Your Gains Are Waiting: Diving in to How to Really Get Better January 15, 2019 January 15, 2019Recovery and mentality 0 How do you find motivation if you aren’t competing at something? Is it possible to still set goals and establish progress when you don’t care… Continue reading
8 Small Differences Between Being Good and Great (That You Can Implement Immediately) December 19, 2018 December 20, 2018Recovery and mentality 0 What makes a great athlete? Certainly to reach elite status at any level of any sport you need to have certain physical attributes. But, besides… Continue reading
Confessions of A Recovering CrossFit Games Addict October 3, 2018 October 4, 2018Features 0 This is series of journal entries written by three-time CrossFit Games athlete Carleen Matthews. ——— Who am I? I’ve been a competitive CrossFit athlete for the… Continue reading
You Have to Earn the Right to Move Fast September 3, 2018 September 16, 2018Recovery and mentality 1 The world of CrossFit and functional fitness has largely become a “for time” domain. Whether it’s an AMRAP (as many reps as possible, an EMOM… Continue reading
“I’d Be Better If”…The Competition That’s Making You Worse May 30, 2018 May 30, 2018Recovery and mentality 0 I’d be a better athlete if I had more time. Better genetics. More money. I wish I had so-and-so’s quads. Or abs. You do it.… Continue reading
Chronic Inflammation: 10 Ways to Combat It & Why It’s Limiting Your Potential May 13, 2018 June 5, 2018Recovery and mentality 2 Inflammation is not always the enemy! In fact, it’s necessary. Inflammation in our body takes place on a local level whenever you get a cut… Continue reading
Scaling Back & Saving Dogs: Why This Games Athlete Cut Her Training in Half April 9, 2018 April 10, 2018Features 1 The signs were there. Meg Reardon, a CrossFit Games rookie in 2016, had no energy. No desire to train, let alone compete. Still she slogged… Continue reading
The New World of Weed: Can Medicinal Marijuana Improve Athletic Performance? March 12, 2018 March 15, 2018Recovery and mentality 0 Several years ago Jason Rule’s teenage son, Elliott, took a hard hit to his back in a football game. The injury never seemed to completely… Continue reading
Reality Check: When Life Gets in the Way of Fitness October 25, 2017 August 10, 2018Recovery and mentality 0 When I first found CrossFit I was in my mid-20s and working from home. I had time, money, and was a single, carefree adult with… Continue reading
Leading with Heart: How SealFit is Training Elite Athletes (and the Lessons You Can Learn from Them) October 17, 2017 December 3, 2017Recovery and mentality 0 Are you ready for the toughest competition of your life? You won’t need your fancy lifters, belt, tape or knee sleeves. In fact, you won’t… Continue reading