Today’s Workout is a bit of a choose-your-own adventure style of workout to get the heart rate up and challenge your fitness. You can choose the number of rounds, as well as the version of each movement you perform, and of course the loading of the Russian twists! Time to get the heart rate up! Beginner: 5-10 rounds | Intermediate: 10-15 rounds | Advanced 15-20 rounds 10 (seated) Russian twists 20 High Knees 5 Up, Up and Aways This workout requires only a chair (optional) and a solid and...

Today's workout is a strength building workout! 5 rounds SLOW - 5 reps, negative push-up- 5 reps per side, Romanian Deadlift Be sure to make each rep a high quality rep and make each rep last as long as you can go with good form. For the push-up, keep your abdomen tight, legs together and back flat while letting elbows pass close to your body. For romanian deadlift, keep the supporting leg fairly straight, core tight, and back flat with hips square to the floor. These are great exercises that...

If you're self-isolating (like you should be), it's more important than ever to stay active for your physical and mental well-being. Here are my 8 keys to success with at-home workouts, no matter what your sport or workout routine may have been before the COVID-19 outbreak. EPISODE NOTES: Boxjumper.ca/Episode24 Show Links: Osprey...

If you’re in self isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak, you may need some help to stay active. Here’s the 5th in a series of simple at-home DIY equipment (or zero equipment) workouts I’m posting to help you have fun, keep moving, and challenge your fitness. The workout is: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of each, alternating between: laundry basket deadlifts chair tuck ups Options for scaling up and a full workout description and video demo at https://boxjumper.ca/IsolationChallenge5

Today’s at-tome workout features a different kind of “every minute on the minute” workout this time, with new movements, some terrific scaling options and a part “B” for “Bonus Workout”! Every minute on the minute for 16-20 minutes, alternating between: 30 seconds of elevated sprawl / sprawl / burpee 30 seconds of rest 30 seconds of single arm overhead squat 30 seconds of rest That sequence is 2 minutes out of your total of 16-20. I suggest an even number of minutes so you can do left arm for...

If you’re in self isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak, you may need some help to stay active. Here’s the third in a series of simple at-home DIY equipment (or zero equipment) workouts I’m posting to help you have fun, keep moving, and challenge your fitness. The workout is 3-5 rounds of: 200m-400m walk/run 48 Hops/Skips (Double Unders) 24 Step-ups Full workout description, scaling options, demo video and more at boxjumper.ca/IsolationChallenge3

Today’s Self-Isolation or Social Distancing fitness challenge workout is one I’ve done many times before - a classic benchmark workout called "Cindy" that CrossFitters know all too well. It’s a simple but effective workout that targets several muscle groups at once, moving in very different ways, and when performed with intensity, really gets the heart moving and gives you a terrific full-body workout. We’re going to get creative to do a home-friendly edition that anyone can perform. Full...

If you’re in self isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak, you may need some help to stay active. Here’s the first in a series of simple at-home DIY equipment (or zero equipment) workouts I’m posting to help you have fun, keep moving, and challenge your fitness. EPISODE NOTEShttps://boxjumper.ca/IsolationChallenge1 SHOW LINKSFlex Timer by Gym NextiOS: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/gymnext-flex-timer/id977329344Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gymnext.timer&hl=en_CA

Make WODs Great Again began as a passion project of John Wooley’s and turned into a phenomenon, with his CrossFit themed memes making the rounds on social media at a breakneck pace. That passion has grown to almost a quarter of a million followers, the launch of the podcast Make PODs Great Again with his Co-host Niki Brazier, photos and autographs at Sanctional events and more. I chat with John about his early days in CrossFit and what gave rise to his brand of content that’s often imitated,...

I chat with Pat Sherwood about fitness programming for longevity and results. Pat is a long-time staff member at CrossFit HQ and runs his own virtual affiliate, CrossFit Linchpin. We talk about what works, what doesn’t and why he believes living in a world of couplets and triplets, going heavy once a week and going long on occasion is the right formula for most people to achieve fitness. Couldn’t be simpler.   EPISODE NOTES https://boxjumper.ca/Episode17   SHOW LINKS CrossFit Linchpin...

Today’s topic is sleep! Shona Halston is a PhD researcher and associate professor at Australian Catholic University in Brisbane, Australia and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for SleepScore Labs. Shona studies sleep among elite-level athletes, and this emerging field is already yielding some pretty fascinating data - data these athletes then in turn use to improve their training, their performance and their recovery. We talk about how to achieve gains in performance and recovery by...

I sit down with Mike and Anita Connors, professional physiotherapists with a growing practice with multiple offices in the Halifax area. We chat about how they discovered CrossFit and some of the natural synergies they see between physiotherapy and CrossFit that they’re incorporating into their practice, and that CrossFit coaches are able to bring to their athletes.   https://boxjumper.ca/Episode15

It takes considerable practice and attention to build CrossFit training programs that benefit athletes of all levels, and specialized programs like Masters training have their own unique challenges. In addition to discussing the ins and outs of programming from his perspective, Host Jean St-Amand also provides a complete review of a respected online programming option for CrossFit athletes - the CrossFit Linchpin Private Track program from Pat Sherwood.

Identifying a big hole in the fitness market in his home town in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Joel Holland saw an opportunity to turn his passion into a business and to serve his community in the process. It wasn’t going to be easy in a small market with no prior exposure with CrossFit. But Joel was committed and so began CrossFit affiliate 902 Athletics. Joel’s entrepreneurial venture took over his parents’ garage and one of his first athletes and most ardent supporters was Joel’s mom Elaine....

I'm joined by fellow podcast hosts PJ and Alanna Makinen of the Night & Day Podcast to chat and recap our experience with the Battle of the Basin, a awesome local CrossFit Competition cooperatively put on by the three affiliates in Bedford, Nova Scotia. And as an extra nugget, I share my thoughts on the new "accessible" direction from CrossFit HQ.

In this episode we talk CrossFit Christmas gifts. What do you buy for the CrossFit enthusiast in your life? Did they just get started? Are they a firebreather? Do they WOD in the garage at home? This Christmas wish list has you covered.

In this episode I explore the science of macros and a specific form of Keto diet called the Ideal Protein Diet. My guests for this episode are Gareth Stephenson, whose story of losing 100 pounds with CrossFit affiliate Osprey Athletics in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada caught fire thanks to CrossFit HQ picking it up on their social media channels, and Monica Miller, his Idea Protein advisor along his remarkable journey of fitness and weight loss.

Food is what fuels you - and that fuel has to be a high quality balance of ingredients for you to perform well, whether in your every day life or in your intense workouts. And there are different needs to fuel each. In this episode, I speak with Registered Dietician, Laurie Barker Jackman about the ins and outs of nutrition applied to everyday living, how to better fuel your workout, and how to actively plan meals that make nutrition less sweat and more science.

Your connection to the floor is a vital part of your foundation for fitness, particularly in CrossFit. In this episode, I speak with certified Pedorthist and fellow CrossFitter PJ Makinen about the biomechanical analysis he uses in his profession to find the root cause of discomfort or pain in the lower limbs. PJ shares tips about corrective devices like orthotics that can compensate for common deficiencies in form that can result in pain, compromise performance, and increase risk of injury.

I talk about taking your fitness on the road to visit CrossFit affiliates at home and abroad, and I speak with nomad CrossFitter Chris Kerr who has taken this very idea to heart because he has to. Chris travels substantially for work and so he works out at whatever affiliate happens to be nearby when he lands somewhere and discusses the rewards and unique challenges of taking his CrossFit experience with him on his travels.

The beginnings of an elite-level CrossFit athlete that makes it onto the competition floor at the CrossFit games sounds an awful lot like how CrossFit starts for many of us. But competitors like Colleen McQuaid have a different kind of spark, a more powerful engine and a dedication that separates them from the pack. Fresh off her impressive debut at the 2018 CrossFit Games in the Masters Women 35-39 age group competition, I speak with Colleen about how she got hooked on the sport, how her...

Why would you want to become a CrossFit Coach? What are the benefits of being a coach? Host Jean St-Amand shares his top 10 (err 11) list for why he loves bring a CrossFit coach - from starting athletes on their fitness journey to leveraging the learning that comes with coaching to becoming a better athlete himself. He even throws in a bonus mobility drill you can try!

I chat with Mark Bellefleur, of CrossFit YQM. Not only is Mark an experienced Crossfit coach, he is also a partner in his own affiliate, CrossFit YQM in Moncton New Brunswick and he is the organizer of, the D-town Throwdown, a very successful and wildly fun team competition hosted at YQM entering its sixth year with the event coming up in August. We chat about what its like to put on an event, what some of the challenges are, and talk about how he has crafted D-town into a success.

I chat with renowned facial cosmetic surgeon and skin care CEO, Dr. Stanley Jacobs about longevity, his long-time dedication to fitness and its impact on his abilities as a surgeon, husband and father to two active boys. Stan is joined on the podcast by his trainer Ryan Parker, an accomplished CrossFit Level 2 Trainer at CrossFit North Gate in Santa Rosa California.

I chat with Amanda Parker and Gareth Stephenson, two masters athletes from Osprey Athletics that have experienced the addictive high of early success in turning their fitness around with CrossFit and a healthy mindset about the rewards of hard work.