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What is CrossFit? CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning program that consists of ⅓ weightlifting, ⅓ gymnastics, and ⅓ metabolic conditioning (cardio). CrossFit uses compound movements and high intensity cardiovascular sessions to elicit a physical response as well as improve in the ten recognized fitness domains. These domains are: Cardiovascular/Respiratory Endurance: The ability of body [...]
Save me from boring and bland meals… I love condiments and sauces. I think every bite of a meal should be drenched in liquid flavor awesomeness. Unfortunately, store-bought condiments are not good for you… When I finally gave up store-bought ketchup I lost 5 pounds of fat …really. This was 5 years ago and since then I’ve [...]
What is your Fran time? You hear this question asked often among CrossFitter’s. Fran is the most infamous of the benchmark WOD’s know as the “Girls.” We use these foundational WODs to test our fitness development over time buy comparing our new results with our past results. If you improve your Fran time you improve [...]
Learn how to become a Healthy Beast with the Paleo Diet The old adage is true: You are what you eat. Repeat after me: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! You wanna be strong like a bull? Eat animals. You wanna be a little bird (and weak)? Eat seeds and grains all day. Eating a clean Paleo [...]
I freaking love a crust on my protein…and you probably do also This is my favorite technique for cooking protein. It’s simple and allows you to control the doneness of your protein more accurately than a roast or braise. Go from raw to edible in 10 minutes for mostly any cut of protein and fish. [...]
Post Series Kick-off: Butternut Squash Soup I love to cook and I love to save time. I’m selective about how I spend my time. These two ‘loves’ are in competition because cooking takes time, sometimes a lot of it. Not to mention the dishes, clean-up, prep, and grocery shopping. Ugh..yea it can be a pain. [...]
Who doesn’t like to eat out at a nice restaurant? I freaking love it. Typically the ‘nicer’ the restaurant the higher the bill. And with that comes better ingredients and excellent treatments of those ingredients (not always of course). But I know not everyone shares the same appreciation of expensive food. Awesome food prepared with [...]
How To Eat Slower And Why You Should For the majority of people who are eating SAD (standard American Diet), simply eliminating the processed and refined foods will have life-changing results. This is why I always emphasize food quality as the most important part of eating clean and I try to avoid bogging clients down [...]
Learn how to break down the muscle-up progression into parts and train them using deliberate practice When you train these small parts of the Muscle-up progression you increase your chances of getting a muscle-up by ALOT compared to typical methods of just swinging and praying. And when you finally get your muscle-up you will be much closer [...]
Athletes Love Their Gear Around the holidays I like to find gifts for people that they will actually use. luckily all of my friends and family are CrossFitter’s so finding something for them should be a cinch. There is no better gift to give a CrossFitter than a fitness related gift; preferably something that they will [...]
