Erica’s Blog
Teaching people how to find their equilibrium with food & fitness
Delve into the world of macro-counting, sculpt your body with health-focused training, and spice up your life with the occasional thrilling adventure. Get ready for a journey packed with tips, insightful answers, and all the motivation you need to reach your wellness goals!
Glossary of CrossFit
New to CrossFit and feel like you’re in a foreign language class? I get it. When I started, I had no idea what was happening for months. I remember my first week asking what AMRAP meant, and I thought that “Chipper” was the name of the workout instead of a type of...
Celebrate Small Victories
At least a few times a week, I’ll get super excited over an athlete’s victory in class. Maybe they’ll PR a lift, get their first kipping pull-ups, or just do a lift with a LOT better technique than they had previously been doing. I get super excited, but do they?...
Smoothies
Whether or not you should have a smoothie is a definite FAQ from my clients. Should you have a smoothie? Shouldn’t you? Just like almost everything in nutrition, there is no black and white answer. It depends. There are definite pros and cons to whether or not to...
Don’t Let Sugar be the Boss of You
The majority of my clients have one thing in common: They love sugar and sweets. Maybe they end up being my clients because like attracts like, and I am a recovered sugar addict. Why is this? Why do we love sweets so much? Why are they so hard to give up? And do we...
Protein in Greek Yogurt
OK friends, what happened to Greek yogurt? It's always been something I recommend to people who can tolerate dairy well. It's high in protein, probiotics, and if you have it with some fruit can be a great pre- or post-workout snack. But is it all those things still? I...
Happy Gut, Healthy You
Why is it so important to have a happy gut? Most people think the gut is just there to digest food, but there's more to it than that. All of your other systems (aside from the digestive system), are impacted by the health and vitality of your gut, like your nervous...
6 Years of the CrossFit Open
This was my 6th year participating in some capacity in the CrossFit Open, an event that's held annually across the world in CrossFit boxes. Each year is a little different, and teaches me a different lesson. 2011, I had been CrossFitting for about 3 months and had no...
How to Drink More Water
Many of my clients have a hard time drinking enough water. Secret is: I do too! The key to fixing this problem, is to find a way to work around it. Here are some tips and things that have worked for me and my clients: Add a splash of juice. I'm not suggesting that you...
Juice Cleanses: Harmful Or Healthy
If you want to lose weight, or if you’ve had a few weeks of alcohol and junk food, you’ve probably at some point thought about doing a juice fast. Just sign up, pay some company a huge chunk of money for fresh-pressed juice and don’t think about eating for 3-10 days....
