Athlete Spotlight: Bethany Niese

Name: Bethany NieseAge: 42Occupation: ProfessorHometown: Miller City, OHWhich class time do you usually attend?: 8amFavorite WOD: Anything without double unders – kills my ego 😉Favorite CF Movement: Wall ballsLeast Favorite CF Movement: Snatch!Favorite Food: Pho!Favorite Movie: ZoolanderFavorite Athlete: I don’t follow any sport, really. Sooooo Brandon Brigman!Dream Job: Professor hahaDream Vacation Destination: World Tour!If you […]

My new hobby

My friend Miles owns a CrossFit gym in Smyrna. He always likes to ask other CrossFit owners what it is their hobby. For most CrossFit owners, the answer is the same — ‘I don’t have one.’ CrossFit is their hobby and their job. I was the same way for a long time. Then I found […]

Spirit of the Open 21.3 & 21.4: Dave Drouault

Each year at the CrossFit Games, they honor someone with the Spirit of the Games award. This honor goes to the ‘athlete who embodies the spirit of the sport.’ Each week during the CrossFit Open, No Excuses CrossFit will recognize a member it feels represents the Spirit of the Games. This week’s honor goes to […]

Why we perform band work

When it comes to workout equipment, most people think of a barbell and bumper plates, or dumbbells and kettlebells, or maybe even treadmills and elliptical machines. But there’s one piece of equipment that usually gets overlooked — rubber bands. I’ll be honest, we would use bands at No Excuses CrossFit from time-to-time. But it wasn’t […]

Spirit of the Open 21.2: Lindsay Morris

Each year at the CrossFit Games, they honor someone with the Spirit of the Games award. This honor goes to the ‘athlete who embodies the spirit of the sport.’ Each week during the CrossFit Open, No Excuses CrossFit will recognize a member it feels represents the Spirit of the Games. This week’s honor goes to […]

Spirit of the Open 21.1: RJ Patel

Each year at the CrossFit Games, they honor someone with the Spirit of the Games award. This honor goes to the ‘athlete who embodies the spirit of the sport.’ Each week during the CrossFit Open, No Excuses CrossFit will recognize a member it feels represents the Spirit of the Games. This week’s honor goes to […]

Our Mission and Vision

At No Excuses CrossFit, our vision is to guide every member towards feeling good about working out. We don’t want you to feel like you have to go to the gym. Instead we want you to feel like you want to go to the gym. We want you to feel excited about improving your physical […]

How to Find Fitness Motivation

Everyone knows working out is a good thing. It’s common sense. Yet the majority of people don’t work out.  Why is that? Well, “workout” contains the word “work,” and if you aren’t motivated, you won’t want to sweat.  But if you’re motivated, you’ll definitely dig into a program or routine. So how do you find […]

CrossFit Open is 4 weeks away!

The CrossFit Open is about four weeks away and No Excuses CrossFit is excited to announce its plans for the three-week online competition. Beginning on Friday, March 12 and every Friday for the three weeks during the CrossFit Open, we will be doing the CrossFit Open workout in class. The CrossFit Open is a fun […]

Exercise with Age

The Super Bowl is on Sunday and in case you haven’t been paying attention it’s the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the big game.  The Chiefs have one of the bright young stars in the NFL with quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers have the greatest quarterback of all time in Tom […]