How Invictus Helped My Running Written by Invictus Member Melissa Vasel I wanted to take a minute to share an athletic accomplishment that I truly believe came about as a result of being a part of the Invictus community. I ran the Boston Marathon this past April, and unexpectedly PRd with a time of 3:27. My original plan was to run it as a long run and go for a new PR at Ojai at the end of May. After PRing in Boston, my running coach told me I had zero chance of PRing at Ojai, and that I should

Open Those Hips! Written by Intern Zach Erick We shake them on the dance floor, we rest children on them, and some people are even trying to lose them. They’re your hips, or as Coach Tino calls them, your “haps”, and their proper functioning is imperative to becoming a better athlete. The hips are formed by three different bones – the ilium, ischium, and the pubis. Over a dozen different muscles are attached to the three bones that make up your hips. These are muscles that we stress every day as CrossFit athletes; are you taking care of them? Sitting

Camille on Cover of Oxygen Magazine Check out our favorite miniature Canadian, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, on the cover of Oxygen Magazine!

A Thank You Letter to Invictus Written by Invictus Member Michelle Cowan Dear Invictus, How do I start this? I am not the most exuberant person by nature;  I usually keep to myself before socializing with folks and being the life of the party. So you will not typically see me chatting someone’s ear off about the wonders of Invictus, and how rare a find I consider you all to be. However, I do want you all to know how much you’ve done for me, and how much I appreciate it – all too often folks are too ready to

Fermented Foods 101 Written by Michele Vieux Many of us strive to eat along the lines of our Paleolithic ancestors and as “clean” as possible.  We eat lean proteins, vegetables, nuts and seeds. We buy organic, free range, cage free, hormone free, and grass fed. We take our fish oils and multi-vitamins. But many of us are still missing a key piece to our diet and therefore our overall health and wellness – fermented foods. And grocery store pickles and sauerkraut don’t count as they are typically preserved in vinegar instead of the traditional lactobacteria-salt slurry which contains probiotics. People