The cure for all human disease? - Lowers risk of many cancers by 24-50% - Prevents and treat cardiovascular disease - Reduces cold and flu infections by 755 - Prevents osteoporosis - Alleviates depression and anxiety - Delays or prevents Alzheimer’s - Improves learning, memory, problem solving and concentration - Makes you happier - Reduces [...]
Subscribe to our Empower YouTube page to be kept up to date. Heehee and I have been recording warm ups and WODs and uploading them to the Empower Youtube channel sometimes days in advance so you can get a preview. But we’ve also been developing more content to add to our website. We’re not yet [...]
Who knew this would be our last outdoor WOD for awhile? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7SKBeKk4bk&feature=youtu.be 6am Monday morning, Queen Elizabeth School track. A rainy morning, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would I be left standing alone in the dark, cold rain? A shadow moved toward me. “Hello,” I offered. He walked right past without replying. [...]
From 2015 until just this week CrossFit Empower was open for classes every single day without fail. Christmas Day, we were open. New Year’s Day too. 365 days a year (366 on leap years). So you can imagine how much it hurt to close our doors Tuesday. But even without gym access we’re determined to [...]
The dreaded Overhead Squat. No other CrossFit movement demands as much full body mobility. It’s the reason Ben Bergeron considers benchmark workout Nancy the most complete test of fitness. It’s why legendary strength coach Dan John prefers athletes to learn to Overhead Squat before they front or back squat. If you can Overhead Squat, all [...]
“Humility is not denying your strengths. Humility is being honest about your weaknesses.” - Rick Warren Coaching athletes over a couple decades, you begin to see the same mistakes repeated over by different athletes. In pursuit of higher level skills athletes are prone to under-value and therefore neglect continued work on the basics, [...]
Yesterday Annie and Kate of Power Up Nutrition visited Empower to talk to us about meal prep and planning. Feedback is this was their best talk to date. Here's the blog by Annie to go with it: First off, before I go and repeat myself, we have a few great blogs up on our site [...]
I arrived to CF Empower in my mid-40’s after trying for several years after baby number 2 to lose weight and get back into a healthy workout routine. Previously I had used running as a great mental and physical fitness routine, but a car accident and two deliveries had left me prone to hip [...]
We had a fantastic turn out yesterday to help us celebrate the start of our 3rd year in our great Jericho Village location. We had 27 members turn out to participate in the team workout designed for 24, plus several members who came out to cheer teams on. Even the sunshine came out to help [...]
For more than a decade, Movember has been raising awareness and much-needed funds for men’s health issues. It all started in 2003 when two friends from Melbourne, Australia, were having a quiet beer. Their conversation turned to recurring fashion trends. They noted the moustache, a fixture in past decades, was nowhere to be seen. [...]
