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Age is nothing but a number
At age 74, will you look as good as Ernestine Shepherd, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder? Very inspiring lady — no doubt, but read closely and the hard work she puts into it. Especially when it comes to what she eats. It’s not easy to be in this sort of shape but even half in…
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Workout Time
This morning – sore & tired, I still headed into CrossFit. Today is gymnastics day and I love those days! Warmup 50 DUs —- 10 Pass Thrus 10 OH Squats 10 Good Mornings 10 Trunk Extensions 10 Cherry Pickers Wrist mobility Skill Hand stands Hand Stands on the Parralettes (where I promptly landed wrong and…
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Honoring Murph at CrossFit
Yesterday was a great day. I headed to CrossFit Impavidus for their Memorial Day ‘Murph’ WOD. I did ‘Murph‘ last April and the weather was pleasant. Yesterday – not so pleasant. Hot, Humid, Hot — but this was a great WOD, and great way to honor a real hero. We started the day with National…
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Memorial Day Murph at CrossFit Impavidus
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Your Commute Could Kill You
Your Commute is Killing You This week, researchers at Umea University in Sweden released a startling finding: Couples in which one partner commutes for longer than 45 minutes are 40 percent likelier to divorce. The Swedes could not say why. Perhaps long-distance commuters tend to be poorer or less educated, both conditions that make divorce more…
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Changes in the Food Pyramid
Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello Dinner Plate The Obama administration is about to ditch the food pyramid, that symbol of healthy eating for the last two decades. In its place officials are dishing up a simple, plate-shaped symbol, sliced into wedges for the basic food groups and half-filled with fruits and vegetables. The circular plate, which…
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CrossFit Impavidus Weekend Workout
Memorial Day weekend is here! I headed to CrossFit Impavidus for their free weekend workout. I have said this before but I like the open community workouts because I get to see some of the people that go to CFI at other times during the week. I am a 6A girl, so I rarely get…
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Strength Day Workout
I am so mentally ready for this weekend. I have been under a lot of stress at work – not in a bad way, just in a way too much work to do way. I haven’t been sleeping well and I have noticed my eating has definitely been not what it should be — I…
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Amy Poehler’s Harvard Graduation Address
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Your work is making you fat
Workplace Cited as a New Source of Rise in Obesity Looking beyond poor eating habits and a couch-potato lifestyle, a group of researchers has found a new culprit in the obesity epidemic: the American workplace. A sweeping review of shifts in the labor force since 1960 suggests that a sizable portion of the national weight gain…