Mapping back to middle school, Meredith's shoulders started giving her grief during her days swimming with a competitive club team based out of Atlanta. Assured it was merely growing pains, she forced her way through mounting misery until a breaking point finally led to a physician diagnosing her [...]
A lack of pacing your workouts usually creates one of two scenarios: You go out as hard or as fast as you can, only to gas out minutes (or seconds) later. You hang out in your comfort zone without pushing yourself enough to produce results. So how do you find the sweet spot between [...]
It comes as no surprise that exercise is good for us. And rather than making a list of all the benefits, let’s focus on one specific system that improves with exercise – your immune system. Here are a few ways that exercise improves your immune system (source): Exercise cycles bacteria out of your lungs [...]
By Alan Shaw, Co-Founder and Head Coach of Rhapsody Fitness in Charleston, SC We all have them - those tricky modalities you have your sights set on (hello, muscle-ups!), but need some extra support to land. Whether you're stuck in pull-up purgatory or looking to upgrade your clean & jerk, Rhapsody 1:1 Skill Sessions [...]
With this year moving at a clip few of us can wrap our brains around, it's hard to believe the holidays are right around the corner. Couple that with supply-chain scares and Black Friday deals rolling out before the Halloween decorations came down, there's more pressure than ever to start [...]
People start doing CrossFit for a variety of reasons. You might’ve first walked into the gym because you wanted to lose some weight, create a healthy routine or improve the quality of your life. CrossFit has the potential to improve the quality of your life, and more specifically, your sex life. And while this [...]
Are you curious about CrossFit but find yourself asking the question, “Is CrossFit too intense for me?” Is the intimidation around intensity holding you back from giving it a try? There are a lot of assumptions about CrossFit. And one of the most common assumptions revolves around intensity. Is CrossFit too intense? What do [...]
