Coach’s Corner
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Building His Own Gym: How Chris Spealler Went from Tenant to Landowner Chris Spealler shares an unusually candid look at the nearly 10-year journey to building his own gym in Park City, Utah. In this BTWB Speaker Series session, he walks through why rising rent forced a crossroads, how he navigated zoning and permits, and what it really cost to buy land…
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Murph is just around the corner, and you’re terrified. Well, as the Chinese proverb says “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now.” Let’s talk some tips to optimize yourself so you can be as ready as possible. Murph1 mile Run100 Pull-Ups200 Push-Ups300 Air Squats1 mile…
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📷: Justin of CrossFit Dutch Kills We’ve all seen the attention grabbing headlines. The ones that your friends, coworkers, and family will cite, mouth agape, when you tell them you’ve been doing CrossFit. At first they’re interested. “You look great! What have you been doing?” Then come the looks of concern. “That crazy stuff on…
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📷: @CrossFitLumos CrossFit coaches talk… a lot. While our job involves wearing a bunch of different hats (greeter, comedian, programmer, observer, referee, and on and on), but the thing that weaves all of those together is language. We talk from the moment class starts pretty much until it ends, so it’s useful to consider how…
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📷:Thomasville CrossFit Now that I’m a card carrying member of the “can’t roll out of bed and Fran” crowd (also known as the Master’s division), I have begun to value warmups more and more. While there’s definitely days when a few swings of the arms and legs will do it, warmups can be a valuable…
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📷: Uri Gonzalez of CrossFit Sant Martí Most CrossFit coaches and gym owners began their CrossFit “life” as a member at a gym, taking group classes while slowly learning and realizing their passion for fitness and helping people. As many coaches grow in experience, their understanding, ability to program for themselves, and fitness goals tend…
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I blame Instagram. In the early days of CrossFit, if you found out a friend of yours from high school was into functional fitness, the only way to know who was fitter would be to show up at their gym and throw down. At some point, a guy named Dave (and some others) took that…
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📷:CrossFit Northlake One of the things that separates CrossFit coaches from disinterested Globo Gym trainers is their level of professionalism and care for their members. First, we coaches pride ourselves in running a “tight ship” where every class runs like a tightly scripted and choreographed dance, with little to no “surprises.” Secondly, we know our…