Week 1, Done!  Way to start this challenge with a BANG!  Keep it up!  For this weeks recipe, I decided that my family needed something sweet.  I don’t know about you all, but day 3  this week was definitely a challenge.  Both Matt and I started to feel the sugar detox. As I mentioned last week, I love to cook.  I also love to bake.  One of my guilty pleasures that I hate to admit is that when I bake chocolate chip cookies, I may steal a spoonful or two of the dough before it is baked.  I know, I know!  This is a NO NO!  Raw eggs, e coli, I know.  But I do it anyway. 🙂  Since I am not baking my classic chocolate chip cookies at this time, I have been deprived of my cookie dough.  After scrolling through the internet looking for paleo chocolate chip cookie...Read more

Now that we are all settled into 2019, we are ready to tackle nutrition with the annual UpReach Crossfit nutrition challenge!  Each week I will be posting a new recipe that I have either made up or pulled from the internet.  Rest assured, each receipt will be tested before I post it! If you have known me a while, you might know that I LOOOOVVVEEE to cook.  I love to cook full fat southern food.  You may also know that when Matt and I first started dating in 2007, that he gained almost 20 lbs the first year that we were together!  Food is my love language. I have always enjoyed cooking.  Growing up, we would go over to my Ginny’s (my dads mother) house at least once a month. She would cook the most amazing things.  Chicken fried steak, pot roast, fried chicken, hamburger steaks with home fries, enchiladas. ...Read more

Member of the Month – January 2019 HAPPY NEW YEAR!  We are so thrilled that we have made it to the one year anniversary of UpReach!  With out it, we would not have had the opportunity to have built lasting relationships with this wonderful community.  Continuing with our tradition, we will recognize a new member every month that stands out to our staff as well as other members within the community.  Each person is selected for different reasons, whether it be their impact on their peers or their commitment to achieving their personal fitness goals.  This month, Monica Luna has been selected as the member of the month!  Her, along with Krysta Barbic spearheaded last months clothing drive.  She has also shown tremendous commitment within the gym by showing up every single day.  Nice work Moni!  We asked Monica some questions so that we could learn more about what drives...Read more

Member of the Month – December 2018 The holidays are officially in full swing!  We know that finding the time to workout during this season can be challenging.  We love seeing everyone each week and know that they squeezed a workout in their already packed day.  That means so much to us!  One guy that we can always count on to show up and on some days, bring friends!  That guy is this months’ Member of the Month, Jake Johnson!  AKA Macklemore.  AKA Jake from State Farm.  We chatted with Jake to find out more about what keeps committed to Crossfit. What led you to try out Crossfit? I’ve been thinking about trying CrossFit for a few years.  I was always afraid I wasn’t in good enough shape to join, so I continued to do the typical gym rat routine.  Finally, a few friends joined a gym and invited me...Read more

Check your ego at the door.  I am sure most of us in the CrossFit world have heard this saying at some point, if not, well…you’re hearing it now. What does this saying actually mean though? It can mean a lot of different things but it usually comes down to a few finer points: Stop comparing yourself to others! Strip back the weight and intensity, and move well before adding more weight or going faster! Make this the best hour of your day! Let’s take a look at that first point. I know what most of you are thinking, “competing with others is what makes CrossFit so fun” and to you I would say, really? I’d argue the happiest we are in the gym is when we do something we never thought possible, like getting that first muscle-up or stringing pull-ups together or hitting a new PR we have been...Read more