As John G. said it, I was a much different person two years ago than the one you see at the gym today. I was embarrassingly weak and had toothpicks for appendages. I was doing push-ups on the box, pull-ups on the green band, and I ran as fast as a granny (with a walker). I ate like shit; candy, …
Fight Gone Bad 5
Join us at CrossFit Swift on Saturday September 25th for the 5th annual Fight Gone Bad! Registration will begin at 8am and the first heat will take place at 9am. Heats will run in 30 minute increments. The registration fee is $15. A portion of the fee will be donated to The Wounded Warrior Project and Livestrong. Please email us …
Trainee Profile: John G.
When I walked into CFRVA last June I was a much different person than the one you see at the gym now. At that point, I was the 10-soda-a-day-John, who would often start his day with two Big Bites and a package of Ho-Hos and then would top everything off with a Big Gulp. I am sure you could guess …
RVA Bike Ride
We’ll be having a group bike ride on July 17th. We’ll be leaving from CrossFit RVA at 9am, and traveling 20-30 miles. Exact route will be decided at a later date. If you’re interested in participating, please post a comment, or e-mail us. If you have any questions, let us know.
Mindfulness in Training
I’m hesitant to call this an article – it’s more like a collection of thoughts that, while not presenting any particularly new information, will hopefully get you thinking, just a little. Training is inherently a mental, as well as a physical process. We know and accept this easily. We see people get pumped up before a big lift, flip their …
CrossFit Regionals Recap, Part 3
Start at the beginning or go back to part 2. I’m fast forwarding to Sunday because we spectated and relaxed on Saturday. I’ll go so far as to say there were some Pay-Lee-Noooooo meals between Friday and Saturday with some meals being better than others. Mark was kind enough to grill some food for us on Friday night, which was …
Nikki’s Nutrition Challenge Review
Nikki was one of the winners of our recent Performance Nutrition Challenge. I hope you all can learn from her experiences! First, I think it should be known that I had no intentions of participating in the Nutrition Challenge, and that I was talked into it by my other half (John G). I can say that I was just plain …
CrossFit Regionals Recap, Part 2
Back to Part 1. Regionals Day 1 continued… WOD 2 15 Minutes to reach a heavy single in the Snatch 5 minutes to complete as many head to ground handstand push-ups as possible Score is the sum of max weight lifted by each athlete plus total repetitions of handstand push-ups. Ahhhhhh… the only reason that Brian was even invited to …
CrossFit Regionals Recap, Part 1
This started off as a simple recap, but it turned into a novella and I’m sorry for that. I tried to write about all the details of our experience at Regionals without leaving anything out. Read it if you’d like, or leave it behind. The Central East Regionals… Starring: Jacob “Coach” Rowell Jake drove us to the Hocking Hills which …
Bring a Friend Day
Do you find it difficult to explain exactly what CrossFit is? After doing this for years, I still do. Some days I think I’ve got it down- I say something about the police and military using our methods and that Crossfit uses constantly varied, functional movements performed at high intensity – and then I usually just wait for the inevitable …