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Pull Up & Knees to Elbow
During the workout, Lani fell and hit her noggin. She got up but we all noticed the blood down her neck. So I too her to the ER! She ended up getting 4 staples and probably has a mild concussion. She’s resting comfortably on my couch waiting for her husband — She lost her grip…
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Let Loose and Go Heavy
I had a really fun weekend — its good to let your hair down and just let loose from life. We get so wrapped up in life — we all need to just go out with a group of good friends and laugh our asses off once in a while! Today’s workout was about lifting…
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CrossFit Chicks Night Out
had such a great night with my fellow CrossFit chicks. We had wine, lots of laughs, more wine –then some dancing, and more dancing. What a great night!
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It’s all about the food you eat
This is a really good thing to remember: “You can’t exercise away a bad diet.”-Mark Sisson And it really is true — you see it all the time. People who literally work their butts off in the gym and for as hard as they work, still have to lose those extra pounds. Can you…
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Don’t be the one on the couch
How can it be that the holidays are almost here? It was September yesterday wasn’t it? I seriously think days are getting shorter, years are getting shorter, life is short. I never seem to have enough time to catch up on the little stuff that piles up as we go through our daily lives. I…
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Sleep is NOT over-rated!
The picture on the left is amazing athlete Christmas Abbott. Xmas is a CrossFit seminar trainer and CrossFit Games competitor. I met her during the Mid-Atlantic regional CrossFit Games competition and we have been in touch ever since. What I found during that competition was that the CrossFit community isn’t a bunch of fakes. They…
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‘Tis the Season
Last night Scott and I attended his company holiday party. It’s fun to get all dressed up and go out with the sole purpose of having a good time — open bar, lots of food, dancing and fun. It was a good time all around. I had a glass of wine and some prime rib…
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Burgener Warmup Helps with Lifting
This morning we did some Olympic lifting (Oly Lifts) — and let me tell you, it’s hard. Snatch Squats are tough — its all about technique! And it’s frustrating — warmup Burgener Warmup This warmup helps with muscle memory as you learn your Oly Lifts. This warm-up consists of six different sequences that are important…
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Is Snacking Bad?
Busy day full of everything and nothing. I headed to Crossfit Impavidus for the free 10a workout. It was a good group of folks and we did another team workout that called for each team to do 3m stations of kettlebell swings, sprints, tire flips, wall ball squats and the worst station of all —…
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CrossFit Kids is the Real Deal!
My 9 year old daughter is totally getting into CrossFit. She goes to CrossFit Kids 2x a week and while she is there –she just attacks whatever she is challenged with. It’s a side of her that I have never seen before and I love it. Before this, she never took to any sport. I…