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According to our doc, and our own personal experience with our son, as well the 6 women and 8 pregnancies amongst our members at CrossFit PHX, suggest that it is NOT high intensity physical activity that puts your baby at risk during pregnancy. Alternatively, it is the introduction of said activity, or anything above baseline … Continue reading Training While Preggers →

What is the purpose of weight belts? Should I use one everyday when squatting and deadlifting, cleaning and snatching? The simple answer is, it depends. However, to habitually train at low to moderate loads with a weight belt, can create an element of thoracic instability when you eventually find yourself in a situation without a … Continue reading Weight Belts: How Much Do They Help Really? →

Warm Up & Movement Prep – A Winning Combination There is a huge difference between getting your heart rate up, blood pumping, muscles warm, and actually being prepared for a rigorous work out. When we warm up, we are simply waking the body up and letting it know that work is about to be done. … Continue reading Warm Up & Movement Prep – A Winning Combination →

Intensity Defines Us: The Evolution of the Athletic Female I’ve been in the fitness industry for almost half my life as an athlete, trainer, and coach. Even during seven years in the Marine Corps I was always met with opposition by Marines and clients alike with regards to females and training. A couple of years … Continue reading Intensity Defines Us: The Evolution of the Athletic Female →

You Still Have to Do the Work I’ve been around high level athletics almost my entire life. I spent most of my post-collegiate weight training career in the confines of Gold’s Gym, LA Fitness, 24 Fitness and the like. As a Marine, the base gym is full of Jarheads killing dumbbells and sipping protein shakes … Continue reading You Still Have to Do the Work →

How Do I Get Better At Metcons? The short answer is… Time & Consistency CrossFit by nature is not very specific in how we train. However, there are basic movements that are done EVERYDAY. These movements include squatting, pressing, pulling, jumping, and running, flexing, and extending. Efficiency Increases Speed In order to get better from … Continue reading How Do I Get Better At Metcons? →

Supplements for CrossFit There is an abundance of supplements out there. And the “research” behind each one is even more extensive. When it comes to supplementation, one must understand that there is no true substitute for whole food nutrition. However, supplements have proven time and time again to aid in performance enhancement and recovery post-training. … Continue reading Supplements for CrossFit →

Guide to Rest Days Physically, rest allows your body to heal. It facilitates the recovery process and adaptation to occur. What does that mean in lamen’s terms? Simply, your body now has the opportunity to prepare itself to surpass performance markers previously achieved because it has made the necessary changes and grown to handle previous … Continue reading Guide to Rest Days →

How to Workout While Traveling The key is to keep it simple and get it out of the way. While cooped up in a hotel room for an extended period of time, it can challenging to justify the extra room in your luggage for workout gear. Too many people, even personal clients of mine, get … Continue reading How to Workout While Traveling →

Should You Enter the Open? The CrossFit Open is an open-entry event that narrows the field to eventually discover who are the fittest men and women in the world. What does that mean to you as a CrossFit PHX member? I have a job, a family, A LIFE. I haven’t committed my life to fitness … Continue reading Should You Enter the Open? →

What Yoga Taught Me Once upon a time I played football in college. Six games into my junior year, I had the misfortune, or fortune as I look back on it now, of blowing out my knee. During rehabilitation all my trainer would preach was, “We need to get you mobile first. Then we can … Continue reading What Yoga Taught Me →