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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Today we worked on the 2nd position for Power Cleans. I have struggled with my cleans for a very long time, pulling too early. Today, for some reason it was clicking. Coach Dan said the last sets of cleans, for some reason it looked like you weren’t thinking and it was working! I love how…
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The Drive to Be Better
Mondays arrive way too soon in my opinion. The weather is absolutely fantastic in NoVA and it makes the weekends that much harder to leave. We went to a carnival yesterday for a few hours. I am not really into rides, especially of the spinny sort but i am fine watching the kiddos have the…
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Be Kind: It Can Make All the Difference
It’s Friday and it’s going to be an amazing day. The weather is perfect, my workout is done and I have a busy weekend planned with the family. All good things which makes me really happy. I was listening to the radio this morning on the way to workout and they were talking about the…
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Strength Training: Your Breathing is Important
One of the major things I have learned since moving to Highbar CrossFit is how to breathe properly during a lift — here’s a great video from California Strength about breathing. Watch it and try their suggestions next time you lift: Here’s some links to other info I have been reading: 10 Myths About Olympic…
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Napping: It’s a Good Thing
We are definitely entering Fall here in Northern Virginia. It is getting darker earlier and this morning, when I woke up it was dark and chilly. Brrr. I actually love this time of the year – it’s a time of change. Northern VA is so beautiful in the Fall. We have an abundance of trees,…
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What Makes You Happy?
My sister in law recommended watching Happy, a documentary that according to Netflix: …takes viewers on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real-life stories and scientific interviews, the film explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion. Kind of fitting…
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Naturally Calm: Magnesium
I have talked about Magnesium in a previous post, but a few friends asked me about it again yesterday. I had been forgetting to take it for a while and noticed how bad my PMS got last month compared to the month before when I was taking it. Natural Calm is a powder you mix into…
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CrossFit: Learn Each and Every Day
I met up with a friend yesterday and we were talking about life, our philosophy towards it, events that shape it, you know the usual friend chatter. That usual chatter led me to a light bulb moment. I have been trying to figure out why some of my relationships go bad and why my feelings…
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Perspective
Yesterday was a tough day I am sure for everyone. I was taken a bit by how emotional I was throughout the day. I’m going through some shit personally and it seemed to be compounded yesterday – which made for a day of sadness and feeling sorry for myself. I’m mad at myself about it…
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Fear and Moving Forward
I have talked about Fear before — how it holds us back, how we get stuck in a Fear Loop and can’t seem to get out. This weekend I read something by Richard Branson – you know the guy who founded Virgin and all the sub-companies underneath brand. He writes a lot of good stuff…