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…
Christmas 2021 Programming Update! So What’s New?
With BoxMate’s latest update (Admin v5.10 + Members v6.10) now live, look no further than this blog for a detailed breakdown of all the new and improved features found in both the Admin Area and Member’s App. Admin Area Session Blocks Without question, the area…
Why Track Your CrossFit/Functional Fitness Progress?
When on a diet you will regularly step on the scales in the morning to check your weight and use this as an indicator of progress, to make sure that your diet is “working”. So why wouldn’t you do the same and track the progress…
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…
How To Perform a Burpee Efficiently.
The Burpee. The word “burpee” is more than likely to send a shiver down most CrossFitters spines. The simple act of lying down, standing back up, and jumping fills you with a false idea of ease yet even though burpees are the simplest of movements…
3 Tips for Running a Successful Gym
Running a successful CrossFit/ Functional Fitness box is fundamentally a pretty simple formula when it comes down to it. At the heart of it, successful boxes have happy members who are enjoying their training, smashing their goals and feeling like a real part of the…
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…