CrossFit Attitude

… You know you are a CrossFitter when you watch the videos and understand what they are talking about. Hope you enjoy the cartoons!!!  What’s your favourite Quote? Today’s Workout: Buy In – Ring Play: hang on them, do pikes, inverts, whatever you like (as long as it’s safe and you have a spotter!) – […]

I found these on the CrossFit Message Boards and thought I would share! You know you’re a CrossFitter when: You readily admit that one of the “Girls” kicked your ass! You don’t own a tractor, but you own tractor tires. Helping your friends move turns into a met-con WOD. Every time you go to Home

I decided that I wanted to write a little piece about our amazing weekend in Squamish.  Although I wasn’t one of the brave competitors at the CrossFit Games BC Sectional Qualifiers, I still managed to learn some valuable lessons there as an event Judge. First and foremost, I will say how much I respect our

The Zoners on Moving Day At CrossFit Zone we create an enjoyable, effective, and safe environment for our members.  We aspire to maintain this environment for everyone.  We are a community of people working towards a common goal and it is up to us to keep this community strong and united. In support of this,

This morning I ran the Canadian Forces test and did well enough on it to be exempt for two years.  I’ll come right out and say it, little things like that tickle my fancy.  So, this afternoon when I returned home from work, I was undressing and putting my uniform away and I thought to

I’m sure you’ve seen the sign in our lobby urging you to “Leave your ego at the door!”  What does that entail, exactly? When your ego gets in your way, especially within the context of CrossFit, you become resistant to help from others and are unwilling to make a change, and consequently you have lost

You must be thinking, what the heck is a clock whore?  Well here is the definition from Hyperfit USA. “Definition of a Clock Whore: Person who is so obsessed with beating the clock/others that they will prostitute themselves and sacrifice important and vital components of training such as range of motion, repetitions or other performance

Here’s the million dollar question of the day: Do you exercise CrossFit Maturity?  Or do you simply just steam through a WOD with reckless abandon, performing mediocre quality reps until a coach catches you and calls you out on it? Here’s an example of CrossFit Maturity.  Let’s say you’re quite proficient at full plank pushups. 

The way I see it, CrossFit is an equal opportunity destroyer.  Everyone, regardless of their physical, mental or athletic ability, can be completely destroyed by a CrossFit workout.  Destroyed in the best way possible, of course.  As each WOD is scaled to your existing ability, so should you scale your efforts.  I’m not talking scaling

My fav Christmas movie is “A Christmas Story”. Can’t go a year without watching it. What is your favourite Chrismas movie? And what is your favourite Christmas song? I have loved the “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” song since I was very young.  It gets me in the Christmas mood! A close second is the