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Episode 146: Eat Your Veggies (May Healthy Lifestyle Focus)In this episode, Robyn and Ben get you pumped for May's healthy lifestyle focus on vegetables. We all know vegetables are good for us. But why? And how do we eat more vegetables and actually enjoy doing it? Check out how in all the highlights  below:


Is it March or April??
Ben and Robyn might need more sleep
Your next Netflix documentary
How to improve your gut digestion
Vegetables replace expensive supplements
The ultimate disease fighters
Healthy skin and eyes through tomatoes??
Get out of pain through vegetables
Be sneaky with your vegetables
Have someone else cook your vegetables
Use farmer's markets to make vegetables better

Hopefully, this episode motivates you to try new habits and routines around vegetables. If you want to learn more about how to enjoy vegetables or how to incorporate them into your diet, then reach out to your favorite coaches. Have a listen, and as always give us some feedback and ask us questions!

Episode 145: Time For Spring CleaningIn this episode, Robyn and Ben help you with spring cleaning your health and fitness. Spring is a great time for a refresh and reset. Why not do it for your health and fitness too? Check out how in all the highlights  below:


The trick to Robyn being quiet
How Ben got tricked into cleaning the gym
Start with your gym bag
Ways to make your shoes feel new again
Get gym clothes that motivate you
Gym programming as spring cleaning
You don't have to opt-out
Get out of pain in the gym
Find a gym buddy to help with your training
Refresh your goals
Assess the first quarter to crush the year

Hopefully, this episode motivates you to clean things up around your health and fitness. If you want to learn more about how to "spring clean" your fitness, then reach out to your favorite coaches. Have a listen, and as always give us some feedback and ask us questions!

Episode 144: Training To Overcome HardshipIn this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how the gym prepares us to face and overcome hardships. We all face hardships in our lives. The good news is when train these hardships make us better. Check out all the highlights  below:


Benefits to struggle
Robyn speaks her mind
You can build resilience 
Struggle with a purpose 
The perspective shift of training
Training increases gratitude
Life is pain :) 
Shared struggle strengthens relationships
How language limits us at times
The physical drive for change and its importance
Don't avoid struggle it only leads to more
Avoid quick comfort

Hopefully, this episode helps strengthen your resolve to face hardships. If you want to learn more about how training helps you or help with your current struggles, then reach out to your favorite coaches. Have a listen, and as always give us some feedback and ask us questions!

Episode 143: The "Perfect Test" of StrengthIn this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how strength balance testing will help you "perfect" your strength. We all want to find what will make us stronger, feel better and look better. Why not take test to help unlock those secrets? That is the key to Strength Balance Testing. Check out all the highlights  below:


Improve Performance while getting rid of Aches and Pains
An aptitude test for strength and fitness
What is your favorite internet quiz?
The best return for your hard work
Interpreting the test results for you
Not every cue is for you
We love compound movements 
Magic tricks to break through plateaus
You DO NOT have to be perfectly balanced
The need for strength vs your body weight
The real secret to endurance in workouts
Everyone can get stronger
The strength ratios you need - Click Here

Hopefully, this episode gets you excited to test your strength. If you want to learn more about strength balance testing or what to do with your results, then reach out to your favorite coaches. Have a listen, and as always give us some feedback and ask us questions!

Episode 142: The Gym, The New Healthcare PrescriptionIn this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how a doctor can prescribe you CrossFit and save you money. We have a new way to take advantage and use your Health Savings Account in the gym. Check out all the highlights  below:


Exercise as medicine
The Healthy Habit prescription
Don't punish yourself
Suffering with/for a purpose
The best performance-enhancing drug
The gym makes you feel better
Sickness To Fitness Continuum 
The awesomeness of Truemed
Health Savings Account magic
We enjoy going to the gym vs the doctor

Hopefully, this episode gets you excited for the future of health care. If you want to learn more about how to use HSA/FSA funds for your CrossFit membership, then reach out to your favorite coaches. Have a listen, and as always give us some feedback and ask us questions!

Episode 141: Sleep, The Super Supplement (April's Lifestyle Focus)In this episode, Robyn and Ben discuss how sleep can be your super supplement. We want to use the month of April to make us all feel and sleep better.  Check out all the highlights  below:


March's Meal Planning Success
Robyn's new experiment
Ben's funny dinner to help sleep
We know sleep is tough
The best performance-enhancing drug
Improve your function through sleep
Sleep helps your digestion
Emotional control through sleep
Weekends cause jet lag 
Sleep routine over morning routine
The 3-2-1 Rule to improve your sleep
All the sleep tricks.

Hopefully, this episode helps you get more quality sleep. If you want to learn more about sleep or how to get better at sleeping, then reach out to your favorite coaches. Have a listen, and as always give us some feedback and ask us questions!