Live Fit and Sore

Category: crossfit

  • Are you Guilty of Over-Training?

    I met my friend Kristen at Highbar CrossFit last night for an evening workout. It was tough, hot and humid but awesome! I’m sore as all get out this AM which is always a good sign. warmup 200m jog 10 squats 4 Sampson Stretch 10 push ups 4 Instep Lunges 10 squats strength bench press…

  • Always be learnin’.

    I am going to meet a friend that wants to try Highbar CrossFit tonight for their evening class, which is a good thing because I woke up this morning not able to move my arms fully because of the pull ups on Sunday and the Manmakers on Monday. Total CrossFit problems!. I read this yesterday “Being…

  • Taking Your Fitness Seriously

    I volunteered on Saturday for the CrossFit Mid-Atlantic Regionals in Landover, Maryland for the morning and then spent a few hours helping my friends at Power Supply sell their tasty food to spectators. It was great to see friends I don’t get to see often — and see the peak CrossFit athletes in action. Watching them…

  • There is a world outside of the Cyber World

    I had so much fun working out this AM because my friend Liz came and joined me! I am off of work today and didn’t have to get up for the 6A but had to because I didn’t want to miss working out with her! We had so much fun — Reunited and it feels…

  • Everything Happens For A Reason

    Yesterday I watched my baby, Hannah start the two day process to ‘graduate’ from fifth grade and head into Middle School. I felt the tears bubble up and an overall feeling of pride, amazement and a touch of sadness come over me as I watched her get some awards and then get her promotion certificate.…

  • I Am Modern – Inspiring Others

    I Am Modern – Inspiring Others. I have yet to find the article posted online so here is a link to a pdf I created so you can download and read it.   A Huge thanks to I am Modern magazine – Gwen Hopkins-Sadowski, the wonderful and talented writer and Michael Vonal, the photographer who made getting…

  • The Switch

    Why Did I switch CrossFit Gyms? There are a few reasons — — The owners and I had a disagreement that got blown out of proportion and we just couldn’t get past it. I am sure they didn’t think it got blown out of proportion but I certainly did. They knew it and I knew…

  • Onward and Upward

    It’s official — I have switched CrossFit gyms. I am now at HighBar CrossFit in Ashburn. They have a bit different strength training and WOD philosophy and I have been working there for the last two weeks.  They use an approach called Greasing the Groove or synaptic facilitation. Specificity + Frequent Practice = Success. Contrary to the…

  • Greasing the Groove

    Happy Monday! The weekend flew by so fast but yet it’s hard to believe we are in June and school is out this week. This coming weekend, I am volunteering at the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit regional games –helping out on the media team and then also helping my friends over at Power Supply for a bit. It’s…

  • Barbell

    The barbell is calling my name.