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Just Another Sunday
I did some coaching this morning and then spent the rest of the AM time helping Coach Jerry set up his gymnastics area at the box. All of that equipment had just been sitting there and it was time to get it sorted out. One thing is for sure about me — i may have…
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Blue Moon at Nationals Stadium It was indeed a blue moon last night –and I had a prime photo taking spot, at the Washington Nationals game! Scott secured two tickets from a friend and then last minute, was able to snag two more from a co-worker who wasn’t able to go. All four of us…
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Checking Off My Fitness To Do List
One Day at a Time I gotta say things are certainly getting better as we get closer to the end of the week. Sometimes I just need to let it out into the universe –all the stress, emotion and anger — and maybe it releases some positive energy and allows me to break through stuff…
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What a Week It’s Been and It’s only Weds!
No One Likes An Eeyore I’m having not the greatest of weeks so far. I know there is hope to turn it around but man, yesterday really sucked in so many different ways and I am full of emotion about it. Today’s heavy lift didn’t help keep my emotions under wrap either. I am sure…
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Kids and Health: The Decline of Good Nutrition and Fitness Programs in Schools
Kids: Get them Moving & Eating Healthier. They will Learn More. Guaranteed! Physical Activity During my training as a CrossFit Kids coach, we really dived into how much research is available regarding how exercise and physical fitness helps kids learn. Getting kids to move throughout their day is vital to their learning. So when I hear…
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Back to School is Now in Session
Back to Life. Back to Reality. Today is the first day of school for my kiddos. It’s an exciting day but also bittersweet. It makes it even harder to believe how fast time goes by. HB is now in Fifth grade -her last year at the elementary school and Nate Dogg is headed to Third.…
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Word of the Day: Team Player
Today was a crazy busy day. I spent the morning coaching about 30 athletes who showed up the Open Workout at CrossFit Impavidus and them headed over to help out at the Spartan Race table our gym had. Im such a team player — What do you think of this recent story: Should Lack…
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It’s All Good
Today was all about the cartwheel — Guess who was the coach? Coach Jerry! There is this one guy who shows up regularly who just will NOT partake in any sort of gymnastics/going upside down exercise. He just wont do it. He literally walks away, no explanation, nothing. I personally think its because he gets…
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Focus Your Energy in Your Swim Lane
Don’t you love this quote. Its so true — your mind has a way of going into all the possible scenarios when you give it time to simmer over a decision or situation. Sometimes you just have to let it go or it will drive you crazy. I coached this morning and I gotta tell…
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Why Do You CrossFit?
So –when you workout and live this healthy life, are you doing it for overall health and wellness or are you doing it to look good? Be honest with yourself. I came across this postthis morning entitled: Forget how you look. What can you DO? Remember how I wrote about the themes we worked on…