A Helpful Hand: MyFitnessPal 101

Think about your past few days, and what you’ve had to eat and drink. Can you recall all that you consumed? Or further, can you recall if you had eaten sufficiently for your current fitness goals? Quick Refresher on Body Composition Goals: Weight/Fat Loss: Individual must be in a caloric deficit for extended period of […]

Change the Action Plan or Change the Goal?

So it might’ve been some time since you last determined a fitness goal for yourself. Maybe it was on your birthday, the start of the 2018 calendar year, or after the CrossFit Open. So how often do you re-visit that goal? Have you achieved what you set out to do, in time? Or is it […]

What to Expect in Your First 100 Days of Fitness… (Part 2)

So now that you’ve gotten a start of a new workout routine, you can expect to feel a little less winded in your workouts, seeing some changes to your body, and finally feel like you’re finding a groove with creating a healthier lifestyle. This may just be the time you also feel a little bit […]

From Hobby to Lifestyle – Written by Mary & Erick Guzman

Erick and I have been doing CrossFit for 3½ years. We absolutely love the CrossFit community in general and the CFDP community in particular! CrossFit provides us with the “complete package” fitness program – its variety, challenge, and benefits are unmatched by any other exercise program we’ve ever done, which keeps it interesting and keeps […]

Overcoming the Summer Slump!

For whatever reason, the summer season fills our calendars, throws our routines in for a loop, and makes meal prepping and “sticking to the plan” that much harder. For some of us, our kids’ schedules change with the summers off, and for others, there’s more weekend get togethers, or planned vacations! It starts off with […]

What to Expect in Your FIRST 100 Days of Fitness… (Part 1)

For many of us, committing to a start of a new routine habit–such as starting a new fitness program–is one of the hardest parts. We contemplate for days, or even months about the time and financial commitment, and also many of the changes we would start implementing. These might include waking up earlier to get […]

The Value of Your CrossFit Membership

Yes, the cost of your membership at a CrossFit box will be higher than your average globo gym down the street. Depending on the area of your gym, monthly memberships can range anywhere from $150 to upwards of $200 per month. So let’s break down the value of that membership; what are you truly getting […]

Sickness, Wellness, Fitness: A Continuum

Typically, we can gauge our individual health by our daily biomarkers such as how well we sleep, our energy levels throughout the day, how well we eat, how much we exercise, and even how often we may catch a cold or feel aches and pains. However, there is much more that meets the eye when […]

How to Lose the First 15+ Pounds

Whether it’s for an upcoming vacation, special occasion, or advice from our medical doctor, at some point, many individuals who come through CrossFit Des Plaines have had a time that they maybe wanted to work on losing weight. While implementing CrossFit as an exercise program is a positive action step in the right direction, here […]

Deload to Reload

While this isn’t always the case, every once in a while our athletes come to us saying that they are having nagging aches that won’t go away, feeling unmotivated to come to CrossFit class, or they are just plain tired all the time. We don’t blame them: they are in the gym 4-6x/week, living busy […]