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by Ryan Humphries, Co-Founder & Fitness Coach, Axistence Athletics
There's a lot of chatter in the nutrition world about inflammation - and ways to avoid it. The nutrition industry didn't do anyone any favors when they marketed stuff like margarine as a healthier, lower fat replacement for butter. First of all....
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Elizabeth Lewis of E.C. Lewis Legal Solutions came to us looking to get fit after her baby was born. She did personal training with Coach Ryan, often with her six-month old by her side. She said, "Ryan figured out ways to include him in the workout so that I could reach my full potential even with an infant!"
We love our Colorado town. Our members come from all over the Denver metro, with a focus on neighborhoods near us. Shoutout to gym members from Glendale, Cherry Creek, Aurora, Lowry and Denver. We're pretty psyched that Denver loves us back. Cable TV channel Denver8TV posted a sweet video that pretty much sums up what we do and why we do it.
 by Ryan Humphries, Co-Founder & Fitness Coach, Axistence Athletics
Mastery sounds pretty cool right? But what does it take to achieve it? Sure, we have to do the work, put in our 10,000 hours, and stay consistent. We all know that. But prior to our first repetition, there's something else we must do, and that's change our mindset. Take your own personal fitness for example. If you think of fitness as "just something I know I should do", it's not going to be much fun, and you probably won't be very consistent. However, if you think about it as achieving mastery within your own body, you'll likely develop a deeper respect for the movements, leading to the results you're looking for... The way to develop mastery is through practice, through training. The violinist at Carnegie Hall didn't pick up her instrument last month. She practiced. She trained. For years. And even though she is now a master of her craft, she continues to practice. This makes sense when we think about artists, musicians, top chefs, and other master craftsman. However when it comes to fitness, everybody just thinks they can speed up the movements, load more weight, and somehow they'll bypass the mastery aspect. I'm here to tell you that in order to get to Carnegie Hall, you have to practice. You have to unlock the mystery of mastery. How do you do a sandbag floor-to-shoulder safely? Let me count the ways. Actually, let Coach Jake count the ways in this :40 second sandbag variation demo video:  Regardless of whether you're brand new to fitness or if you're a currently a CrossFit coach, we're going to take you through an assessment before we have you jump into class. Why? Because we care :) At Axistence, our #1 goal is to DO NO HARM. Our second goal is to GET RESULTS. In order to ensure that we follow rule #1, we like to get an idea of how you move. The biggest risk of injury is past injury and the second biggest risk is an asymmetry. In our assessment, we'll ask you about any past injuries as well as assess for asymmetries.
Although a seasoned veteran of the fitness industry may be comfortable performing back squats and pull-ups, if you're confused when we ask you to do a 12 minute EMOM with 5 Bar Muscle Ups, 5 Tucked Front Lever Rows and a 60' Hollow Body Crawl, we're going to give you some training before we drop you in to daily classes. How do we know what to teach you? It all starts with the one-hour assessment. Here's what it entails.  by Ryan Humphries, Co-Founder & Fitness Coach, Axistence Athletics
Increasing your fitness level is a smart goal to have, but here's the deal: You don’t have to sacrifice form to achieve that fitness level. You must know your physical limits and choose appropriate weight/speed/movements to push those limits. You must realize that you don’t have it all figured out and that you must continue to PRACTICE. This means that intensity must increase at an appropriately safe rate for the individual.  by Ryan Humphries, Co-Founder & Fitness Coach, Axistence Athletics
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, before there were AMRAPs, Rounds For Time, Girl and Hero WODs, there was a unique fitness principle. Some called it “Training” and others called it “Practice.” This principle was simple: if an individual wished to improve in a specific area, they would spend time practicing in that area – focusing solely on technique. Every so often, when appropriate, they would add intensity to those techniques, incorporating them into a workout or testing their improvement against a benchmark. |
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