Why So Salty?

There are 4 vital elements needed for life: Oxygen Water Sodium Potassium I ask all my clients, “How much water do you drink?” The most common answers are, “I don’t like water,” “Not much,” and “I don’t drink water because it makes me pee too much.” I get it. Sometimes we just aren’t thirsty or […]

Why CrossFit?

Part 2. Read part 1 here. What is it about “CrossFit” that has taken the fitness world by storm? Why has it become the worlds fastest growing and most successful vehicle for delivering health and fitness to the community? The answer to that question depends largely on who you ask, but there are common themes […]

The Road To CrossFit

No, seriously. How did we get here? How did we find CrossFit? And what keeps us around? I’ll dig into that over this mini-series of how people find CrossFit, what keeps them around and why it works so well for those that completely buy in. At this point, just about everyone has heard of it […]

What’s a “Keystone Habit” and why should you care about them?

Complete this sentence: I feel better when I __________ every day. What was your gut instinct? For most of us, it’s probably something we’re not doing as often as we’d like (think daily). And that’s not necessarily because we lack motivation; more often than not it’s because we don’t realize how impactful that “thing” could […]

Your Problem With Food Is Your Food Language

How many cheat meals did you have last week? How many healthy meals? To define that, we’d have to first establish what a “healthy meal” looks like… and that brings us to our current problem. Most people don’t realize that the way they think about and emotionally conect to their food is hurting them in […]

Not All Supplements Are Created Equal

You may have heard that the macronutrient “protein” are the building blocks of muscle. This is true, protein help muscles to repair and recover. Protein is also a building block of the body (next time you hear your coach use the analogy of protein after a workout to supplying your general contractor with wood to […]

A “Kayaker” walks into a CrossFit gym…

Who Is Kelly Austin the Kayaker? “This year, I’m going to get back in the gym and fix my diet. It’s time to take this SERIOUSLY!” -everyone, in the history of ever. Well, in January of 2020, Kelly Austin made that decision and walked into our gym to ask for help, even though every fiber […]

GET OFF THE BOAT, GILLIGAN. IT’S SINKING.

We’ve all heard it. Backsquats and deadlifts are bad for your back. Yada yada yada… Do me a favor. Sit down on the toilet without doing a squat. Get out of your car without squatting. Pick up a bag of groceries without doing a deadlift. Try to move a piece of furniture around your house […]

WHY REAL GYMS DON’T LOOK LIKE “GYMS”

I TOOK OVER CROSSFIT MOUNTAIN ISLAND IN 2017. THERE WERE 7 PAYING CUSTOMERS, AND A LOT OF BILLS. I BOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT FOR $35K AND TOOK OVER THE LEASE. FOR ME, THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY. I HAD A PRIVATE INVESTOR THAT BELIEVED IN WHAT I WAS DOING, AND BELIEVED IN ME. I FELT […]

WHATEVER YOU’RE GOING TO DO, DO IT OFTEN

WE ARE THE CULMINATION OF OUR HABITS. WE ARE WHAT WE DO OFTEN. WHEN I KNOW THAT I NEED TO BECOME GOOD AT SOMETHING, I SPEND TIME DOING IT. WHEN SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT TO ME, I MAKE IT A PRIORITY. THERE’S THIS STORY ABOUT JOHN. JOHN SAID HE WANTED TO BE A GOOD SPOUSE, AND […]