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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

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,

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

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

“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