Time and time again I am asked, “What supplements should I be taking?” And although I believe there are a handful out there that you should take the one’s that I believe everyone can and should are BCAA’s and Whey Protein Powder. BCAA stands for “Branch Chain Amino Acids” and in short these are the “building blocks” of protein. Why are they important? If your body does not have enough amino acids in it from food or supplementation your body will look to get them from another source. Usually the other source will be your muscles. During and after exercise your body is looking to repair your muscles and if it does not have an adequate supply of amino acids then it will look to repair muscles by breaking down other muscles. So during and post workout your body is wanting to Breakdown (burn) fat, build and repair muscles. In...

I was watching the news last week when they showed a stat that scared me. It said that at least 10% of the population completely skips breakfast and another 20% eat less than 500 calories for breakfast. Those two stats seems crazy to me but that’s not what scared me. The next stat was, those who skipped breakfast were 4.5 times more likely to be obese than those who did not. To most people the thought is, “I am not hungry in the morning so I don’t eat, and that means I am eating less calories so I will eventually lose weight.” But obviously that is false because almost 24 million people in the US skip breakfast and are obese. Science has shown that if you eat a meal in the morning it will help kick start digestion and fire up your metabolism. It should help you regulate your blood...

Athlete Spotlight First Name & Last Initial Kasi B. Home Town Baytown Age 29 (at the time of this survey!) Occupation College and Career Specialist When did you first start CrossFitting? February 2015 When did you first start training at BayWay CrossFit? February 2015 Favorite WOD Anything with body weight movements such as push ups, pullups, handstand pushups, etc. I also like light weight power snatches! Least Favorite WOD Anything with thrusters, and more recently, the assault bike! Tell us about your sports & fitness background? Before discovering crossfit, I had always worked out in the typical gym atmosphere; running on the treadmill until I got bored, wandering over to the stair climber, then lifting some weights, then going home. There was never any consistent structure or programming to my workouts. How did you first get exposed to CrossFit? Take us back to your first WOD…what was it, and how...