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Category: crossfit

  • Cold Weather Brings on Exercise Induced Asthma

    Happy Monday! With colder weather beginning, many athletes find that they begin to suffer from exercise induced asthma. If you find yourself suffering from coughing, wheezing and feel a tightness in your chest and are very short of breath while you are exercising – then you are experiencing the effects EIA. I have issues year round,…

  • October is Fair Trade Month

    Today while we were running as a part of the workout, I couldn’t help but notice the absolutely gorgeous sunrise. It reminded me of Tucson, Arizona — just amazing. That is one of the best parts of being up so early in the morning. You miss that if you sleep in! A small change in…

  • It’s About Making Progress

    I want you to stop and realize that more than half of October has passed by. How does this happen? When we are young, time goes by so slow. I remember sitting in class, looking at the clock, thinking that 3:12 would never come. Even in college, on my Tues/Thurs schedule when I had the…

  • You are CrossFit

    Yesterday, I shared On Being a Real CrossFitter on my facebook page and I was surprised to see how many people related. One of my friends even said that she hasn’t yet even bought a CrossFit shirt because she doesn’t feel like a real CrossFitter. It got me thinking about the amount of pressure we put on…

  • Oh Lordy, Being Forty

    I’m feeling energized today, ready to take on whatever challenges are ahead. Not sure what is bringing about this wave of energy, but I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. One of the actions I decided to move towards is being around positive, happy people. So I set up some…

  • Columbus Day – Means Switching Things Up

    The kids are off from school due to the Columbus Day, so that was a great reason to sleep in a bit and hit a later CrossFit class. We are de-loading for the next week or so since we just finished the 12 week strength program. It’s a very odd feeling to be de-loading —…

  • 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…

  • Icing on Top of my Training

    This has been a really good training week for sure. PR’s with each lift, today being no exception. I am really learning the art of resting between sets too. Coach Randy is adamant about it and it really does make a difference. It’s such a different approach to lifting for me than in the past…

  • Improving Posture: Work your Serratus Anterior

    I hit another PR this morning on my bench press. I did 115# for 3 reps before deciding to increase my load. I completed 5 reps at 120# and even then I didn’t fail but Coach Randy said yeah, you are done for today. One of the things that’s hard for me to gauge is…

  • Personal Records Are Being Set

    This week is the end of the 12 week strength program I have been following with HighBar CrossFit.  I have been training with Randy and Dan for about five months now and have seen nothing but improvements. Yesterday, I PR’d (personal record) my squat clean. This morning I PR’d my 5×5 back squat. It’s such an…