Fitness is a goal that we all should embrace. It improves our physical health, can add to our emotional well-being and can help us even overcome the challenges of addiction. Fitness can be a crucial component of self-healing, too. And when balanced with self-care, the result is a stronger, more resilient total person. Self-care understood …
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The Snatch and the Clean and Jerk are the two movements contested in the sport of weightlifting (also known as Olympic weightlifting or even Oly by CrossFitters). A while back we looked at the Clean and Jerk and all the associated variations and over the next few weeks, we are going to look at the …
The infamous Burpee, as demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart, is often the movement we all love to hate the most. And that is no surprise considering how quickly you can get puffed doing this movement. But it’s a skill we want to retain for as long as possible throughout our lives, …
The Strict Muscle-Up is an impressive skill by anyone’s standards – take a look at this video of CrossFit Seminar Staff member Julie Foucher, demonstrating the strict muscle-up. Not only does this movement require a lot of upper body strength, but it also needs a fair degree of shoulder mobility to move through the deeper …
Do you feel burned out at work or overwhelmed by family life? Are you looking for a productive way to break out of your routine? CrossFit might be the perfect solution. The CrossFit Hype What is CrossFit all about anyway? Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit, explains CrossFit as a mixture of weightlifting, gymnastics, and metabolic conditioning. …
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There goes that 5am alarm! What do you do — hit the snooze button or force yourself up to make that workout class you booked in for? With a few strategies in place, you will find it much easier to make the right decision on the days you have scheduled to work out. Look For …
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Addiction can feel all-encompassing and life-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be. In addition to getting treatment, you should stay physically active. Physical fitness facilitates better recovery and can help you build an overall healthy lifestyle. Researchers have found that exercise can decrease withdrawal symptoms and ease anxiety from alcohol, nicotine, and hard drug addictions. Here are the …
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Let’s face it, it’s impossible to eat clean 100% of the time and still provide your body with enough calories in order to keep up with your workouts and overall active lifestyle so move your workout to the kitchen, lift that turkey and start cookin! Every great workout should be paired with a great meal …
Maybe being a lean, mean fitness machine is your end goal. But You don’t have to start out that way. We get it! The world of CrossFit can seem intimidating. It can be easy to think you’re not going to fit in unless you have rock-solid abs and can lift twice your own body weight. …
Ever since you were young you’ve been told to correct your posture… and guess what? It’s not going to stop now. The reason your parents, your teachers and now your trainers go on and on about good posture is that it is essential for good health. For one thing, having good posture can actually trick …
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