It’s so easy to focus on what you haven’t done yet, or in CrossFit what skills you can’t do yet. Doubleunders, toes to bar, 100# snatch, handstand push ups, the list goes on and on. The beauty of CrossFit is the workouts are always different and constantly varied, but that means there are A LOT of different movements to master. You start feeling good on one skill and immediately think of the 10 other movements you can’t quite figure out. Here’s the catch - if you ask someone who’s been here a decade they will tell you the same thing. There is no perfect CrossFitter, everyone has something they want to work on and improve. Read more

“It doesn’t get easier, you get better.” We tell this to new members all the time, it’s not that one day you wake up and snatch 200# with no problem while also running a 6 minute mile and can do 100 box jumps unbroken without breaking a sweat. You still feel the same level of exhaustion at the end of a workout, the difference is you did it in half the time it would have taken you a year ago.Read more

Having accountability helps with getting started, helps build the new habit of showing up even when it’s hard. A support team can help keep you going and who doesn’t need a little encouragement sometimes? At Eclipse we check in with new members regularly, make sure they’re keeping up with their stretching and mobility to fight off soreness and keep coming back in to work through it. We know that continually staying in contact keeps us at the front of their mind and encourages (or guilts) them into coming in when they might have skipped that day.Read more

As coaches, we feel the same way when our members achieve new goals and learn a new skill. Me doing a muscle up isn’t exciting anymore, but a new member getting their first pull up? Now that will have me jumping and shouting! So how do our members accomplish their goals and set new PRs? Goldilocks has some good advice actually.Read more

(Spoiler alert: Because we care about them.) We joke about our kid cage, I say I’m going to put a lock on it. I can’t wait until we have an official kid room at the new gym. But it’s (mostly) not to avoid the screams and crying, it’s because I want everyone’s kids safe. I recently heard about a child walking out onto the workout floor of a gym and getting struck in the head by an athlete doing kettlebell swings. Because the child was 4 years old, few details were released about the accident. But even at the lightest of kettlebells, that child did not have a chance, and sadly did not survive the injuries. A gym does not bounce back from an incident like that. Even if financially the owners could survive the legal fees, no one in that community will ever be the same. The owners are...Read more