Building a Meal
By Briana Brown, NTP CrossFit L1 Preparing meals doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, it can be quite simple. When creating meals, we are…
Health Begins with the Gut
If there was one part of the body that could display the most accurate picture of our current health in a snapshot, it would be the gut (or gastrointestinal tract).
Nutrition Basics: Carbs
Briana Brown, NTP, CrossFit L1 UNDERSTANDING THE MACRONUTRIENTS: CARBOHYDRATES Role of Carbohydrates in the Body Carbohydrates are another macronutrients that carry a dogma in mainstream…
Nutrition Basics: Fat
UNDERSTANDING THE MACRONUTRIENTS: FAT Briana Brown, NTP, CF L1 Since the 1950’s fat has gotten a bad rap as the macronutrient that will clog your…
Nutrition Basics: Protein
Protein By Briana Brown, NTP, CF L1 Macronutrients-carbohydrate, protein, and fat. They are all the rage in the nutrition discussion recently. What are they? Why…
Setting Yourself up for Success
This past weekend we made some homemade baked goods. As I was making them I made Dave promise we would take the leftovers to the…
Building a Meal: Portion sizes & balancing your macronutrients
By Briana Brown, NTP, CF L1 Preparing meals doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, it can be quite simple. When creating meals, we are…
Metrics + Accountability and Problem Solving = Results
And we are off! Day one of the challenge is off and running. Each day you have an opportunity for five points: Nutrition: Your individualized…
Reach Athletics Nutrition: Results, Accountability and Community
What: Our Six Week Spring into Summer Nutrition Challenge- leave the heaviness of the last year behind you as you spring into summer lighter and…