Live Fit and Sore

Category: crossfit

  • Call us Urban!

    I got the kids ready for school – drove them in the pouring rain came back and got ready to go to a 930A CrossFit class. It’s fun to mix it up but normally I’m at work so I can’t make a 930A class. Last night, I took Hannah and Nate to CrossFit Kids —…

  • Get to work!

    I did indeed head to CrossFit last night. Told the kids to grab their favorite gaming device and headed out. Warmup 25 Double Unders 2x– 10 Pass thrus 10 Good Mornings 10 OH Squats — 10 toy soldiers 10 reverse toy soldiers skill SDHP WOD SDHP 5-5-5-5-5 It’s another lift that is all about technique,…

  • Playing on the Rings

    I was thinking last night how sometimes I feel like an old lady  — I go to bed super early and sleep like a rock most nights. A bunch of us were laughing yesterday at how well we sleep — finish a hard workout, put in a full day at your 9-5, parent — you…

  • Happy Columbus Day, now get to it!

    Good Morning People! It is indeed Columbus Day and I am not off from my job. My husband and kids are still snug in their beds so it was quite the bummer to come home after my workout and not have hot coffee waiting for me. Life is about adjustments people! After Saturday’s brutal workout,…

  • Get it Done!

    Last night I had my cheat meal — Indian Food! YUM!! I asked if the tikka masala was Gluten Free and she said yes yes of course –let’s hope she was right. It was delish! Warmup 50 DUs 10 Cobras 10 Push ups 10 Good Mornings 10 Ring Rows WOD partner Pet Rock Hold a…

  • Overhead Squats for your Core Workout

    The news of Steve Jobs hit hard. Not only are we a tech family – the hubby loves his MAC – we are also one of the many families who have dealt with cancer. Last night I thought about Steve Job’s family. How hard it must be for them. They didn’t lose an icon. They…

  • CrossFit Girl: Cindy

    I woke up this morning and that little guy I call the sleep monster was trying to talk me out of going — I tried to bargain out of going this AM –oh I will go on Friday instead of today but then the alarm went off and instinctively I got up and started to…

  • Embrace the Suck

    Fall is really here — there is no denying it. It’s chilly and dark when I wake up. And I have to start learning to breathe in chilly weather. When the cold air hits my lungs, they seize up causing my asthma to kick in, in full gear. It was tough because OF COURSE there…

  • A Chilly Fall Morning

    I am going to tell you that when it starts getting chilly — it really does make it harder to get up. Being in bed, all warm and cozy and then add in that it’s Monday.  Yeah not a great combo but I went anyway. I was very very happy to see that we were…

  • This is not Fred Flinstone – The Paleo Diet

    Paleo diet or ‘caveman’ diet gains traction despite controversies; ‘This is not Fred Flintstone’  Could Paleolithic man hold the key to today’s nutrition problems? A growing number of adherents to the so-called “caveman” diet contend that a return to the hunter-gatherer foods of the Stone Age — heavy on meats, devoid of most grains —…