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Start the New Year With Your 1st Bar Muscle-Up
Start the New Year With Your First Bar Muscle-Up Written by Kelly Sekulovski Getting your 1st bar muscle-up can be SO frustrating Any CrossFitter has
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Invictus 2023 Year-in-Review
2023 Invictus Year in Review Written by Kelly Sekulovski, Luke Layton and Nichole Kribs As 2023 comes to a close, we are reflecting on a
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2 Helpful Tips For Reaching Your Fitness Goals
Written by Fritz Nugent Oh great, another goal setting article What if I told you that I
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CrossFit Pre-Season Cycle
Written by Holden Rethwill Invictus Athlete Introducing the 2024 pre-season cycle. This cycle will begin on January 1st and will take us
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12 Days of Christmas: Invictus Athlete Style
Written by Kelly Sekulovski and Luke Layton Tis’ the season for 12 Days of Christmas workouts: the sneaky
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The Life Changing Habit You Should Start Today: Journaling
Written By: Bryce Smith After many years in high level sports, twelve years of coaching, three
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Can I Use Strongman Training for Fat Loss?
Written by Michele Vieux If you’ve been paying attention, then you’ve probably noticed the uptick in Strongman
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Wrapping Up 2024: A Busy Offseason
Written by Kelly Sekulovski While it might be referred to as the “offseason” there wasn’t much downtime in the
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Coaches, Your Words Are Powerful
Written by Kirsten Ahrendt If you are a CrossFit coach or a coach of all kinds: Words are powerful. As
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Ready To Improve Your Gymnastics?
Written by: Kelly Sekulovski If you don’t believe us that Invictus Gymnastics is truly the
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Invictus Is Rolling Deep at the Legends Championship
Written by Kelly Sekulovski On December 7-10th, Masters athletes from across the world will gather at Arizona
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Stay On Track in December With Your Workouts
Written by Nichole Kribs We know that December is often a tough time to stick to your
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Coaches, Should You Use Ice Breakers?
Written by Kirsten Ahrendt I recently performed a check-in with a new member asking for feedback on how their
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Whiteboard Briefs Should Boost the Value of Your Group Classes
Written by Kirsten Ahrendt One of the critical concepts we cover in the Invictus University
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Common Handstand Push-Up Problems
Written by: Travis Ewart Having handstand push-up problems? We see a LOT of these recurring handstand push-up problems scrolling through Instagram