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This is Fun?: Games

This is Fun?: Games

There are so many requirements in our world today. We have work, school, relationships, and so many other things that feel like obligations to us. Often, exercise can fall into that type of feeling. If exercise feels like a chore, then it is usually the FIRST one to be omitted when a time crunch comes up. However, when it doesn't feel like an obligation, then you are much more likely to make time for it and complete it for yourself! Research has shown that when you complete r

This is Fun?: Novelty

This is Fun?: Novelty

There is so much in our world that can feel like a chore. Work...appointments...obligations...check marks...It is no wonder that exercise can often feel this way. However, exercise can serve you in ways that none of those other things can! Exercise can fill you...make you feel better...give you energy and even make you better to complete a lot of the other "check marks" that you have to complete! So, how can we make exercise feel less like a chore and more like something that

This is Fun?: Challenge

This is Fun?: Challenge

With so much work to do in this world, many things that should be enjoyable may seem like a chore. Our lives are constantly busy and we are working to "check off" as many boxes as we can during a day. Many times, exercise falls into this category! This series is focused on how you can make exercise more fun and enjoyable for yourself! If it is more enjoyable, you will stick with it better and longer...when you stick with it, you will see the results you are looking for most!

This is Fun?: Friends

This is Fun?: Friends

There are so many things in this world that we struggle to do. Work, chores, obligations and appointments all are a part of the list that makes life a little less fun to do at times... For many people, exercise would generally be included on that list as well! However, this series is designed to help you to change what you do so that exercise can be a more enjoyable part of your life! If it is more enjoyable, then you are more likely to complete it! If you are more likely to

What to Look For: Fun

What to Look For: Fun

There are so many different ways to accomplish your fitness goals in the world! Recently, there has been a shift to a group style of fitness. But how do you know what group is best for you? How do you know who will help you to accomplish your goals? In this series, we have been talking about what you should look for in a community for fitness! We have talked about everything from accountability to common goals. Today, we are talking about something that is crucial for your co

What to Look For: Push

What to Look For: Push

There are so many different ways to accomplish fitness in this world. Additionally, there are so many different people in the world as well! Finally, there are so many different communities and ideologies of fitness, but how do you know what is best for you?! In this series, we have been discussing what you should be looking for in a fitness community. Today, we are talking about the extra push that you get from working out with a group of people. If you are reading this, cha

What to Look For: Fire

What to Look For: Fire

So many of us have a goal! For many of us, we have are looking for a community of people that can help us to reach that goal! However, there is so much more to look for in a community than just a gathering of people that are in the same place, doing the same thing! Most of us need support as well as accountability! Today, we are talking about the different levels of accountability and what you may need to be looking for to help yourself to reach your goals and be most success

What to Look For: Help

What to Look For: Help

There are so many communities out there for your fitness journey! This is such an amazing time to be willing and ready to get fit! Everywhere you look, there is a group that is pursuing some sort of fitness goal! With all of the communities that are out there, how can you possibly know which one to pick?! Today, we are going to examine an area that you should be looking into to ensure you select the most appropriate environment for you! Today, we are talking about the amount

What to Look For: Something Common

What to Look For: Something Common

So many people are looking for more in their fitness journey. They are trying many things that may include personal training, strength training, spin, yoga or something else! While there are a lot of different ways to skin a cat, many of these tactics involve group training. But what should you be looking for in a group training setting? What should you seek out in a community? In this series, we are going to discuss what YOU should be looking for in a community to help you t

Why it Fails: Contributes to Poor Health

Why it Fails: Contributes to Poor Health

This week, we have been talking about why diets fail. While some diets may "work" in the short term, they can ultimately be detrimental to your overall health and fitness goals! This series, we have been discussing why diets don't work, but also the strategies you can use to have success in the long term! The final reasons that diets can fail you is that they can ultimately contribute to WORSE health! To be frank, your weight is not the most important measure of health and we

How it Fails: Doing it Alone

How it Fails: Doing it Alone

As we talk about how to be successful in nutrition in this series, we are examining all the ways that people fail in their nutrition journey. There are many ways to fail, but today's topic is the way that I frequently find trips people up! Today we are talking about a lack of accountability. You see, accountability is key! Ultimately, it would be wonderful if we could be accountable to our goals and dreams, however, this is not something that we as humans are good at. Instead

Take It All Away: Toxic Food

Take It All Away: Toxic Food

There are so many things in this world that can work to our detriment. In this series, we have been talking about what you can remove from your day to day life that will improve your stress levels and thus, your health! Today we are talking about toxic food. This can be a touchy subject because there are so many different thoughts about what is toxic to eat. However, I think most people can say that eating clean, lean meats, vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruit would be a great

Take It All Away: Work

Take It All Away: Work

Last series, we talked about the things that you should ADD to your daily routine to decrease your stress. The hope was that you could add things into your day and it would crowd out the things that add to your stress and suck life from you. That can be a tough ask at times. It means that you have to have really solid boundaries and won't allow other tasks and obligations to encroach on your stress relieving activities and techniques. This week, we are talking about what you

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Exercise

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Exercise

In this series, we have been talking about how you can reduce your stress! In our crazy world, we need tactics that will help you to feel better about your life and where it is headed. Today, we are talking about exercise! Imagine that, a gym that is talking about why you should exercise! However, as we all know, exercise is something that should be completed multiple times weekly. We know this to be true from a physiological standpoint. This means that your heart pumps more

What to Add to Decrease Stress: Time

What to Add to Decrease Stress: Time

Now this sounds ridiculous, but let me explain! Our world is spinning faster and faster! We have less time than ever for the things that truly bring us joy! So, this series, we are looking at how to decrease stress and improve our overall health and well-being! With so many things on our plate, we are constantly forced to choose between the things that serve other people or the things that serve us! Generally, we choose to do the things that serve other people. These things m

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Meditation

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Meditation

Our world gets faster and faster! Every day, there is a new technology that allows you to cram something else into your day. There is something new to allow you to be "more efficient". However, the way to reducing your stress is actually less....it's not more efficient! It's just LESS! So, how can I tell you what to ADD to your life, when we should be taking things away?!?! Great question, I'm glad you asked! By adding these things to your life, my hope is that it helps to cr

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Books

The world as we know it seems to spin faster and faster! Our lives are constantly bombarded with the ADDITION of so many things to our lives. With all of the spinning, we need to learn how to slow down! Our focus in this series is to help you to ADD more things to your life that will help to remove stress. Now, this does not mean that you are trying to add these things into your already hectic life, but this means that by adding and prioritizing these things (sleep, reading a

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Sleep

What to Add to Reduce Stress: Sleep

Our world is moving faster and faster every day. With it, our stress levels have gone through the roof! Research has shown that a typical college student feels enough stress and anxiety that would have placed them in an institution in the 70s! Think about that! Then think about how many of us wish for the "easier" times that we had back in college! After college, we fall into the never ending trap of adding more to your day or more to your plate! In this series, we are talkin

Get a Raise: Connections

Get a Raise: Connections

Most of the world is working to earn more money. Even the most wealthy are continually working to earn more, even if that just means that they give more away! At CrossFit Backward Arrow, we have seen many people that have gotten a new job or gotten better pay AFTER they started working out with us! One of the ways that they have been able to do this is through the connections that are made in the brain after intense exercise! There is actually science and studies that support

Get a Raise: Maximizing Time and Effort

Get a Raise: Maximizing Time and Effort

We are all chasing something. Most of us are chasing a goal of improved financial health and stability. While there are many different reasons that people are chasing this, for most of us, this is an honorable race to run. At CrossFit Backward Arrow, we want to help you run it better! Over the years at CFBA, we have seen many people get a raise, improve their standing at work and bring home more bacon (hormone free, of course)! We want to help you to do that too! With CrossFi

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