AllBook RecommendationsChalk Talk: Fundamentals from The CrossFit Journal & BeyondCoach Notes on ProgrammingGeneralWorkoutsThank you! Your submission has been received!Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.Non-Negotiable SeasonThe holidays will always try to take the hour I meant to spend at the gym. This is why I start a new habit before the New Year instead of after, and what consistency looks like through the busiest season: scaling smart, working around injuries and showing up anyway.GeneralYour Competing Days Are Not Over: Welcome to The Garage Games Masters Tour!A comprehensive guide to the Garage Games Masters Tour at Chalk Dog on November 7th: what each of the three workouts involves, how Rx and Scaled work and a video for every movement standard you'll see on the competition floor.GeneralYour First Competition: What to Pack, What to Eat and What to Do With Yourself Between HeatsGarage Games is coming to Chalk Dog CrossFit on November 7th, and you are ready for this! Competing for fun as an adult is something you do not want to miss out on! You already work out, so this is your chance to see that work pay off while hanging out with inspiring people, eating BBQ and listening to music.We're hosting this event with beginners in mind because we remember our first comps all too well, and we had many questions! There is something for most everybody with age groups in five year increments from 30 to 75+, plus Rx (highest skill level and heavier weights) and scaled (beginner friendly to your specific age group) versions for each age group.We've established you are ready and should definitely do this comp, but you might be wondering where to start? How to prepare? What to pack for the day of the event? What to expect on event day? Keep reading to answer all of those questions and more. We even have a handy packing checklist!GeneralMaking Fitness a Big Rock in Your LifeStephen Covey's rocks, pebbles and sand analogy still holds up. Here's how to make fitness a non-negotiable "big rock" instead of something that gets squeezed out.GeneralBut what if I don't know all the movements?Three years ago rope climbs looked impossible. Zombie climbs to touch-and-go: how learning one CrossFit skill changes what you think you're capable of.GeneralVaried, Not RandomIn this blog Coach Jo does a deep dive on how our programming gets built. It's not about chasing soreness or piling on random movements, it's about training three distinct energy systems (phosphagen, glycolytic, and aerobic) on purpose, so your fitness keeps improving instead of plateauing in the same gear. Plus: why we track benchmarks and retest cycles, and what that data tells us about whether a program is really working.Coach Notes on Programming1...NextSign up for our newsletter to never miss a new blog post.SubscribeThank you! Your submission has been received!Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.No results found.
Non-Negotiable SeasonThe holidays will always try to take the hour I meant to spend at the gym. This is why I start a new habit before the New Year instead of after, and what consistency looks like through the busiest season: scaling smart, working around injuries and showing up anyway.GeneralYour Competing Days Are Not Over: Welcome to The Garage Games Masters Tour!A comprehensive guide to the Garage Games Masters Tour at Chalk Dog on November 7th: what each of the three workouts involves, how Rx and Scaled work and a video for every movement standard you'll see on the competition floor.GeneralYour First Competition: What to Pack, What to Eat and What to Do With Yourself Between HeatsGarage Games is coming to Chalk Dog CrossFit on November 7th, and you are ready for this! Competing for fun as an adult is something you do not want to miss out on! You already work out, so this is your chance to see that work pay off while hanging out with inspiring people, eating BBQ and listening to music.We're hosting this event with beginners in mind because we remember our first comps all too well, and we had many questions! There is something for most everybody with age groups in five year increments from 30 to 75+, plus Rx (highest skill level and heavier weights) and scaled (beginner friendly to your specific age group) versions for each age group.We've established you are ready and should definitely do this comp, but you might be wondering where to start? How to prepare? What to pack for the day of the event? What to expect on event day? Keep reading to answer all of those questions and more. We even have a handy packing checklist!GeneralMaking Fitness a Big Rock in Your LifeStephen Covey's rocks, pebbles and sand analogy still holds up. Here's how to make fitness a non-negotiable "big rock" instead of something that gets squeezed out.GeneralBut what if I don't know all the movements?Three years ago rope climbs looked impossible. Zombie climbs to touch-and-go: how learning one CrossFit skill changes what you think you're capable of.GeneralVaried, Not RandomIn this blog Coach Jo does a deep dive on how our programming gets built. It's not about chasing soreness or piling on random movements, it's about training three distinct energy systems (phosphagen, glycolytic, and aerobic) on purpose, so your fitness keeps improving instead of plateauing in the same gear. Plus: why we track benchmarks and retest cycles, and what that data tells us about whether a program is really working.Coach Notes on Programming1...Next
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