This episode begins our series on body image. The National Eating Disorders Association defines body image as “how you see yourself when you look in the mirror,” or more broadly your belief about your appearance, how you feel about your body weight, shape or size, and how a person feels inside their own body.

Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be embarking on a journey to find varying perspectives and stories on people's body image, their struggles, successes, and motivations. 

Today, we begin by speaking to Brendon Jalbert. Brendon brings us a unique perspective as someone who went from underweight to overweight, seemingly overnight, and the struggles both physically and mentally that brought.

In this episode, we are going to dive into the 3 signs you may be under eating and explain why eating less is not always the best option for reaching your health and wellness goals.

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Great weather, beach tips, barbeques and vacations usually mean paying less attention to what you are eating. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can still enjoy your summer to the fullest while eating to hit your goals! 

What is fitness and who is fit?

Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “fitness” and being “fit” as the ability to transmit genes and being healthy. No help there. Searching the Internet for a workable, reasonable definition of fitness yields disappointingly little. Worse yet, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), the most respected publisher in exercise physiology, in its highly authoritative "Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning," does not even attempt a definition.

For CrossFit, the specter of championing a fitness program without clearly defining what it is that the program delivers combines elements of fraud and farce. The vacuum of guiding authority has therefore necessitated that CrossFit provide its own definition of fitness. That is what this episode is about: our “fitness.”

Listen on for how CrossFit defines and outlines fitness.

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Odds are if CrossFit has made an impact on your life, you want to share it with others. If you are like most, and have tried to have a conversation with a loved one about trying CrossFit, you may have had a negative response. In this episode, the coaches give some tips on how to approach that conversation, and get your family/friends in the gym with you!

The Coaches break down the Primal Athletics mission statement and the culture we try to cultivate at the gym everyday.

The coaches get together today to talk about what keeps them coming back to CrossFit day after day, year after year. We want to hear from you! What 3 things do you love most about CrossFit?

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Sign up for the 2021 CrossFit Open at games.crossfit.com

The 2021 season will begin with a three-week CrossFit Open that starts on March 11. Worldwide registration will start on Jan. 7, and gift codes to pay for a friend or family member’s registration fee are now available for advance purchase at games.crossfit.com.

The CrossFit Open is the largest participatory sporting event in the world, setting a record of more than 415,000 participants across 172 countries in 2018. This year’s Open will be the most accessible in CrossFit history, with flexible options for participants to compete either at their local gym or at home, should they face local closures or have health concerns. 

Listen in for a breakdown of all the changes to The Open this year (there's a lot) and what Primal Athletics has planned for our members.

Did you set a New Year’s resolution for this year? Did you make any progress?

If you’re like most people, the answer is no. Statistics around failure rates range. Some say that 80% of resolutions fail by February. Others claim that only 8% keep their resolution for the entire year.

The statistics vary across the board, but the takeaway is clear – most people don’t make it.

There are a lot of reasons for such a high failure rate, listen in for tips on how to successfully set and accomplish goals.

Click the following link for a S.M.A.R.T. goal setting worksheet- https://udayton.edu/studev/_resources/SMART%20goals%20worksheet.pdf

January's Primal Habits Challenge is also discussed in this episode, which aligns with goal setting and execution!