The muscle-up is one of those movements that gets the same question that doing Algebra is middle school gets, "why do we do this if we don't do it in real life." Well, the answer is that you actually do! So, today we are gonna dive into all the practical uses of the muscle-up and how you can get benefits from it at any skill level!

How much and how often should you rest when you're working out for a specific goal? What about active recovery? What even is active recovery? Well, in today's episode we go over just that!

After our planned discussion about fitness, the crew had a candid convo about psychology and fitness and some of our stories about mental struggles associated with our fitness journies! Listen in to hear more!

Come join us for a discussion about mental health and how it affects our fitness and how our fitness in turn can help our mental health (:

Exercise can be a scary subject when you have heart issues. In today's podcast we talk from the prospective of an athlete who has heart issues that does CrossFit and a gym owner who has trained many athletes with heart issues.

Jump Ropes?! You mean those things we used in gym class and then immediately forgot about once we hit middle school?

Well, in CrossFit we use the jump rope quite a bit and it can be one of the most challenging implements to master with some of the biggest payoffs for your coordination and cardiovascular abilities!

Join us as we talk about Jump Ropes and their benefits to you in today's episode

While it can be sexy to focus on goals like getting abs or squatting 500lbs, the reality is that everything we are doing today for our health and fitness will pay dividends as we age.

6In Today's podcast we talk about the importance of training as we grow older and how starting at any age can help improve your health and build a buffer against aging that we all desire!

Caffeine is something that plenty of people have every day. In this episode we talk about how it affects us during workouts, how it affects different athletes differently, and when is the best time for you to have it to get the most out of your day!

Preparing for something you care about gives you drive to do the little things every day, even when you don't feel like it. For Nikki, this was training for the 70.3 Ironman in Oregon this Summer! Join us as we talk about what it took to train for this spectacular event and the lessons learned along the way!

As part of our second interview with one of our coaches, we decided to interview our newest Vegvisir Coach, Manny! Hop on in to today's episode to learn about his CrossFit journey and how it might be not so disimlar from your own!