Live Fit and Sore

Category: crossfit

  • Thanksgiving is coming: Are You Ready?

    It’s almost Thanksgiving – are you mentally preparing and creating a plan on how to approach this holiday? Some people find it super stressful – their eating focus is thrown off, or their family is visiting, or just the simple fact they are out of their routine.  Coming up with a plan on how you…

  • CrossFit: Knees in or Out?

    I’m not sure if I have already shared this blog post started by a well known Olympic Lifting coach Bob Takano about the practice of pushing your knees out when lifting.  It is an approach that gained popularity by Kelly Starrett of the awesome Mobility WOD site.  I am a huge fan of Kelly’s — no…

  • Learning How to Eat Paleo

    Busy day but I wanted to share a few things I think everyone should read and also just mention something that happened to me yesterday. I stopped in to Wegmans to pick up a few things and while I was heading towards the Gluten Free/Natural foods area – I noticed this woman who was furiously…

  • Tracking Your Sleep Habits

    I recently started looking into my sleeping habits by using an app called Sleep Timer by Azumio. Each night, i set the time I am planning on getting up via the app and lay my iPhone down on the bed and it tracks my light vs deep sleep and my awake time.  I’m not sure…

  • Your Mind is a Powerful Tool

    I am continually working on ways to quiet my mind. It’s true when people say that the mind quits long before the body does. So much of making progress and improving is all in your head. I know from personal experience, as soon as I let my mind focus on how uncomfortable, fearful, horrible –…

  • Working The Power Positions

    Now that I am temporarily unemployed, Mondays are a bit tougher for me than normal. I think all the hustle and bustle of the weekend, and being around people feeds my soul, and come Monday -it’s back to being somewhat solitary. I know it’s only temporary, but it’s been tough on me mentally. I am…

  • Are You Overtraining?

    Last week, someone asked me how do I stay motivated. They had just finished a marathon – they felt wiped out and have been losing inspiration and steam to get their butts in gear and get a workout in and wanted my advice. The advice I gave them? Take a break. That feeling they were experiencing…

  • Happy World Kindness Day!

    The reality of being told I wasn’t wanted is starting to set in. After seven years of caring – probably too deeply – about my job, they didn’t want me anymore. It’s funny what we focus on isn’t it? When I stop and think about the past seven years, it was clear that I had…

  • Down In the Dumps

    I’m having one of those days — down in the dumps. I went and worked out during a later class, thinking it may help boost my mood. It did for a brief amount of time, but only brief.   Recommended Reading Think Food Doesn’t Affect Behavior? You’ve Got to Read This. The Super List Of…

  • Trail Race: We Were All In It Together

    Yesterday, I ran the 10K Trail Race from Hell aka the Loudoun 10K Trail Run in Middleburg VA. It was probably one of the hardest races I have personally ever done mostly due to the huge hill at the start and the finish of the race.  The race benefits the Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors and it was a worthy…