Many of us have heard that eating nutritious food and regularly engaging in exercise and physical activity are effective strategies for encouraging good health. But there’s another pillar of wellness that doesn’t always get the same amount of attention — sleep. In fact, in our face-paced world, sometimes avoiding sleep is even seen as [...]
Beginning a workout routine is one of the best decisions you can make for your life. Exercise and engaging in regular physical activity support every aspect of our health and wellness. The cardiovascular system, respiratory health, bones, joints, muscles, mental health — the list of things that are improved by making movement and motion [...]
Chances are that you’ve had you share of days in the gym where you’re just killing it. Tons of energy to burn, motivation at its max, and a fluidity with your movement that’s so satisfying it almost seems easy. And chances are you’ve also had those days that are the total opposite. You’re slow, [...]
The holidays are a time of year when we get together with and family and eat, and drink, and be merry, and all the good things that happen when we enjoy (or tolerate) each other’s company. It’s also a time of year when fitness goals can be challenged. It can be easy to skip [...]
We all know that being physically active can help you lead a happier and happier life. Regular exercise promotes physical health and reduces the risk of health conditions like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer, and others. But in addition to making your heart and muscles stronger, the benefits of working out can [...]
By Head Coach Kerry Kirsch + Coach Elizabeth Hall of Rhapsody Fitness in Charleston, SC. It seems, much like an opinion, everyone and their mother has programming these days. With the barrage of packaged tracks and tricks, it can have you spinning to make sense of intentional, educated programming versus…everything else. Before we continue, [...]
Exercising, working out, breaking a sweat — whatever you want to call it, there is no question that doing it regularly is one of the best things you can do to support your physical health in just about every way. There is another benefit that we cannot always see, but we can definitely feel. [...]
Being active and exercising your muscles offers about a million health benefits. Give or take. And that sort of physical exertion usually spurs a byproduct, or what we consider a byproduct anyway — sweating. It turns out that working up a sweat isn’t just a good metric (sometimes) for whether or not your workout [...]
Fitness is important to all of us for our own reasons. No matter whether you are trying to lose weight, put on mass, or keep where you are, tracking fitness progress is an essential part of your ongoing success. Tracking your exercise progress is important because it lets you see how you are progressing [...]
On the surface, boxes and gyms can all seem very similar. Equipment, music, hopefully nice towel service. But one other thing really distinguishes one box from the next — the community of people who are present. It's a big part of CrossFit so let's spend a little time talking about what makes a great [...]
