Yesterday, Monica and I did a podcast/Facebook live video on negativity and your brain and I wanted to go into a little more depth as to how your brain handles negativity, so I thought I would write about it just a bit more. This will be very simplistic, but the core message is what I want…
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” I love the Open. It’s pretty hard to encapsulate everything the Open is and explain it in such a way that makes sense to people who have never heard of CrossFit or those folks that are new to the community. So, if this explanation doesn’t quite hit…
Daniel Braden is our CFV Member of the Month, and we’re so happy to highlight him! D works hard in and out of the gym. He’s the definition of stronger every day and the dad of three great kiddos. Get to know more about our favorite handyman – D! How long have you been doing…
For the CrossFit OGs out there, the title of this blog will immediately conjure up memories of Coach Glassman’s famous lecture on the matter. The question is something that dominates the minds of people both in the gym and those who are not. We routinely engage in ab exercises, but of course it doesn’t dominate…
One of the things that really caught my eye when I first went to my Level 1 seminar by CrossFit was the lecture that we had on virtuosity. There’s a letter in the journal written by Coach Glassman in which he describes what virtuosity is. He prefaces the definition with how to achieve a perfect…
Cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. There’s a host of other but let’s call these the big 4. This quote from medicinenet.com, “chronic diseases generally CANNOT be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.” These are disease that doctors, generally, do not have a cure for and that is because…
CrossFit training by and large has always been done in a group setting. It was originally due to the number of clients CrossFit founder Greg Glassman had and the amount of time he had in the day. He couldn’t do 12 one-on-one sessions anymore, so he discounted some people and threw them in with a…
I joined Crossfit Virilis the summer of 2015. Before CrossFit, I bounced around to all the gyms struggling with my asthma to stay fit and not get bored with routine. I did a one week trial at Virilis and loved it! It was refreshing to feel welcomed, encouraged, and challenged at my level of fitness….
In 1917, as World War 1 was coming to an end, the American government was struck with a dilemma. There was a shortage of food in the country and famine was becoming a major concern. The government moved into action and created the American Dietetic Association. The main purpose of this entity was to create…
One of my favorite quotes is “necessity is the mother of invention.” I have no idea who came up with it, but if you think about it, it certainly rings true. When a need becomes present, human beings will find a way to get something done. Fasting has been a part of world culture for eons,…
