Category: crossfit

  • My CrossFit Obsession

  • Mother Nature Puts Things in Perspective

    Getting It Done Do you know what irks me? When you buy some new pants or shirt, and the hanger says the size you want — and you don’t check the actual tag. You get it home, ready to wear it – rip those tags off and then find out it is not the size…

  • Do My Lats Make Me Look Fat?

    Embracing What Your Momma Gave You I want to talk about this picture for a hot second. When I saw this pic — the first thought that came into my head holy shit, look how fat I look. No lie — and then holy shit, look at my Lats. Could I look more mannish?  I…

  • Hurricane Sandy Doesn’t Stop a Workout

    So here we are — waiting out Hurricane Sandy. My kids have today and tomorrow off from school and are already stir crazy. It is raining and we hear the occassional wind gust but nothing major — yet. The news keeps saying that the worst for the DC area will happen in the evening through…

  • CrossFit Community: For the Greater Good

    Rich Froning at CrossFit Ballston – No Greater Sacrifice Event Had such a great time yesterday working out with the CrossFit community to help a good cause and got to meet the fittest man on Earth — on CrossFit Earth: Rich Froning! Really nice guy, down to earth, humble and of course adorable. Here are…

  • Rich Froning – Yes Please.

    Why yes, that’s Rich Froning aka CrossFit Fittest Man on Earth –and nicest guy too.

  • 11 Questions To Help You Decide If You Need To Make A Change

    Are you Just Keeping the Lights On in Life? I want to share what a dear friend of mine shared with me yesterday about something she was told in the recent weeks about the work she does. It really rang true for me and I think it’s really indicative of where so many of us…

  • Life Can Be Complicated – Always

    Wake Up and Smell the Coffee I was in such a great mood the past couple of days until yesterday. I hate when something that should in theory be small fries to me takes up residence in my head and throws me off balance. Does that ever happen to you? Something someone does or doesn’t…

  • Encouraging Young Girls to Be Themselves

    Encouraging Young Girls to Be Themselves and that It’s OK If you don’t already know this by reading my blog regularly, I love my kids. They bring me such joy and clear perspective on all things in life and for the most part, they just think I’m the cat’s meow. I am preparing myself for…

  • We can still LiveStrong!

    So I am sure we have all been reading a bit about Lance Armstrong the past month – with all the controversy and the stripping away of his Tour de France titles and what can only be described as his overall downfall.  Sounds like the sport of cycling is as corrupt as many other sports…