Before CrossFit I was a mess. Maybe, “a mess” is the wrong term. That would imply that I was something. What I was, was nothing. I lost my fight, my drive, my will. I was merely existing. I was overweight, hitting my “PR” at 203 pounds. I was exhausted. And, boy, could I eat. At …
No matter what your individual fitness goals are, everyone wants to get stronger. Whether you’re looking to crack a 150-pound snatch or you just want to be able to effectively back squat below parallel, there’s some element of improved strength in every person’s fitness journey. But if you find yourself training day in and day …
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Your workouts are important to you, but life, work, and even just plain burnout can get in the way and lead you to skip a few – or a bunch of – days. While taking rest days is essential to helping your body recover and build muscle, taking too much time off can be detrimental …
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We can’t deny that women who lift heavy weights have become more visible in the past decade or so. And even if female participation in Olympic weightlifting is blowing up (47 percent of USA Weightlifting members are now women), we still have tons of misleading ideas and wrong concepts about the real effects that this …
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CrossFit was founded in 2001 by Greg Glassman and since then, its popularity just keeps growing. In 2018, there were more than 15,000 CrossFit gyms in 162 countries and more than 14 million Crossfitters. From that total, 60 percent of CrossFitters were women. Yes, more than half of the CrossFitters in the world are women! …
CrossFit is a great sport to help boost confidence, improve athletic performance, and get healthier. While it can seem, at first, that CrossFit is a sport for the young, with all its fast movements, gymnastics moves, and heavy lifting, CrossFit is great for people of any age, no matter their goals. Why CrossFit Is Great …
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A common pattern of mine, I think I have my shit mostly figured, and then I start dating. It’s like the overhead squat of life: it reveals all hidden weakness. The beauty and the sneaky trouble of spending most of my time around humans who CrossFit is that I forget I don’t have the a-typical …
The (MIS)Adventures Of Dating In An Athlete Body Read More »
When were you in the best shape ever? It feels like a straightforward question, usually involving a wistful look back into high school or college athletics before real life and refined carbs caught up to you. It harkens back to a time when your body didn’t have any shape to it all, or if it …
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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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How many of you are intimidated in the gym? Do you ever wonder, “What are people going to think about me?” “Will I get laughed at if I do something the wrong way?” “Am I using this equipment correctly?” “Do I look fit enough to be here?” Guess what? No one is looking – NO ONE CARES! …
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