Mental Toughness Days

We had some impressive efforts on Barbara Wednesday. I know a bunch of you are pretty beat up. We have suspicions that some of you opted to not come to your normal Thursday workout because of this. There will be days you will feel completely…

Bill Has Come a Long Way

If you’ve been in the gym much you’ve likely met Bill. Everyone is impressed by Bill’s strength and abilities, but few know where he started. The photo is Bill from 2 years ago, and a recent photo with him lifting. A little different eh?…

Good Diet Choices Are Crucial

Have you ever wondered what the heck we’re talking about when we discuss the insulin cycle, or why we’re so darned adamant about the no sugar thing. Really, what’s a little sugar right? Especially if you’re working out, you’ll just…

Do We Have To Work This Hard?

In short…. Yes! Now quit complaining, pick up that bar and go… Seriously though, all empirical evidence, and countless studies have shown that the only way to see the remarkable adaptations that we see is to go hard. If you’ve been…

What Is Bill Doing

Ok, so many of you have seen Bill diligently get on the rower and pull a 5K after many of his workouts. He does this about 3 times/week on any day where the workout is not particularly long or metabolic. Bill has been training with us for 2…

Lighter Loads Can Be Harder

Sometimes scaling down loads can make a workout harder. Tom’s effort on workout B at the Nor Cal qualifier was a clear example of this. The rx’d version was 185 lb clean, muscle up. As many rounds of each exercise as you could do in 10 minutes.…

Reflections On Memorial Day

I hope everyone took some time yesterday to reflect on the point of the holiday. It is to remember those who have sacrificed greatly so that we can live the life that we do. We live in a society that provides massive opportunity to anyone who…

Fielding a Team At The CrossFit Games

CrossFit Marin is fielding an affiliate team at the CrossFit games. We will be taking some time over the next month to strategize our selections for the team. If you are interested in competing let us know. Considerations for the team competition…

Bleached Wheat Flour

Ok, so we all know that eating refined grains is not the best health choice. Here is an article outlining the process that wheat goes through to get to the point of making nice fluffy white bread. Little Known Secrets About Bleached Flour…

Exercise While Sick

If you haven’t seen him before Pukie the clown is sort of CrossFit’s mascot. (If you don’t count the Glassman’s dog Athena). Anyway, he’s an example of exercise induced puking. We’re going to talk about another thing that induces…