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How Nutrition is Like Money: Be Extravagant on What You Love

As I was thinking about what I wanted to write today, I realized I had already written something similar back in December, so here it…

Five Myths About Six Pack Abs

Click baity? For sure. But if I’m being honest, one of the biggest reasons I started CrossFit in 2008 was to get ripped like the…

It’s Only Important if You Make it Important

It’s 10pm on Saturday night and I’m writing a blog post after watching one of the documentary episodes from The Last Dance. Why? Why don’t…

Eat the Sandwich

Here’s a riddle for you: Imagine there’s a plane heading to a far-off destination and still has ten hours in the air. As the crew…

How Reading is Like Working Out

In a past life, I worked as an education consultant and would travel around the country working with teachers. I worked with a lot of…

Best Hour of Your Day?

There’s a saying among micro gyms that for marketing, we should be the “best hour of your day.” The idea being that when you’re in…

Why Are Our Workouts So Darn Effective?

One of our members recently commented/asked the following: “The thing that amazes me about what we do is that I used to think that to…

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Our minds are powerful things. They can help empower us to be brave and do things we never thought possible or they can hold us…

Is Getting Steps Considered Exercise?

I get this question a lot. “Is getting steps considered exercise?” Fitbit gamified the idea of getting 10,000 steps per day and now with the…

Independence Day(s)

As it’s July 4th and I’m hearing fireworks go off outside, let’s talk about freedom – specifically, independence. I love being independent. I couldn’t wait…