The summer months are upon us.  And from a teacher’s perspective, this typically means one thing: YAYYYYYYY!  But from a teacher/gym owner’s perspective, something else comes to mind: more sweat.  More sweat=more potential germs spread throughout the gym. In last few humid days, I have seen more sweat puddles, droplets, “angels” on the mats at [...]Continue Reading

It almost happened again on Monday.  Those stinkin’ girl scout cookies…I was sitting in the English office waiting for my Cross Cuisine Paleo chicken nuggets to heat up, as I stared at the box of thin mints and do-si-does on the desk.  I begin to read the nutrition label.  Five cookies, and a mere 6 grams of [...]Continue Reading

There’s just something about CrossFit that gives out free (well, at least free for me) energy. On Sunday night, I was at home and in bed from my flight from Ohio at 2:30 am.  WAY past my bedtime.  The next morning, I slept in-and-out through my first hour of professional development.  I Faked being interested [...]Continue Reading

It’s funny...when we first start CrossFitting, most of us have one goal it mind:  to look better. For most, we want to be thinner, perhaps more cut or defined.  Many guys want to get bigger; put on lean muscle mass, etc… I hear it when every On-ramp class begins when I speak to our athletes [...]Continue Reading

“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy, [...]Continue Reading

Please, please, please take the time to read this article, eloquently written by Lisbeth Darsh www.crossfitlisbeth.com.  I was one of the millions glued to my iPhone, hoping for Spealler.  I planned to blog about it, but Lisbeth did it faster, and better than I ever could: I struggle here today to find the words to [...]Continue Reading

Please take the time to check out Megin O’Testa’s monthly write-up on SCF Athlete’s accomplishments.  If you haven’t been writing your accomplishments on the whiteboard in the weight room, please begin doing so (there were a lot of snatch PR’s set tonight!!!): “And in every instance, my definition of success was other people. I want [...]Continue Reading