27 points over Dallin Pepper, giving him his second title in the last three years. This year’s Games featured 20 individual events, the largest event slate in Games history. Sprague won only two of them while also finishing 26th in one. At first glance, that looks like […]
Read More →About two years ago, I developed the Paced Performance Method. I’ve been coaching competitive CrossFit athletes for over 10 years, and I’ve always tried to bring ideas from other disciplines into the way I coach. Running and cycling have had a big influence on me. Interval training, Zone 2 work, threshold work, and controlled pacing […]
Read More →Most athletes think conditioning is simple. Go hard. Breathe heavy. Suffer. Repeat. And yes, hard work matters. But if every conditioning piece turns into a redline effort, you’re not always building better performance. Sometimes you’re just practicing how to fall apart. That’s where the Paced Performance Method, or PPM, comes in. PPM is a structured […]
Read More →Deloading the week before a CrossFit-style competition is one of the most overlooked—but most important—parts of preparation. Done right, it can help you feel fast, explosive, and clear-headed when it matters most. Done wrong, and you might show up feeling flat, heavy, or under-recovered. The final week is not the time to build more fitness. […]
Read More →Ever wonder what a true hybrid athlete’s week looks like? Not just the highlight reel on Instagram—I’m talking about the real structure. The strength days. The intervals. The long runs. The recovery protocols. The nutrition that makes it all work. If you’re training for performance and aesthetics… if you care about your squat numbers and your mile time… this […]
Read More →For years, athletes have been told the same thing: if you want to get strong, don’t do too much cardio. Cardio kills gains. Endurance work makes you weak. You have to choose between being strong or being conditioned. And while there is some truth behind that idea, it has been exaggerated. The problem usually isn’t […]
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