Fitness: shaming yourself into doing things you hate to impress people you don’t know with a body that looks good but is too beat up and tired to actually do anything fun. And I’m only half-joking… For too long, the idea of fitness has been stuck in this exhausting cycle of guilt and grind, all…
It should be pretty easy to know when you’re doing cardio… It’s when your heart feels like it’s going to beat right out of your chest, and you are gasping for breath wondering why you make all these bad choices in life. Or is that just me? I know that earlier in my life, that’s…
You want to move and feel better—we all do! So how do we get there? First, you need to get specific about what you want. That’s pretty straightforward if you have a movement or exercise goal, but even if it’s something general like losing weight or building some muscle, it’s best to have a concrete…
You know the importance of working hard. But are you doing enough? Are you pushing too hard? Are you doing too little? Most importantly, are you making progress, or just making yourself tired? It’s pretty common in fitness culture to glorify the guys and gals puking in buckets, running until their feet bleed, or breaking…
“Which GMB program should I do first?” Since we launched our second program back in 2010, this has been the number one question we get asked on a daily basis. And (spoiler?), for most people, the answer is Elements. But you’re probably still wondering where the rest of the programs fit in… First the good…
After working with plenty of CrossFit® athletes, I’ve seen it all. And while lots of people are plenty strong, many are lacking in their overall mobility. Improving your WODs can oftentimes be a matter of working on your flexibility more often, rather than ramping up the strength and conditioning work. If you’ve tried static stretching,…
It’s funny – we get questions about Ryan’s jeans all the time (often with atrocious punctuation). My normal inclination is to ignore it as a distraction… But when I stopped to think about it a few years ago, I realized that it touches on a lot of important issues. The fact that we naturally end…
