All The Pieces of the Puzzle

I saw the above picture over at Coach Rut’s blog and it made me smile The number of people who think that exercise will solve all their problems is astounding.  Sadly, they are mistaken. Exercise is just one piece of the puzzle – if you treat your body like shit the rest of the time then [...]

Recovery Energy

Photo by claudiogennari I’m big on recovery. I give my recovery the same priority as my workouts. Why? Because my recovery ability sucks. Really sucks. I can literally take myself from feeling amazing to the land of overtraining in the space of a few days and knock myself out of action for a week if [...]

Sleep, Daylight, Fitness & Health

 Sleep is your friend. And it’s a friend I’m willing to bet you don’t see enough of. Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival is one of the most influential books in my nutritional and lifestyle philosophy.  The gist is that we are designed to live in sync with nature and her seasonal shifts.  Seasonal Sync Think about [...]

Recovery Basics – Get it Done!!

So you spend an hour of most of your days at the gym. You sweat, groan and summon herculean efforts on a regular basis in the pursuit of getting strong, fit and healthy. What about the other 23 hours? The Other 23 Hours? Whether you like it or not, your success in the gym is dependant [...]

Gymnastics Core Strength

Gymnasts have wicked core strength.  All you need to do to appreciate this is to try out some of the stuff in the tutorial video below. Basic gymnastics yields some really great results even before you reach any level of real skill, so don’t be afraid to try this stuff – it’ll make you a better [...]

Nice Squat Form Example

The most important thing you’ll learn when you come to us is how to squat properly. In develping solid squat form, the Overhead Squat is a great tool as it demands strict form and as such is invaluable in improving basic squat mechanics. Here’s a video of Nicole from CrossFit HQ doing full range of [...]

Surfing: A Workout in the Water

photo by Kjunstorm The thing I love most about CrossFit is that it gets you thinking outside the box. For example, don’t limit yourself to working out in the gym.  If you understand the principles of CrossFit, you can workout anywhere, with anything. Coach once said that the main site WODs were just an example [...]