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How Far You Can Go
Today’s workout was do-able –which made me happy! And I saw improvement in my overall time –which made me very happy. Warmupx2 25 Double Unders 10 sit ups 10 hand release push ups 10 wall balls 10 jumping jacks Skill Gymnastics Fun 3 rounds rings – L sits parrallettes – L sits Handstands WOD 20-15-10…
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CrossFit: A Community of Supportive & Welcoming Athletes
I love to meet and learn from other CrossFit athletes. It’s one of the great things about CrossFit in general — the elite athletes love to support the beginners and at times, get their own inspiration and support from those just starting out. The guy in the picture is Chris Spealler – who is, in…
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Look around for inspiration
I find this picture very uplifting. One of the things I have been doing whenever we go on a family trip or adventure, is to take a pic of my kids jumping. I got this idea from a CF friend of mine and I love it. So far we have one in front of Monticello…
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Double Unders
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Breaking Dawn
Good day today. Slept in, had some laughs with the family and then headed out to meet my pal Holly and see Breaking Dawn. Yes, I admit I am Twilight fan. I don’t hide it — i love it. It’s a very crazy story but there is something about the bond that was created in…
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Saturday —
My workout today was fairly light — it’s a group workout at CrossFit and I took it easy. We warmed up with some dynamic stretching and then with a partner we did wall ball and handstands. The WOD today was CF Baseball. 1st base was a forward roll sprint to the next base 2nd base…
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People Who Will Ruin Your Attempts to Lose Weight
Too funny —The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight It’s damn hard to lose weight and just generally get in shape. Americans are getting fatter every year, and 80 percent of people who lose weight gain it all back. Why does it seem so impossible? Part of the reason is willpower…
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Overtraining –what to know.
I’m on another rest day — and reading about Overtraining. It’s an interesting topic and one of those that has you saying is that or is that not me –hmmm. I took off an extra day this week but reading all this, maybe I need to take off a few days in a row –to…
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How do you know the difference?
Ok – so I went ahead and worked out this AM –but I definitely didn’t push myself. I am so trained in using fitness as a stress release that it is extremely difficult for me to NOT exercise. I will say this though — I am sore and I am going to go with lighter…