Crossfit Local Chapel Hill: Feeding Yourself

by Coach Chad

You entered this path to fitness and joined this great community at Crossfit Local in Chapel hill. But have oyu thought about what you put into your body? Ever thought about how cool it would be to have a garden in your yard? You could grow organic vegetables that could be eaten at any time. But isn’t that a little daunting? I mean who has the time or the space?
The true answer is that we all do! Being an effiency expert, I’ve discovered the path to vegetable-growing elightenment – Square Foot Gardening. It’s cheap, super simple and only takes up 16 sq ft (4′ x 4′) of yard space. We live in a town house and have room for two of them out back. Even better, it provides a ton of different vegetables at a fraction of the cost of what you’d pay in the grocery store. Other benefits include:

• Much less work. Conventional gardening requires heavy tools to loosen the soil, whereas in this method, the soil is never compacted and it remains loose and loamy. Weeding takes only seconds to minutes, due to the light soil, raised beds, and easily accessed plants. Harvests per foot of garden are increased due to the rich soil mixture, well-spaced plants, and lack of weeds produced when following Mel Bartholomew’s method.
• Water Savings. The soil mixture that is advised has water-holding capacities, so that the garden needs water less frequently, and in much smaller quantities than when using other gardening methods. Water is also spared by hand-watering directly at the plant roots, so that there is very little waste^[1] and tender young plants and seedlings are preserved.
• Very little weeding. One benefit of this close planting is that the vegetables form a living mulch, and shade out many weed seeds before they have a chance to germinate.
• Pesticide / Herbicide Free. Natural insect repellent methods like companion planting (i.e. planting marigolds or other naturally pest-repelling plants) become very efficient in a close space and thus, pesticides are not necessary. The large variety of crops in a small space also prevents plant diseases from spreading easily^[2]

So do something awesome and grow yourself some organic goodness. Start a Square Foot Garden!

Crossfit Local in Chapel Hill - a strength and conditioning program centered on functional fitness. We believe that people of all ages and levels of activity benefit from combining basic functional movements in varied ways to elicit greater personal fitness. We use pullups, lifts, gymnastics movements, running, rowing, climbing, kettlebells, sandbags, and even tire flips to produce rapid fitness results. We specialize in not specializing. We train the young, the old, the professional athlete, the weekend warrior, the student, the parent, and the beginner. CrossFit produces world class athletes and healthy individuals.

Crossfit Local - Chapel Hill: Victoria Baskett Vies for Miss NC Title

Crossfit Local - Chapel Hill
For those of you who haven’t met me yet, my name is Victoria Baskett. In June of 2013, I made five doctors visits in three days in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where I was attending summer school. The fifth and final visit was the UNC Emergency Department where I was placed into life-saving emergency surgery for a blockage in my airway caused by Ludwig’s Angina and received a tracheal intubation. I was in a medically induced coma and on life support for the three days to follow. If I had not been so persistent about my health care, and in tune enough with my body to know something was wrong other than the diagnosis I kept receiving, I would not be here today.

With a story to tell, I have developed a platform from two common sayings that ring very true in my heart and life. “Get In Tune” is a phrase that was used by my high school wind ensemble instructor at the beginning of every class meeting. As I think about the importance of having my flute in tune before I play, I relate it to the importance of having your individual instrument (your body) in tune to be able to live a healthy life. The other part of my platform title, “JUST BREATHE,” is derived from simple instructions the doctor gave me in the Emergency Room while waiting for surgery. He stated, “Victoria your job for me now is to just breathe.” I am now partnering with the NC Children’s Airway Center, relating to each individual child’s experience with the job of needing to JUST BREATHE.

This will be my personal platform as I compete for the title of Miss North Carolina this coming June as your Miss Greater Cape Fear 2014. June will be a monumental month for me. As I chase my dreams and vie for this prestigious title, the month will also mark one year of me becoming a survivor, and forever being thankful for each day this beautiful life gives us.

My commitment to training at CrossFit Local for Miss North Carolina has changed my life in more way than one. The most important way is that I now know that I can and absolutely will reach any goal that I set for myself with hard work and determination. The stories of the coaches and athletes, and their support in this journey, provide me with constant motivation. I know that each weight I lift, each pull-up I attempt to do (I will get one sometime soon!), and every push up my shaking arms complete are only making me that much stronger on the inside and out!

Thank you Chad, Kelly, each of the coaches and all of the athletes at CrossFit Local for supporting me on this journey!

Crossfit Local in Chapel Hill - a strength and conditioning program centered on functional fitness. We believe that people of all ages and levels of activity benefit from combining basic functional movements in varied ways to elicit greater personal fitness. We use pullups, lifts, gymnastics movements, running, rowing, climbing, kettlebells, sandbags, and even tire flips to produce rapid fitness results. We specialize in not specializing. We train the young, the old, the professional athlete, the weekend warrior, the student, the parent, and the beginner. CrossFit produces world class athletes and healthy individuals.