Live Fit and Sore

Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Handstand Push Ups are Like being a kid again..

    The end of the school year is stressful. Not only do you have to do remember all the school related stuff, for me – I have the added pressure of finding and scheduling camps and payments for camps. It also is a super busy time at work — we are an education company so the…

  • Age is nothing but a number

    At age 74, will you look as good as Ernestine Shepherd, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder? Very inspiring lady — no doubt, but read closely and the hard work she puts into it. Especially when it comes to what she eats. It’s not easy to be in this sort of shape but even half in…

  • Workout Time

    This morning – sore & tired, I still headed into CrossFit. Today is gymnastics day and I love those days! Warmup 50 DUs —- 10 Pass Thrus 10 OH Squats 10 Good Mornings 10 Trunk Extensions 10 Cherry Pickers Wrist mobility Skill Hand stands Hand Stands on the Parralettes (where I promptly landed wrong and…

  • Your Commute Could Kill You

    Your Commute is Killing You This week, researchers at Umea University in Sweden released a startling finding: Couples in which one partner commutes for longer than 45 minutes are 40 percent likelier to divorce. The Swedes could not say why. Perhaps long-distance commuters tend to be poorer or less educated, both conditions that make divorce more…

  • Changes in the Food Pyramid

    Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello Dinner Plate The Obama administration is about to ditch the food pyramid, that symbol of healthy eating for the last two decades. In its place officials are dishing up a simple, plate-shaped symbol, sliced into wedges for the basic food groups and half-filled with fruits and vegetables. The circular plate, which…

  • Strength Day Workout

    I am so mentally ready for this weekend. I have been under a lot of stress at work – not in a bad way, just in a way too much work to do way. I haven’t been sleeping well and I have noticed my eating has definitely been not what it should be — I…

  • Your work is making you fat

    Workplace Cited as a New Source of Rise in Obesity Looking beyond poor eating habits and a couch-potato lifestyle, a group of researchers has found a new culprit in the obesity epidemic: the American workplace. A sweeping review of shifts in the labor force since 1960 suggests that a sizable portion of the national weight gain…

  • Hitting my stride

    Today was one of those days when you just get the rhythm of a particular exercise and you kick ass doing it. Normally I’m not a super efficient runner nor a fast one — but I felt my stride when we did our 800m warm up this morning and it carried through the WOD as…

  • CrossFit WOD: Cindy

    I went a little blonde crazy yesterday. I have been too busy (aka lazy) to get my hair done lately but finally bit the bullet and took care of it yesterday evening.  While I was there, my stylist was telling me her brother in law is a war veteran and loves CrossFit. One thing she…

  • Double Unders & Sit Ups – Yeah, that’s the WOD

    By 1p yesterday, I was wiped out. The Fran workout yesterday may be a quick one – but it takes you down. There have been a few WODs recently that totally wiped me out and by mid day, all i wanted to do was crawl into bed. For today’s skill we worked on gymnastics and…