Live Fit and Sore

Category: crossfit

  • Combatives Camp with Tony Blauer

    This coming weekend I will be attending the Combatives Camp with Tony Blauer Aug 4-5 at CrossFit Rubicon. I’m really excited to learn and meet all the amazing, inspiring people that are coming and not just the ‘special’ guests. The CrossFit community is comprised of amazing, experienced athletes from all walks of life. Going to a…

  • Hanging with Some Wimpy Kids

    Today we went and saw the new Wimpy Kid Movie before it’s released in the theaters thanks to a connection through CrossFit. The people I get to meet and become friends with spans far and wide! It was such a cute movie. It reminded me of my parents and me parenting. The perfect combo. It’s…

  • Leadership and Communication

    I have been thinking about team work and how to manage people in general. I’m not talking about being a boss and having to direct and mentor people. It’s the day to day, working with people, sharing experiences with people, creating something with others that seems to be challenging for me and many others out…

  • When Life is Stressful: EXERCISE

    I headed to CrossFit last night to coach the CF Kids classes we offer. We have classes for the younger set of kids and the tween/teens. I love working with kids of all ages,but I really love working with the teens.  They are really into learning and are open to trying things without a lot…

  • The Tabata Method

    First off I have to share the story of Tiffany, a CrossFit athlete who came to our gym a non-believer — and has a story like so many people out there. Success Story: CFI Athlete Tiffany C. …Always been overweight. For as long as I can remember I was the big-boned best friend, the girl…

  • Stringing It Along

    I had a good workout today and had a breakthrough that has me all pumped up. I actually strung 3-4 Double Unders together without doing a jump together and boy let me tell you – it makes the workout round so much faster! I am so excited to practice more to see if I can…

  • Free Your Mind & The Rest Will Follow

    I thought I was raring to go this AM -and I was. It was front squats and I like lifting days. The thing about lifting you have to keep in mind — really the thing about that one hour you set aside to get fit — is that you have to clear your mind. Once…

  • CrossFit: The Myth of Strength Training & Bulkiness

    I read this article this evening and it seriously is a great post about women and their fear of getting bulky.  He is so right about how this fear is unfounded and quite frankly — silly.  We all look great cleaned up. I can’t tell you how many times people do that double take when…

  • Crossing Your Rubicon

    Today is a rest day for me but  I did coach some great athletes today at the box. One of the guys that was there today told me a story that I thought was so relevant that I wanted to share it — The story of the Cesar crossing the Rubicon The Rubicon was a…

  • Ladies: Don’t Be Afraid of Strength Training

    I headed to the gym early to do a coach’s workout before the busyness of my day gets going. It was a good one – 400m run 25 power snatch #65 50 pull ups 75 1 Pood KB swings 400m run time: 18:46 Here’s an interesting entry I came across about women and lifting weights…