August 19, 2026
Passing the torch — welcoming April & Tori as Alpine's new owners
After 10 years, Annie & Megan are passing Alpine to April & Tori DiGiannantonio. Membership, pricing, coaching, and programming are unchanged.
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What's happening at Alpine.
Guides and gym news from the coaches — plus a searchable archive of the daily notes, grouped by what they're about.
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Guides and gym news.
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June 11, 2026
Independence Day at Alpine: Our 250th Anniversary Workout on Friday 7/3
Friday July 3 we're throwing a partner workout for America's 250th — 1,776m row, 13 colonies, 1-7-7-6 reps. Plus holiday weekend hours and limited 250 anniversary t-shirts.
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Can You Do CrossFit While Pregnant? A Trimester Guide from a Brianna Battles PPA-Certified Coach
Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism (PPA) certified coach Annie Brunner walks through what to keep doing, what to modify, and what to skip in each trimester of pregnancy as a CrossFit athlete.
Read the post →May 18, 2026
How to Scale Murph: Subs for the Runs, Pull-Ups, Push-Ups, and Squats
A coach's guide to scaling Murph — Concept 2 erg subs for the mile runs, plus practical substitutions for the pull-ups, push-ups, and air squats so anyone can do it.
Read the post →May 18, 2026
Memorial Day Murph: Join Us Monday, May 25
Alpine CrossFit takes on Murph this Memorial Day — 7:30 and 9:30 AM heats, infinitely scalable, everyone welcome. Food and a live band at 11.
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Daily notes
The archive, by theme.
A short Stoic note goes up most mornings — a passage, what it means in a gym, and one thing to try that day. 103 of them so far, grouped by what they're about. The search above covers the articles too.
What you control 13
The dichotomy of control — effort and attention are yours, outcomes are not.
- Control What You Give
- The Path to True Freedom
- Control What You Can
- The Only Thing You Own
- Control What You Can
- Focus On What You Control
- Control Your Inner Fortress
- The Only True Good
- Focus On What You Control
- Control Your Inner Citadel
- Own Your Choices
- Perception Is Everything
- Focus On What You Can Control
Discomfort & adversity 27
Hard things on purpose, and what they build.
- Built Through Opposition
- The Labor Passes, The Good Endures
- Welcome the Heavy Burden
- The Value of Adversity
- The Inner Citadel
- The Enduring Good
- The Work of a Human Being
- Embrace the Struggle
- The Strength in Difficulty
- The Labor Endures
- The Indolence of the Soul
- The Toil Endures
- The True Measure
- Embrace The Struggle
- The Value Of Discomfort
- Endure And Persevere
- The Only Real Obstacle
- Build Your Inner Citadel
- Welcome The Struggle
- Strength Through Adversity
- The Value Of Hardship
- Stay In The Arena
- Embrace The Struggle
- Build Your Inner Fortress
- The Value Of Persistence
- The Value Of Discomfort
- Seek What Is Difficult
Consistency & practice 19
Habits, repetition, and showing up when it isn't interesting.
- Train Where You Are
- Your Warm-Up Is the Session
- The Weight Doesn't Negotiate
- Show Up Unmotivated
- The Second Set
- Sticking To The Plan
- Waste No More Time
- The Power of Habit
- Practice Makes Progress
- Practice Makes Permanent
- The Path Is The Practice
- The Power Of Habit
- Practice With Intention
- Practice Makes Permanent
- Practice With Purpose
- The Power Of Consistency
- Practice Makes Permanent
- Practice, Not Perfection
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Effort over outcome 19
Doing the work well, whatever the scoreboard says.
- Small Plates
- Coachable
- What the Clock Doesn't Measure
- Begin Badly
- The Surgery Of Effort
- Progress Is Quiet
- Train What's Yours
- Action Over Delay
- Effort's True Reward
- Progress, Not Perfection
- Effort, Not Outcome
- Action Over Talk
- Progress, Not Perfection
- No Easy Way Out
- Effort Is Its Own Reward
- Embrace The Process
- Action Over Analysis
- Effort Is Its Own Reward
- Do Your Best, Always
Focus & distraction 6
Attention as a finite resource, and the present moment.
Self-mastery 8
Impulses, reactions, and the pause between the two.
Purpose & duty 2
Why you're here, and doing the thing you said you'd do.
Character & ego 4
Who you are when it costs something, and who you're performing for.
Strength & resilience 5
Building something that holds under load — physical and otherwise.
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