Long before barbells, kettlebells,“Met Cons” and Air Dyne bikes existed, humans used their bodies as the “machines.” They sprinted to hunt, lifted heavy loads (stones/rocks, logs, shelter materials, wildebeests), integrated primal movement regularly (ie. crawling, squatting, pushing, pulling, etc), and walked…a lot—upwards of 15,000 to 20,000 steps, or 5 to 7 miles, per day. In short: Walking is hardwired in your physiology to do daily.
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The more colors on your plate, the more variety of minerals and phytonutrients (substances found in plants that are beneficial to overall health and disease prevention). And to fuel the workouts we program, you need aaallll the nutrients. Every section of ROYGBIV has its own benefits.
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You know how good you feel when you work out, are connected to the community, set goals and crush them, and make healthy lifestyle choices? You know that energetic vibration you feel? What if that consistently radiated through your entire family? Meet the Brooks family.
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The “Golden Years” (between the ages of 65 and 80) are generally defined as: “The span of time between retirement and age-related health decline—characterized by physical, emotional, and cognitive limitations.” According to modern day cultural theories about aging: Knee replacements, dentures, memory loss and adult diapers are inevitable. However, CrossFit Central’s Golden Hour athletes are rewriting “The Future of Aging story” as we all know it.
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The Open is upon us. The CrossFit Games Open is the largest fitness competition on Earth and an exciting showcase of the CrossFit community. Here, athletes like you, from all around the world, show up and push themselves further than they ever thought possible over a five-week period. Challenges, PRs, and the unknown await.
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Perhaps you’ve heard of the 80/20 rule or “Pareto principle” applied to business or hard work which states “80% of our outcomes or results come from 20% of our efforts or causes.”
For example: 80% of your business comes from 20% of your highest paying clients; or 80% of your “gains” in the gym, come from that 20% focus on fine tuning your form or adding in a few days of strict strength or gymnastics work.
However, in terms of nutrition, the 80/20 “rule” is a bit different.
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Sometimes life gets busy and home-prepped meals and snacks don’t always happen. There’s a bar for that….right? Nutrition and meal replacement bars are having a “moment.” Over the past 5 years alone, energy and nutrition bar consumption has doubled—from a $2 billion industry in 2014 to now a $4 billion industry in 2019. So - are they a good option? Or closer to a glorified candy bar?
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Does a garden just happen? In the cultivation of leaf, stem and flower a garden emerges. Season to season, year by year gardening grows an amazement, an appreciation of just how extraordinary a tiny sliver of earth and all that happens on it can be. In the long process of trial and error and great plans laid and gone awry, the journey of bountiful harvests and beautiful flowers, a sense of wonder awakens and you realize you are tending a garden.
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So you’ve decided to plant a garden, congrats! One of the most balancing and rewarding ways to regularly spend an hour or two is cultivating a garden. If you’re thinking about growing your own vegetables and herbs, let this be the year you start to grow your own. It will almost certainly become a lifetime habit.
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We will be releasing one workout per day through July 4th. Stay tuned to see what’s in store this year at the Iron Belle!
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If you’ve spent some time with the Dads of CrossFit Central, you know they are strong, fun and reinventing the meaning of #DadBod. In honor of Father’s Day we asked some of our very own Dad’s to share their thoughts on fatherhood, lessons they would like to pass on, and what habits or components of their lifestyle they are proud to share with their kids.
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Although women’s hormones often carry a negative bias, it doesn’t mean that you are doomed to the “hormone rollercoaster!” To help you understand how to optimize your hormones (at any age), two of your favorite Coaches, Carey Kepler and Lisa Thiel, and myself, a Functional Medicine Doctor, Occupational and Nutritionist with 20 years of clinical and personal experience, are here to share our insights and experiences with you! Ladies, let’s have a heart-to-heart…
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