WHAT’S THE STANDARD?
With the Open coming up and thanks to the billion local competitions happening, a question often asked in class is “what’s the […]
TECHNIQUE, YES. BUT, INTENSITY.
A threshold is a limit, a point that must be exceeded in order for favourable adaptations to occur. One of the thresholds […]
GIVE & TAKE
Almost everything is new to your mind and body when you start out on your fitness journey. As long as you are […]
CAN vs. SHOULD
Let’s get straight to the point: Can you complete the workout as it is prescribed (as RXd), and should you? It’s a simple yes or […]
TRACKING YOUR HEART RATE
Resting heart rate (HR), age-predicted maximum HR and HR training zones are commonly used by the general fitness and medical industries, and […]
GO HARD OR……
Go home? Are those your only choices? On our About Us page we’ve always had a line that reads “Sure, CrossFit can […]
VOLUME & INTENSITY
Aahhh, the old volume and intensity topic. It’s always worth revisiting to remind existing athletes and inform newer athletes of the relationship […]
YOU SHOULD TRAIN HARDER
One of my favourite suggestions from clients, that doesn’t seem to stop coming in over 15 years of experience in the industry, […]
CALORIC EXPENDITURE & EXERCISE
Don’t you just love it when you’re eating out and say no thanks to dessert, and people offering or ordering dessert say […]
IS THAT ALL?
The feedback we get when we run the CrossFit mainsite workouts for a week is great. We typically hear that the workouts […]
VOLUME AND ENDURANCE SPORTS
Earlier this week I wrote about the volume trap that many athletes get stuck in, and the effect it has on intensity […]