On Memorial Day the nation honors and extends gratitude to the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Across the country, veterans' groups host services and exhibits to recognize our fallen brothers and sisters.

Most of us know that good nutrition and physical activity can help us maintain a healthy weight, but it’s deeper than that — how you eat affects your immune system. Proper nutrition can help improve your body’s ability to fight off illness, and its ability to recover from it, too.

We saw members plan outfits together like Joe and Rachel as Beauty and the Beast, creative team names from Erin and Brennan (dropping in from Florida) and aptly named “We’re Not at Sea Level Anymore” as well as the return of long time member Laura Tingle!

As summer heats up, so do our grills. Spark was founded by Sanitas member Ben West. Check out some great grilling recipes…

Peter is a Colorado weightlifting junior state champion, exercise science undergrad student and at 21 years old, the youngest CrossFit Level 3 Trainer in the world.

We are SO grateful for the time and hard work that you offered to help improve our special little space we call home. According to my calculations (always wanted to use that phrase) we had approximately 30 people helping at peak attendance and the process took 3 hours. At that rate it would have taken Amy, Faisal, Josh, Melissa and I 18+ hours of work!

Check out our weekly preview for the next week posted on the whiteboard every Friday.

Curious if you’re running with good form or running your way in to an injury? Do your knees collapse inward as you land? Or do you over-stride? An official run analysis can determine whether patterns in your running correlate with current or probable injuries.

Scott came back in January aftter 10 months away. In just 5 weeks of working out consistently and following the Health Challenge, he lost an unbelievable:

• 6.1% body fat

• 2.5 inches from his waist

• 2 inches from his hips

Despite the belief that Boulder County is a community full of affluence, poverty is and has always been, a local issue. Did you know that in Boulder County:

• 7,000 children live in poverty

• 1,200 children experienced homelessness last year

Everyone’s “why” is different. We all come from different backgrounds, have different goals and our fitness journey will look a lot different than the person working out next to us in the gym. That is the beauty around the CrossFit and The Open is a highlight of all aspects that have made CrossFit something we feel so connected to.

2020 was a rough year for all of us, and it got many of us off track from our normal, healthy routines. Whether you’re sleeping less, exercising less or having more to drink, we could all use a little reset.

Join us in gently coming back to consistent eating and exercise habits in our 2021 Health Challenge! Begins Jan. 11th.

We will have an updated schedule for Christmas and NYE weeks this year, plus a change to our schedule, effective Jan. 1.

You want to eat healthy, but then find yourself with friends at The Rio eating Mexican food. Since you're there, you might as well have some chips and salsa (like a whole basket of chips, maybe two because you’re starving), and your friends want to cheers you, so you get a marg. This cascade sets you up to either feel deprived or make a sub-optimal choice.

Even though eating out is obviously not ideal from a health standpoint, we all dine out on occasion. And whether you're on a Clean Challenge or not, it's important to maintain healthy eating habits as often as possible. So why not ask your friends to meet you halfway? If you put a little thought into choosing restaurants with some healthy options that you like, then it doesn’t have to be an unhealthy choice (or more likely: a series of unhealthy choices).

In the past, training was all about volume. Old school trainers coached that the more you ran, cycled or swam, the more endurance you'd have for each. After all, practice makes perfect, right?

Understanding the basics of core training will help you achieve PR’s and bigger gains.

I hear it all the time when I say, "How'd that workout go?!" or "Dang! You crushed that!"