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Kids’ Summer Camp
SharpIron Athletics is excited to be bringing back our IronTribe Youth program as we move from the end of summer into a much-anticipated and unique 2020-2021 school year. This program is for 9-12 year olds. There will be 7 classes held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from...
Mental flexibility –> physical payoff
“... lifters adapt to whenever they choose to train and their choice should be based purely on the time of day that 'facilitates long-term adherence'." https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-am-or-pm-workouts-whats-best So ... right now. Right now is pretty weird,...
Check Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
If you knew that the next thing you told yourself would determine the next thing you reached for to eat, would you call yourself "junk"? If you did, what do you think the next thing you reached for would be? That’s right. Junk. You will fulfill the prophecy you speak...
Fuel for Life Nutrition Challenge Winners
Happy Monday! It's time to announce the winner of our first ever partner nutrition challenge, Fuel for Life. The winning team is ... Where There's a WILL, There's a Way. Okay, I made that name up. But it's pretty good, right? So this father/daughter duo was an...
Member Spotlight: Jennifer Grindstaff
Jennifer did her first nutrition consult in July. She has been a CrossFit member since the summer of 2018. She’s a college professor, wife to Jason, and mom of a preschool boy, Herschel. Jennifer was looking for education to tie her nutrition intake to her performance...
Fuel for Life 6-Week Partner Nutrition Challenge
WE ARE LIVE FOR REGISTRATION!!! Grab a friend, your spouse, a co-worker, your sibling, your kids, and JOIN US for our Fall Partner Nutrition Challenge...here are the deets! ⚠️WHAT'S INCLUDED?⚠️ - Option of Standard or Custom Meal Plans (range of portions OR exactly...
Spring!
Hi, lovely people! I just wanted to send a post-Open check in and talk about what's coming next. First, our team was so proud of all of your effort during the Open. Whether it was your first time ever hearing of the CrossFit Open and you Just Showed Up and saw what it...
CrossFit Matton Intramural Open 2019
The CrossFit Open and the CrossFit Mattoon Intramural Open - Demystified: The CrossFit Open – Maybe you’ve heard of it, and maybe you’re like many of our newer members who have no idea what I’m talking about. But it’s time to get to talking about it! You may have...
Back to School– A New Normal!
Every year, August comes around, and every year, social media is bombarded with adorable pictures of first days of school with captions “I can’t believe he’s in first grade! How does this happen?!” - I know I’ve made plenty of these posts myself, and yes, it’s hard to...
CrossFit For Running!
There can be a lot of misconceptions about CrossFit and what we do here and how it translates into other areas of our lives. We see how it helps people with day to day tasks, feel better, move better, and shed some extra pounds. The next level to all of that is...
BS as Rx’d: Magic Fitness Pill (CrossFit Journal)
The easy way sells. No matter what it leads to or if it even exists, the easy way to anything sells. People desperately want to believe there is an easy way, and in the world of exercise and fitness, the easy way is pushed in our faces relentlessly. In fact, a Google...
Meet the Member- Marcy
YOUR BEST LIFE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
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