I don’t know who came up with the quote, “Youth is wasted on the young,” but the older I get, the more and more appropriate it seems. It’s no secret we feel much better physically in our youth, but I think it’s important to know the science of why that is. We can all remember…
Perspective is an amazing thing. The other night I was watching the movie “Patch Adams” (if you haven’t seen it, go watch it – one of Robin Williams’ best performances), and I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid. It came out in 1998, and when I was a kid, I can remember not…
Ahh, the barbell. Most of us have a love-love relationship with it, as we saw on Saturday when only 3 people came to run the 5K (I’m making a disappointed face). But sometimes, we have a love-hate relationship with it. And usually the reason being is because we can’t push past a weight we’ve been…
We’ve been asked many questions about supplements, and we have shared about protein powders before, but have not dove into the world of collagen. Our friends from I AM Supplement recently shared this blog with us, so we wanted to take the knowledge straight from the horse’s mouth. Keep on reading to learn more about…
I know most of you read this blog to learn more about health and fitness but neglecting to write about what’s going on right now in our country would just be tone deaf on my part. If you aren’t ready to have this conversation and choose to end your reading here, I understand. These are…
Rachelle Xa is this month’s member of the month. She’s one of our CFV OGs and has been a member of the CFV fam bam nearly since we opened our doors. Rachelle is a great uplifter of both spirits and barbells. She’s a great mom, nurse, and encourager. We’re happy to celebrate her this month….
There’s been a number of marketing campaigns in the fashion world that are beginning to push this notion that any weight can be healthy. Plus size models are becoming the spokesperson of major brands and people in America are beginning to ask themselves if they can be healthy even though they’re overweight. While I do…
Given our current climate, we all know it is extremely important to have a strong immune system. This is not intended to spark political debates about the implications of the virus. It’s bad and a lot of people have died and I’ll just leave it at that. What we are seeing though, and again I’m…
Even after I learned that quality of food was more important than quantity, it still always lingered in the back of my mind, “well I ate a lot so I need to do something to burn this off.” Which brings up the famous calorie question. Do calories matter? If I eat a certain amount do…
If there’s something we’re all doing too much of right now it’s sitting. I know you might be thinking to yourself, “Hey, I work out every day.” That’s great. Do you still spend roughly 5-6 hours every day sitting down and maybe 1-2 hours working out? If that’s the case you can see how sitting…
