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by greg4fit | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ll admit it. When I was staring at this huge tractor tire weighing 650 pounds, I was intimidated. Why? Because it was 250 pounds heavier than any tire I had ever moved. And I had to somehow flip this thing end-over-end to a finish line 80 feet away while a judge...
by greg4fit | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I’m going through serious Olympic-withdrawal. For two weeks the Olympics were my constant companion. And now, they are gone. All I have left are memories… Among the array of memorable moments, one of the greatest story lines of the...
by mattbrockhaus | Aug 9, 2012 | Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Recipes
So it’s been a while since I posted any of my culinary explorations, but here is the most recent: While we here at FIT generally recommend staying away from grains, this corn might be an exception. It comes courtesy of our wonderful CSA friends over at Eating...
by greg4fit | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is a follow-up post to last week’s post on women in healthcare. Tracey is very candid in sharing her perspective. Fifteen years ago, while living abroad and having learned that with my professional credential as a certified athletic trainer I could not...
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by greg4fit | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
You may have seen him in the corner, pedaling furiously on the Watt Bike for what seemed like an eternity. And if you asked Joel what on earth he was doing, he would humbly respond, “Training.” This year was Joel’s year. Despite difficulties in the...
by greg4fit | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
In our last post, we looked at the Golden Rule of habit change, according to Duhigg. If you can identify the cues and rewards of a habit loop, you can change the routine. That is the case most of the time. But for some habits there’s one additional, necessary...
by buddiesinaction | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
From the outside, we may appear like a competitive bunch. You will often see and hear bets on sporting events, workout challenges, food challenges and so on. FIT is a male dominant workforce whose employees thrive off of competition (females included), but behind...
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by greg4fit | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
After our final CrossFit class on Wednesday night, and it was time to lock up, Nathan sat on the bench in the weightlifting area slowly putting away his weightlifting shoes for the last time until Thanksgiving. “Bear,” as he is affectionately known by the other...
by mues97 | Jul 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
On June 1, my nine-year old daughter, Keala, won her school fundraiser at Lakewood Elementary School in Sunnyvale by selling the most tickets to a San Jose Giants baseball game. This would not have been possible without the generosity of Thom and Tracey, several of...
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by greg4fit | Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
When it comes to altering habits, researchers and millions of people know that there is a golden rule: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it. The habit loop–cue, routine, reward–can be reprogrammed, but we have to be deliberate about it....
