Let me know if this sounds like a familiar conversation you’ve had in your head. “If I just add 5 pounds every time I do this lift, before you know it I’ll be doing 30 more pounds.” I have a newsflash for you. It doesn’t work that way. I know it’s this shocking revelation, but…
Larry Leblanc is our CFV Member of the Month for the great month of September! Larry is fun to be around, talk to, work out with, and embrace a challenge with…he is an all around amazing dude! He walked through our doors to learn the power of fitness and to get his health back, and…
INGREDIENTS: 4 sweet potatoes 3 medium chicken breasts 2 tbsp olive oil 3/4 cup chicken broth 1/2 cup sliced red onion 1/3 cup chopped cilantro Salt and pepper, to taste FULL INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat your oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and wash your sweet potatoes. Poke the sweet potatoes 5-6 times with a fork or sharp knife, place them on…
Spend time on any CrossFit Instagram page and you’re bound to see the rite of passage post. Hands blood soaked from torn callus after doing a workout with a hefty amount of pull-ups. While this is something that may have happened to many of us, present company included, it’s definitely something you should look to…
The push-up has long been a movement forgotten in a typical globo gym setting. Just think – when was the last time you went to a globo gym and saw someone just doing sets of push-ups? My wager would be you’ve never seen that. I would wager even further that the person wasn’t doing them…
People love the idea of having abs. They always seem to think that someone with a visible 6 pack is the poster child of someone who is fit and has a strong core. While this may be true in some cases, I promise it is the exception, not the rule. A very simple way to…
Luly Allen is our CFV Member of the Month for the month of August! She a hard workin’ mama, athlete, and human! She makes killer lumpia, and her happy demeanor lights up the room. She’s strong and mighty, and keeps getting stronger and mightier every day. When she started CrossFit, she was wanting to use…
Think of the things you REALLY don’t enjoy doing. It’s different for everyone. Some of you hate running long distances. Some of you hate overhead squats. Some of you hate ring muscle ups. Some of you hate that awful front rack position and anything associated with it (present company included on that one). We all…
Over the years, flexibility and mobility are two words that come up often whenever we’re discussing movements that are not easily accomplished by those of us who spend too much time at a desk. We’ve used these words interchangeably, but I think it’s time we really discuss the two as separate aspects of the same…
I played sports all throughout my youth and if there was one thing that I took away from all that time it was that I had to be sure to hydrate. If I didn’t, something bad would happen to me. What exactly? No one knew but it was just something we constantly heard. “Be sure…
