Live Fit and Sore

Month: April 2012

  • Be Better Today Than Yesterday…

    This weekend I am busy again attending a CrossFit Kids Trainer Course, so I can begin to help shape some kids in their healthy and fit life. What a great feeling that is — being able to help lay the foundation that will hopefully stick with them as they grow up and out. I didn’t…

  • Add More Spice to Your Life!

    Two times a year, I run a Whole Life Challenge for my CrossFit gym. It’s a way to really help people make amazing changes in their life, like I did almost four years ago. I love being able to directly have a hand in improving someone’s life. Someone who may have never even considered changing…

  • It’s all about your Core!

    It sure was a whirlwind weekend without any downtime but sometimes that’s a good thing. The CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course was awesome. I learned so much about how to help others learn basic movements of gymnastics but even more important to me personally, I learned about how to help myself and become aware of where…

  • CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer Course Complete!

  • Get out there and Exercise!

    Exercise Could Lower Fatigue And Depression In Breast Cancer Patients: Study Exercise could be the secret weapon to help breast cancer patients combat common side effects of cancer and cancer treatments. A new study that was presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine shows that physical activity could help women being…

  • Skateboard Fitness

    This is kinda a fun exercise: Try This! Skateboard pike Still got a skateboard buried somewhere in a corner of the garage? Celebrity personal trainer Mike Donavanik —http://www.mikedfitness.com — suggests you drag it out and repurpose it for this simple and effective fitness move, the skateboard pike. Why you should try it: These assisted pikes work your…

  • Inspiring Young Athlete: Darby Nelson

    Westfield rower Darby Nelson excelling at CrossFit and weightlifting But being a bigger, more powerful girl comes with its challenges. High school is all about conforming to the trends, as Nelson put it — and that’s where she differs. Finding prom and homecoming dresses hasn’t been easy — though Culbertson is Nelson’s main advisor on…

  • Recipe: Paleo Chocolate Coconut Doughnuts

    This recipe was shared by my friend Lori. She left off the dark chocolate icing. They look delicious don’t they? Chocolate Coconut Doughnuts 10 medjool dates, pitted 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 6 eggs ½ cup coconut flour ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1/3 cup cacao powder ½ cup coconut…

  • The Truth About Heart Disease

    As a family recovering from Cancer – I am very interested in looking at what chronic inflammation can do to our bodies and how it sets up a perfect environment for cancer and other diseases to thrive.  We are all so conditioned to believe what we are told in terms of proper nutrition and what…

  • Don’t Let It Stop You

    I’m feeling pretty good even though I still have the remnants of the chest cold making itself known. My allergies are also kickin in, gotta love Spring in Northern VA and then add in my asthma and CrossFit Impavidus is undergoing major construction, expanding, so there is a ton of drywall dust in the air.…