Fitness BLOG
By Chandler Health & Performance
Why Template Nutrition Programs are Unreliable
Template programs, welcome to the world of nutrition shortcuts and scams to take money from you with ZERO concern whether it works or not. I see it happen time and time again, so I’m here today to set the word straight that you will have LESS results paying for 3...
How To Not Tank Your Hormones In The 1st Week Of The Open
As CrossFitters, our favorite time of the year is nearly upon us, The Open. This is what we all look forward to all year, a chance to track our progress from last year or stack ourselves up against your friends for 5 weeks. This is the time each year people start to...
How to Combat Tanking Hormones Post Workout
While I would never profess to be a nutrition expert, or even know the perfect formula behind post workout recovery and rebuild, I DO have some firsthand knowledge that I believe can help. I have been involved with, and now owner of a CrossFit gym for quite some time....
How to Incorporate Effective Post Workout Nutrition
Anyone who has ever chosen a CrossFit Gym for their workout routine, knows they are in for an intense workout that affects the entire body. Many CrossFitters associate the intensity of CrossFit based off the PHYSICAL responses; sore muscles, joints, tendons,...
One Simple Trick to Improve Your Double Unders
Struggling with your Double Unders? Andrew Woolfe, Owner of the Chandler Health & Performance Gym in Chandler, AZ, shows us one simple trick to help finally master those dreaded Double Unders, and finally ditch your single unders during those jump rope workouts.
What to Expect the First Time You Try CrossFit
We know there are lots of people who want to try Crossfit, but you may be completely nervous or unsure about what you will experience the very first time you give it a try. This article is for you. When you step foot inside any CrossFit gym anywhere in the world, you...
Relationships and Success
One thing that I have learned over the years, is it can be difficult to do things by yourself. Without a support system, it’s extremely challenging to motivate yourself day in and day out to stay accountable and do the little things that in the moment, really don't...
Where Do The “Gainz” Come From?
I am recently back from CrossFit’s Level 1 Certification in Denver, CO and I swear that it was the lack of oxygen in the mile high city that made my wod time so pathetic (that’s my story and I am sticking to it!) This two-day certificate course presents the basic...
Avoiding “CrossFit Posture,” and Keeping Your Shoulders Strong
Take a look at your posture. Notice anything? Like your shoulders rounding forward even when you are allegedly standing up straight? Welcome to CrossFit posture! All those pull-ups and pushups and thrusters overwork your pecs causing them to pull forward on your...
Are we fat because we overeat? Or do we overeat because we’re fat?
Not that we all did not know that those highly processed, cheap nutritional, high glycemic index (damningly yummy) carbs were not good for us, but it's nice to see the message getting out to more mainstream(ish) media. Far too many people are still relying on the...
Row, Row, Row Your Boat, by Coach Josh
I think one of the questions I am asked most often as a coach is, “Where should I set the damper on the rower?” Most people think that if they put the rower on 10, they are going to get more meters or calories in quicker. I will start off by saying . . . The damper is...
Hey Coach, How Come I Didn’t Rx?!
I was asked to write something for the Chandler Health & Performance blog and was told it could be anything that I wanted. So the first thing that came to mind was that fact that people in my class are always asking me, “Hey Coach, how come I didn’t get an Rx next...