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The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric The 2019 CrossFit Games Open has officially wrapped up! Submissions for 19.5, the final week of the online competition, were due yesterday (PT), with the unofficial leaderboards now finalised. We say ‘unofficial’ as CrossFit now has to go through a detailed review process to very all qualifiers. They also have to wait for athletes to accept or decline invites to the 2019 CrossFit Games. So, while the leaderboard probably won’t be changing much over the next few days, for now they are only unofficial. As it stands, here are the leaderboards for the individual athletes following the 2019 CrossFit Games Open: Individual Men – Unofficial Top 25 Individual Women – Unofficial Top 25 As we can see, Mat Fraser was the clear standout in the men’s half, finishing well ahead in first place and securing his ticket back to Madison later this year. While in the women’s half, Sara Sigmundsdottir finished ahead of f...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor CrossFit athletes around the world know all too well just how taxing daily high intensity workouts can be. The range of interval training, gymnastics, weightlifting and other cardio based exercises puts a high demand on your body. As a result, you will need to ensure that all aspects of your daily life are enhanced to maximise your gains. Your diet may already be optimal for strength training and conditioning. But have you considered your quality of sleep? Although training and fitness can improve overall sleep quality, a higher load of intensity and pressure can lead to worsening your sleep condition. Sleep is proven to improve athletic performance. While sleep deprivation can instigate fatigue and a slower post-training recovery . Your growth hormone is also released while you are asleep, stimulating bone growth, muscle repair and burning of fat. Here are 7 sleep habits common with CrossFitters and how to overco...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor Most people agree to the adage that health is wealth. Walk into any CrossFit gym and you’ll most likely find a large number of people who can vouch for this. But despite this, many people forget amidst all the responsibilities in the office, home, or school, that without good health, they’ll struggle to get anything done. People argue that they don’t have the ‘energy or time’ to implement a healthy lifestyle, resulting in high-stress levels. Finding healthy ways to destress is just one of the secrets to having a healthy mind and body. Read on for more tips to lead a healthy lifestyle despite your daily work and home responsibilities. Eat wisely Many working professionals complain that their fatigue at work makes it difficult to eat healthily. While it’s true that most workplace foods can be unhealthy, what’s crucial is to exercise self-discipline. You can still eat junk food and other treats offered by office...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor In the past three years, Aussies have spent upward of $8.5 billion on fitness related products and services annually. Since the population of the country is only 21.4 million people, that’s a ridiculously large heap of dough spent each year on an  important-to-your-health field . So, the question is, how do you make these investments in your health affordable on your budget? Take a Look at Your Overall Budget to Find Your Sweet Spot You’ve all got – or should have – budgets for your annual,  monthly, and weekly spending . You can only earn so much money and have so many plans for each year. There’s travel you want to do, housing repairs that need to be dealt with, education costs for you or the kids, and heaps of other figures that run headlong into the budget, making it difficult to find the right space for fitness. The best way to figure out how much you can spend on fitness is by determining how much ...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor The competition in athletic sports, whether at school or on a professional level like the CrossFit Games , can cause much pressure and physical stress on athletes. So much so, that some resort to using performance-enhancing drugs. The most common of these is anabolic steroids. Sporting authorities and bodies like WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) have been vigilant about steroid abuse by athletes for decades. They’ve made steroid drug testing , as well as the testing of other prohibited substances, a priority. Not only that, but sporting bodies themselves have increased their urgency to catch out athletes who cheat and take prohibited substances. The CrossFit Games, is one of these, who enforce their own drug testing . This has resulted in the banning of several athletes. Most notably Australian Ricky Garard , who was stripped of his podium finish at the 2017 CrossFit Games and given a four year suspension for testing...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric This week we take a moment to review the NAIPO Shoulder and Neck Massager: Designed to treat your muscles through Shiatsu Kneading Massage and Heat. Item:  NAIPO Shoulder and Neck Massager Price:   $49 USD Retailer:  NAIPO Purchase:   www.Naipocare.com Functional fitness athletes are no strangers to shoulder and neck massagers. Simply go online and type in those words in Google and you will be bombarded with a list of items, all claiming to relieve muscle tension in your neck and shoulders. In the busy world we live in, many of us simply don’t have the time (or money) to visit a professional to get rid our our knots and muscle issues. That’s why we try to do it ourselves using self massaging tools. During my time reviewing self massaging tools for this site, I have covered almost all types. Everything from the Theracane , to the Compex, to the Vyper , to simple and cheap tools like lac...