If you have ever participated in the CrossFit Open you know that this time of year brings excitement, anticipation, and perhaps a little bit of nervousness for the CrossFit community. The CrossFit Open is such an incredible time of year for boxes all across the globe including ours! Here is what you need to know to get prepped for the 2022 CrossFit Open! What is The Open? The Open is a 3 week competition where athletes from all around the world compete to see where they place worldwide. For competitive athletes, it is the first step in qualifying for the 2022 NoBull CrossFit Games. But for everyone else it’s a time to come together as a community, celebrate our fitness and health, and cheer each other on! Workouts are released each week on Thursday at 12pm Pacific Time and we will complete them as a gym every Friday night during...Read more

WHAT WAS YOUR FITNESS LIFE LIKE BEFORE JOINING CROSSFIT FIRESIDE? Before joining Fireside, I was a member at another local CrossFit gym. I visited fireside to watch some good friends compete in the Battle for Boise…needless to say I scoped out the place and was sold. I did my free week and the programming was so amazing that I switched gyms (after 3 years!) at the end of the week and never looked back! HOW HAS CROSSFIT FIRESIDE CHANGED YOUR LIFE? CrossFit fireside has become my second home. I came into the gym with the best posse of women (and their significant others) but quickly felt the full embrace that is the Fireside community. I have never felt stronger and I have never been so inspired to push myself. I also have never felt more encouragement from my fellow athletes and underneath it all from Ben himself 😉 WHAT ARE...Read more

January first is just a few days away, and if you are anything like us you are probably sitting down and celebrating what went well for you in 2021 and what you want to improve in 2022. But before you start making that list check-out our tips below so that the goals you have for 2022 actually stick around for the long term.  Start Small What often happens is we dive into too big of goals with too many restrictions, and we get overwhelmed and quit before we start making any real progress. Instead, we encourage you to think on the smaller side when it comes to your goals. This does a few things. First, it helps you get a win under your belt which gives you motivation to keep going! If you change your 30 pound weight loss goal to losing 5 pounds, when you hit the marker you...Read more

The Holiday Season is once again here and while it is definitely the most wonderful time of the year, for us fitness enthusiasts it can bring about some anxiety about how exactly to navigate all of those parties and delicious treats. Outlined below are 5 strategies that you can use to help alleviate some of the holiday stress while also holding onto your fitness goals so that you can go into this Holiday Season with confidence! Prioritize movement.  When it comes to maintaining your fitness and nutrition throughout the holidays, our number one recommendation is to continue your workout routine! Prioritizing movement will not only help mitigate the extra holiday calories, it will also make sure that you are maintaining all of that fitness you have been working so hard for over the last year. Not to mention, it will also make getting back into the swing of things that...Read more

At Fireside, we will never be one to tell you what your limits are – we want you to find them for yourself – then push past them.One of our members, Chris Berry, is the epitome of a guy with an active lifestyle and has quite the impressive athletic resume. He is also proof that our setbacks don’t have to keep us from bouncing back – and it’s never too late to pick up new hobbies, try new skills, and set new goals. If you’ve gone through physical pain or suffered from lack of self-confidence, Chris’s story is for you! What was your fitness/active life like before joining CrossFit?  I have been a competitive athlete all my life. My competitive career started with baseball.  I went on to wrestling and traveled as a U.S. representative wrestling in New Zealand and Fiji when I was a junior in high school. I...Read more