CrossFit Lincoln Connection

Kathy is an awesome athlete. She works hard every week to get stronger and become a better version of herself.

Aubrey has been a member since 2009. She found a love of fitness and the love of her life through the gym. Check out Aubrey's story and her suggestions for training while pregnant. Aubrey is our May Athlete of the Month.

If you don't see Collin in the gym, he's probably soaring with the clouds. Check out his story of resiliency and getting better every day.

Running with the bulls. Trying out for Survivor. Tom is not boring. You're going to love this interview just like we love having Tom in our community. Here's our April Athlete of the Month!

Looking to "make it" in middle school these days? Take it from our March Athlete of the Month, Anna McVay, you gotta step up your TikTok dance game. Anna teaches middle school PE and has been chasing her own fitness goals with us for over a year. Check out her story!

Angela Moran-Manzitto and Sarah Peter, co-owners of Clean Juice in Lincoln and Omaha, LOVE to share about how juicing, and eating different, changed their lives. The first rule of Clean Juice? You HAVE to talk about Clean Juice. Check out this fun run through what Clean Juice offers.

Anna is our February athlete of the month. She talks about the recruiting process she went through as a college softball player, how she transitioned from full-time athlete to living her best life everyday, and how to approach people you meet. This is a great one!

Valerie has made significant changes in her life and is a regular in the early mornings now at LNF. Check out her awesome story.

Our December 2020 Athlete of the Month, Cody Smith, is pretty laid back. So imagine our surprise to hear he bulled another player over playing high school baseball. (It wasn't planned.)We celebrate Cody's consistency. Cody says about LNF, "The coaching system is great. You're not in there by yourself trying to figure it out."Congrats to Cody!

Rachel is our October Athlete of the Month. She is so positive and works so hard on competing with who she USED to be. We hope you enjoy hearing about her journey.

Carrie Henderson is our November 2020 Athlete of the Month. She brings positivity and a hard working attitude to class every day. We are excited to share her story with you.

We talked to Michael Hayes, our September athlete of the month.

Hannah started at CrossFit Lincoln in August 2019. Her only regret is that she wishes she had started sooner. Listen to Hannah Simpson's Athlete of the Month podcast.

Cassaundra is our April Athlete of the Month. She teaches 8th grade science (now from home... #pandemic) and is crushing home workouts and meal prep. As she says, she was social distancing before it was cool/mandated.

What do you put in your coffee? Is diet soda better than regular soda? Is water really important?Our nutrition coaches talk beverages.

Karen Barclay is an OG CrossFit Lincoln member. She's a consistent 5am class attendee and she brings the fun every day.

Coaches Emily, Heather and Aaron recap their recent Meal Planning 101 workshop and give you some great ways to calculate just how much protein you need each week, how to plan for your meals and then easy meal prepping tips to make your weekly meal prepping fly by.

Cameron T. is our March 2020 Athlete of the Month. He talks about how the gym has changed his life, helped him maintain healthy habits and stay on track as a recovering alcoholic. We are proud of his journey and it's our honor to share his story with you.

Kristina Stuckwisch is an Army veteran, a world traveller and phenomenal human being. In her own words, "College kind of packed on the pounds." So Kristina ended up at CrossFit Lincoln and hasn't looked back since.

Danielle shares her fitness journey and talks about supporting and raising young athletes.

Mike's consistency and persistence in the last year has paid off. He has seen strength increase and found something that keeps him coming back (almost) every day.

Coaches Emily, Paul and Aaron discuss the good and bad of comparing yourself to others.

Coach Emily shares strategies for increasing awareness around eating and your emotions.

Abby shares how she started CrossFit, where she's headed after graduating with her doctorate and more. Stick around at the end to learn about the band Hansen (yes, the 90s boy/brother band).

Paul sits down to talk about training after life events happen, Aesop and, of course, breathing through your nose.

Phil joins the podcast to talk about performing workouts at the intended stimulus and talks about his fake books.

Brad Cheney is a small business owner, husband and father. He finds time to pursue his fitness goals and still make time for his family and work. We are pumped to share his story.

Paul and Phil sit down to talk about training volume versus training intensity.

Starting your fitness journey can be overwhelming and scary. Coach Emily and Aaron talk about overcoming the fear of starting and small simple steps you can take right now to begin your journey without fear.

Coach Paul talks about the importance of sleep for recovery and life and where he feels it fits in the fitness pyramid.

Coach Phil stops by to talk about training different time domains and why you probably should vary the length of your metabolic conditioning.

Coach Emily sits down to talk about protein. How much should we eat? Where should we get it from?

Why does Paul go barefoot all the time? Learn more in Episode 4.

Should I skip class when the weight is too heavy or I can't do the movements as written?Should I still come to class if I'm injured?Emily, Paul, Phil and Aaron talk about scaling, injuries, and the virtuosity pyramid.

Introducing Coach Emily, Director of Nutrition. We talk about pre- and post-workout food and learn that Emily hasn't eaten at a fast food joint since college.

 Meet Aaron, Phil and Paul (and soon, Emily). We love learning about and sharing health and fitness info. Welcome to the first episode of our CrossFit Lincoln podcast! We are striving to positively impact and change lives by creating a strong, brave, healthy community through education.