Make Chewing Great Again – Food Hygiene
Digestion Starts In the Mouth "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates There’s no escaping this reality: We are what we eat. This statement means much more than an...
View ArticleBehind Every Great Athlete is a Great Coach
The Importance of Mentorship When one thinks of a “coach”, they usually think of someone who screams generic motivational phrases on the sidelines. Unfortunately, many coaches in the fitness industry...
View Article5 Tips to Prepare For CanWest Games
Maximum Capacity with Minimal Stress OPEX Fitness is a proud partner of the CanWest Games and a specialist in scientifically driven performance training. We’ll be bringing both our approach to training...
View ArticleWinning Costs More Than Blood, Sweat and Tears
OPEX Athletes on Sacrifice “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” - Pele What does it take...
View ArticleMarket or Die
Simple Steps to Effective Marketing Gym owners might offer awesome service, but often it’s poor marketing or failure to market at all that makes standing out in this very big crowd impossible. Without...
View ArticleWheel’s of Fortune
How Discounting Services Kill Gyms Many failing gyms lose confidence in their business and adopt a discount strategy to entice potential customers. Though this strategy initially yields more clients,...
View ArticleFit as a Fiddle but Sick as a Dog
How Stress Could be Crippling Your Immune System Over-training, moving house, or finishing up exams: there are a bunch of stressful life events that typically bring on a bout of sickness. But what if...
View ArticleRoboCoach: Part Geek, Part Instructor, All Expert
How Technology is Impacting Coaching New tech has a habit of changing the way we interact with each other and live our lives. It’s also stirring things up in the fitness industry. Emerging products and...
View ArticleBecoming an Alpha
How to Set Yourself up For Competitive Success “It’s Monday, and I’ve already trained seven hours. It’s hard to find balance in your personal life, working and training. But it is doable.” – Tennil...
View ArticleLicense Testimonials: OPEX Gold Coast
When you have twenty years of collective experience in the fitness world, you’ve seen the landscape change a few times. Jay Ross and Jim and Julie Migliaccio - owner/coaches of OPEX Gold Coast - know...
View ArticleToo Many Choices, Not Enough Clients
Why Offering Multiple Membership Options Kills Your Business From what to eat, to where to vacation and how to spend their money: people make hundreds of decisions a day. While you may believe giving...
View ArticleHello Sunshine!
Why Sun Exposure is Vital to your Health and Performance Longer days and shorter nights signal the beginning of summer. This time of year people are either spending an excessive amount of time outside...
View ArticleShow Coaches the Money
Why a Happy Coach is a Healthy Gym Perhaps the biggest challenge gyms face is retaining their coaches. Like a revolving door, no sooner is a coach in the facility, then they’re right back out and in...
View ArticleNicolette Palermo – The Journey to the CrossFit Regionals
Personal Reflection on a Six Year Endeavor Six years may seem like a long time to work towards a goal, but for Nicolette Palermo, the journey is worth every bit of success and setback. Palermo started...
View ArticleOptimizing Human Performance
A Test With the SMARTJUMP System While squat numbers and mile times can tell you a bit about an athlete’s strength and aerobic capacity, an athlete’s jump speaks volumes about their overall fitness....
View ArticleBalancing Act
How to Live Life and Compete. Everyday on television and social media we see the achievements of athletes. From this distance, it can appear that a competitive lifestyle is exclusive. After all, many...
View ArticlePain: Is it all in your head?
Understanding the Complexities of Pain “Pain is never really straightforward, even when it appears to be.” - Lorimer Moseley Pain is part of the human experience. It’s an issue that can throw a wrench...
View ArticleAn Athlete is Born
OPEX Coach Will Trujillo Relfects on Tommy Vinas' Growth as a Games Competitor The CrossFit Regional competitions have come to a close and Games training is already underway for OPEX Sponsored athlete,...
View ArticleJOEY RAY: MASTERS ATHLETE
OPEX remote coaching client, Joey Ray, is among the many athletes who are excited for the new CrossFit Games division for Master’s athletes from 35-39. An athlete most of his life, Ray started CrossFit...
View ArticleCrossFit Games Veteran: Marcus Filly
Meet OPEX athlete, OPEX gym owner, coach and newest member of the general fitness population, Marcus Filly. You may recognize him from his six CrossFit Games appearances (three affiliate cups, three...
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