I have one lamp in my entire house. Last night I realized just how much faith I had in that one little bulb when I flipped the switch and it didn’t shine. Before then, I’d never felt how dark is dark until I couldn’t find the light. All right, I thought beginning to clinch my [...]
One of the best parts of CrossFit is meeting new people. It’s becoming involved in their everyday lives and caring about how they progress when it comes to more than just the barbell. The hardest part is when those people leave. The following is authored by Sara, and she’s leaving us for the Air Force. [...]
I was getting whored out and learning that big tips don’t make up for broken morals. At the time I can remember my growing anxiety. It was like elementary school on report card day and I was praying that I wouldn’t get grounded. Why are the good people going along with these unrepentant antics?, I kept [...]
Before the Central East Regional Event went down, we sent more press release to the locals than I can remember. The article below is just one result of many. A woman watching CrossFit for the first time. The following is from the Columbus Dispatch If you’re into CrossFit and have attended live events, you probably [...]
Send the clip above to your aging mother or over the hill neighbor the next time they say they’re too old for fitness. “Thin used to be in, now it’s muscle,” one mature CrossFitter says to the camera. She’s in the crowd at the South West Regional Event and she’s not shy. CrossFit wasn’t created [...]
The motivation to be fit has a universal purity about it. Sure we can make it dirty and fake, but we can also make it holy. Robyn has. And so have the throngs of others exactly like her who left their physical selves out of the spiritual equation for years. Just as Robyn has learned, [...]
CrossFits in and around Ohio are busier than normal. It happens every year about this time. All over Facebook the Regionally inspired unite. CrossFitters who were doing good to catch two workouts a week, are now slamming two workouts a day. I called my guy at Reebok just for fun; sales are up. I noticed [...]
The champ broke three Event records. A farm boy staged a comeback worthy of the podium. And a woman no one knew, captivated a crowd. As unbelievable as it sounds, the real show at the Central East Regional wasn’t in the field, it was in the stands. “Is that kid doing burpees?,” a member of [...]
My friends and I used to play the “what if” game. Passing time with personal questions is harder than you think. We talked about things that will probably never happen. Fears, dreams, temptations … nothing was off limits. But we didn’t always do it right. Sometimes we got real, but most of the time our concoctions [...]
God is the only one who can piss me off this much. I still can’t figure out why He made me so selfish. Why just the other day, I actually yelled at my blind dog for knocking me over. It was like something out of a UFC fight where the little guys demolishes the much [...]
