Finally, there’s a solution that will stop your affiliate’s bathroom at your gym being taken out of commission for a solid half hour.:  RIPT Skin System’s new product “Deuce.”

Some mornings I wake up and I can't even believe it.

I get out of bed and I look at the workout my coach - Chris Schaalo - has planned for me that day. Right now, my workouts can be found in a new google doc he made after I qualified to Carson. It's called "Beers Games."

Each morning when I open the doc and read the word "Games," I smile.

For so long, I was almost embarrassed to admit that I was "training for the Games." Lots of people are "training for the Games." But every time I open that doc, I remember that I really am training for the Games.

The dreaded ring rash. A bane to athletes from CrossFitters to Gymnasts. If you have ever done a muscle-up or ring dip for even low reps, you have probably met with ring rash at some point. 

Ring rash, otherwise known as a friction burn can be a painful experience and if left untreated can even leave a pretty nasty scar across both forearms. 

This is the respect that each athlete develops for the rest of her competitors through the course of the weekend.

The recent Canada West regional competition was no exception.

Juxtaposed in my mind were two vivid images. One was remembering seeing Lindsey Valenzuela burst into tears as she ran through the tunnel at the Stub Hub Center into her husband's arms at last year's CrossFit Games. The other image was my client beaming, high fiving anyone she could. While she avoided tears, her excitement over 8 tabata squats was the same feeling Lindsey felt when she earned a podium finish at the CrossFit Games.

CrossFit tells us to regularly try new sports, yet the more we get into CrossFit – especially if we compete in competitions – the less likely we seem to be to venture into unchartered waters of often pathetically attempting new sports.

In fact, I asked a class of 25 CrossFit athletes the other day how many people try new sports and I received nearly 25 blank stares. Many of them couldn’t even remember the last time they went swimming.

If you’re a CrossFit coach, here’s why you should encourage your clients to get out of the box now and then and try a new sport!

I’ve never met a person who did the Open who didn’t say she was so glad she did it. Never heard anyone regret to compete, not even my client who couldn’t do a toes-to-bar. The only feedback I’ve ever received are either stories of people exceeding their own expectations of themselves, or stories of athletes learning valuable life lessons.

Here's why your should do the CrossFit Games Open!

If you’ve ever seen Parker compete live, he is as cool as a cucumber, and he manages to maintain his poise and stick to his game plan even when he’s competing in front of thousands of viewers at the CrossFit's biggest event The CrossFit Games. It’s actually the craziest thing to watch Parker compete as he looks completely un-phased, utterly unruffled by the chaos around him. I can’t even imagine how calm he looks when he’s performing the Open workouts in the comforts of his home box CrossFit Zone in Victoria.

Here’s a sneak preview of the subjects Parker will discuss at “Open Prep with Parker”

A while ago, I wrote “Don’t be that Guy,” and “Don’t be that Girl” from a coach’s perspective. I know, however, that there are very annoying, counterproductive things, that coaches do, as well. Nobody is getting off the hook here!

I surveyed my own clients to find out what they feel are the coaching Faux Pas – the things that annoy them most.

A while ago, I wrote “Don’t be that Guy,” and “Don’t be that Girl” from a coach’s perspective. I know, however, that there are very annoying, counterproductive things, that coaches do, as well. Nobody is getting off the hook here!

Without further ado, Introducing the 7 Deadly Coaching Sins...