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You Gotta Have a Doo-Rag
FitWit: The Plight of Muscled Americans Fact: I love Jon Stewart. Fact: I also don’t dig the big, sweaty, loud grunting dudes at the gym who slam down their weights. Fact: This video is hilarious. Fact: We’re not for sure that it’s a true story—but we don’t think it’s entirely fictional. After all, Planet Fitness is a…
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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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Give It Up! Going Grain Free…
An older post from Nourished Kitchen about going grain-free but still very very relevant – and I agree with it based on my own experience being grain free — Against the Grain: 10 Reasons to Give Up Grains I’ve been toying, off and on, with the idea of eliminating grains for a while. I…
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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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It’s Snowing! It’s Crazy!
It is super crazy that it’s snowing in Northern Virginia on 10/29! I believe they are saying 3-8in today. CARAZZZZY! You know what else is crazy? We have finished one week into the CrossFit Whole Life Nutrition challenge. I do like the fact that I woke up this morning without that groggy, hungover feeling. I…