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CrossFit was the Funnest Part of my Day
It’s been a super crazy day — very stressful at work and I haven’t had a minute to take a breath. I’m glad I got my workout in, because I needed it and will need a serious stress reliever tomorrow too. Warmup 25 DUs 10 Pass Thrus 5 Kick to Handstands 10 Push Ups Skill…
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Who wouldn’t get up for this kind of fun?
Yesterday, I went to the dentist and had to get a crown. Yuck — it’s painful and sensitive. Not my idea of fun but it had to be done! So I’m a bit cranky as I deal with how freakin uncomfortable it is. Lately I have had a very negative attitude about a lot of…
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Koyaanisqatsi- Life out of Balance
For some reason, Sunday nights I can’t sleep. My mind won’t shut off and i toss and turn. As you can imagine that makes for a rough wake up. But as you also can imagine, I get up anyway. I’m tired! I spent the better part of yesterday going through everything, and i mean, EVERYTHING,…
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Fight Gone Bad 6
Today was Fight Gone Bad across CrossFit boxes to benefit some very good causes. In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute – for 3 rounds Wall-ball: 20 pound ball, 10 ft target. (Reps) Sumo deadlift high-pull: 75 pounds (Reps) Box Jump: 20″ box (Reps) Push-press: 75 pounds (Reps) Row:…
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Go Ahead, Skip down the Sidewalk!
Did you happen to watch the 2011 CrossFit Games on ESPN2 last night? It’s on tonite and tomorrow too…8p EST. If you want to see the sort of stuff I do on a day to day basis, check it out. I do not, well have not yet, done open ocean swimming but the thing about…
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Gymnastics means the end of your comfort zone!
Last night was a CrossFit Field trip to Apex Gymnastics for 2 hours of fun filled open gym time. What some people call fun, others call torture. Gymnastics is hard — and it combines coordination, balance and strength all together at the same time! I mean come on, Really? Does it have to? I have…
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Is it Sunday?
I took time out yesterday to reflect on what happened 10 years ago — to appreciate all the freedoms we have and the enormity of what happened to all of our lives. Its so hard to believe it was 10 years ago — I feel for those kids who lost their parents that day. Having…
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Teams of 3
Warmup Partner warmup 5 burpees/plank hold x 3 Skill Pose running drills WOD teams of 3 400m run 80 wall balls 400m run 120 push ups 400m run 180 sit ups 400m run 240 squats while one team member does reps, the one waiting to take over holds plank, and the other one rests. All…
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Muscle Ups
This week’s workout was brought to you by strength conditioning. Today was about the Muscle Up – The Muscle-Up is a good test of upper body strength to say the least! Warmup mobility 10 push ups 10 pull ups 10 dips 10 sit ups 10 squats skill muscle up transitions WOD 12 min AMRAP 5…