Author: ehren_v@hotmail.com

To the person who views health and wellness as getting fit for summer, or who jumps from one 60-day challenge to another, skill based and lower intensity training will not be of much importance. When this type of person is training they are hitting everything at 100% (at a level unsustainable long term). This person has a deadline, they know that they only need to keep it up for a

One of the biggest mistakes athletes make—especially inexperienced ones—is mis-pacing their conditioning workouts. They go out too hard and hit a wall. Fly and die. It’s painful for the athlete, and almost as painful for the coach to watch. It occurred to me recently that many athletes don’t even realise how much they mis-pace a workout. They just chalk it up to: “That workout crushed me.” Listen up: It doesn’t

When we opened CrossFit Ballina our purpose wasn’t about producing elite athletes to compete at the CrossFit Games. And it still isn’t. Yes, we want to help you reach your potential (and if that means that you go to the CrossFit Games then we would obviously be ecstatic) but our mission is so much bigger than that. Our intention has, and always will be, to help others achieve lifelong fitness.

One of the absolute hardest things as a coach is getting our clients to change their diets. For whatever reason—lack of time time, motivation, willpower, or a massive sugar-addiction—it’s much easier for people to commit to a gym routine than it is for them to stop eating processed foods, or to break their overeating habit. I’m not suggesting there’s a magic-bullet solution; we believe in different strokes for different folks,

If you have been coming here for a while, you’ve probably heard that we’re part of the MadLab Group (http://madlabgroup.com/). But what exactly is the MadLab Group? And how does it affect you? The MadLab Group is a worldwide network of gyms, who have worked together to figure out best practices. In other words, to figure out how to run a gym that best maximizes success for the clients and

“The goal is just to get fit, make it the best hour of your day, stay safe, turn up the music, high five some people, and blow off some steam. So remember that. RELAX. HAVE FUN. WORKOUT.” Everyone who comes to CrossFit Ballina does so for different reasons. People have different goals and the attached article should help you to understand which category you fall into and how to go about reaching

You will get results if you come to class, spend an hour with us and then leave giving no more thought to your fitness, however there are a few additional things that will help you to maximize the results you achieve from our program. The following recommendations will ensure that you get into the best shape of your life! 1) Focus on technique – You will get more out of workouts if you improve your technique.