Live Fit and Sore

Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Allowing Kids to be Sedentary is Asking for Trouble

    Neurological Connections Created During Exercise As a CrossFit Kids Coach – I am always wanting to learn more about neuroscience related to exercise. It’s so influential in how a child learns and grows that not encouraging kids to exercise is just asking for trouble. Here’s yet another study: Exercise is a powerful tool for enhancing…

  • Bodyweight Exercises on the Go

    Since I am not in town for the next few days, I wanted to post some info that can help you out when you are away from home and you still need to stick to your fitness and health goals: 50 Bodyweight Exercises You Can Do Anywhere Body weight can be the best equipment and…

  • Thriving Under Pressure

    I have been doing a lot of looking into ideas and strategies about thriving under pressure. Being able to jump into action, make decisions, act upon happenings under stress. The type of stressors depends on the situation –but the overall idea that you can process that stress and not let it stop you in your…

  • Amazing Teachable Moment: News Anchor Takes on A Bully

    Have you read this story about a News Anchor who had an On-Air Message for a Viewer Who Called Her Fat. It’s really a powerful story and a shocking example of how mean people can be when they are hidden behind the mask of the internet.  I really admire newscaster, Jennifer Livingston, who took the issue head on…

  • Get Informed and Involved to Help Stop Bullying

    Do you use Pinterest? I have a Pinterest board full of good stuff –its a great way to bookmark things around the web you like or want to go back to. I love this idea of a virtual bulletin board — very creative and handy. October is National Bullying Prevention Month sponsored since 2006 by…

  • Krav Maga

    This is a pic I took yesterday that i love. Strong woman, climbing a rope –its legit! No doubt. I’m off to take my first Fundamentals of Krav Maga today to learn how to fight. Figured it would be a fun, new experience and I am all about that!

  • Stop Lying To Yourself about Your Nutrition

    Whole Life Challenge: Are You Being Truthful? We are headed into the second week of the Whole Life Challenge at CrossFit Impavidus and for some the first week was mind blowingly hard. For others, it has opened their eyes and they see how easy it can be. It just takes some attention. Most of us…

  • The Enemy is Fear

    The Enemy is Fear, Not Hate A few weeks ago, I wrote about some of my thoughts that came out of talking with Tony Blauer and learning about being in a fear loop in certain situations. What I have started noticing is that there are so many facets of life where people get stuck because…

  • Working Wounded Games: Nov 10 2012 at CrossFit Rubicon

    I feel better this morning. Rest days can do wonders for your body. Don’t ever underestimate how important rest days are in your overall fitness plan. I am not talking about sitting around doing nothing and eating crap. Just that you don’t do a hard core workout –do some mobility, yoga, a run, just not…

  • I. Could. Not. Get. Up.

    Hormone Poisoning aka Getting Hit By A Mac Truck This morning I woke up feeling like I had a bunch of gluten, dairy and got hit by a mac truck! The cause? A combo of working out hard 4 days in a row (two of them hero WODs-9/11 and Arnie) and what my friend/author Melicious…