So You’re Ready to Compete in Your First CrossFit Competition?
So, you’re ready to compete in your first crossfit competition in New Braunfels? That’s awesome! There are a variety of competition to choose from, including the CrossFit Open, our Best…
Training in New Braunfels & Injury Recovery
No matter if you’re new to CrossFit, a seasoned trainer or a professional, injuries can happen to anyone. After an injury, it’s important to focus on how you return to…
10 Things to Know Before Your First CrossFit Session
You’ve heard so much about CrossFit and you’re finally ready to give it a try. It’s about time! Just kidding! We’re excited to meet you and show you what this…
Fat Loss vs. Weight Loss
Workingagainstgravity.com consistently produces content that is great for anyone who is looking for tips and information that will help them achieve their fitness goals. Check out their latest post on Fat Loss vs. Weight Loss. Read more below, and enjoy! In the last several years, surveys have found that almost half of American adults are…
How Social Wellness Improves Your Health
There isn’t enough we can say about MyFitnessPal – they’re simply just amazing! Here’s another one of their incredible articles that explains how your social connections (real ones, not the digital kind) can affect your overall health. You do everything right for your health, from tracking food and eating nutrient-dense options to working out regularly,…
Cooking Oils 101
This article appeared on the MyFitnessPal blog. We love MyFitnessPal! Not only is it our tracker of choice, but their blog is one that we follow as it provides great fitness and nutrition tips that are proven and effective. Below is an article they wrote about the various types of cooking oils and how they’re...
Quinoa
Quinoa. It isn’t everyone’s favorite but we found an article from our friends at My Fitness Pal that might help you change how you feel about this super food. Read below! Difficult to pronounce, don’t let quinoa (pronounced “KEEN-wah”) fool you: It’s a quick-cooking, super-powered, easy-to-love grain. With one of the highest protein contents of…
How Your Fitness Affects Your Business’s Health
The following is adapted from Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief by Chris Cooper. “Fitness” is commonly used to describe physical readiness and ability. However, entrepreneurs need more than physical fitness: we need to measure our fitness in skills like mental acuity, productivity, leadership, and resilience. “Fitness” in the entrepreneurial sense is the readiness and ability to…
We All Need Recovery Days
Life is full of stress. Some of it is self-imposed and intentional and other forms of stress come from inadvertent sources and sneak up on you. In either case, the body generally responds the same way. First, a cascade of stress hormones pump out of the adrenal cortex, then course through the bloodstream, and then...
How to Save Your Fruits and Vegetables
We have all been there — you are super excited to start eating healthier so you go out and buy tons and tons of fruits and veggies. Then, before you know it, 75% of what you bought has gone bad before you can eat them! Important things to keep in mind are : 1)…