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Mental Side Of Sport

Mental Side Of Sport

Well it’s the exciting time of year.  It’s officially CrossFit Games season with the kick off of the semifinal round.  CrossFit’s best athletes from around the world are competing for their shot at a chance to go to the CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin.  Though it’s exciting

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Slow Down!

Slow Down!

I know this phase is probably blasphemous inside a CrossFit gym but it is something important to remember.  I often hear things like “full send or no send” or I hear “I know my technique is bad but…” These are common sayings inside the gym and I

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The CrossFit Open And Why It Matters

The CrossFit Open And Why It Matters

Well it’s that time of year again.  It’s time to set our sights on the most exciting three weeks on the CrossFit calendar, the CrossFit Open.  The CrossFit Open, or just “The Open” as it is commonly called, is the very first step on an athlete’s journey

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Whoop Review

Whoop Review

I mentioned it in my Five Things email 2 weeks ago about how I just started using a Whoop strap along with my training and since I started it I have received many questions about it. What is Whoop? What does it tell you? And the ever-popular,

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Move Well, Perform Well

Move Well, Perform Well

Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes permanent” As we get over our COVID quarantine and start hitting the gym consistently again, we start to get back in our routines and we start to get competitive again. Competition is key to what we do as humans. Whether we

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Where Do We Go From Here?

There has been a lot going on in our world the past several months.  We are in the middle of a national crisis, COVID-19 changed our world.  In the past week CrossFit has been in the middle of a firestorm.  Greg Glassman’s remarks were reprehensible and do

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Surviving COVID-19

Surviving COVID-19

It’s been said we are living in unprecedented times. It’s been said that our lives will be changed forever when this is all said and done. We are living under quarantine. Our lives have been massively disrupted. But if there is anything that can be said when

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We will overcome this. We have no choice

We will overcome this.  We have no choice

I’m sure you have all heard it said in the past several weeks, “the world is going to be different now.”  In a sense that is correct.  In a sense all our lives will undoubtedly be changed by what has happened with this corona virus.  However much

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