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What’s the Best Way to Measure Body Composition?

Written by Calvin Sun Are you overweight, skinny-fat or just curious about your lean body mass percentage? In physical fitness, body composition is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies. Because muscular tissue takes up less space in our body…

Diet Hack: Foods that Make You Feel Full

Written by Michele Vieux Most of us have spent some amount of time monitoring our caloric intake and it can be TORTURE waiting for that next meal when you’re hungry NOW. Here’s a diet hack that will keep you from murdering someone due to hangriness. The following…

2 Easy Ways to Control Your Metabolism (Part 1 – Exercise)

Written by Michele Vieux You can throw the age-old excuse of having a “fast” or “slow” metabolism out the window if you actually want to reach your body composition goals. You are not a victim of your metabolism – how quickly you burn calories…

How to Recover During the CrossFit Open

Written by Brendan Bergson of NormaTec Recovery Systems Like a virtual CrossFit Games, the Open is both a competition and a community, and at the end of the day, your biggest competition is always yourself. Every Thursday, when the new workouts come out, we all find ourselves simultaneously…

Sleep Tips for a Good Night’s Sleep

Written by Invictus Member Rachel Ragosa Most of us live hectic lives. With countless priorities pulling us every direction, sleep is something a lot of people tend to sacrifice. Unfortunately, an unhealthy night of sleep can have long-lasting consequences that extend beyond physical tiredness. Sleep is a prime-recovery…

Open Letter to Regionals Athletes

Invictus is headed to the CrossFit Games for the 9th year in a row! We have launched limited edition 2017 Legacy T-shirts and Tank tops to celebrate the success. Get yours before they are gone, and be a part of the Invictus family no matter where you are watching the Games this year. Open Letter…

Are Pepper Supplements Hot or Hype?

Written by Calvin Sun I recently received some questions regarding a new product on the market called “Burn” produced by supplement company Progenex. “Burn” comes in an interesting form factor, essentially a version of “pop rocks” candy, and features an active ingredient derived from peppers that you have likely…

How To Stop A Cold Dead In Its Tracks

Written by Calvin Sun You know the usual symptoms: that tickle in the back of your throat, that first sniffle of the nose, or maybe your joints start to feel a little achy and you suddenly feel tired for no reason. You feel a cold coming…

Because of CBD I Hiked a Mountain

Written by Michele Vieux Let me tell you a little tale about my journey with a bum knee, the pain of pain management, all the treatments that DIDN’T work and the relief I’ve found by conducting my case study of one. I hope my findings can help you…

Sleep & Body Composition

Sleep & Body Composition Written by Nichole DeHart Many of you know how important sleep is. You can feel the effects that little sleep can have, like grogginess, lack of energy and poor reasoning abilities. Getting little or poor sleep can also contribute to a higher body composition and can put up a nasty fight…

Top 7 Supplements for Athletes

  Written by Michele Vieux There is so much marketing and research out there on supplements – what to take, how much, who needs what – that it can be confusing to sift through and narrow down. I’ve spent a lot of time in the past couple months doing research…
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