I feel so much better today than yesterday. I know I am not alone that taking rest days is hard — I miss my CF workouts. It’s not only physical for me — it’s mental and social. I actually have fun when I get there. No matter how tired, stressed I am.  Everyone should have…

I felt recovered enough to head in to my workout but I should have totally checked the WOD. It was running. Outside. In sub-freezing temps. I am not a fan of running to begin with and add in asthma and cold weather — can I just tell you how much joy I felt in my…

Now today’s workout was one of the ones that at first glance, scares the crap out of most. But when you see that and are new to CrossFit, know that you can absolutely scale that sucker any way that works. WOD 400m run 50 Good Mornings 400m run 50 KTE 400m run 50 boxjumps 400m…

One of the athletes this morning did a headstand for the first time in a very long time and after the workout she said to me, “That was so empowering”! How great is that to start your day? Empowered! She is one of our newer athletes, is the mom of 6 kids, and gets her…

Yesterday’s total rep count was 110 dead hang pull ups and 110 burpees. Yowsa! Now people, that is ALOT of reps and I am feeling it! I was very happy that today’s workout was not upper body and I asked Coach Nick if we could do some mobility beforehand to help loosen my shoulders. Warmup…

Great workout today — when I say great i mean really challenging with a great group of people doing it all together — all struggling and getting through it together! warmup Dynamic stretching 800m run   WOD Burpee Dead Hang Pull-Up 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10- 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 26:24s – I did about 4 rounds with no band, just strict…

I went to a special oly (Olympic) lifting session today with my pal Coach Nate who is in town for the holidays. What a great coach — and I don’t say that lightly. His passion for coaching is evident. One thing I have realized after today’s session — I have never been coached before in…