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Kindness Reverberates
Here’s another act of kindness to share. I like this one because it’s a great example of just a small gesture or act can reverberate larger than you can imagine. Sleeping Stranger Subway Picture On Q Train Defines Empathy And Is A Lesson In Being Good Just being kind to another human who probably will…
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Don’t Settle For Less
Someone asked me if I was still going to get up super early to workout while I am searching for a job –it’s not like I have to and there are later CrossFit classes. The answer is Yes, I am. I think sticking to some sort of normalcy while I am looking for my next…
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Challenges Make Us Wiser And Stronger
This morning was one of the toughest workouts mentally for me that I have had in a very long time. We were doing some upper body agility ladders and I COULD NOT DO THEM. It totally highlighted one of the areas that I seem to have a mental block – the connection between my upper…
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Putting My Hat in the Job Market
I had a big life change on Friday where by I am officially looking for a new career opportunity. I have often talked about life giving you lots of signs that you need to make a change — and if you ignore it or refuse to take some sort of action – -life tends to…
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Happy Halloween: Give Me Candy
I’m all about health and fitness but I do think that there are certain days where you need to just need a bit of breathing room from all the rules. Halloween is one of those days for my kids. My friend Leah, who owns CrossFit Nation in Maryland, posted about a story about a woman…
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My Passion Wakes Me Up
Who ever invented the Renegade Row is not right in the head. A Renegade Row is a push-up performed on dumbbells or kettlebells, one of which is rowed after each push-up rep. Seems pretty solid right? Holy crap – it was in our WOD today and I used 20# dumbbells — thinking that may not even…
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Take Care of your Health Now!
Last night, we did our annual pumpkin carving as a family around the kitchen table for Halloween. It’s so funny to see the different personalities that come through as we create our masterpieces. This year I decided to do a CrossFit theme – and created a Strict Shoulder Press image! I think it came out…
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Asking the Right Questions
It was a busy weekend full of socializing and family time! Saturday, I helped out with the Grand Opening of Highbar CrossFit in Ashburn, VA. The guys have been open almost six months and it was time to officially welcome everyone. It was a great event – and seeing all the people there, socializing, working…
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Russell Brand asks Why Not You?
I gotta say that I love Russell Brand – he’s wacky, screwed up in so many ways, but sharp and smart as a whip and because of that, I just think he’s awesome. He has a way of getting his point across in such a coherent way that hits the point where it counts. I…
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More Barbell
This morning as I was getting out of my car, grabbing my gym bag – I heard it. The gym door was open, the 5AM class was working on their cleans. It was in that moment, I realized how much I love the sound of the barbell hitting the floor. Seriously.