The Most Important Fitness Movement EVER?

I already know that this topic will be met with eye-rolls and differing opinions, but I am willing to stick to my guns and give you my sound reasoning.   The BURPEE is the most important fitness movement of all time.   There. I said it.…

Why you need to sign up for the CrossFit Open!

In 2013 while I was still doing my Foundations program my coach Caleb Woiwod said “Mom you should sign up for the CrossFit Open”. I did not know what a snatch was, had maybe gotten 1 double under and was mighty far from getting a toes to…
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Triggers for Success in 2021

“We don’t rise to the level of our challenges; we fall to the level of our preparation.” This is a very wise quote from a mentor of mine named Chris Cooper.  Almost all of us have smartphones to help us be more efficient and productive…
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SKILLS DON’T JUST MAGICALLY APPEAR

There are certain movements that can come up in workouts where you think “I wish I had [insert skill here]!”  Are you stuck doing double or triple the amount of single skips when the workout calls for double unders? Or banded pull-ups/jumping…
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What is RX for a Masters Athlete?

It has been so much fun meeting with so many of you over these past few weeks for athlete check ins. I love seeing where people have come from and hearing where they want to go. ⁣ ⁣ One of the goals for quite a few of our Master Athletes…
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Setting Your Workout Intention

What approach are you taking towards your daily workout? We all want to leave the gym feeling like we crushed our workout but what markers are you using to actually determine this? In order to determine if we were successful, we need to set…

Can You CrossFit Everyday?

Is it okay for me to do CrossFit everyday? This is a question I get asked a lot by our members and the answer is yes but here are some parameters around the answer. Because our programming is constantly varied you are safe to train daily as…
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Rx vs. Scaled

Building off of Coach Caleb's Blog Post last week about modifying workouts, I want to bring to light the distinction between Rx and Scaled. Rx is described as a prescribed workout or "as written". Scaled is a modification of that version, but…
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Overcoming the Fear of Modifying

Modifications to movements in a CrossFit class are common. You will often see someone in your class doing the workout of the day slightly differently than the rest of the participants. This could be for a variety of different reasons! Perhaps…

Virtuosity

The term virtuosity is defined in gymnastics as “performing the common uncommonly well.” How does this apply to CrossFit and what we do in classes? When starting anything new, or developing a skill, there is a tendency to want to skip…