On Saturday I competed in the Mercer Island CrossFit 5k Challenge. The event was put on by my good friends (and training partners) Corey and Allison McGee who are the owners of Mercer Island CrossFit. At the event I was helping judge other participants in the first couple heats, and participating in the forth heat […]
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CrossFit Games Regionals North West
This weekend the North West CrossFit Games Regionals were held in Puyallup, WA, which is about an hour south east of Seattle. Having competed in the CrossFit Game Open event I was excited to see what the level of competition was at the Regional event. Just so you have some background, the top 60 men, […]
CrossFit for Newbies
A question that I get all the time is “how do I get started with CrossFit”, so I thought that I’d write an article about CrossFit for Newbies. Let’s start with some terminology so you feel comfortable with the local lingo. Box – a CrossFit gym is called a “box”. So when you hear someone […]
Inov-8 Bare-XF 210 CrossFit Shoe Review
This is my review of the Inov-8 Bare-XF 210 CrossFit shoes. This is my second pair of Inov-8 shoes, my first being my bright blue Inov-8 f-lite 230’s, which I love (and still wear)! After seeing the release of these new Inov-8 Bare-XF CrossFit shoes I was anxious to try them out. A few of […]
How to have UNLIMITED energy! READ THIS!
Too often I hear people telling me that they are tired or have no energy. Do you ever say those words, or feel that way? My question is why? I can tell you that I live my life everyday at an 8-10 on the energy scale. I always feel great! But I haven’t always felt […]
What’s your definition of “health”?
Too many times have I heard the words “you’re healthy” come from a doctor’s mouth (or anyone’s mouth for that matter) and have the person clearly be nothing close to healthy. To most doctors health is merely the lack of disease. What a load of crap that is! Don’t doctors know that they have a […]
