Living Better Podcast – Ep 15 – Meet Coach Heidi
Heidi is the head coach of MissFit, and one of Hale’s most experienced and respected coaches and athletes. Like all of our coaches, she started as a member with some very specific goals and limitations. Today we hear the story of her humble beginnings, losing 50 pounds and dealing with a variety of injuries to […]
Living Better Podcast – Ep14 – Is it ok to do CrossFit while pregnant?
With Coach Tina a few months away from giving birth, one of the questions she gets often is. Should I work out while pregnant? When people see pregnant ladies lifting or carrying things, it’s common for them to say: “Is that safe?” “Should she be doing that?” “That’s heavy! Let me help you with that!” […]
Living Better Podcast – Ep 13 – Goals vs Habits
When people first walk into the gym, they always have a goal. “I want to get fit” “I need to get strong” “I’ve got a wedding coming up, and I want to look good” Those goals are a great place to start, and often we can use that initial motivation to achieve amazing things…but what […]
Living Better Podcast – Ep12 – The State of Hale
It’s 2016 and it’s time to check in! The State of Hale This week’s show is all about Hale, and all about you! 2016 is a big year, with tons in store both online and offline for CrossFit Hale. This show gives an overview of what’s to come. Especially important if you missed the announcements […]
Living Better Podcast – Ep11 – Staying fit while traveling
On this 5th day of CrossFit, you may be looking forward to visiting family during the winter break..but you’re working so hard right now, you don’t want to undo all that progress. Luckily we’ve got you covered. How do I stay fit while traveling? I used to look at holidays as a complete break from […]
Living Better Podcast – Ep10 – Am I overtraining?
This week’s podcast talks about overtraining, what it looks/feels like, what it leads to, and how to avoid it. One of the common knocks on CrossFit is that we train too hard and get people hurt.
Living Better Podcast – Ep 9 – How to overcome fear
How do you overcome fear?
At some point, we’re all afraid of something. Load up enough weight on a back squat, stack up to a high enough box, or try a new skill (like a muscle up), and there it is. It’s the feeling “this might not go well for me”, “I might get hurt”, or “maybe I should play it safe”. Fear is always at play when you’re training hard, whether it’s on day one or year 7. If you’ve never felt it, you aren’t pushing yourself hard enough.jonnylog
The thing is, you need that fear. That fear breaks you out of your comfort zone and gets you to the next level of your training. Nothing worth having in life doesn’t have some sort of fear attached to it. The key is figuring out how to get past it.
We talk to Jonny again in today’s episode. It’s all the strategies and tips we’ve used with our athletes and ourselves to overcome fear and continue to make progress
Living Better Podcast – Ep8 – Meet Jonny
While I was in London, I sat down and chatted with Jonny Landels, our strength coach at CrossFit Thames, a theatre actor, and all around interesting guy. Here’s Jonny! Jonny has a great story of starting CrossFit after his rugby career ended. He was one of the biggest guys on the team (255 lbs @ […]
Living Better Podcast – Ep7 – How do we come up with the workouts?
Have you ever wondered where we get these crazy workouts from? Is it magic? Is it random? Today we answer the question… How do we come up with the workouts? Programming…it’s one of the sneaky big barriers to people staying consistent with their training. Before you found CrossFit, you likely followed one program or another, […]
Phil’s Story
Phil Morton has been doing CrossFit since 2009, and started as one of the original members of Thames CrossFit. At 59kg (133 lbs), he was a skinny guy who’s idea of fitness was running long distances.
Hear the story of how he started, what his biggest challenges were, and how cutting out all long distance work and training with weights improved his endurance.
