Weekend Links

Posted Oct 07 2011 by Ryan Savard

Pam and Alan of the morning Master's class. Lose your scale! Why you shouldn’t be so concerned with the numbers on your bathroom scale. The plight of muscled Americans. Don’t be afraid of ‘the grunt’ at our box! Think your running form needs some work? … How mothe[...]

Athlete of the Week: Jen H.

Posted Oct 06 2011 by Ryan Savard

Jen Hardi, quite simply, is a fireball (in a good way). If you have ever had the pleasure of meeting or WODing with her, you can’t help but feel the positive vibes she gives off. She brings enthusiasm to each and every workout, even when she is coming off of being sick for 3 days straight (li[...]

Find Your Inner Caveman

Posted Oct 02 2011 by Ryan Savard

A blog entry from an old blog of mine just after completing my first Paleo challenge earlier this year: I recently, as of a week ago, completed the daunting task of the paleo 30 day challenge. For those of you foreign to this concept, eating ‘paleo’ is imitating the diet our hunter-gathere[...]

2011 CrossFit Games tonight on ESPN2!

Posted Sep 28 2011 by Ryan Savard

Photo courtesy of CrossFit.com Check out the recap of the 2011 CrossFit Games tonight (Wednesday) on ESPN2! The action starts at 7 and ends at 9. The women’s events are first followed by the men’s. This is the final of four episodes and is one of the best to tune into because it will be [...]

Athlete of the Week: Shawn F.

Posted Sep 27 2011 by Ryan Savard

Don’t let that mean face fool you! Shawn has been with us from the very beginning and has diligently been coming up to 5 times per week ever since we first opened our doors. He has really benefitted from the CrossFit methodology during the transfer from his old globo gym. While barely able to[...]

If the shoe feels right… wear it!

Posted Sep 26 2011 by Ryan Savard

A couple of us were talking about shoes one day after Jen strutted in with her new Reebok Reeflex shoes. It made me start to think a bit about all the shoes I’ve either worn or encountered in different CrossFit Boxes over the years. I have seen everything from Chuck Taylors to Vibram Five Fin[...]

Hand Health

Posted Sep 22 2011 by Ryan Savard

A note on hand health from our friends at Westlake CrossFit in Austin, TX… Just because we do CrossFit does that mean we have to be bad-asses to the bone? Should we keep going while blood is dripping down our arms?  I dare to say no.  Maybe in competition this is an acceptable level of tis[...]

Stretch your body and your mind.

Posted Sep 21 2011 by Ryan Savard

What is CrossFit? “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Event: This Friday we will be heading up to Molly Maguires on the corner of Live Oak and Skillman Ave. for some food and drinks around 7:45 (after [...]