Be Better at Eating

Be Better at Eating

by Holly Cuzzo Level 1 Trainer, Second Wind CrossFit Hi everyone, First, congrats on making it through yet another week of social distancing! As always, please reach out to the coaches, your friends, and anyone else if you need support or just a chat. We all believe...
Eating Well to Stay Healthy

Eating Well to Stay Healthy

by Holly Cuozzo I hope everyone is staying happy and healthy in this hectic (and confusing) time! Between daily updates on COVID-19, closures changing our daily routines, and changing weather, it’s hard to figure out what we should be doing to keep ourselves and our...
Feeding Your Muscles (And Your Fire)

Feeding Your Muscles (And Your Fire)

Exercise does not make you stronger. Let me repeat that: Exercise does not make you stronger. Recovering from exercise makes you stronger. If you could look through a microscope at your muscle fibers after a heavy CrossFit session, it would look like a bomb went off....
Optimal Nutrition: Simple. Not Easy.

Optimal Nutrition: Simple. Not Easy.

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Michael Pollan sums up how to eat with these words and makes it sound so simple. So why doesn’t it feel simple? I would argue that eating well is simple, but it’s not easy. The cards are stacked against...
Nutritious recipes to make your life easier

Nutritious recipes to make your life easier

I love to cook. I’m one of those weird people who can open a pantry and refrigerator, zero in on a handful of ingredients, and whip up a pretty excellent and healthy dinner in 45 minutes. (This is why Steve keeps me around.) Most people don’t have that much time. Most...