Walnut Crossfit

Another great video of some women CrossFitting.

Your sweat is 99% water, your blood is 90% water, and your muscle mass is 75% water. When you loose this precious fluid, body functions become adversely affected including muscle function. Blood volume drops and the heart has to work harder to pump oxygen and nutrients to the muscles. Gastrointestinal distress becomes a risk due to delayed stomach emptying. Your body has difficulty cooling itself and core temperature rises.

Knowing how much fluid you need to take in is very valuable for athletic performance. This video will help you know how much water you need to be consuming.

I love this video becuase it reminds me that even though I may not be favored to win, whether it be in a CrossFit WOD, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu match, or any other competition, I can still kick some but and maybe even cause an upset. If you’re like me and you always feel like the underdog, remember that “the other guy may be favored to win, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make it REAL hard for them to do so!” 

Hector and Erica making the OH Squat look easy.

Scientists for years have been exploring the mind-body connection, especially when it comes to exercise and it’s impact on your brain, and the ultimate question, can exercise really make you smarter?

Well in studying this, they have discovered a brain protein called, believe it or not, “Noggin.” When you exercise, more Noggin shows up… and the impact within your brain is significant. More Noggin means more brain stem cell activity… and when they’re more active, more responsive, they are actually dividing and differentiating into additional stem cells or baby neurons. In the brains of mice and rats, this led to their ability to breeze through mazes and other tests of rodent I.Q.

Frank and Art knocking out some Thrusters!

This is the week of the CrossFit Games – the competition to determine the fittest male and female athlete on the planet. And it just so happens that it’s right here in Los Angeles – at the Home Depot Center!

If you are a CrossFitter who’s in town for the Games, we’d love to have you drop by Walnut CrossFit for a workout. We’ve got some great WODs planned this week! 
Hope to see a lot of you dropping by this week… and many more of you at the Games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Why Train with Walnut CrossFit?

Because our constantly varied exercise programs build FUNCTIONAL strength. That’s the stuff we need for real life, to feel good as we age, to be more powerful and energetic in our everyday lives. Bottom line: Our workouts will keep you out of a nursing home. Whether you’re 25 or 95, CrossFit delivers elite fitness for all ages.

Becky about to DL

One of the things that makes us different is the way we constantly compare ourselves to others who do CrossFit. We have leaderboards. We keep score. We post results of workouts up on whiteboards. We do this to create context for training, so that we all have a framework within which our training can exist… goals, expectations of performance, belief of what is possible, etc. Comparisons are good – as long as they are NOT used to make you feel bad about what you are doing… remember, the competition, 99% of the time, is just with yourself!

The Power of Positive Self-Talk

If there is one consistent character trait I have observed

in CrossFit athletes from around the world, it is a strong

sense of optimism. The difficulty of the CrossFit workout

naturally instills not only physical fitness but also

mental fitness. Regardless of the time to completion or

the amount of weight used, simply facing the daunting

workout of the day (WOD) puts the other obstacles of life

into proper perspective: they are all a lot easier. CrossFit

coaches and athletes who understand that optimism

and a positive mental attitude can yield tremendous

results in the gym have one thing in common: success.

The athletes are performing at the top of their game, and

the coaches are surrounded by thriving clients.

It is my experience that it takes a unique kind of woman to pursue and stick with CrossFit. It has nothing to do with the physical skills or athletic aptitude she may or may not have, but rather, it has to do with her tenacity and her desire for learning and growth. The women here at Walnut CrossFit get what it means to invest in themselves for the long-haul, both physically and mentally. It doesn’t mean they don’t have ups and downs, it doesn’t mean that they don’t still struggle with fitting fitness into work, relationships and family, but they keep working and keep learning. I find it a daily inspiration.I would love for all the women of Walnut CrossFit to get to know each other better and share in this inspiration. Wouldn’t you like to hear stories about other women here who have taken the mental and physical practice of CrossFit and translated it into success outside of the gym, as well?