Category: Gym News
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Coach Marijke Smith
What inspired you to start doing CrossFit? I’ve always been involved in team sports. I played rec league sports as a kid, high school volleyball, rowed crew in college for a year, and raced bikes after that. When I graduated, I was looking for something with the same intensity and community I’ve enjoyed in team…
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The Low Fat Doctrine: Part I
The Low Fat Doctrine: Part I Craig F. Nelson, MS, DC There are few cultural concepts as enduring as powerful or as consistent as our current notion of what constitutes a “healthy diet.” Ask 100 people to describe a healthy diet and chances are pretty good that most will give a similar response. Look at…
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Yoga for You
Our Yoga class with Coach Wendy Hurd starts this week, and I am super excited to get my namaste on. Yoga is an excellent counterpart to CrossFit because though both require intention and purpose in movement, our yoga class offers the opportunity to move a little more slowly and restore some balance to your body.…
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Craig Nelson: The Snake Oil Problem
The Snake Oil Problem Craig F. Nelson, MS, DC We are all familiar with the concept of the snake oil salesman: A purveyor of fraudulent remedies or cures. This term derives from the 19th century when itinerant salesman roamed the countryside selling cure-all patent medicines, some of which purported to actually contain snake oil. But…
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The First 6 Weeks
Our first 6 weeks of programming is going to include 3 days per week of strength-building foundational lifts, and 3 days per week of technical work on the Olympic lifts. Even if you don’t know much (or anything) about what these lifts are, you can still stay ahead of the game by planning ahead. Here…
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Coach Morgen Larsen
Coach Morgen Larsen CrossFit L1 CrossFit Kids What inspired you to start doing CrossFit? Desperation. I had just turned 30 and was in terrible shape. I knew I would be a complete train wreck by 40 if I didn’t do something, so I tried CrossFit after a friend recommended it. I found that although the…
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Coach Jerik Hendrickson
Coach Jerik Hendrickson What inspired you to start doing CrossFit? I struggled with weight throughout my entire adult life and finally found some success by fixing my diet. Eventually it became clear that my sedentary lifestyle wasn’t going to help my progress in any way. I had tried a million times to workout on my…
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Yoga Coach Wendy Hurd
Yoga Coach Wendy Hurd What inspired you to start practicing yoga? It is more that yoga found me. I was curious and it was the right time, right place. A friend invited me to class and it “took”. Now I can’t imagine my life without yoga. It’s also why taking someone to their first yoga…
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Powerlifting Coach Michael Sampson
Coach Michael Sampson What inspired you to start doing CrossFit? I first heard of CrossFit via Mark Rippetoe’s Wichita Falls Athletic Club back in 2007. My first visit to crossfit.com did not impress me. I didn’t really get it. Over the next few months I kept checking out the site. Eventually I tried a few…
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Coach Jeff Lockhart
Coach Jeff Lockhart What inspired you to start doing CrossFit? I had been in to weightlifting and fitness since about 7th grade. It was always the 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps of isolation exercises based on the 1970’s world of bodybuilding. I even went so far as to compete in a teenage bodybuilding contest. As…
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