Brown Rice Vs. White Rice

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When it comes to the world of nutrition things are constantly changing. Food X is healthy, food X is unhealthy. Food X is the new super food, food X is actually useless. Its almost impossible to stay current with all the dietary trends because…

Weekly WOD Insights 7/23/18

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Rise and shine, ready to grind! New week brings a new life. Let's get it! Building off of my recent post, there are plenty of options of "REDOs" this week. There are two exact WODS we did previously as well as a couple with similar formats that…

Mindful Running

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Just yesterday's workout, while Alandi was running on the Assualt Air Runner, I told her to "be mindful while you're running".... meaning, I wanted her to really connect with what her body was doing and how it was moving, rather than just…

Overarching in the Squat

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When it comes to gaining more insight on specific movements I have a few go to resources I like to utilize. One of these resources is Squat University. I have used them many times before in my blog posts because they put out top notch information…

Weighted Prayer Stretch

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Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with the actual act of praying. Im always looking for ways to improve flexibility and mobility as they are both very important to not only performance in the gym, but also performance in life! Some of…

Hydration Supplements

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Last weekend we got a little glimpse as to what the summer will be like in the upcoming months. As many of us know the east bay summers tend to be VERY HOT, so we need to prepare for the upcoming heat as best as we can. As CrossFitters most…

Cut Out, Don’t Add in!

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As many of you might already know I am an avid listener of podcasts. I have a select few that are my go to's and one of the CrossFit related ones is the Chasing Excellence Podcast with Ben Bergeron. For those of you who do not know, Ben Bergeron …

CrossFit Rowing – First Refine Technique, Then Add Volume, & Intenity

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As with any movement, the more I investigate it, and try to improve it, the more I learn about it. For a while now rowing has been one of those movements. For the longest time I found it boring and was uninterested in improving it, but as with…

Weekly WOD Insights 5/7/18

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MONDAY Our EMOM formats are used in a couple ways. Sometimes the focus is more about volume/conditioning by going longer or maybe more reps with less rest (every minute), or other times it's to be able to go heavier with attempting every 90…