Coach T's back, and we're talking about her favourite topic -- Goal setting! This episode is specific to goal setting and setting your time increments in 90 day allotments. This is one of the most effective and efficient ways to manage timelines when it comes to goal setting, and Taryn will tell you why. And just a heads up -- our Quarter 3 Goal Setting Workshop is coming up on June 26th at 12PM, so this is your opportunity to make some massive progress in the next quarter of your year! And as a...
Jun 13, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 86
In today's episode, we're going to dive in deep to talk about Process Goals vs Outcome Goals. The two differing concepts help us form an appropriate definition of success when it comes to achieving our goals. It's easy to get distracted by the shiny Outcome Goals, but we'll help you walk through some strategies to keep your focus on the Process Goals and ultimately become more successful in the grand scheme of things. As always, follow our socials and respond with your Listener Answers: Facebook...
May 30, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 85
In today's episode, we're giving out tips if you're new to fitness and trying to build new healthy habits into your life! With it being Bring A Friend Week at CrossFit FUNCTION last week, we've encountered a TON of new fitness friends, so we want to make sure everyone gets set on the right foot! Listen in and let us know what resonates with you, even if you're an experienced member well into your fitness journey! As always, follow our socials and respond with your Listener Answers: Facebook: Fac...
May 16, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 84
You've seen our posts about Commitment Club every month, over the years. Perhaps you've wondered what it takes to mark that monumental achievement every month? In today's episode, we'll talk about what exactly Commitment Club is, how you achieve it, and how it has evolved over the last 2.5 years. The Commitment Club started out as a way to keep our members engaged during the #CFFLockdown, but it quickly became a tool that many have used to guide their attendance and keep their goals in sight. Wh...
Apr 25, 2022•34 min
We can't wait to share today's episode with you! Today's episode is all about the 2022 edition of the CFF Broadway Beatdown! We know that everyone had such a great time at last year's event, so hosting our SEVENTH edition of the Beatdown is expected to be just as incredible! Today we're going to take you through what exactly this event even is for all of our new members that have joined. We'll talk all the planning and preparation that goes into an event this large, and what to expect as a volun...
Apr 18, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 82
This week’s episode is full of some tough-love information, so buckle up and settle in – you might be faced with some self-revelations you weren’t expecting when you first set out to listen to this episode! We’re talking about the misconception that clients often have about this missing piece of “golden knowledge,” or the secret they think they don’t know on why they can’t be successful in losing weight or hitting their goals. Truth bomb: It’s not the knowledge that’s the problem. It’s your inac...
Apr 12, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 81
In today’s episode, we’re diving a little deeper into what goes on behind the scenes when you are a Coach at CrossFit FUNCTION! When you’re an athlete, you might think that the Coach is just there to call some reps, teach you some basic techniques, and yell “3-2-1.. Go!” But that’s definitely not the case. Today you’ll find out about our Coach Development Sessions, some of the continued education our Coaches put into their craft, and all of the different layers they practice and get reps at as t...
Apr 04, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 80
On today’s episode, we’re talking about all things nutrition - in general. We’re going to cover it all. Some of these things you’ve heard before and will serve as gentle reminders, and some of it is meant to push you to think and consider more deeply about your own path and your own goals. It’s a great episode to deep dive into maybe some habits you’ve been pushing aside, or ones that you need to tie down a little tighter and dig in. Leave us a comment on one of our socials, and make sure to joi...
Mar 30, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Today we’re going to talk about what type of etiquette is required when becoming a member at CFF. Conducting yourself with a certain level of respect for the coaches, your classmates, and the facility will help you get the best experience possible when you first become a member. We’ll cover things like why arriving on time for your class is vitally important, and what appropriate things you can do as a veteran member to enhance a new member’s experience. The chalk bucket is a touchy subject, so ...
Mar 21, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 78
This is a fun episode today! We’re talking about trends you see on social media - Facebook, Instagram, TikTok - and how it convinces us so quickly to give it a try. We’ll pour all our efforts into 3 days cleanses, but can’t keep our attention to healthier ways to go about changing our lives for longer than 30 days. We’ll discuss this in-depth, and touch on why that may be. If you’re guilty of trying “the next best thing” that you saw on your phone this morning, pop into the comments and let us k...
Mar 15, 2022•31 min
Today we’re talking about the ever-so-elusive question - “How much did you lift?” You see the workout go up the night before, and right away, you’re thinking about how your buddy is going to use x weight and you want to use the same so you can try and beat them. Or you meet up with your buddy later in the day after you know they’ve done the workout already and you ask them, “How much did you lift?” so that you can archive that and build your workout later in the night when it’s your turn to go. ...
Mar 07, 2022•42 min
In today’s episode, we’re talking about the different roles your Coach plays in your journey, right from the beginning, and all along as you go. Our Coaches serve as a teacher when you first join to show you the direction that you need to go to achieve your goals. They’ll act as a guide to continue to keep you on track and directed down that path as distractions come up and want to pull you in different directions. And as you get deeper into your journey, your Coach will help filter you through ...
Feb 27, 2022•33 min
In today’s episode, we’re dissecting some of the pieces that we work on with our 9 Week Level Up Transformation Program. One of the things we start with is mapping out our client’s Perfect Day. We then tailor their routines to give as much structure in that direction of their Perfect Day. Within that structure, we map out their fitness and nutrition routines, and all the supporting habits that will help them be successful along the way. On a day-to-day basis, we want our clients to start each da...
Feb 21, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Sometimes when we embark on a new fitness journey, we don’t anticipate the other changes that we are going to experience along the way. We have watched many clients come through our doors and transform into entirely different people through their fitness and wellness journeys. It’s been an incredible thing to witness, and also is one of our favorite parts of the job. On today’s episode, this conversation was spurred on by a specific transformational revelation one of our 9 Week Level Up clients ...
Feb 14, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 73
In today’s episode, we’re covering some controversial topics surrounding what it means to be healthy and fit. From an appearance perspective, from a physical ability perspective - you name it. So often our society will look at a naturally thin and lean person and deem them as “healthy,” but quite often when you have the objective measurements of what they’re composed of, or you watch them perform daily activities, this is actually not the case. We’ll challenge your thinking on today’s episode, s...
Feb 07, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Keeping up with our fitness while on vacation is important, but sometimes it can be intimidating stepping into another CF gym as a guest. We’ve been there ourselves, and today we’re going to talk about some experiences we have had while travelling! The CF community at-large makes it feel like a small world. And through our travels, we’ve come across many experiences that have been great ones, but also some that have left some not-so-great impressions on us as well! This is a fun little episode a...
Jan 31, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 71
In today’s episode, we’ve got our first guest of the year! Daryl Zimmer joins us to talk about his journey since beginning at CrossFit FUNCTION 1.5 years ago. We cover how his journey began, what revelations he had through the middle of his journey, and how it’s been life-changing for him even still to this day. Have a listen, and as always, if you have more questions for Daryl, you know how to reach us! Follow our socials and send your questions our way here: FB: Facebook.com/CrossFitFUNCTION I...
Jan 23, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 70
We’re back! After a bit of a hiatus, One Percent Better with Coach T and Whitney is back! Today we’re talking everything about the upcoming Intramural Open at CFF! Many of our members participated in this great event last year, and we’re excited to welcome MANY new members into the excitement this year! Because it’s been a year since the last grand event, it’s time to recap and review what it’s all about! We talk about what the Open actually is, what the Intramural Open is, why we run it the way...
Jan 16, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Have you ever got caught in that social event that turned from one meal out with friends, to 8 days of junk food, wine, and no exercise? How many of you have labeled that as, “I’m just having a bad day,” and continued to let it bleed into the week that followed? Maybe this turned into the month or the entire year. You let one thing go, and it just snowballed and now you have lost total control. Today we’re talking about how in all of these experiences, there are always things to learn and move f...
Nov 15, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 68
It’s tough love today… so buckle in. You’ve set all these goals, and you work hard. You spin your tires, over and over again, but you always seem stuck in the same place. You just can’t break through these stumbling points you keep experiencing. It’s exhausting. It’s frustrating. It just never seems to end. Why?! Why does this keep happening?! We’re here to deliver some tough love today. Buckle in. Make sure to follow our socials: FB: Facebook.com/CrossFitFUNCTION IG: @cffunction Twitter: @GotFU...
Nov 08, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Today’s episode is a hot topic - SLEEP! This is a common problem that we see in our clients - not enough sleep, can’t fall asleep, can’t sleep deeply enough - you name it. Sleep is the topic, and we’re here to provide some tips and tricks to help you get to sleep sooner, and stay asleep longer. We’ll dive into the science behind why sleep is so important - all the hormones it regulates, and why the regulation of those hormones is essential to our health, performance, recovery, mood, .. all kinds...
Nov 01, 2021•39 min
Buckle in for this episode - we’re chatting with Coach Tayler this week and this episode is full of laughs and good times! In all seriousness, Coach Tayler has returned after the birth of his daughter, and harvest is done! He’s here for the winter again, and we’re excited to have him back. In true Coach Tayler fashion, he brings a lightheartedness to the podcast and you can’t help but sit back and enjoy your conversation with him. We learned about his past playing hockey and what experiences ena...
Oct 25, 2021•22 min
This week we are excited to have a guest on our podcast with us! We welcomed Coach Arla to walk us through some nutrition chats this week. Join us to learn more about how Coach Arla became involved with CFF, her own nutrition, and fitness journey, and why she decided to become a Nutrition Coach with us at CFF. With Coach Arla’s nursing background for the past 20 years, she has seen what bad nutrition and not taking care of your body can do. We talk about what kind of impact this has had on her, ...
Oct 19, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I just feel stuck,” and you’re not quite sure what you need to do to get out of that rut in your life? Sometimes when we feel like this, we turn to the things that we know: Losing weight or changing my life means I need to focus on nutrition and fitness. What if we told you that fitness and nutrition weren’t the solutions, but instead, they’re only a small part of the solution? Today we talk about our 9 Week Level Up program, and how this program works to gel ...
Oct 13, 2021•35 min
It’s been a couple of weeks since we hosted our 6th Broadway Beatdown, so let’s recap the weekend and talk about all the highlights and what went on behind the scenes! We’ll cover some of the amazing performances by the athletes, the symphony the equipment volunteers performed, and Coach Whitney - our detail extraordinaire - will take us through what the organization of an event of this level looks like! Listener questions this week - Tell us what your favorite part of the weekend was and if we’...
Oct 04, 2021•33 min
In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Coach Tomas and introducing him to our CFF community! Tomas traveled all the way from Chile, and we couldn’t be more excited to add him to our amazing coaching team here at CFF. Tomas comes to us with a passion for coaching and growth that is exactly what our team is built on. We can’t wait for you to experience his love for helping people. Even though our conversation, you can sense his passion for his craft come through. Any and all listener questions th...
Sep 27, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 61
When we first experienced the Lockdown, it forced us to re-evaluate a lot of the programs we offered, and how we went about offering them. One of the great things that came out of our restructuring was our at-home programming! Today, we’re talking about our at-home programs, how they work, what they look like, and why they’re so effective at helping our clients accomplish their goals. Our at-home program works for clients when they are either located remotely, can’t make it into the gym because ...
Sep 20, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 60
This is one of the comments we hear the most when we are first sitting down with prospective clients, and it’s presented in many different ways. People come to us searching for more mobility, more flexibility, less pain, and the ability to increase the quality of their life. They want to be able to make it up and down the stairs without pain, or go on that family hiking trip and make it the entire way without their knee limiting them. Mobility is important to our lives for many different reasons...
Sep 13, 2021•26 min•Ep. 59
It’s a fun one today! We are revisiting the roots of CFF and how we came to be. We will take you through all the changes over the course of a DECADE (yes, you read that right!). A little trip down memory lane, if you will! As great as it is to reminisce about where we began and all the changes that came with it, many mistakes have been made, and lessons have been learned! We’ll touch on the 5 biggest mistakes we’ve made, and how we righted that ship. These episodes are always light and always fu...
Sep 06, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In today’s episode, we’re tackling a topic that doesn’t get discussed very often, but deserves a lot more attention! We discuss the difference between active recovery and complete rest. For our avid fitness-goers, active recovery will be something that we often need to dial back and get our clients to slow down. For others, promoting daily activity that is low-intensity will actually really benefit them. There are two very opposite ends of the spectrum to this conversation, and we tackle both! W...
Aug 30, 2021•21 min•Ep. 57
