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A Shoulder Workout
Today was strength day for the workout — Warmupx2 Jumping Jacks 10 Air Squats 5 Push Ups Dynamic Stretching Skill Push Jerk WODx5 Shoulder Press max weight 85lbs (1-1-1-1-1) Push Press max weight 90lbs (3-3-3-3-3) Push Jerk max weight 75lb but dropped down to 65lb for final 2 rounds (5-5-5-5-5) Push Jerks are tough mostly…
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Mother Nature switches it Up: Evening Workout for me
I just got back from the 630P CrossFit Impavidus workout because of the weather this morning. I don’t like working out in the evening — my mind can’t seem to wrap its head around the whole concept of the workout and what we are learning and what we are supposed to do. It just seems…
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CrossFit Impavidus Shuns No Aspect of the Body
CrossFit Impavidus was written up in the local Ashburn Patch this past week: CrossFit Impavidus Shuns No Aspect of the Body Ashburn gym trains athletes with focus on 10 areas of fitness. Because of all the progress I have made since switching up my workouts and moving permanently to CrossFit Impavidus – I have not…
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CrossFit Workout: Kelly
Happy Washington’s Birthday aka President’s Day! It’s nice to have another day off in the middle of winter — an extra day to get something done. CrossFit has a bunch of workouts named after Ladies –And this morning at CrossFit Impavidus, I met ‘Kelly’. Warmupx2 75 Jump Ropes 10 Jumping lunges 10 MTN climbers 10…
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Weekend Workout to start off the day —
I have had a really good day — started it off with a great workout at CrossFit Impavidus. It was a hard one for sure, but it was the kind of workout that when you were done — you were super happy, super wiped out, but then on a super endorphin high. I also love…
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Double Unders seem so easy!
Thought I would share a video about Double Unders, which is another step up from just jumping rope, that one of the trainers, Nate at Crossfit Impavidus shared with us:
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Weightlifting helpful for obese kids
In-Your-Face Fitness: Weightlifting helpful for obese kids And this is exactly why CrossFit has a CrossFit kids program — It goes without saying that children who are obese would benefit from aerobic exercise. However, they’re likely to find the idea of going for a jog or spending half an hour on a treadmill about as…
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Deadlifts & Pull Ups and Fun – Oh My!
Have you seen some people who work out all the time and you can tell they are super strong but they still have the extra weight around their mid section? This used to be me. It was so frustrating too. I just couldn’t get my head around how this could be — I know I…
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Bob Harper say it ain’t so —
Don’t buy into the hype people – Quaker Oats ain’t good for you Just because Bob Harper is Hockin it —http://bit.ly/fQL0T2
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Sumo Deadlift High Pull Fun
I’m going to take a rest day tomorrow — the workouts this week have been tough and my body is telling me to take it easy. Today’s WOD at Crossfit Impavidus was no exception — Warmupx3 Jumping Jacks 10 35lb KB Swings 10 OH Squats 10 33lb bar 10 push ups Dynamic stretching Skill SDHP…