Tomorrow marks the end of our long strength training phase, the Rebuild period. Here is where we get to see just how much clay we’ve added onto our statues and exactly what we have to work with in the next two phases. Some of you may have noticed the Goal boards posted in the...
Continue readingTop 6 Questions to Ask When Choosing a CrossFit Gym
CrossFit continues to gain in popularity as a great exercise program. CrossFit and its basis in programming functional movements, has helped many achieve their goals to move better and feel stronger in their day to day lives. The high intensity and compound movements allow people to see rapid results in both performance and...
Continue readingFalling Off The Wagon
At our weekly coaches meeting, Jesse and I were making note of some of the successes we've been seeing in our membership, both in body composition and performance. It's incredibly motivating to see, and success breeds success; when one person is making great gains, everyone is asking them what they're...
Continue readingDon’t Break the Chain
I want to thank Shawn for letting me write the first guest post on his blog. Thanks! Like many of you, I've been working with Shawn on revamping my nutrition. I'm really excited about getting things dialed in, but I'm finding there are a lot of behavior changes I need to...
Continue reading2013 Goal Setting
I'm not a big believer in New Year resolutions; anything worth doing is worth doing today - it doesn't make sense to wait until the beginning of the year to start a positive activity. Having said that, I am all about goal setting - if you don't...
Continue readingThe Training Log
Let me start by saying - if you're not keeping a training log, you're losing out on a ton of potential improvement. I can't stress this enough, but a training log is CRITICAL to improving as an athlete. Not making any gains? Not losing weight? Feeling run down or injured?...
Continue readingBeing Sick and Working Out
Let's face it. “It” happens, even to CrossFitters. You come to the gym and go to pick up a weight and it feels abnormally heavy. You brush it off as fatigue from yesterday's WOD and continue to lift. Then, the daily metcon feels really hard, and your score stinks, and...
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