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Recently I discovered CrossFit Pleasanton. Thank God I did! Prior to finding CrossFit Pleasanton, I had no knowledge of CrossFit. All knew was a friend of mine had been doing Cross Fit and was in pretty good shape. At least better shape than what I was physically displaying at the time. On his recommendation and a desire to […]

One of the most important reasons CrossFit and CrossFit style training is so successful is because we get a ‘measurable and repeatable’ result at the end of each day. While step 1 is just showing up and putting in the work, the real key to getting better over the long haul is to track progress over

“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience.” -Mark Manson Achieving fitness at times may not fun.  It can be painful to the ego and body.  Becoming a fitter and heather you is going to have its challenges. But it is worth it. One of my favorite basketball players growing up

There’s an expression about knowing just enough to be dangerous. In the case of sleep science, Apple may know just enough to disappoint. In 2016, it introduced an iOS feature (later added to MacOS) called Night Shift that can change the screen to a “warmer” (orangey) hue before bedtime. The aim is to reduce the

It’s unclear when or why it happened, but somewhere along the way an unexplainable force took hold of the human population and convinced us that a workout isn’t a workout unless you sweat continuously for more than 20 minutes. The great majority of people who first walk through our doors aren’t satisfied with their “workout” unless

Rowing Pace: Practical Application Three main steps to finding your perfect rowing page: Understand your split time Learn to row at a consistent split Learn your slow and medium pace, as well as your race-pace, over various distances (ideally 500 m, 1,000 m, 2-km and 5-km) Now it’s time to take those number and put

I’m not sure who started it, but in recent years probiotics became a buzzword. “They’re the good kind of bacteria,” they said. In reality, probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are known to help with digestion and gut health. They have also been linked to improved oral, urinary and vaginal health, and they might

Whether we’re talking about fitness or dating, there’s no better feeling than the honeymoon stage. You know the stage: Those first few days, weeks, maybe even months when your newfound relationship or passion for the gym is novel and you’re overtaken by giddy-ness and over-the-moon excitement and anticipation. It’s all you can think about… Fast-forward

Time and time again, 25, 35 or 65 year-olds have expressed regret that they didn’t discover our gym sooner. “I wish I would have found this when I was younger,” they say.  Or, “I wish my parents would have pushed fitness on me when I was a teen.”  Or, “Imagine what my life could have been like had