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As a business owner I try to educate myself as much as I can. From reading books and articles to listening to podcasts and sitting in on webinars.  Although I have learned a lot over the last couple years a common theme in many of these self educating avenues is “make a small change and you will find big success.” Different people call it different things from a “2 mm shift” or a “1% change” it doesn’t matter because it has the same impact. What I realize now is that the same application can be made to someones CrossFit life. Many times people will tell me, “My biggest goal is to get my first pull up!” But the only practice they give themselves is when pullups show up in workouts. It is not very often that someone will walk in and do a perfect pullup or get a muscle up...
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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...
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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...
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Probably the most stressful weekend of my entire life. CrossFit has been apart of my life since 2010 but it wasn’t until I watched Rich Fronning fall from a rope that I realized I wanted to compete on that stage. Every year I try and every year I get closer and closer but I’ve never been as close as I was this weekend. I am part of an awesome community at BayWay CrossFit but had the opportunity to compete on a team under CrossFit Eado, and it was the best decision I could have made. I would drive five times a week for the last six months back and forth from Baytown to downtown Houston to train with my team. Sacrificing time with my family and my business to try and capture this dream I have been dreaming for so long. We were a team full of very talented individuals...
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What Supplements? If you have been exercising for any extended period of time the same question seems to always present itself, “what supplements should I be taking?”.  I myself have asked this question numerous times.  Let’s first start by saying that supplementation is just that, supplementing.  Whether your goal is aesthetics, performance or just general health it all comes down to what you put on your plate.  Without a proper and appropriate nutritional plan there is no firm foundation to build upon and everything will fall.   Now that the disclaimer is out of the way let’s get to the fun stuff!  I assume that if you are reading this that your primary mode of fitness transportation is CrossFit.  Why do we CrossFit?  One, to lose weight and look great naked.  Two, to compete with others to push ourselves to the next level, and look great naked!  To some degree...
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