The Whiteboard Brief

In this episode, Coach Kristin dives into her trip to Nashville and the different experiences she had dropping into local gyms. Dropping in can be an incredible experience while traveling, but there are a few key things to keep in mind when you do to make sure you are taken care of!

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In this episode, Coach Kristin and Coach John run through the quarterfinal workouts that some took part in after the open, and why they are good! On paper, the workouts seem challenging and new. However, a better understanding of how and why they were programmed will give a greater appreciation for your fitness and how to continue on that journey.

In this episode, Coach Kristin and Coach John dive into the different levels of nutrition from Quality eating for health, to fat loss/muscle gain/and performance eating. Most of the content pushed to us in society is BS and just trying to sell the next best thing. Likewise, big food companies are loading our food with stuff to preserve food longer and make it taste better so you keep eating and buying. All that is well and good, but you need to understand the big picture and how you specifically need to look at your nutrition to be as healthy as possible. Enjoy!

In this episode, Coach Kristin and Coach John recap the last 3 weeks of the open, which was an absolute blast, and provide some insight into the mindset of taking on challenges such as the open and how it benefits outside of the gym into real life. Don't be afraid to fail, as growth happens outside of the comfort zone. 

In this episode, Coach Kristin and Coach John dive into the parts of coaching that members don't see on a surface level. Anybody can give a cue, but what it takes to really know your athletes and be effective not only coaching but programming week to week to keep your community moving forward is a never ending endeavor of hard work, learning, and perfecting. 

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In this episode, Coach Kristin and Coach John dive into the topic of mechanics and standards with the Open upon us, and why these are such an important focus year round.

The sport of CrossFit was developed from the methodology, not the other way around. Hitting standards and proper mechanics is a big part of developing the health and fitness we strive for every day.

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In this episode, Coach John and Coach Kristin dive into the successes and failures of the fitness and nutrition journey and how the failures are often more important than the successes as they are lessons to be learned and opportunities to get better! 

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In this episode, Coach John and Coach Kristin recap the year and talk a little bit about what is to come in 2023! 

In this episode, Coach John and Coach Kristin dive into the topic of how CrossFit truly benefits out lives in multiple ways regardless of age and career path. There are multiple areas where we see parallels and benefits that make CrossFit the best program to follow to prepare yourself for the unknown and unknowables of life. We aim to be the generalist program which allows for the greatest amount of benefit to multiple facets we may see in life. 

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"The needs of an Olympic Weightlifter and your Grandmother differ by degree, not kind." This is a quote from founder Coach Greg Glassman and could not be more true. Often people see the olympic lifts as too complex for the average person to do, however, that mindset could not be anymore incorrect. 

Should your mother try to snatch 250lbs? Probably not, but as we get older there are some underlying benefits to these complex lifts, even when executed with a PVC pipe. 

Take a listen as Coach John and Coach Kristin dive into the neurological benefits, among other things, of the olympic lifts in a CrossFit setting and why they are so beneficial to our members. 

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