If you’ve ever walked into a CrossFit gym and thought wow this place is huge or this must have taken a ton of work to build, here’s something a lot of people forget. Nearly every CrossFit gym you know started small. Like really small. Sometimes it’s a spare bedroom. Sometimes it’s a tiny corner in a storage unit. Sometimes it’s somebody’s garage where the neighbors hear barbells hitting concrete at six in the morning. That’s the real origin story for most affiliates. And CrossFit H-Town is one of the classic examples. They began exactly the way many of us do. A garage gym. A couple of people who loved the training and saw how much it helped their own fitness and confidence. A couple of barbells. Some basic pull up rigs. Maybe a few kettlebells scraped off Craigslist. Nothing fancy. No fancy floor. No fancy branding. Just passion and a...Read more

One of my favorite things about BayWay CrossFit is how people react the first time they walk in. They look around, notice the barbells, hear someone breathing hard on a bike or a rower, watch somebody else moving through a set of squats or pull ups, and they get that look like wow this seems a little intense. You can almost see the thought forming. I’m probably too old for this. Or I need to get in shape first. Or my teen could do this but I don’t know if I can. Those thoughts are super common. But here’s the truth. Getting older or younger shouldn’t ever mean giving up on fitness. It also doesn’t mean you have to do some watered down version of training that doesn’t challenge you. It definitely doesn’t mean you shouldn’t walk into a CrossFit gym. If you visit BayWay you’ll see something really cool....Read more

If you’ve ever seen a pistol squat and thought, “There’s no way I can do that,” you’re not alone. The pistol squat is one of those movements that looks simple but exposes a lot at once: Strength Balance Mobility Control And that’s exactly why we teach it the way we do at BayWay CrossFit. Instead of asking people to jump straight into the hardest version, we break the movement down and meet you where you’re at. Watch: Pistol Squat Modifications We Use in Class 👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/rFdnwfTBMTc What Is a Pistol Squat? A pistol squat is a single-leg squat where one leg stays off the ground while the other leg performs a full squat. It challenges: Lower-body strength Core stability Ankle and hip mobility Balance and coordination That makes it a great tool—but only if it’s scaled correctly. Why Modifications Matter (Especially for Beginners) One of the biggest misconceptions about CrossFit is that everyone is expected to...Read more

December 2025 marked one full year of being a dad to a baby who is now 13 months old. It was also another year of being a bonus dad to two boys, running a business, trying to stay healthy, and figuring out how to hold everything together without losing myself in the process. This was one of the busiest years of my life.And I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I’ve owned and coached at BayWay CrossFit since 2012. Over the years, I’ve heard just about every reason someone can give for not making it to the gym. One excuse I never fully related to was, “I don’t have time because of my kids.” Now I do. What “Making Time” Really Means Once You’re a Parent Before kids, I believed something very simple: if something mattered to you, you made time for it. That belief wasn’t wrong.It was incomplete. Making time and actually executing it are...Read more

If you’ve ever wondered why CrossFit gets such incredible results, it comes down to three things: patience, practice, and consistency. At BayWay CrossFit in Baytown, we see it every day. Members who show up, work hard, and trust the process achieve lasting results that go beyond just physical change. I’ve been through pretty much every side of fitness. I’ve played sports, coached, started over, competed, failed, and tried again. You name it.If there’s one thing that’s always true, it’s this: you don’t just wake up better one day. You get better because you keep showing up. Simple as that. The Learning Curve Always Hits First When I jumped into jiujitsu back in 2022, honestly, it wasn’t what I thought it was gonna be.Learning the moves was cool, yeah, but getting tossed around every night… not so much.There were days I walked out thinking, Man, why am I even doing this? But I kept...Read more