CrossFit Dark Horse

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When I was new to CrossFit, the regular workouts were more than enough to destroy me. While huffing and puffing through whatever the WOD was, people at the gym liked to say "if you think this is bad, you should try..." and then promoted all these WOD's with names. Not…

2022 07 03

VO2 to the Max!

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Sure, you can bench press the most weight, but have you thought about how much oxygen your body can use during exercise? As we breath in oxygen, our lungs absorb it and turn it into energy called adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which powers our cells and helps us release carbon dioxide.…

2022 06 28

The Great Olive Oil Caper

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Them: Olive oil is extremely healthy for you. Also them: Olive oil is extremely unhealthy for you. The answer? Both. Photo by Roberta Sorge on Unsplash That golden-emerald glass bottle on our kitchen counter is so easy to pour into a pan for cooking, on our veggies for eating, on our meat for…

2022 04 25

Body Composition: Beyond the Scale

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Some of us experience a bit of anxiety before stepping on the scale. Maybe it's been a while. Maybe you haven't been so good this weekend...and last weekend...and last week. However, the numbers that appear beneath your feet may not be deserving of the anxiety. Those numbers aren't giving the…

2022 04 19

The Nose Knows and It Always Knew

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You just picked up the barbell to knock out 15 hang cleans at a light weight - no biggie. Now you have 20 jumping lunges into 15 cals on the bike. After 4 jumps, you realize that you're almost out of gas. What gives? You did 10 of these jumping…

2022 03 28

Fats or Carbs: Which Is Better Fuel?

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The body's ability to switch between burning fat or carbohydrates for fuel is known as metabolic flexibility. Unfortunately, many of us eating the Standard American Diet, or SAD for short, are not prepared to alternate between these fuel sources. Ingesting too many processed foods and carbohydrates causes our bodies to…

2022 03 21

The Momentum of Decisions

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Sometimes we get into a slump. Maybe life got busy or your work schedule changed. Maybe you had a bad week of eating, drinking, and poor sleep making "getting back on track" an uphill battle. Falling off our plan the first time is a crossroads moment. We find ourselves split…

2022 03 09

Which Diet is the Absolute Best?

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According to Dr. Peter Attia, the standard American diet is basically a killing machine. It's not so much that it was designed maliciously, but food designed to be cheap, good-tasting, mass-produced, and portable has negative effects on our health and our happiness. The "Standard American Diet" is commonly referred to…

2022 03 02

Falling Off the Wagon: A New Holiday

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You read that right. This little-known holiday fell on a week amid a perfect storm of celebrations: Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine's Day. Neither occasion is known for healthy eating or clean living. At least on Valentine's Day we eat fruit - but only if it's dipped in chocolate. Fall…

2022 02 16

Hang On for Your Life

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Sure, you can deadlift 400 pounds, but how's your grip strength? A heavy lift will rank you high in the WOD and earn you accolades from your gym mates, but will it help you live any longer? And yeah, you can run like the wind from the bike shop to…

2022 02 09

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