Category: Education
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CrossFit Boosts Productivity in 9 Powerful Ways
CrossFit boosts productivity by helping you build habits that carry over into your everyday life. Sure, it’s known for intense workouts and physical challenges, but the real magic is in what it does for your mindset. CrossFit teaches discipline, mental toughness, and consistency, skills that can help you stay focused, manage your time, and get…
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7 CrossFit Exercises Without Equipment: Stay Fit on the Go
As CrossFit athletes, we know that our training goes beyond the walls of our regular box. Whether you’re traveling for work, vacationing, or simply away from your usual routine, maintaining your fitness can be a challenge. Thankfully, there are numerous effective CrossFit exercises you can do without any equipment. In this article, we’ll explore some…
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Understanding Accessory Exercises: Why They Matter in Your CrossFit Routine
In the world of CrossFit, the focus often centers on high-intensity workouts, heavy lifts, and mastering complex movements. But behind every PR and efficient lift, there’s a hidden advantage that often goes unnoticed: accessory exercises. These movements may not be as attention-grabbing as a max deadlift or a perfect snatch, but they are essential for…
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11 Best CrossFit Exercises for Beginners
Entering the world of CrossFit can be both exciting and intimidating, especially with the wide variety of exercises and techniques to master. For beginners, it’s crucial to start with foundational movements that build strength, endurance, and confidence. In this guide, we’ll introduce you to 11 beginner CrossFit exercises that are effective and accessible, helping you…
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19 Incredible Benefits of CrossFit Revealed
CrossFit is a Lifestyle CrossFit is more than just a fitness trend; it’s a transformative lifestyle that will unlock a stronger, healthier, and more resilient you. The dynamic fusion of functional movements, heart-pounding intensity, and a supportive community not only make it an exhilarating journey but also reveal the many benefits of CrossFit for your…
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CrossFit Shoes vs. Running Shoes: Find the Right Fit for Your CrossFit Workout
CrossFit shoes vs running shoes When it comes to choosing the right footwear for your WOD, the debate of CrossFit shoes vs running shoes often takes center stage. Both types of shoes serve distinct purposes, catering to different athletic activities and training needs. We’re here to break down what CrossFit shoes and running shoes are,…
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Starting CrossFit Out of Shape: Your Empowering Journey to a Stronger, Fitter You!
Are you feeling hesitant about starting CrossFit out of shape? Fear not, for this empowering fitness journey is precisely what you need to transform your life and discover the best version of yourself. At CrossFit AIO, we firmly believe that CrossFit is more than just a workout; it’s a way of life that defies limitations…
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Why Choose CrossFit? Here Are 7 Reasons to Consider!
Did you know that CrossFit is quickly becoming one of the most popular ways to get in shape? So whether you’re looking for an intense full-body workout, just want to add something new to your fitness routine, or have watched Physical 100 and are inspired, we’re here to provide some reasons why you should choose…
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Is CrossFit for Beginners?
For many people, when they think of CrossFit, they think of the CrossFit Games, the world championships of CrossFit. This is where the fittest people on Earth compete in multiple workouts a day for multiple days, covering the gamut of fitness tests from how heavy you can lift, to how fast you can run long…
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The Importance of Vitamin D
As Canadians, we’ve all heard of vitamin D and how we don’t get enough of it in the winter. Considering it’s produced from exposure to the sun, it’s easy to see how we become deficient in it during months where we’re mostly inside and when we do go out, we’re fully covered. How much does…
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The Goal of CrossFit
By now, most people have heard of CrossFit. Some have gone on to search “CrossFit” and seen all kinds of videos of people doing crazy workouts, flying around the gym in what seems to be an uncontrolled mess of a workout (by the way, these videos are not a good representation of what happens during…
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Eating to Improve Energy
How many times throughout the day do you find that you have low energy? Do you need that cup of coffee in the morning to function properly? Are you useless in your workout if you don’t have your pre-workout? Many people find themselves in these situations and it seems that low energy is something that…
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How to Get the Most out of Your AIO Membership
At AIO, we just might be more passionate about you achieving your goals than you are. Nothing fires us up more than seeing people hit PR’s, burning fat, gaining muscle and feeling better about themselves. It’s the reason why we opened AIO and the reason why we love coming in everyday. Given this, we want…
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Coach Carlo’s 2018 Paleo and Ketogenic Diet Seminar
The Paleo Diet has been shown to lead to incredible health benefits and the Ketogenic Diet is taking the nutrition world by storm. On January 19th, 2018, Coach Carlo presented a seminar on these topics. Here are the slides, for anyone who was not able to attend. 2018 Paleo/Ketogenic Diet Seminar PDF
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Surviving Social Settings
One of the most common obstacles people come to when they are trying to stay strict on a diet is how to deal with parties and other social events. Navigating your way through a party and leftovers after a party filled with decadent foods and delicious treats can be tough. Having a plan for this…
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Saving Your Shins
Our bodies are our tools when it comes to fitness. Without them working properly, we just can’t do the job well. So it’s important that we take care of them, in order to be able to do our exercises properly. In CrossFit, one of our body parts that often needs the most protection is our…
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Improving Sleep to Improve Your Performance
When we look at improving our performance, we often only focus on exercise or supplement-based ways of doing so. Rarely do we look at our recovery, yet it is our recovery that determines how hard we can workout day to day. If we are not recovered from our last workout, we cannot put in our…
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New Classes at AIO – FIT30 & CHILL30
AIO FIT30 This class is designed as a high intensity class that will offer a wide variety of exercises for members to enjoy. All done in thirty minutes! This includes a warm-up and workout. The classes will not incorporate complex technical movements found in Olympic lifting, and will focus more on building your stability and…
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10 Best Snacks for Health and Performance
We get asked quite often by our members about snacks that they can eat to help them keep up their energy for workouts as well as keep their weight under control. In order for a snack to be a healthy choice, I like to make sure that it is whole food based, gluten and dairy…
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Techniques to Improve Recovery
Our focus tends to always be on our workouts and pushing hard in them in order to improve. However, it’s important to remember that although our workouts provide the stimulus to improve, it is during our recovery that we actually improve. So just as we look to different methods to improve our workouts, we need…