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 …
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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! …
I think we all can agree that CrossFit is a very challenging sport, almost impossible to master. There are always going to be movements we can do faster, thoughts we can control better and ways to grow stronger. I feel it (and hear it) quite often at the box, women feeling frustrated and confused in …
When I found out I was pregnant, I could not wait to be one of those badass pregnant moms overhead squatting with a still semi-heavy barbell in my hand. I imagined Crossfitting up to my due date and making sure I had that same barbell back in my hands after my six-week postpartum checkup. BOY …
Anxiety is common when you start working out somewhere new. Maybe you are a long-term traveler or you work in different locations or you just moved to a new city. Regardless of the reason, for some people fear of going to a new gym can be so severe that it interferes with just getting through …
Since its founding in 2000, CrossFit has become that fitness trend that people either love – or love to hate. With its ever-varied daily workouts, go-hard-or-go-home mentality, and atmosphere of being more about family than fitness, it’s easy to see why so many people are willing to pay a lot of money – and get …
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I started CrossFit in order to take up space. In order to be powerful. And explosive. And physically present in my life. How does that happen? How do we lose that? The ability to be visible. To stand with our shoulders back. To walk into a room and fearlessly connect. To unapologetically take up space …
CrossFit is one of the fastest growing fitness movements on the planet. And whether you are, or hoping to someday become one, chances are you already know a person who is an avid CrossFitter. If you log onto Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, or Twitter, someone you know is right now bragging about his or her …
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