HEALTHY OR NOT??  GOOD FATS, BAD FATS, AND THE POWER OF OMEGA-3 fats For years, nutritionists and doctors have preached the benefits of a low-fat diet. We’ve been told that reducing the amount of fat we eat is the key to losing weight, managing cholesterol, and preventing health problems. But when it comes to your [...]

Grain-Free Gingerbread Men    The holiday season is here, filled with warm cozy nights, chilly mornings, comfort foods, and holiday cheer. With the holiday season upon us, I had a few recipes on the top of our lists to feature this month. One recipe that we were both looking forward to trying were gingerbread cookies. [...]

Why Grains are Killing You   Get rid of grains in your diet. You’ve probably heard your trainers at CrossFit Pulse talk about this topic hundreds of times. But do you know the nitty gritty details of what grains do to your body and why they are only one step up from eating poop? First, when you [...]

10 Tips for Success Stepping into a CrossFit gym for the first time can be a bit overwhelming and possibly intimidating.  You might see a few things that you’re not use to seeing at your local gym.  The music may be loud, people are grunting, sweating, weights dropping, and flopping on the ground after just 10 minutes of [...]

The Best Goal is No Goal?     “With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson When you start CrossFit and  we discuss goals, long term, short term and otherwise.  We discuss how you’re going to get there and what you want to achieve.  While [...]