It’s the end of May and think of how much you’ve already accomplished in 2018: 5 CrossFit Open Workouts DL Personal Records Zero Dark 30 DT First Pull-Ups Grace Back Squat PRs First Push-Ups Murph So what’s next? What can you do to continually improve as a person and as an athlete? Check out the opportunities for improvement below: Barbell Clinic: Saturday, June 9th This is an in-house Olympic Lifting Clinic to learn more about how-to Snatch and Clean & Jerk. This 4-hour session is an interactive clinic with both lecture and hands-on learning opportunities. We cannot stress enough the importance of learning how to move the barbell in a safe and effective way. This knowledge will set you up for success from a strength standpoint and in your everyday metcons. Space is limited – check out the details HERE. Barbell Club: Starts Tuesday, June 12th The next Bluprint Barbell Club...Read more

As a coach and an athlete, I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t tell you my honest opinion. Take these notes with you and use them how you’d like. IF you really sincerely want to take your fitness to the next level, you’re going to have to do the following: 1. Be Coachable: I’ve been coached my entire life. From adolescent track & field to division 1 collegefootball. Along the way I encountered a lot of different coaching and athlete personalities. If there is one recurring theme in the athletes who see the most success, it’s being coachable. Being able to realize that the coach has their best interest in mind and is going to set forth a plan for them to reach their goals. When that realization occurs, magic happens. 2. Be Consistent: It’s no secret that consistency breeds results. This may sound like a broken record...Read more

Murph is coming up and the question comes up often: weight vest or no weight vest? Here are some brief thoughts: Weight Vest IF: You’ve completed Murph before being strict with your standards of chin clearly reaching above the bar on your pull-ups, chest clearly touching the ground without worming on your push-ups and full range-of-motion air squats. You plan on completing the training plan using a weight vest. You hold yourself to the HIGHEST movement standards. You want to complete Murph with a weight vest. No Weight Vest IF: You’ve never done solo Murph before. Have not yet mastered the above-mentioned standards. Have not built a large volume of pull-ups, push-ups, air squats, and running. You are completing Murph on a team. Weight Vest Options: If you are like me and you don’t want to share sweat with everyone else and you plan on using a weight vest, investing...Read more

Wow, the 2018 CrossFit Open is complete! If you are like me you, you felt all of the following over the last 5 weeks: excited, anxious, surprised, empowered, driven, nervous, and most of all INSPIRED. YOU did it – and you can do anything you put your mind to! Don’t let yourself be discouraged by what you couldn’t do or didn’t do as well as you hoped. Now is the time to look forward, work on weaknesses by creating a new plan of attack! Maybe your plan is tomaster a new movement – handstand walks, muscle-ups, double-unders… Or maybe your focus is to develop your engine or increase your strength. Have questions on how to get better? Ask a coach – We are here to help! What’s Next?!? The fun part about training is that there is ALWAYS something to train for and here’s what’s coming up for the BluCru:...Read more

Ever have this conversation with yourself the day after a hard training session? 6:00am: The Wake Up – “No way I’m working out today.” 9:00am: The Info – “Man todays CF workout looks fun.” 12:00pm: The Question – “Do I really need a day off?” 3:00pm: The FOMO – “I can’t take today off, all my friends are working out.” 5:00pm: The F*ck It – “Time to crush this workout.” 8:00pm: The Regret – “I should of taken this day off – my body hurts.” If you’re like me, you love the fitness. And sometimes it’s hard to grasp that taking an “Off” day isn’t goingto ruin your GAINZ. In fact, rest days are SUPER important and – when planned appropriately – positively influence your fitness. They give your body time to repair. They give your mind time to refocus & recharge. They help prevent injury. You may be saying,...Read more