As coaches we want our athletes to log their scores, but really we want them to do so much more than that! In this blog post, we’ll cover four questions…
Outsmarting the Aging Process: Change the Conversation
Ever heard your athletes state, "It's just not fair, it was so much easier when I was younger." Read up on how you might help them change the conversation.
Outsmarting the Aging Process: How Your Lifting Days Empower Your Metcons
Ever thought about what happens when you don’t give it your all on those lifting days and sets? Sure, we all have our best intentions, but as we’ve discussed earlier,…
Outsmarting the Aging Process: The Math Behind Your Lifting Days
Continuing with our discussion on how to maximize your time in the gym, we now look at how starting numbers affect our long term development and pounds moved across a…
Outsmarting the Aging Process – What You Can Do In the Gym
It’s the end of a hard workout at the tail end of a challenging week, and athletes are putting away their barbells. An athlete comes up to you looking somewhat…
Hey CrossFit Affiliates! Are you headed to Whistler for the CrossFit 10 Year Affiliate Gathering on September 20-22? If so, I’d love to say hi! My husband Eric and I…
Every year tens of thousands of athletes around the world gather at CrossFit affiliates, military bases, and local parks to do the workout Murph and honor those who died while…
Providing scaling options is the first step toward making the workout come to life for every member at your gym. While those options provide an initial filter to point athletes…
Dear YNAB, We love you. We think you’re the perfect compliment to any CrossFit affiliate or boutique fitness studio. Love, SugarWOD I usually blog about affiliate best practices that are…
Anyone who has been around CrossFit for some time knows that individualized scaling of the workout is an inherent part of the athlete’s progress, athletic development, and long term success.…
I’ve traveled to many gyms in my time with CrossFit, over 100 by now. Each gym has its own vibe, style, and protocols and that’s part of what makes it…
Hey Affiliate Owners and Coaches, Raise your hand if you’re excited to run two Open series within one 12 month period!? Hm, none of you are raising your hands. Ok,…
Let’s face it, there’s a big stigma around training pregnant women. Coaches often feel clueless as to how to train this population. What they miss in those sentiments is that…
Athletes will suffer tweaks and injuries from time to time. Many athletes struggle with the give and take nature of recovering from an injury. The coach’s job is to provide…
The primary goal with a new athlete is to promote them to make good decisions and reinforce the tenets of the training and coaching style at your affiliate. Here…
Coaching the Athlete Who Often Tries to Go Too Heavy
Next up in our six-part series, we’ll profile the athlete who goes too heavy and cover a dialogue to help coaches navigate this situation. The situation is all too familiar.…
Next up in our six-part series on how to have difficult and effective conversations with athletes, we’ll discuss how to talk with an athlete who is always trying to go Rx.…