Ty Jones
What Stands In The Way Becomes The Way
Marcus Aurelius wrote in his Meditations, Book 5.20: "The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The...
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Ty Jones
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
What Do You Want?
How often do you sit down and really ask yourself the question "What do I want"? If you're like me, you're probably too busy putting out...
Ty Jones
- Feb 20, 2021
- 1 min
Focus and Never Give Up!
Let's face it, life is hard. Whether you are struggling to feed your family, battling depression, fighting obesity, etc..., life is...
Ty Jones
- Mar 15, 2019
- 3 min
Go At YOUR OWN Level
One of the challenges every CrossFit gym struggles with is how to give every client the most appropriate workout for them for that day. ...
Ty Jones
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min
Focus!
If you're like me, you probably struggle with distractions when you're trying to accomplish things. Turns out, that's pretty much a...
Ty Jones
- Nov 3, 2018
- 3 min
Choices
I remember the first time I saw this video and it really struck a chord. Ultimately life is a series of choices. We make those choices...
Ty Jones
- Sep 20, 2018
- 3 min
Food Choices and hormones
We are constantly inundated by "information" telling us how to lose weight and it's usually followed up by a pitch to buy a gadget,...
Ty Jones
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
Why Sweat The Details
When I started using CrossFit as my fitness regimen in late 2007, it was just starting to grow. That year, to compete in the CrossFit...
Ty Jones
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
The Good Guys. Abundance vs Scarcity
Our mission at CFI is to change the world, one person at a time. Every person that walks through our doors is a person that has chosen...
Ty Jones
- May 14, 2018
- 2 min
Are You Deloading?
CrossFit is fun. It's hard, And it's rewarding. But one of the downsides to constant PR's and high fives is the real risk of...
Ty Jones
- May 10, 2018
- 2 min
Are You Squatting Deep Enough?
In CrossFit we promote deep (below parallel) squatting. Why? Because it's a natural range of motion that our bodies are clearly...
Ty Jones
- Apr 7, 2018
- 2 min
What would it take to change your life?
Recently, CrossFit released an article titled "Change Your Life in 24 Hours". It was written by a woman named Kai Rainey. Kai weighed...
Ty Jones
- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min
Friday Night Lights!
The CrossFit open comes to an end this week. Each week is like Christmas where you only get one gift and it's a box full of pain! This...
Ty Jones
- Mar 17, 2018
- 1 min
Willpower and its counterintuitive nature
nosce te ipsum - Know thyself I find it fascinating just how poorly we understand ourselves. I'm also a huge believer in empirical...
Ty Jones
- Mar 16, 2018
- 2 min
The CrossFit Community
CFI has been open since 2009 and I've had the chance to see a LOT of what makes up the CrossFit community. And I have to say that it...
Ty Jones
- Feb 24, 2018
- 2 min
Do You Negotiate Against Yourself?
If you’re like me, you roll your eyes when someone says something like: “If the mind can conceive it, the body can achieve it!”, or “You...
Ty Jones
- Feb 24, 2018
- 2 min
Feeding The Golden Goose
In the gym, we seek intensity. We are trying to get stronger. We are trying to get faster. And ultimately, we are trying to achieve a...
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