Where does alcohol fit into your training?
Since about 7000 B.C., alcohol has been a staple for gatherings in many cultures. You may have heard that wine can actually be a healthy beverage for your heart, or that a hot toddy when you’re sick makes you get better quickly. Are these claims true? Like most answers: yes and no. It depends on ...
Does Cardio Hurt Muscle Gain?
It’s the ultimate tradeoff you must face whether you’re an athlete, bodybuilder, or recreational gym goer. How do you structure your strength training routine and still make time for trail runs, pickup basketball, or your metcon of choice? Strength is good. Cardio is good. So how do you balance the two for optimal health and ...
Tuesday’s WORKOUT Online
Here’s Tuesdays Vantage at Home Workout of the day! Happy St. Patricks day! We miss you already! Please tag us and post pics of yourselves on the Community page so we can see your beautiful faces! – Chris, Amanda and Team
Vantage Goes Online FOR NOW!
3/17/20 COVID19 Update: We are thinking of all of you and your health during this crazy time. As you have probably heard Governor Polis has issued for local gyms and many other businesses’ to close for 30 days. As leaders in the Wellness industry, we know this is the right decision to make for our ...
4 Ways to Save Your Joints
When you are dedicated to your training and putting in the hours to achieve your goals then there is nothing more frustrating than joint pain and inflammation. It almost feels like your body is punishing you for working hard. No fair, right! Rather than make excuses about your pain or backing off on your training ...
5 Tips to Help You Change with the Season
As the weather turns colder, many of us tend to let our health and fitness routines take the back burner for a few months. Whether you are feeling rundown or beat up from two CrossFit Open cycles in one year or just trying to escape the holiday season without eating too much pie. It is ...
Throw Up Heavy Weight, Not Your Breakfast
Pukie the clown can attest. When it comes to training with intensity, we have to walk a fine line between achieving the desired stimulus and overdoing it. One consequence of pushing yourself too hard in a workout can be nausea and potentially even vomiting. This is never a fun way to end a training session, ...
Surviving The Holidays (Guilt Free)
The holidays have snuck up on us, and if you’re not yet feeling stressed about the impacts of the holidays on your nutrition routine, I’m sure you will soon. With the holidays come a myriad of temptations and things that we might not normally have in our diet: sugar, refined carbohydrates, increased social drinking, and ...
What’s Keeping You From Achieving Your Goals?
If you currently want something in your life that you don’t have then there is a 100% chance that you are human. How you define yourself is by the action you take towards bringing those into your life. Some people make declarations about how they are finally going to make the big change Generally, if ...
Workout Nutrition and Why is Matters
Workout Nutrition & Why It Matters What are you eating before you come to the WOD? When it comes to the high intensity and weight involved with CrossFit workouts, we need to fuel our bodies for properly with the workout in mind. The best way we can can do this with carbs. We want to ...