I wish I’d found CrossFit when I was in my 20’s. I’m almost 38 years old, and I don’t consider myself fat, but I could probably benefit from dropping some weight…..just being honest. I’ve been doing CrossFit for almost 2 years, and love it. I was pretty active growing up. I did sports, dance, and tumbling as …
I initially didn’t want to join CrossFit because I was continually told that it was dangerous and I heard from my previous gym that CrossFit can hurt you but hey ANYTHING you do in life can injure you if you don’t do it correctly, or haven’t taken into consideration your level of fitness, flexibility or health. Prior to CrossFit I had …
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Hey ladies listen up! This one is for you! What comes to your mind when you hear “Women in CrossFit”. If you are anything like me, there were a lot of misconceptions and myths that I bought into. Have no fear ladies because I am here to dispel some of those myths for you today. …
You walk in to your box, exchange hellos and trash talk with those arriving, put your things in your spot, then you walk over to the whiteboard and that’s when the outcome of your workout changes. You look at the scores for the day and you zoom in on a few people that have the fastest …
“I want to lose 100 pounds and become a super model!” How many of you had a goal similar to this when you first started Crossfit? Or maybe some of you are there now. Girl, I was right there with you! Except mine was more, “I want to lose 100 pounds and compete in the …
We all found CrossFit for different reasons, but perhaps we’ve all stayed for the same one: it makes us better at this curious thing called, human-ing. Yes, it makes us strong. It uncovers muscles we never knew we had and never realized would severely impinge our ability to find a decent pair of jeans sans …
You may think CrossFit is just a basic workout group, but it’s not! We’ve got 9 trivia that you might not know about CrossFit. People think of CrossFit as the latest new fad, but it’s actually been around since 2000. This is the man who founded CrossFit Greg Glassman and according to him CrossFit has grown to …
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When we are trying out something new, there seems to be no limit to what we can do. The excitement is there. We work like crazy running on the thrill of a new goal and pumped with the feeling of being able to conquer what is ahead of us. This is also true for …
With the Open upon us, I thought I’d talk a little about the growth I’ve witnessed thus far and what it means to the average fitness enthusiast as well as the seasoned competitor. Every sport throughout history has had periods of growth and necessary change as a result. Ours is no different. This is mostly great news …
Before starting CrossFit, the only time I saw RX was on a prescription slip my doctor gave me. Now I see it on the whiteboard as the “prescribed weight” to use for the WOD and anything less is considered scaled. I remember the first time I RX’d a WOD. It was a milestone for me, for …
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