Live Fit and Sore

Category: crossfit

  • Crazy Day = Crazy Workout

    A crazy day calls for a crazy workout — warmup 800m jog 10 pass thrus 10 bendy whirly birds 10 OHS 10 Good Mornings WOD teams of 4 baseball home base = lunges 1st base = kb swings 2nd base = squats 3rd base = double unders 3rounds at 2m = you run to the…

  • What are the CrossFit Games?

  • 2011 CrossFit Games: Here’s to Some Amazing, Strong CrossFit Chicks I know!

    A few of my friends will be at the CrossFit Games competing and I am so excited for them — First up is my friend Lidia Beer. If you ever want to meet an inspiration — Meet this Kick ass woman. She gives meaning to being in shape. She’s definitely a great athlete, competitor, but…

  • CrossFit Games are about to begin —

    I’m excited because the CrossFit Games are starting this weekend and the CF world is all abuzz. The first individual WOD was announced yesterday — and it is totally in line with what I said yesterday about being ready for anything. The athletes have to do a 210m Ocean Swim to start it off. Now…

  • Run, Steph, Run –and add in ring dips too.

    What a workout! Warmup Outside drills sprints,heel to butt,high knees, backwards run, walking lunges, karoke? Whirly birds Pass thrus Skill Ring Dips WOD For Time: 50 Ring Dips 400 m Run 50 Push-ups 400 m Run 50 Pull-ups 400 m Run time: 19:05 I used a band for pull ups and ring dips and it…

  • Define your own fitness program

    My workout this morning was the kind that kicked you to the curb right off the bat. I even said out loud during the first set of 50 ring dips — ’50 of these eh?’. You know it’s going to be tough when that is how I start off. I could feel the burn in…

  • Coach Nate: Doesn’t Have To be Fun, To Be Fun

    Here’s a pic of some of the CrossFit Impavidus chicks with Coach Nate. Many of our athletes are military and have to leave for extended periods of time. Well, it’s Nate’s turn which makes me very sad. In CrossFit – you meet a lot of people but it’s rare that you meet someone with as…

  • When the Queen is happy, there is peace in the kingdom.

    I write an extra blog post for my local patch website: Live Fit and Sore!. It’s really another avenue for me to support others in my local community to get fit for themselves and their families. This past week, I wrote on a common theme – Finding your “CrossFit”:  finding your passion, something that shocks…

  • Getting Fit and Healthy is not a male or female thing

    Intimidated by CrossFit Women? That’s a Good Thing. I hear a lot of people I  know worry about doing something like CrossFit for all the reasons mentioned below. As this post says — women are meant to be athletes too. I was born with a broad shoulders — I make the joke that my ancestry must…

  • Burgener warm up into a Snatch

    Where else but CrossFit can you use the word Snatch and not get in trouble? It’s funny how many terms that are used in weightlifting that are traditionally seen as sexual or male-centric. I’m not even going to mention them here — we all know which ones I am talking about. What is it about…