Crossfit Ireland Between Two Couches

Why we need an internal self-care as well as physical self-care. What self-care is and isn’t. Being nice Vs being kind. And one quick tip to start taking better care of yourself

We’re running a beginner friendly 6-week course for those intimidated by CrossFit. Spread the word!

You may find that calorie counting is too long to set up with MyFitnessPal, so Derek & Gera offer some tips on how to eyeball your way to healthy nutrition habits.

Quick tips to improve your sleep quality: consistency; early daylight exposure, limit screen time; and sleep in a cool, dark, quiet room.

Fitness isn’t just breathing heavy and sweating, it’s learning skills and building strength, coordination, agility, balance etc.

Colm and Derek talk about their paths that led them to partner up and open up “CFI 3.0”

Health is more than working out. We think there’s six factors than go into health: training; nutrition; sleep; internal self-care; relationships; and a meaningful activity.

A quick intro to nutrition. Can you out train a bad diet? And what’s the one quick thing you can do today to start improving your nutrition?

What does Rx mean? What’s the most important thing to consider in a workout?

Why program a yearly cycle? What’s in a weekly program?

Why start a podcast? And what do we mean when we say "Fitness. Health. Happiness."?

Allow us to introduce Laura, she'll be taking care of all the "off the floor" stuff to allow our fantastic coaches to take care of you on the floor!  You may have gotten an email or two from her, and you can get to know her a little better in this podcast

During our May Mobility & Mindfulness Challenge Jen never missed a day! Find out how she set up her routine, the challenges she faced, and what benefits she got from it!  (Spoiler alert, Jen's family and work place benefited from her practice too!) Thanks Jen!

Dave and Michelle talk about our kids and teens programs. What are the benefits of CrossFit for kids? Is it dangerous? Who is it for? What they learn beyond fitness...

Get to know the latest and best smelling member of staff - Beáta Jung!

 Positives/Things We’re Proud of Purpose Good Tests Effort Pacing/Strategy Areas for improvements Warm Ups Base cardio could improve (without loss of skill) Gymnastics Strength not an issue, though we’ll continue to build it as it builds confidence, easier mark of progress, training has to be fun.  Programming for Off Season More Erg Pieces More structural/long term health work Why we go strict

 19.4 Review Shout Outs Noreen Pull Up Andrew Pull Up (Skinful pull ups) Tiare Pull Ups Emer Pull Ups Elaine Pull Ups Mark Kenny, Robert Sheridan, Tall Kev Bar Muscle Up Team scores Panda’s Always Judging - 21 Trouble Onders - 40 I Can, We Will - 35 Kobeer - 45 (1) Testimonial points 19.5 Rivalries - Scolard v Sherrard Battle of the Beautiful Bald Bastards CrossFit/Weightlifting Comp / CFI LiftOFF 19.5 Predictions

19.1 is in the books! We review the workout, Mark's first Open experience, The Panda Cup standings, The Clonmel Open and we make our 19.2 Predictions! 

Welcome to the first episode of The Panda Cupdate 2019!