Live Fit and Sore

Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Here’s my workout for the day – what did you do?

    So while I feel night and day better now that I have finished my antibiotics – I feel that I am not at 100% yet. I did OK during the workout and have to remember that heck, at least i DID the workout.  I need to get better at remembering to appreciate the successes and…

  • Should Females Train Differently Than Males?

    I had a pretty good workout yesterday. I find that after a good challenging race (ie Rare Xfit Race) that I tend to see an improvement in some areas of my workout — my cardio seemed better yesterday. But have I mentioned it’s super hot ….like Arizona Hot which is not good for the DC…

  • It’s Hot Hot Hot

    With the heat index at somewhere near 105 in the DC area, I am headed to the gym. Why risk heat stroke? And even though a few friends told me I should not work out for a few more days – I am going to go and just take it easy. Heck, it may make…

  • Chomping at the bit

    Can you tell I am chomping at the bit to get back to my workouts — Here is a great Adidas Commercial for Crossfit. CrossFit Games 2010 Adidas

  • Researcher casts light on ‘obesity paradox’ in heart patients

    Researcher casts light on ‘obesity paradox’ in heart patients. Based on the results, Oreopoulos found that 41 per cent of her study group had been wrongly classified by BMI. Some patients who had high body weight but lower body fat were mistakenly considered obese, and conversely, patients of low weight and high body fat were…

  • An URGE/NEED to exercise

    I am finally starting to feel like myself – Yay for me. Although my face is now breaking out like a teenager. When I get sick like this, my face takes a beating — I am one of those people that tend to get cystic acne at times and man, those suckers hurt (TMI I…

  • What is Crossfit?

    Although my boot camp is not a Crossfit certified program, it is VERY similar to what I do every day. – High Intensity Training. Moving and Fitness in a real world, use way. I haven’t worked out in 2.5 days and seeing this video totally has me wanting to get out there and do it. …

  • The CrossFit Games: An Action Sports Investment Opportunity in the Making

    CrossFit was founded by former gymnast Greg Glassman, and the first CrossFit affiliated gym opened in Santa Cruz in 1995. CrossFit itself is a strength and conditioning fitness methodology that promotes broad and general overall physical fitness using a myriad of exercises more commonly found in the activities of weightlifting, sprinting, and gymnastics. Designed to…

  • Overthinking the squat clean

    I’m an overthinker when it comes to my squat cleans – are you? Thanks to Mel from Clothes Make the Girl for sharing this video. Fixing the Squat Clean from Patrick Cummings on Vimeo.

  • Each day, start again

    I should have listened to my inner voice this AM – I got up and headed to group training. I got through one round of the routine and I realized – I feel like shit and do not want to be there. So I left.  I was not going to let myself be pressured by…