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Dear Santa…
What do you want from Santa this year? No, it’s not a silly question…. C’mon, just think about it: If you had the option of requesting three “CrossFit presents” from Santa this year, what would they be? (Bear in mind that in this little fantasy of mine, the Three CrossFit Wishes can be used as ...
Use With Caution
Have you ever wondered what CrossFit might sound like if it came in a package with a Surgeon General’s warning? Well, I have! Allow me to indulge for a moment… Caution: Contents of CrossFit may cause extreme sweating, overall fatigue, temporary soreness, muscle spasms and nausea. Users may experience sudden changes in body temperature, elevated ...
A Lifelong Habit
We all assumed it was true, but now we have the science to back it up: Recent studies show that lifelong exercise yields sensational results! An article from Science Daily details how active senior skiers in Sweden were shown to have twice the oxygen-uptake capacity of seniors who do not exercise. This was demonstrated ...
No More Flying Solo
Question: Does participating in “group” fitness classes actually help you keep your training momentum? The answer, is…. apparently YES! New research suggests that group exercise unleashes a flood of chemicals in the brain, triggering the same responses that have made collective activities, from dancing and laughter to religion itself, such enduring aspects of human culture. ...
Things That Make You Go “Hmmm”
I read something the other day that got me thinking. It sounds odd, and quite frankly, I can’t think of why they would have researched this in the first place…. But just humour me for a second and allow me to share. The Times Colonist newspaper recently posted an article all about how cooling down ...
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