I’m amused everyday at what people will do to avoid the warm-up (even arm wrestling won’t get you out of it!). The warm up itself isn’t that hard, but feeling motivated to move around when you are cold and tired can be a physical and mental challenge. However, the...
One more rep and then I’ll take a break…If I keep doing toes-to-bar, it’s just going to slow me down on the clean and jerks that are coming up…I have to catch my breath before I pick up the bar…I’m gonna dehydrate if I don’t drink any water during this 7 minute...
As a working mother of two kids, I have a love/hate relationship with the month of December. As if life is not busy enough, we add in a tremendous amount of holiday fun and festivities and now it just gets crazy. So, I prepare for it much like I do a tough CrossFit...
A new CrossFit acronym!!! Before you google it, or look foriton CrossFit.com. I made it up (I think I did anyway). It stands for As Many Goals As Possible, and the time domain is one year. That’s right. We are starting AGAP’s this month at CrossFit Lake Forest. ...
2015 is going to be a landmark year for the CrossFit Games. There is a new scaled division for the Open for the first time ever. You have all experience CrossFit the fitness program. Now, the road to the CrossFit Games is starting and here is your opportunity to be...
I was brought up like a lot of kids, with sports being a big part of my formative years. I was definitely an active kid, and spent most of my summers outside playing with kids in the neighborhood. There wasn’t a lot in the way of video games or movies on video at that...
This is a common CrossFit mantra. Additionally, we call all our members, athletes. We do this because CrossFit training centers around the concept that your exercise should increase your coordination, agility, mobility, speed, strength, endurance, power, stamina,...
This week, I had two athletes ask me seemingly similar questions. Athlete #1: I hurt my back bowling and am in pain when I try to workout. Should I continue to CrossFit? Athlete #2: What are your thoughts on working out when you are really sore? Taking these...
Nell and I signed up for Ironman Wisconsin a year in advance (which is what you have to do in order to get into the race as it fills up within hours). Signing up was the easy part. Now we had a year to plan and to train. During the winter months we were looking for a...
Congrats to our Whole Life Challenge participants!! And especially our winners, Paul & Diane Bailey who prove the importance of teamwork. Not only did they have the most points, but they played on the highest level! Here are some other notable achievements, as...