Mobility Clinic!
What comes to mind when thinking of mobility training?
Mobility and flexibility are two common words that are often used interchangeably. However, these two words are also commonly misunderstood.
Tag: healthy lifestyle
Why regrets are a good thing
Random question time! Ask someone you know of a regret they have in their life and you’ll likely get two broad categories of response. One – I don’t have regrets, because without my past I wouldn’t be where I am today. Two – I have so many things I wish I hadn’t done and I look back constantly at…
Back-to-Basics Boot Camp
You’ve probably heard the saying “no time like the present”. In regards to our health, we completely agree! No need to wait for the New Year to build some healthy momentum! Join us (click here) on Monday and Thursdays at 630p, starting Oct 4, 2021 for 6 weeks, so you’ll be done before the holiday season hits. This class…
VCCF and the Virus
This is the running stream of info regarding our gym and the coronavirus situation. Please check back for our most up-to-date announcements.
Health Is Multifaceted
All gyms are NOT created equal. Differences in space and equipment aside, they have different personalities and goals. We wanted to give you a chance to find out a little bit about us. Violet Community has 3 core values through which we filter all our activity.
Most Popular Fad Diets, Explained, Part 3
By Kayleigh Caito Whole 30: The Whole 30 diet is a 30-day diet challenge to “eliminate the most common craving-inducing, blood sugar disrupting, gut damaging, inflammatory food groups for a full 30 days,” (Knappenberger, 2018). The Whole 30 diet claims, “The next 30 days will change your life. It will change the way you think about food. It will…
Most popular fad diets, explained, part 2
By Kayleigh Caito Here we go! Two more popular diets, broken down. Paleo diet: The Paleolithic diet, aka Paleo diet, is set up to mimic the food habits of humans from the Paleolithic Era (45,000 to 10,000 BC)(Seema & Hafiz, 2017). This diet claims to be “designed by mother nature’s wisdom acting through evolution and natural selection” (Knappenberger, 2018)….
Most popular fad diets explained, part 1
By Kayleigh Caito As promised, we will be discussing some popular fad diets. This will be a three-part series, discussing six of the most popular fad diets, especially in the CrossFit community. This week, we will talk about the two of the most trending fad diets right now, the Ketogenic Diet and Intermittent Fasting. This blog series uses scientific…
Introduction to fad dieting
By Kayleigh Caito Fad diets are very popular diets that promote quick weight loss. They can be very restrictive in caloric intake or even restrict whole food groups (ie. carbohydrates). When people initially begin a fad diet they will see very rapid weight loss. That may sound like a good thing… but is it? The short answer is no,…