Name: Bethany NieseAge: 42Occupation: ProfessorHometown: Miller City, OHWhich class time do you usually attend?: 8amFavorite WOD: Anything without double unders – kills my ego đFavorite CF Movement: Wall ballsLeast Favorite CF Movement: Snatch!Favorite Food: Pho!Favorite Movie: ZoolanderFavorite Athlete: I donât follow any sport, really. Sooooo Brandon Brigman!Dream Job: Professor hahaDream Vacation Destination: World Tour!If you
My friend Miles owns a CrossFit gym in Smyrna. He always likes to ask other CrossFit owners what it is their hobby. For most CrossFit owners, the answer is the same â âI donât have one.â CrossFit is their hobby and their job. I was the same way for a long time. Then I found
Each year at the CrossFit Games, they honor someone with the Spirit of the Games award. This honor goes to the âathlete who embodies the spirit of the sport.â Each week during the CrossFit Open, No Excuses CrossFit will recognize a member it feels represents the Spirit of the Games. This weekâs honor goes to
At No Excuses CrossFit, our vision is to guide every member towards feeling good about working out. We donât want you to feel like you have to go to the gym. Instead we want you to feel like you want to go to the gym. We want you to feel excited about improving your physical
Everyone knows working out is a good thing. Itâs common sense. Yet the majority of people donât work out. Why is that? Well, âworkoutâ contains the word âwork,â and if you arenât motivated, you wonât want to sweat. But if youâre motivated, youâll definitely dig into a program or routine. So how do you find
The CrossFit Open is about four weeks away and No Excuses CrossFit is excited to announce its plans for the three-week online competition. Beginning on Friday, March 12 and every Friday for the three weeks during the CrossFit Open, we will be doing the CrossFit Open workout in class. The CrossFit Open is a fun
The Super Bowl is on Sunday and in case you havenât been paying attention itâs the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the big game.  The Chiefs have one of the bright young stars in the NFL with quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers have the greatest quarterback of all time in Tom
In January 2006, I weighed 270 pounds. It had been four years since I had played college football and I was still in âplaying shapeâ. It has now been 15 years since I began my fitness journey and there have been a lot of ups and downs. I was tired of being fat. I was
So you want to start a fitness program, and you have questions about all the supplements out there. We understand! You might have even gone to a store and talked to a salesperson who no doubt recommended a huge pile of powders and pillsâall guaranteed to make you fitter, healthier, stronger and leaner in no
Iâm going to go ahead and tell you right now, donât make a New Yearâs resolution. Seriously, why do it? You know youâre not going to follow through with it, so why set yourself up for failure. And do you know why you and millions of other people will not achieve their 2021 New Yearâs
2020 was a great year for No Excuses CrossFit. Check out all we accomplished this year. January:Â We kicked off the new year with our annual visit from Mute Sports Equipment. Mute is a jump rope company that makes customized jump ropes. They also led our members through a jump rope clinic to improve their
One of the things I enjoy about the Christmas season is all of the holiday movies. All of the movies have different types of Santaâs. Some are traditional looking, some are young, some are really big and some are thin. If I were to play Santa in a movie, what would that look like? Would
The airlines have it right when it comes to self care. When the plane hits turbulence, masks deploy. You put your own mask on before helping others. Any other way and you wonât be able to help someone. Likewise, putting your health and fitness (your engine) on the back burner will leave you sputtering. At
It was cold, I was tired, and I was ready to get the workout over with before I even started it. I set up all my equipment, started the clock, and began my workout. No practicing the movements, I just started going. The workout started out well and then I got to handstand push ups.
No Excuses CrossFit is celebrating 12 years as an affiliate this week. During that time we have had nearly 3,000 people workout at No Excuses either as members, drop-ins, or for competitions. Iâve been with the gym for 11 of years as either a member, coach, manager, or owner. Here are some of my favorite
