To this point we have talked about the open’s effect on our programming and on you. Our final part is about how it will improve our gym! Good to Great I think I was in grad school all of 3 seconds before I was handed this book. Jim Collins examined over 1,000 companies across 40 …
Unequivocally, YOU are the most important thing to ME. YOU are the most important thing to our COACHES. Now YOU need to be the most important thing to YOU! And that is exactly what Part 2 of this Post Open Plan series is about. Invest in your specific weaknesses If the team and I do …
For 100 different reasons, I absolutely love the open. Aside from the individual and group highs, it’s an incredible learning experience for me. As a head coach, I learn about your progress and our programming effectiveness. A year ago, we set out to focus on a few specific things. Did those things get better? What …
The CrossFit Open has officially come to an end and our Thursday nights will no longer be spent biting our nails in front of a screen dying to know our fate. [insert big sigh of relief] There was so much awesomness and energy in the gym over the past 5 weeks and it’s important to …
7 Things I Learned During the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games OpenRead More »
It’s 2:30am on Saturday morning and I’m doing what any other normal human does at this hour…I’m writing an article about muscle ups. (Spoiler: it’s about much more than that.) A ton of people hit their first muscle ups over the last 2 days. In fact, in the 14 hour span from Thursday night at …
by Sarah Rossini Ever had a really bad day at the gym? Feel like you just didn’t give it your all? Didn’t hit that lift? Miss a PR by a smidge? Get frustrated with a movement? We’ve all been there. Every single one of us has been there; the coaches, your gym buddies, the new …
I think about this all the time, but watching many of you struggle yet succeed in 19.3 inspired me to write about it. In my 36 years of being on the planet, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned in life is to maintain the right context. In the broadest of scopes I realize I’m …
At this point, many of us have either tried paleo, currently practice paleo or at least know what the paleo diet is. However, more and more people are now starting to talk about “macros” in regards to their diets, and while some of you may know what that is, others may be a little lost …
Hello SciCohs! We may be over 4 years in to our journey together, but we are consistently evaluating and improving what we do. That includes our programming approach. For years we have measured our members’ performance and over the last 6 months we have focused on incorporating individual goals. We have learned many things through …
Introducing New Programming! Performance vs. FitnessRead More »
Perhaps one of the most common questions I receive from athletes and lifters is, “Should I use a belt?” My standard answer is, “unless you are lifting 90%+ of your 1RM, then absolutely not.” Here is Why Much like Olympic lifting shoes, a belt is designed to be an enhancement tool. In other words, a …