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Christmas Abbott: BadAss Body Diet
This past month has been pretty stressful for me – and I’m not going to sugar coat it. My eating has gone to shit. The little excuses I have made have added up and now are full blown standard operating procedure and it’s not good. It’s being triggered by stress and emotional stuff going on…
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50 reasons to Exercise
Strength 5×5 Weighted Pull Ups 5# WOD 3Rounds 10 ring dips 12 Front Rack Lunges (6/side) 1 min rest — 3Rounds 10 Thrusters 12 Hand Release Push-ups time: 10:23 I make sure I deliberately do each thruster properly because of my nagging shoulder/back muscle issue. It’s not worth me rushing through the movement to get…
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Gearing up for the Big Race
This is the week of my American Odyssey Race— I just reviewed my legs of the race and seems do-able. I ran 6 miles total on Saturday with some rests in between but I know I can do it with less rest –I may not be the fastest runner but I can push on! 11 which is…
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Another Day, Another …
So, day three of my nutrition reset and I am not sure I am feeling any different – yet. We have over 70 athletes doing the reset and what is amazing is how many are trying to find loopholes. Can I have Paleo Cookies? What about using Stevia? You mean Gum is not allowed? Something about…
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Coach Carl Paoli: Learn to Move so you can Move to Learn
Yesterday, I went to a workshop about movement. “Learning to move so I can move to learn” was the theme of the day, coached by Carl Paoli of Naka Athletics out of San Francisco (one of my favorite cities). Coach Carl’s Freestyle Connection I had no real assumptions about what this workshop would be about other than knowing…
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Blame it on the CrossFit
I had the busiest, best weekend – Saturday, the staff at CrossFit Impavidus held a Teen CrossFit Competition. A first of its kind in the area. We hosted 30 teens from around the area to take part in a three WOD competition. It was such a great success. It was run well, the kids were…