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Heart Health: Fruits and Veggies Are Life-Saving – ABC News
Duh — did we need a study for us to know? While “5 a day” has traditionally been the mantra for fruit and veggie consumption, researchers found that those who consumed eight or more servings were 22 percent less likely to die from heart disease than those who consumed three or fewer servings a day.…
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Getting the Shut Eye
Today is my rest day and as much as I love my workouts — there are times when a rest day can’t come soon enough. I have been fighting off a sore throat for a few days but starting last night, it started to win. I was thinking about going to group training this morning…
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A Weather Induced Mini Workout for You!
Scotty and I went out on a dinner date last nite — and did some errands while we were out. One of the things we started doing after he got sick was to ensure we spent some ‘alone’ time together. So we would go out once a week on a ‘date’. Nothing fancy — usually…
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Eight Leadership Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Eight Leadership Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr. Today is Martin Luther King Day in the United States. On this day we celebrate the life and work of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. I want to take a few minutes and reflect on what is commonly referred to as his…
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Happy Birthday Dad.
Today is my Dad’s Birthday. I don’t see him very often but he has been doing the Skype thing with us so the kids get to know their grampa. It’s so amazing how different our kids are growing up with technology in their lives than I did. Back when I was Hannah’s age, making a…
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A Gold’s Gym WOD
We were invited over to a new couple’s home that moved into the neighborhood last night. What a fun night we had — lots of laughing, sharing stories, opinions — getting to know new people. I love the meeting new people and getting to know them phase — it opens your mind up to new…
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Crossfit Acronyms
I have been talking about Crossfit more on livefitandsore.com and wanted to make sure that anyone who reads it has a reference point for the acronyms that I will use from time to time. Feel free to add any that are specific to your CF gym. This is from crossfit.com: CrossFit Acronyms and Abbreviations AMRAP:…
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1m AMRAP x3
As I mentioned, CFI had a free WOD today for anyone wanting to check it out. The set up was great too — 20 people broken up in groups of 5 and each group had a coach and they watched you as you did the WOD. Warmup Jog around the bldg Sampson Stretch PVC Pipe…
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A Junk Food Hangover
So, last night I had Pizza. Cheesy, greasy Pizza. It’s hard living paleo all the time and sometimes it really is easier to just say Ahh, the hell with it — I want Pizza! So I did and I didn’t just have one slice — I think I had 3. I took off half the…
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Women’s Set Points
Women’s Set Points | Hunt.Gather.Love.. So interesting — I am conscience of body fat percentages and often wonder how women feel when they have sub 20% body fat. All I have read is about the danger of visceral fat, around your mid-section is the area you should worry about. Since I am not a super…