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Hello Annie…
Yesterday — i did some serious mobility work doing Iron Crosses and Hip Abductions. Sven ‘assisted’ which is another word for Inflicted pain upon me — by helping me add resistance and let me tell you –the soreness in my hips is incredible. I seriously need to do more mobility work — it goes hand…
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Team Workout
Crazy team workout today — Warmup 800m run dynamic stretching WOD 14m AMRAP Box Jumps KB Swings Bar Facing burpees rest Each team member goes to a station and in the time it takes one team member to complete 10 bar facing burpees — the other athletes do as many reps as possible at the…
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I was that person…
I was that person at the restaurant last night that had all these special requests — I couldnt have the appetizers and asked that mine be a salad with no cheese or croutons. They added fresh basil, tomatoes and romaine…it was really good. For dinner, I asked if they could just give me grilled chicken…
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CrossFit Hero: JT
Well, Good Morning Folks! I was talking to one of the athletes on the Whole Life challenge –and I asked him if he feels better –he said to me that he hasn’t felt this good in 20 years! Another guy told me that he noticed that getting up in the morning isn’t as hard as…
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Mean Programming ..
Good morning. This morning I actually felt like a Zombie. So tired even though I did not have any candy or food that would be considered Off Limits. I pan grilled some chicken thighs with veggies instead of our usual Halloween Night fare — Pizza. Times sure have changed. It’s been so chilly here it’s…
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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!! It was quite a shock to have snow this weekend and now it’s dark and cold. Nothing like running in the cold weather that seizes up the lungs but it certainly wakes you up. How’s that for seeing it from a different perspective. Warmup Sampson Stretch Pass Thrus Whirly Birds Bendy Whirly Birds…
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Sunday at the Box
Hannah and I went to the CrossFit gym today to get in some work on skills. I need to practice my Double Unders and my Kipping Pull Ups. So I headed in and she wanted to join me. I worked on that for 20 mins or so and then we did a mini-WOD together. It…
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The Elusive Double Under
Fun day at CrossFit today. We did Tabata Fight Gone Bad with a bit of a variation — Warmup dynamic stretching 2x 3 reps each bear crawls shoot thrus box jumps ring digs WOD Double Unders Wall Balls SDHP KB 35lbs Box Jumps push press 3-4 rounds of 20s/10s rest I didn’t really do a…
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Fish Oil and other things…
Part of the challenge has us taking Fish Oil every day. Or as my southern CrossFit friends say — Fish ULL. There are a ton of benefits to taking fish oil — you can read all about them here – If you want to improve you mental ability, then check out the benefits of using…
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Get on the Happy Train
I am feeling really good today. This morning’s workout was tough but good and the group of athletes at 6a are a bunch of really fun people. Here we are, people from all backgrounds and reasons why we are there — from a 17 year old adding CrossFit to improve his wrestling performance, to middle…