CrossFit Armidale

Reset

It is September, the start of spring and with that comes lengthening daylight hours. Yes the shortest day of the year was 21st June, almost three months ago! So with us moving into a new box a few months ago I thought it time to write about hitting reset. I have written in the past… [Read More]

What does the Open mean to me?

The Games season starts pretty well now. There will be all sorts of conjecture over the workouts for the next five weeks and we will eagerly await each announcement. But what does it mean to us that come in day in day out for the daily WOD? I can’t answer for all of you, however,… [Read More]

This Is Tough

This is Tough The hardest part of an exercise program can be getting your head into it. In any program you undertake there will be parts of it you absolutely despise, but there will be parts you absolutely love or look forward to, or eventually fall in love with as you realise how good you… [Read More]

Hanging the picture

Hanging the picture. Almost a year ago my family and I moved house. Our new house has concrete internal walls as well as external, solid, but not the easiest to hang pictures, etc. on. Of course we had things we wanted mounted on the walls, heaters, brackets etc. So it was off to the hardware… [Read More]

I just want to be skinny!!!

I just want to be skinny…. How many times have you heard this from a friend? Ok, honestly, how many times have you heard this from your inner voice? Now think about what you say to your friend. What is your response to them? I bet it is along the lines of “Oh darl, you’re… [Read More]

Adult Play and Fun

One morning at a BNI meeting I listened to the member who owns a childcare centre and preschool. The educators at the centre teach the kids quite a lot through play and she challenged us the next week to get into some adult play and fun. Now I know, I know, you could read some… [Read More]

Motivation

This is a topic that is hit on time and time again. But today, my dear reader, I want to ask you about the different types of motivation or the ways in which coaches motivate. Really, I am asking: ‘Is it actually motivation?’ Do you want to know that your coach is in the best… [Read More]

Five truths about CrossFit they probably haven’t told you.

Five truths about CrossFit they probably haven’t told you It seems not a day goes by that I don’t read something about what it is we do at CrossFit: that it is some sort of cult or that we are a chiropractor’s best source of business. I usually find these write-ups very amusing. Generally, someone… [Read More]

Value, not cost

It is a regular thing that someone decides to get fit and healthy, go on a diet, start an exercise regime, etc. But, more regularly than not a lot of people will find something to get in the way of commencing a change. One I hear quite a lot is: “I can’t afford it”. Now,… [Read More]