NEWS: Daybreak’s 3rd Annual Member Survey is LIVE!

All members will very soon receive our Winter Newsletter with information on and a link to our 3rd Annual Member Survey. For those of you who have been with us for a while… you know what to do. For those new to Daybreak, this is a very important tool for us to better ourselves based on your feedback. Please be honest. The good, the bad and the ugly are fair game.

If you […]

2016-11-29T18:01:19-05:00

CHALK TALK: The Mental Game

Admit it. You probably don’t give much thought to what’s happening between the ears each time you come into the box. We reference “positivity” on our lounge poster, we’re always helping members avoid “excuses” when things just don’t go their way in a WOD, and we often talk about getting comfortable with the uncomfortable.

What does that mean, you ask? Well, think about how you might feel when you click refresh […]

2019-01-07T17:14:26-05:00

Daybreak Turns Three! Time to reflect…

On November 4, 2013 we opened our doors to 40+ members who pre-signed with Daybreak based only on some parking lot workouts, a portable storage container full of equipment, and a world-class CrossFit coach/athlete who wanted to change the face of fitness in the suburbs of Wayland and Sudbury.

It was this small, tight-knit community, who on November 4, 2013 first walked inside our newly constructed CrossFit facility to workout between our freshly-painted cloud-laden […]

2017-03-31T16:28:19-04:00

CHALK TALK: The Hook Grip

Oh yes, the hook grip. We LOVE the hook grip because it saves many a Daybreaker from hand and forearm fatigue during grip-intensive barbell workouts such as DT and Randy. We’ve also found that it creates a much safer bond between the athlete and their barbell.

A hook grip is simply a way of gripping a barbell by placing your fingers OVER your thumb […]

2017-03-31T16:28:29-04:00

Chalk Talk: Scaling a WOD

A while back, we wrote an article on “RX”-ing a WOD that discusses what it means to write those two elusive little letters after your WOD score, but today’s Chalk Talk (our new blog series on CrossFit advice, tips and tricks) is about SCALING A WOD. Scaling is when a member modifies the written or prescribed (i.e. RX) workout. They could decrease the weight. They could reduce the number of rounds […]

2017-06-23T05:12:48-04:00