Resources

With thousands of CrossFit gyms around the world and hundreds of thousands following the program you can be sure that there are a lot of passionate people out there. Resources for the CrossFitter are endless, whether you’re looking for information on diet, cooking strategies, how to pull a clean off the floor or how to assemble a gym in your garage, it’s our goal to make this page a landing space for all of the best of CrossFit information. Check in with this page often as we’ll do everything we can to continue to update it’s archives.

Food: Recipes and Useful Websites

Recipes
- Fit Foods: Cinnamon Apple Pork Chops (Paleo)
- Fit Foods: Charred Chicken
- Fit Foods: Bell Pepper Sammies
- Fit Foods: Whole Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables
- Fit Foods: Cast Iron Cookery
- Fit Foods: Paleo Lunch – Chicken Salad
- Fit Foods: Paleo Breakfast

Websites
- Steve Paleo (Great recipes by a serious CrossFit athlete)
- Everyday Paleo
- Zone Diet Recipes (long list of recipes for Zoners)
- Steve’s Original Paleo Kits
- Paleo Treats
- The Paleo Solution – Robb Wolf
- Performance Menu, Greg Everett, Catalyst Athletics
- Lean Gains
- Whole9
- Mark Sisson

Misc.

- Comprehensive CrossFit Bodyweight Workouts (PDF download)
- Integrated Recovery
- Concept 2
- Progenex
- CrossFit Journal
- CrossFit.com

Books

Diet
- Dr Barry Sears, “Mastering The Zone”,
- Dan Benardot, “Advanced Sports Nutrition”, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois, 2006
- Gary Taubes, “Good Calories, Bad Calories”, Knopf, New York, NY, 2006
- Loren Cordain Ph.D., and Joe Friel M.S., “The Paleo Diet for Athletes”, Rodale Books 2005

Training
- Pat O’Shea, “Quantum Strength & Fitness”, Patrick’s Books, Corvallis, OR, 1996 & 2000
- Michael Yessis, “Secrets of Soviet Sports Fitness & Training”, Collins Publishers, 1987
- John Jesse, “Wrestling Physical Conditioning Encyclopedia”, The Athletic Press, 1974
- Thomas Baechle and Roger W. Earle, Ed. “Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning” Human Kinetcs, 3rd ed. 2008
- Louie Simmons, various training articles
- Dan John, “Never Let Go,” On Target, Santa Cruz, CA 2009
- Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore, “Starting Strength” (2nd edition), The Aasgaard Company; 2nd edition (October 21, 2007)
- Greg Everett, “Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches,” Catalyst Athletics; Second edition (September 25, 2009)
- Mark Sisson, “The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy,” Primal Nutrition, Inc.; 1ST edition (June 1, 2009)

The Mind
- Bruce Lee, “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Ohara Publications, 1975
- Brad Alan Lewis, “Assault on Lake Casitas”, Shark Press & JL Designs, 2005
- Graem Sims, “Why Die?” (Percy Cerutty biography), Lothian Books, AU, 2003

Physical Therapy
- Hutton, Richard; Hoppenfeld, Stanley, Md, “Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities”
- Peggy Houglum, “Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries”
- Florence Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall McCreary, “Muscles: Testing and Function”