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First, let me preface this by saying I f***ing love CrossFit. I think it’s so fun, I absolutely love the community, and ...
10/27/2026

First, let me preface this by saying I f***ing love CrossFit. I think it’s so fun, I absolutely love the community, and it truuuuuly changed my life. For realsies…

AND

CrossFit is absolutely, 100%, NOT personal training in a group setting. (Which is fine, bee tee dubs.)

Here’s the thing - coaching a group through a workout and creating an individualized plan for a human being are two very, verrrry different jobs: one has a workout and the other has a person.

A person with a history, limitations, goals, fears, compensations, strengths, weaknesses, and a whole lot of context that doesn’t fit on a whiteboard.

Also I’m totally NOT saying you can’t get stronger, fitter, healthier, or have the absolute time of your life in a group class. You absolutely can. I’m juuuuust saying that a group workout isn’t designed to do what individualized exercise prescription is designed to do.

AND I think we do people a disservice when we pretend otherwise.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone isn’t give them a workout and figure out how to scale it, it’s to figure out whether that workout is even the right tool for them in the first place.

Different services - different purposes. Both have value.

So how do you know which one you need?

If you want to get a little stronger, build fitness, challenge yourself, and enjoy the hell out of moving with other people doing the same things as you? A group class might be exactly what you’re looking for.

But if you’re dealing with persistent pain, working around an injury, struggling to make progress toward a specific goal, or constantly wondering how to modify things to fit YOUR body and YOUR needs? You might benefit from individualized coaching.

And sometimes you need both. The goal isn’t to convince everyone they need personal training. It’s to help people understand what they’re actually paying for, what they need, and which service is most likely to help them get there. 🫡

10/22/2026

If you have questions and your kiddo/young person and strength training and/or sport, ask away! I’d love to be a resource for you 🫡

We tend to look for complex explanations when our bodies are really just asking for basic care. Lack of sleep, dehydrati...
10/14/2026

We tend to look for complex explanations when our bodies are really just asking for basic care. Lack of sleep, dehydration, and low physical activity exaggerate pain and stress signals in the brain. Before jumping to extreme fixes or making assumptions about your body, ask yourself: What is one basic need I can meet today?

Serious question:Would it still feel worth the effort if there was no one to impress? I love asking this question becaus...
10/08/2026

Serious question:

Would it still feel worth the effort if there was no one to impress? I love asking this question because it serves as a litmus test for whether a goal is *actually* yours. If a goal isn’t truly FOR you, it’s farrrrr less likely to be something you can succeed at AND maintain.

You’re human if you have considered chasing a body you think will finally make people see you differently or that will make you feel more worthy. There’s nothing inherently wrong with wanting to be seen.

ANNNNNND if you took the audience away, would you still choose that goal? If the answer is yes, keep going. You’re in it for the right reasons and those are likely tied to something meaningful to you. We love that.

If the answer is no, however, maybe there’s a different question we could be asking: What goal would I choose if I didn’t need anyone else to validate it?

What if the thing standing between you and the progress you want has nothing to do with your workout?Sometimes it’s resi...
10/07/2026

What if the thing standing between you and the progress you want has nothing to do with your workout?

Sometimes it’s resistance.

Sometimes it’s an uncomfortable conversation you really, really don’t want to have.

And sometimes it’s the assumption that your coach should just know what’s wrong without you having to say it.

But coaching is a relationship, and relationships require communication.

My clients don’t have to agree with me. They don’t have to like every recommendation. They don’t even have to be happy with me all the time.

They do, however, agree to bring the hard stuff to me (it’s literally in the contract they sign when we start our work together).

We can work with honesty, with frustration, and with disagreement. What we can’t work with is silence and resentment because neither one helps you move forward.

Good communication isn’t always pretty and it doesn’t always feel good but avoiding the conversation rarely makes the problem better.

And a great coach should be able to give you enough safety to have that conversation without fear of judgment or worrying about hurting their feelings.

Then comes the other half:

You have to be willing to try.

Read through this one. There might be something in it you need to confront - not in your workout, but in the way you’re approaching the work.

Fear of getting hurt. Fear of failing. Fear of not knowing what they’re doing. Fear of watching someone else pursue thei...
10/06/2026

Fear of getting hurt. Fear of failing. Fear of not knowing what they’re doing.

Fear of watching someone else pursue their health + goals while they keep standing still. Maybe there’s even a fear of their own complicated relationship with their body.

Strength training isn’t some reckless activity we need to protect people from. READ THAT AGAIN.

It’s literally one of the most well-supported things you can do for your health, function, bone density, muscle, confidence, and ability to keep doing the things you love as you get older. It’s just about the closest you can get to the proverbial fountain of youth. True story.

When someone tries to discourage you from getting stronger, it’s worth asking:

Is this actually good advice… or is someone handing me their fear and asking me to carry it?

You don’t have to inherit someone else’s fear of what your body is capable of. Get curious, get educated. Get strong AF.

And the next time someone tells you that you shouldn’t strength train, don’t automatically accept their fear as your truth. Go find out what your body is actually capable of.

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