Category Archives: Trainer’s Blog

Okay so I finally found some time to talk about the Europa Throwdown that I did last weekend. This was my first individual competition in over two years and I was really nervous to test how I would do against other CrossFitters. These days competitions seem to just get crazier every year. I have embraced theContinue reading “Europa Throwdown.”

Commitment is something that people sometimes forget about when it comes to exercise. You have to commit to truly making exercise a part of your life if you want to see the results that will ultimately change your life. Results do not come easy. Results do not come fast. You have to be a stayContinue reading “Commitment is Key.”

Trying to keep the momentum going on training and it is picking up. I think you go through funks in the gym on a regular basis and once you pass them you can really get things going again. I am going to slow it down on too much of a strength focus and I needContinue reading “Continue the momentum.”

So it is always easy to go to the gym on the days when you “can do” the workout. It is super hard to decide that you are going to go to the gym on the days when you “can’t do” the workout. It’s the same with my training. It is way harder to getContinue reading “Deciding to do the things you “can’t” do.”

So my training has been pretty inconsistent because of a lot of things. Mostly the CrossFit Open and then hosting The Havoc Games; oh and the lack of sleep lately. There are many things to be said about the CrossFit Open. There are so many different sides to it. I really think that it isContinue reading “Getting focused again.”

This past weekend I got to go to Miami and watch people try out to become professional athletes in the new sport GRID. I have never been a fan of watching sports. Probably because I don’t play any and can’t really relate to them. But GRID is different. It is like watching the CrossFit GamesContinue reading “GRID athletes.”

So since the competition I have had some off and on training days. But that is something you have to embrace and know that you have to get through the bad days to have the good ones. Kept momentum on my squats on Sunday and tried to Back squat. Plan was to try 175 lbsContinue reading “Making PR’s and Staying Motivated.”

So competition makes me really really nervous. I was suppose to squat heavy on Wednesday and I just decided to rest. I was so scared that I would hurt something and then just let my whole team down on Saturday. I didn’t work out Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. And then Friday night I tried  toContinue reading “Competition.”

So this week is leading up to a competition in town called ‘Battle of the Boxes’. Its a pretty cool idea and about 5 of the gyms in the area will competing for the most points for their gym and hopefully win the tile of the fittest gym. So I have not done a competitionContinue reading “Embracing the Kipping HSPU and getting ready for competition.”

Thursday. Needed a metcon. Something that would make me breath hard and kind of hate CrossFit for a little while. I think it is very healthy to hate CrossFit sometimes. I mean if you don’t wonder why you are putting yourself through the pain you are feeling during a workout then your just not doingContinue reading “Repeating Open workouts and being inspired.”