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Jun 12
8 min

What Were You Expecting?

I keep seeing people ask some form of “what was she expecting” in terms of my decision to show the world the letter that Greg Glassman se...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
6 min

Yes, It's Time To Close Your Gym

We had a plan in place from the moment that the Novel Cronovirus that causes COVID-19 was a thing. I'm a world-class worrier, which took ...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
5 min

Running A Gym & The Covid-19 Epidemic

Seattle is the epicenter of the Covid-19 epidemic in the US. A dubious honor, to be sure, but one that does require business owners pay a...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
5 min

We Stopped “Strength Training” and People Got Stronger

18 CrossFitters got 31 PRs in the CrossFit Total, a year and a half after we ditched “strength training.” Which is to say, we ditched the...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
5 min

Is It CrossFit If There's No Coaching?

“Don’t worry about the other guys,” they say. “Just focus on your own gym,” “the cream will rise to the top,” other affiliate owners say....

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
6 min

We'll Pass on Class Pass (and hope you will too.)

I’ll give the Class Pass sales-rep points for tenacity, for her relentless asking of “why” and repeated returns with a different approach...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
7 min

Resolve Not To Make Resolutions

It’s January, and I own a gym. I should LOVE resolution season. When loads of people swear that this is the year they’re going to “get in...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
5 min

CrossFit and Rhabdo, Oh My!

There are few words that are more fun to toss into a room full of CrossFitters than “rhabdo.” I mean, “paleo” is fun, “zone” will start a...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
6 min

Let's Talk About Those Naked Burpees

Y’all, we gotta talk about the naked burpees. “What naked burpees,” you might be asking yourself. The naked burpees during the group WOD ...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
3 min

The CrossFit Open at Rocket

It's Open Season, and we LOVE the Open at Rocket. For us, it represents everything we love. Fun (first and foremost,) community, challeng...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
5 min

Why We Won't Weigh You At Rocket

Strong, healthy bodies come in every shape and size. Weak, unhealthy bodies come in every shape and size. Size isn't a useful metric.

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
8 min

Nutritional Challenges at Rocket

It’s that time of year again. Three times a year, we do a nutritional challenge at Rocket. It’s changed a bit over the last 6 years, but ...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
7 min

"Sexy" Is Not The Goal of Fitness

I often say "treat yourself like you'd treat someone you love." But when society keeps telling you that you're not worthy, that can be hard.

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
3 min

Scaling Your Workout Goes Both Ways

If anything will cause Brady and I to make that classic “whachoo talkin’ about Willis?” face to each other, it’s someone telling us that ...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
5 min

Our Personal Politics Are In Our Small Business

Some old business “wisdom” says that we should keep politics out of our business. Fuck that. Seriously. Fuck that. Especially now. We can...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
4 min

Sell Joy, Not Abs

Please, for the love of all thing swoley, can we please stop doing this shit. Please?!?! What shit, you might ask? This inane post about ...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
6 min

No Excuses, But A Lot Of Reasons

Here we go again. Yet another “no excuses” mom needs us to laud her 6-pack abs as she shames the rest of us for not looking like her. As ...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
1 min

Trans Inclusion Talk at Rocket

Rocket has played a huge part in the push for trans inclusion in CrossFit. (It's a long story, which will be told very soon, we promise.)...

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
6 min

No, We NEVER Push Through Pain!

We NEVER push through pain at Rocket CrossFit. Pain is your body's way of telling you something is wrong. Our job is to teach you to listen.

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Alyssa Royse

Jun 12
8 min

My Busted Body and CrossFit

Life is about figuring out what you CAN do, not fixating on what you can’t.

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