How do I eat better?

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What do I eat? Directly from CrossFit.com, “base your diet on garden vegetables, especially greens, lean meats, nuts and seeds, little starch, and no sugar.” What CrossFit HQ says, and what we agree with, is eat things that are natural. No processed goods, canned foods, chips, oreos, etc. We know that eating healthy isn’t easy and it is undoubtedly difficult …

Insulin, What’s the Big Deal?

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You’re going to find that some of our food recommendations eliminate the “grain” food group. This includes cereal, bread, crackers, rice, and pasta. Why, you ask? When eaten, the foods from the grain group break down into simple sugars almost immediately after ingestion and the sugar floods your blood. The rapid increase in blood sugar levels causes an equally rapid …

Rowing Clinic

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John will be conducting an instruction session on the Concept 2 Rower on Saturday, February 6th at 12:30. We’ll be going over basic technique and individual correction so you guys can improve efficiency on the rower. John is certified through CrossFit, in a course taught directly by the folks at Concept 2. The clinic will be an hour in length, …

America’s Diet

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Our bodies are complex machines that are capable of incredible work output. In order to get them firing on all cylinders, we have to supply them with appropriate nourishment. Food is the fuel that powers our bodies and we want to be sure we are supplying it with high quality gasoline (think high octane super awesome unleaded). Nutrition is the …

CrossFit RVA Performance Nutrition Challenge

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We’re going to be holding a “Performance Nutrition Challenge” beginning 2/1/10. First, why? I don’t know of anyone in the gym who can’t benefit from an improved diet. To put it simply, you spend at most 5-7 hours a week in the gym, but what you do with the other 160+ hours a week is just as important. I’ll let …

CrossFit RVA Dodgeball Games

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Some of you may already know, but several CrossFit RVA members formed a dogeball team for the River City Sports and Social Club. Please come out and cheer them on! Here’s the schedule. Tue 01/19/10 8:05pm Super Social #75 We All Got Big Snatches #73 Boomshakalaka Court 7 Thu 01/28/10 7:15pm Super Social #13 PICKED LAST IN GYM CLASS #75 …

Goals and a Logbook

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Setting the Stage CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program whose goal is a high level of work capacity, conditioning in all metabolic pathways, and the mastery of 10 elements of fitness as we define them. It is the development of the highest level of GPP (General Physical Preparedness) imaginable. We are all training to be strong, fast, agile; to …

Help Us (and your wallet) Grow

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During the month of January, bring in your friends, family, or co-workers to try CrossFit. If they sign up, you get the month of February for free. Simple as that. This isn’t retroactive, and you only get one month off, even if you convince your entire extended family to sign-up! Please make sure that if you are bringing someone in, …

CrossFit RVA Open House/Free Workout

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Come out to see CrossFit RVA’s new location and try a free group class! CrossFit RVA is a gym dedicated to developing extremely fit, well-rounded trainees. We train in groups of 5-15 athletes, always with instruction from a qualified trainer. We provide trainees with all the necessary tools to achieve their fitness goals; not just a gym to work out …

Training Consistency

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Consistency can be our greatest strength when it comes to training. Sure, I’d throw in genetics ahead of that, but we don’t have much control here. In a sense, consistency is more important than your programming, the movements you do, or anything else in training for that matter.