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So there's a gentleman in my life that I admire very much, I've never had the balls to directly tell him, but this is my way of doing so.  I became acquainted with this gentleman about a year and a half ago. In that time, he, and many of his acquaintances have changed my life.   I'm relatively certain that I annoy him, and with good reason.  I think that he sees the potential within me and realizes that often times, I sell myself short.  Under the guise of self preservation, I excuse myself for many things and he, being many years my senior, and likely out of experience, sees right through this tactic.  This past week, I took a vacation from work, and I did some things I needed to do.  I rested, I relaxed.  I meditated, and contemplated where to go at this crossroads in my life.  I normally hesitate to take action, but this time, I did.  It felt good, and it felt empowering.   This new sens...

So, today. I had the opportunity to visit with the folks at CrossFit Bingo.  I can't speak enough kindnesses about Darrell, Cory, Randy and the whole crew at CrossFit Bingo.  Their new facility is absolutely gorgeous.   Visiting another box has this unique way of introducing humility.  You are with a ton of athletes of varying talents, and regardless of what your abilities actually are, often, ego overtakes.  When I travel to these various boxes, I want to represent my gym well, and sometimes, in my mind, that translates to being able to lift something heavier than what I actually can.   After yesterdays workout at my own box, CrossFit Cleveland - West, I woke up this morning sore.  Double Unders are a particular weakness for me and are very challenging, and were a huge part of yesterdays workout.   Having traveled to CrossFit Bingo, when I saw 'OHS' on the board, I felt an impending sense of doom. The wall...

 “The magic is in the movement, the art is in the programming, the science is in the explanation, and the fun is in the community.” - Coach and Founder of CrossFit, Greg Glassman The fun is in the community. Today, I had the opportunity to drop in on one of Northeast Ohio's CrossFit affiliates, Coca CrossFit.  A few months back, I went on an affiliate friending spree just to see the different approaches of different area affiliates.  You know that moment when you fall in love with somebody or something? I can't really put better words to it, but for me, I can best relate it to Depeche Mode's "Home". I think it was January 12th of last year that I walked in the doors at CrossFit Cleveland and had that feeling.  It wasn't long thereafter that I went and obtained my Level 1 Certification, and vowed to learn EVERYTHING I possibly could about this "sport" (for lack of a better word that I loved). Today, I had the opportunity to do a workout at Coca ...

Since obtaining my Level 1 Certification for CrossFit in early August, I've been "interning" at my box, CrossFit Cleveland. For the first several weeks, I felt really apprehensive about coaching. Not so much because I felt I didn't know what I was doing, but because I wasn't sure what the expectations were. That's not to say that when I was asked to start hanging around, it wasn't made clear that I would start interning and slowly working with people, but I wasn't really sure what "slowly working with people" meant.  I had a realization. As a coach or trainer, it is partially my responsibility to define what "slowly working with people" is to mean. I as a coach or trainer have to be comfortable with the cues and direction I am issuing. I won't say I haven't had an awkward moment or two, or potentially issued a cue that didn't correct the fault I was looking to correct, but, that too is a learning experience. Previo...

In a recent conversation with a friend, he mentioned that he felt CrossFit was a trend.  As evidence to that, he pondered the ability of the boxes local to us to stay in business. I considered for a moment that maybe CrossFit is just a trend, a fad that will eventually die out.   Perplexed, I asked him to let me get back to him. I researched this, I found a number of articles, which asserted that CrossFit was a trend or fad, as evidence, most cited CrossFit’s lack of specialization and it’s injury rate. Many of the authors of the articles of course had never tried CrossFit; some provided reasoning for never having tried it, others asserted that witnessing such workouts or their experience in other fitness venues gave them standing to complain of CrossFit.   I found myself a rabid CrossFitter ready to defend against some of these allegations, and the idea that CrossFit is a “trend” or “fad”.             Dictionary...