Until you’ve consumed all of the best Crossfit books, can you even claim to be a true fan?
- Cross Training WOD Bible: 555 Workouts from Beginner to Ballistic (2014)
- Cracking the CrossFit Open: How to Outperform Your Peers in Every Workout (2017)
- Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes (2017)
- WODZILLA: The Ultimate WOD Compilation 700+ Cross Training Workouts (2014)
- Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness (2015)
- High Intensity Interval Training: Burn Fat Faster with 60-Plus High-Impact Exercises (Idiot’s Guides) (2015)
- Cross Training: 1,000 WOD’s To Make You Fitter, Faster, Stronger (2015)
- Embrace the Suck: What I Learned at the Box About Hard Work, (Very) Sore Muscles, and Burpees Before Sunrise (2017)
- First: What It Takes to Win (2013)
- New Anatomy for Strength & Fitness Training: An Illustrated Guide to Your Muscles in Action Including Exercises Used in CrossFit (R), P90X (R), and Other Popular Fitness Programs (IMM Lifestyle Books) (2018)
- Unbreakable Runner: Unleash the Power of Strength & Conditioning for a Lifetime of Running Strong (2014)
- Bodyweight Cross Training WOD Bible: 220 Travel Friendly Home Workouts (2014)
Cross Training WOD Bible: 555 Workouts from Beginner to Ballistic (2014)
Here is A Preview Of What the Cross Training WOD Bible contains: A comprehensive list of the health benefits of Cross Training In depth terminology to help you understand the abbreviations and lingo used 555 Cross Training WODs (workouts) And Much More!
Cracking the CrossFit Open: How to Outperform Your Peers in Every Workout (2017)
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced athlete, this book will help you improve faster in the key CrossFit workouts and movements. It provides you with the tools to outperform your peers, both in the Workout of the Day (WOD) and in the next CrossFit Open. If you are serious about CrossFit, read this book and begin training in a better way.
Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes (2017)
CrossFit trainer Ben Bergeron has helped build the world’s fittest athletes, but he’s not like other coaches. He believes that greatness is not for the elite few; that winning is a result, not a goal; and that character, not talent, is what makes a true champion.
WODZILLA: The Ultimate WOD Compilation 700+ Cross Training Workouts (2014)
Looking for the Ultimate WOD Book? You’ve Found it! If you’re looking for the ultimate compilation of WODs, suitable for anyone including those just getting into cross training all the way up to athletes at an elite level then this is the book for you!
Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness (2015)
One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, Learning to Breathe Fire combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C.
High Intensity Interval Training: Burn Fat Faster with 60-Plus High-Impact Exercises (Idiot’s Guides) (2015)
High-Intensity Interval Training is a new workout trend that involves short, intense bursts of exercise, followed by periods of lower-intensity exercise or rest. In turn, the body burns more calories in a shorter period of time than traditional exercise routines. Idiot’s Guides: High-Intensity Interval Training is a full-color, step-by-step guide that is packed with over 80 exercises, structured routines, and intense programs that can be done anywhere, anytime.
Cross Training: 1,000 WOD’s To Make You Fitter, Faster, Stronger (2015)
Cross Training – 1,000 WOD’s To Make You Fitter, Faster, StrongerThis is your one-stop guide to Cross Training. This book will not only introduce you to this amazingly effective and often transformative sport, but it offers you 1,000 sample workouts to choose from. I will also show you how to design your on WOD’s. So, once you’ve worked your way through all 1,000 WOD’s, you can continue to develop your own.
Embrace the Suck: What I Learned at the Box About Hard Work, (Very) Sore Muscles, and Burpees Before Sunrise (2017)
With irreverence, humor, and soul-touching candor, the former editor of Bicycling magazine explores the CrossFit phenomenon, the fitness revolution sweeping America, chronicling his experience "inside the box" and how he got into the best shape of his life.Lifelong amateur athlete Stephen Madden decided to put himself to the test, physically and mentally, by immersing himself in the culture, diet, and psy…
First: What It Takes to Win (2013)
Reigning CrossFit World Champion Rich Froning is “The Fittest Man on Earth.” He’s fast. He’s strong. And he’s incredibly disciplined. But it takes more than physical strength to compete and win at an elite level. It takes incredible mental and spiritual toughness as well. And it is the precise balance of all three that makes Rich Froning a champion.
New Anatomy for Strength & Fitness Training: An Illustrated Guide to Your Muscles in Action Including Exercises Used in CrossFit (R), P90X (R), and Other Popular Fitness Programs (IMM Lifestyle Books) (2018)
Using detailed anatomical illustrations, New Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training provides you with visual insight into what happens to the human organic machine during exercise—muscles and tendons working in concert to strengthen your body’s building blocks.With this basic knowledge of how the body works, you can buff up your body with the book’s 75+ exercises, grouped by body region and involving gym machines, free weights, and body weight/stretching, as well as yoga and Pilates.
Unbreakable Runner: Unleash the Power of Strength & Conditioning for a Lifetime of Running Strong (2014)
In Unbreakable Runner, CrossFit Endurance founder Brian MacKenzie and journalist T.J. Murphy examine long-held beliefs about how to train, tearing down those traditions to reveal new principles for a lifetime of healthy, powerful running. Unbreakable Runner challenges conventional training tenets such as high mileage and high-carb diets to show how reduced mileage and high-intensity training can make runners stronger, more durable athletes and prepare them for races of any distance.
Bodyweight Cross Training WOD Bible: 220 Travel Friendly Home Workouts (2014)
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Best Crossfit Books that Should be on Your Bookshelf
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some crossfit books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
HWPO: Hard Work Pays Off Transform Your Body and Mind with CrossFit's Five-Time Fittest Man on Earth
Author(s): Mat Fraser; Spenser Mestel
ID: 3185721, Publisher: Harmony/Rodale, Year: 2022, Size: 33 Mb, Format: epub
CrossFit Diet Guide and Cookbook: Your Diet Guide With Easy Delicious Recipes
Author(s): James , Patricia RDN
ID: 2951557, Publisher: Independently published, Year: 2021, Size: 430 Kb, Format: pdf
Connections Aging, Crossfit, Community, and Quality of Life
Author(s): Todd Weber
ID: 2553980, Publisher: , Year: 2020, Size: 12 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are really best-sellers according to Washington Post, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.