I didn’t join CrossFit for the community. I joined CrossFit in spite of the community. As an incredibly shy, textbook-case introvert, the last thing I was wanted was to be surrounded by sweaty, grunting, shirtless people while I was trying to undergo a life change. The first time I walked into CrossFit West Nashville, I […]
CrossFit Open 15.1: The Review
Workout 15.1 9-minute AMRAP: 15 toes-to-bars 10 deadlifts 5 snatches (M 115 lb. / F 75 lb.) Workout 15.1a 1-rep-max clean and jerk 6-minute time cap Well, 15.1 is in the books. Here are my thoughts from start to finish. The Announcement Alright, I’m just going to say it. It was kind of boring. And […]
The 2015 CrossFit Open: A Survival Guide
Yeah, it’s that time. 15.1, the first workout of the 2015 CrossFit Open, will be announced tonight at 5pm PST. Maybe it’s your first Open. Maybe you only signed up to get your coaches off your back. Perhaps you barely got through the Open last year, and you can’t wait to see how much you’ve […]
The CrossFit Drop-In
John Dodd has a t-shirt problem. A CrossFit t-shirt problem. One of those if-I-bring-home-another-shirt-my-wife-will-scream problem. As a business traveler and long-time CrossFitter, John often drops in to CrossFit boxes around the country. “A box can always use money, and I can always use a workout,” said John. “When I’m traveling, I don’t want to sit in […]
New Adventures in CrossFit
Did you see the Reebok commercial during the Super Bowl? Did you notice how much of it showed people doing stuff outside? Running through mud…in the rain…among the trees…Yeah, well. That is not me. My favorite line from the commercial: “We’re not out here flippin’ tires to be better tire flippers.” Thank God. Because I hate […]
The Paleo Problem
I am a CrossFitter. My closet boasts multiple pairs of Nanos. My workout clothes easily outnumber my work clothes. Multiple jump ropes live in my gym bag. I have framed posters of CrossFit athletes hanging in my guest bedroom. I write a CrossFit blog. I’ve watched every episode of Danny Broflex countless times and I […]
Fit.Life: You Define Strong
You Define Strong. At first you might be tempted to dismiss those three words as another fitness mantra. But think about it for a second. How many parts of our lives are defined by matters outside our control? In both our careers and our home lives, we are often acting or reacting based on the […]
Well Fed: An Interview with Melissa Joulwan
The end of 2014 is upon us. As we take an opportunity to relax, celebrate and indulge a craving here and there, the idea of a new year promises a fresh start. A time to reaffirm. A time for resolutions. Change, big or small, takes effort. And the ways we choose to implement change sometimes […]
Why We Compete
Last week I wanted to run through a chipper WOD that’s going to be in Battle of the Barbells. I asked a member of CrossFit West Nashville if she’d like to join me. She beat me by nearly a minute. Easily. Afterwards, while I was dying in a sweaty puddle on the floor, I asked […]
JournalMenu Review & Giveaway
(Enter to win a free JournalMenu Journal at the bottom of the article!) There’s only one thing I wish I would have done differently when I started CrossFit. I wish I would have logged everything. Five months into CrossFit I found myself writing down my workouts on any random slips of paper I could find […]
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