How to Get Out of a Training Rut
How Do Training Ruts Happen? Training ruts happen for all sorts of reasons. Lack of motivation, lack of time to train, feeling like no progress is happening, physical issues like sustaining an injury… the list goes on. You may have been here before. Training is…
Bro Bench & Breakfast | Tackling Mens Mental Health
Spotlight on : The Bro Project UK With it being World Mental Health Day today, October 10th, we wanted to shine a light on the work that a group of men have been doing down in Newton Abbot to tackle the stigma around Mens’ Mental Health….
Strengthening Our TeamUp Partnership 🤝
We are excited to announce the next phase in our partnership with TeamUp 🤝 Since the beginning, we have integrated with TeamUp’s booking system and we are happy to say we are now strengthening that partnership. We do what we do best & they’re the…
How Do I Get My Members Using BoxMate? Handy Templates Inside.
Jump to the end for handy templates to send out to your coaches & members for maximum uptake. Having your members regularly logging their scores will arm you & your coaches with invaluable data. You’ll be able to see exactly where your members are progressing…
When Lifting becomes Lifesaving
For Mental Health Awareness week this year, we reached out and heard back from 1329 of you on your experiences of the links between our physical and mental health. 96% said: ‘Regular Training improves their Mental Health‘. From using CrossFit to manage conditions ranging from…
2021 BoxMate Yearly Wrap Up!
And it’s a wrap! With how strange this year has been I’m sure many people have been ready to see the back of 2021 since June, lets take a moment to have a brief recap… 2021 is a year that I say with confidence will…
Why Do We Hero WOD?
Whether you have been doing CrossFit for what feels like forever now or a newer member in the community I think it’s relatively safe to say everyone has heard the phrase ‘Hero WOD‘, but what is a hero WOD, and what does it mean? CrossFit explains…
Training Sore Vs Training Injured.
A common phrase you hear plastered around the fitness community a lot is “Pain is just weakness leaving the body.” This in itself is a loaded statement with tons to unpack. The concept of continually working through pain is a dangerous narrative to push onto…
Spooky Season.
With Halloween quickly approaching this year as well as falling on a Sunday it presents gyms the perfect opportunity to host a spooky social that will shoot a shot of adrenaline into your gym’s community spirit! Even though we do not typically go as nuts…
5 Simple Mobility Drills You Should Add To Your Training
Often, the importance of mobility gets overlooked, or the drills are just seen as a bit of an add-on to our session when the real focus is on us striving to hit the next PB or lift. But, the reality is that by building strong…