Why diets don’t work

You can’t lose weight without controlling your nutrition. If you’re trying to lose fat by joining a gym — but not changing what you eat — it won’t work. Not even No Excuses CrossFit workouts, which are the best in the Suwanee/Buford/Sugar Hill area. But the problem is that diets don’t work. And they usually […]

Chase goals, not rabbits

Here’s why you have a coach: There’s too much out there. You know you can’t do everything. A lot of it looks–or sounds–good. I’m talking about diet plans, supplements, workout programs, or even daily WODs. But you can’t do it all, and trying to do too much will actually set you back. I’m guilty! Everyone […]

Sunday Shoutout: Lindsay M.

This week’s Sunday Shoutout goes to Coach Lindsay. Lindsay coaches our evening classes on Monday. She’s always bringing enthusiasm to her classes and dropping knowledge bombs. Lindsay also does a great job with helping out with the little things around the gym like making sure it’s clean, equipment is working properly, and there’s water in […]

Wake Up to Warm Up: Igniting Your Inner Furnace

Have you ever jumped straight into a workout only to find your body’s not quite ready to perform at its best? That’s like attempting to drive a car in the winter without warming it up first. When you’re a kid, you don’t need to warmup. You’re active and limber, so jumping or sprinting at a […]

What’s in your grocery cart?

Ever find yourself in the grocery store wondering where to start? Trying to figure out what to buy to make healthier choices? There can be so much confusion about what to eat and which products are the best – and pretty packaging can really pull you in to impulse buys! You might be choosing items […]

‘I can’t do it by myself’

It’s hard to do something new on your own. You’ve started and stopped workout programs over and over through the years. You get motivated to begin, but then that excitement is gone. You stop. Time passes by and you start again. You have good intentions. You want to be better. But you can’t do it […]

Sunday Shoutout: Mike B.

This week’s Sunday Shoutout goes to Mike from the 6am class. Keep it up, Mike! Mike is one of our strongest members at the gym and is always setting the bar for how much people should lift.

You down with RPE? Yeah you know me!

Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is a great tool that we can use to help individualize training, which is obviously helpful in a group scenario. But it does have limitations, most importantly it’s entirely subjective, based on the person setting the RPE for the workout, and for the person doing the workout as well. For […]

‘I’ve always been athletic, but now I’m more sedentary’

‘I’ve always been athletic, but now I’m more sedentary.’ We hear this a lot during our No Sweat Intro. You grew up playing sports, were athletic in high school, and maybe even played in college. Then you graduated college, you got married, had kids, and 15 years later you don’t look or feel like the […]

Any goal is a good goal

What’s your goal? It doesn’t have to be to win the Olympics, win a marathon, or even finish a marathon. It doesn’t have to be to lose 50lbs, or 20lbs, or 5. It doesn’t have to be a big deadlift or a CrossFit Games ticket or 5% body fat. But it should be something. A […]