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Affirmations: the hot new thing replacing New Year’s goals

It’s a new year, and that means a lot of people are re-upping their goals. Fitness, professional, nutritional, personal…I think we’re all familiar. Let’s do something different this year. Let’s write some affirmations. The shortfalls of New Year’s goals We’re not strangers to the concept of ‘goals’. There are so many gurus out there championing…… Continue reading Affirmations: the hot new thing replacing New Year’s goals

CrossFit: Why We Do This

We needed the 2021 CrossFit Games to remind us why we care. For those of us who fought for new leadership, we needed to taste the reason we were so passionate about the power of the community and why we needed the fresh ideals of a new owner. To those who stood fast behind the…… Continue reading CrossFit: Why We Do This

It’s time for zero tolerance on mask ignorance

Today I’ve decided I’m done being nice and kindly asking people to wear masks. We’re way past the point where society should tolerate endangering behavior from the few. The mutations, the deaths, the economic crisis, this could all have been avoided had the freedom of the few to be ignorant not been treated like it…… Continue reading It’s time for zero tolerance on mask ignorance

2020 CrossFit Games Rankings from Ben Garves

Given everything going on in the world and in the CrossFit community, I went back and forth a number of times on whether I would even post elite athlete rankings for the upcoming CrossFit Games. It wasn’t until Jessica Danger asked me for my input that I figured it wouldn’t hurt to lend some expertise…… Continue reading 2020 CrossFit Games Rankings from Ben Garves

Changes: Understanding the 2020 CrossFit® Games

When asked last week about my 2020 CrossFit® Games rankings, it was hard not to go on a diatribe. So many variables have changed, so frequently, and so drastically, that our conventional ranking systems have all but been torn apart. We’ll get to those rankings more in-depth in another article, but first let’s revisit what’s…… Continue reading Changes: Understanding the 2020 CrossFit® Games