Live Fit and Sore

Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Cirque du Soleil: Totem at The Plateau at National Harbor Aug 15 – Oct 7th

    Today is shaping up to be a much better day than earlier this week! Life is about ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys — you know the drill. The turnaround started yesterday when a friend at work asked if I wanted to take a walk. The weather is beautiful right now in the DC area,…

  • What a Week It’s Been and It’s only Weds!

    No One Likes An Eeyore I’m having not the greatest of weeks so far. I know there is hope to turn it around but man, yesterday really sucked in so many different ways and I am full of emotion about it. Today’s heavy lift didn’t help keep my emotions under wrap either.  I am sure…

  • Kids and Health: The Decline of Good Nutrition and Fitness Programs in Schools

    Kids: Get them Moving & Eating Healthier. They will Learn More. Guaranteed! Physical Activity During my training as a CrossFit Kids coach, we really dived into how much research is available regarding how exercise and physical fitness helps kids learn. Getting kids to move throughout their day is vital to their learning. So when I hear…

  • Back to School is Now in Session

    Back to Life. Back to Reality. Today is the first day of school for my kiddos. It’s an exciting day but also bittersweet. It makes it even harder to believe how fast time goes by. HB is now in Fifth grade -her last year at the elementary school and Nate Dogg is headed to Third.…

  • Focus Your Energy in Your Swim Lane

    Don’t you love this quote. Its so true — your mind has a way of going into all the possible scenarios when you give it time to simmer over a decision or situation.  Sometimes you just have to let it go or it will drive you crazy. I coached this morning and I gotta tell…

  • Getting the Kinks Out

    So I broke down yesterday and got a deep tissue massage. That kink in my neck was not getting any better and I figured –let’s try something different. I didn’t know I was going to get a deep tissue massage until the guy started working on me trying to get that knot out. He kept…

  • Fitness & Nutrition Mistakes Made by Women

    Some good tips for the ladies who are just starting out learning to weight train. I hear many of these each and every day at CrossFit by some of the new women athletes and I have to debunk them every time! I also tell the ladies to NOT step on the scale for a while!…

  • Gary Taubes: Exercise Won’t Make You Thinner

    If you have read my blog and the many others out there that talk about Paleo eating –you know that Exercise is not really the key in getting you thin. It’s really a very small part of getting you thinner — your diet is the key. We all have met people who work out all…

  • Sunday, Resting Sunday

    I feel like I have slept all weekend — I’m not complaining just sharing with you all. Scott and I had a great date night last nite. We went and saw the Expendables.  Not an award winning movie but funny as all get out. Reliving the macho/superhero phase of the 80s was so much fun…

  • Food related illnesses are KILLING us

    Leah VanHoose, owner of Another Level Fitness~Crossfit Nation is awesome. No other word for her. The photos she posts are awesome. Her look, AWESOME. Her insight –beyond awesome. I have had the exact same thoughts when I am out shopping and see the crap people have in their carts. I always feel so judgmental when I think…