Category: crossfit

  • Routine is the Comfort Food of Life

    Routine is the Comfort Food of Life I’m back at it –It’s Monday and I got up and headed for my morning killing –oh I mean CrossFit. I had no idea what the workout was and I many times prefer it that way. It’s part of the mystery and allure of it all — I…

  • Christmas Abbott: My Girl Crush

    Christmas Abbott: Smoking Hot! One of the coolest CF Athletes I have met so far has been Christmas Abbott. I met her first a few years ago at the Mid Atlantic Regionals and have kept up with her from time to time.  I Just like everything about her –shes super sweet, happy to help you…

  • Allowing Kids to be Sedentary is Asking for Trouble

    Neurological Connections Created During Exercise As a CrossFit Kids Coach – I am always wanting to learn more about neuroscience related to exercise. It’s so influential in how a child learns and grows that not encouraging kids to exercise is just asking for trouble. Here’s yet another study: Exercise is a powerful tool for enhancing…

  • Planning is Key When Traveling

    Planning is Key When Trying to Stay Paleo When Traveling Now that I am more recovered from my trip there are a few things I wanted to share from the overall experience with regard to eating well and health and fitness. First off, it’s Vegas and we all know the Vegas of the strip and…

  • CrossFit Capital Affiliate League

    I went to see my fellow CFI athletes compete in the final championship tournament for the Capital Affiliate League today.  It’s quite a display of fitness, teamwork, and mutual respect all around.

  • Renew, Reflect and Refresh!

    I almost took the morning off but I realized that I may not get to workout tomorrow and will be heading off on a biz trip on Monday so I wanted to make sure to get one in.  I hit the snooze but got up before it went off again. And to ever prove my…

  • Athletes Who Give Back Warm My Heart

    DC United Athletes Give Back You know what I love? Athletes who don’t let fame and their title change them so much that they forget how important it is to stay connected to the community. Yesterday, I met a pretty famous soccer player named Dwayne De Rosario. I am not a follower of soccer, so…

  • Love What You Do – You Won’t Work

    My life is so busy but mostly in great ways that it’s hard for me to slow down. I never thought I would be ok with not having a lot of down time but it’s true what they say –if you love what you do, you don’t really feel like you are working. Today I…

  • Fall Means Time for Reflection

    Reflection in the Fall It’s fall like out there –crisp and colder and that makes for a tougher wake up! I always find this time of year is really good for reflection. It’s the last part of the year and you have lots of data to look at from the months past to see how…

  • Back Up and Running!

    I had a little problem the last few days with my blog. Seems some pesky hackers inserted some code into some of my pages without my knowledge. Thank the heavens for a web programming husband who can figure it out and scrub the site so that Google could love me once again. This past weekend…