I took some pictures at the gym the other day. Nothing unusual for CrossFit. We love to document everything, right? But these were a little different. Picture 1: A young teen. Done with his workout. Sitting on some boxes, absorbing information as three adults are in various stages of warming up, and in between reps of …
Forgive me if I take you back to the basics, but sometimes we have to look back to be able to move forward. In exercise physiology, we have what we call the five health-related components of fitness: body composition, cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. These are elements that we consider the most …
If you are a competition lover like I am, this has been an amazing summer to observe the absolute best in the master’s section of the Crossfit Games and I have to say, though, my favorite is watching the performances of the “older” athletes. There were quite a few athletes that were past the ages …
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Do we have to keep talking about post-workout nutrition? UMMM YES! Because the more we are exposed to the marketing tactics of the billion-dollar supplement industry, the more confusing it gets. You can go to a variety of different websites right now and find a variety of different recommendations for post-workout nutrition and hydration, based …
I’m not a fan of winter. After living in Colorado as a child, and having Raynaud’s Syndrome, I would be happy never living where it snows again. Somewhere where it’s 70 degrees all year round sounds great to me. . . Alas, I live in the central part of the US, and like many other …
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