But the more I workout, the better?! Right? WRONG! This is one of the hardest misconceptions to break from. Especially as a CrossFitter. Where does this belief come from? For me, it came from watching my mom bounce from diet to diet claiming that ‘just looking at bread will make her fat.’ Coupled with reading every Women’s Health magazine, convincing …
We’ve all been there, making progress every week, hitting PRs every month…it’s an addicting ride, for sure. One that I’m very familiar with! But eventually the progress stops and we wonder WHAT ELSE we need to be doing to keep the progress-high going. Instead of adding programs and squat cycles and accessory work onto your training, what if we pulled …
It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about CrossFit! Since we’re in the middle of the Open and many are feeling a little ‘CNS-y’ after 19.2, what a perfect time to talk about this subject. You’ve likely heard of metabolic adaptation. The theory that your metabolic rate will adapt to the energy expended and consumed at any given time. For example, …
This is me after a Vinyasa yoga class. 6 months ago, I never in a million years, would have thought of doing a yoga class for my ‘workout.’ I never would have thought that doing 3×12 squats at 50% 1RM would be effective enough to keep me in shape, and now I don’t lift much above that… 6 months ago, …
Sooo I discontinued my CrossFit membership 😵 # Not because of the gym itself…I LOVE THE GYM and all its people. # And definitely not because I don’t love CrossFit…we all know I’m obsessed! # No, it’s because CrossFit doesn’t love me back 😪 # I’ve been trying to make this one-sided relationship work for the past year and we …
How to ‘cut’ for vacation => DON’T # Just one of the many mistakes I see people make in their nutrition and body composition goals: try to lose weight and cut for a specific event that involves minimal working out, rich food, and excessive alcohol over a long period of time.. # Our metabolism is extremely adaptable, so if we …
Workouts that move your fitness & strength forward don’t have to leave you feeling annihilated. In fact, doing so on a regular basis can actually be WORSE for you than not exercising at all! Now before you all run at me with knives, please understand that this is a broad statement…hoping that with this post we can help you define …
In this episode, we welcome Stesha Gulick back on the show! Stesha is a Nutrition Coach for her own business called Strength by Nutrition. She was also a former guest from way back in episode 4. If you haven’t heard that episode, be sure to check it out! In today’s episode, we talked with Stesha about her experience living at …
6 years ago when I was a competitive half marathoner (left). And today just trying to be a decent CrossFitter (right). • Back then I’d run trails, roads, treadmills all day every day. These days I probably run once a week? And it’s usually never more than a mile! There’s no way I could have planned for this journey. • …
The Fat Loss Series Continues! Fat Burning Myth #3: “Eating 6 small meals per day (vs. 3 larger meals) will ramp-up your metabolism and burn more fat.” False. Surprised? Let’s dive in deeper and debunk possibly one of the longest standing dogmas in the fat loss world… To be honest, there really isn’t any harm to believing this myth, unless, …