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An Unexpected Rest Day
It’s been quite a busy day. I woke up all raring to go workout when I realized I couldn’t turn my head to the right. I was dressed and thought oh I will go — then I stopped and said nope, not going to push it! So I went back to bed — so Thursday…
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A Shoulder Workout
Today was strength day for the workout — Warmupx2 Jumping Jacks 10 Air Squats 5 Push Ups Dynamic Stretching Skill Push Jerk WODx5 Shoulder Press max weight 85lbs (1-1-1-1-1) Push Press max weight 90lbs (3-3-3-3-3) Push Jerk max weight 75lb but dropped down to 65lb for final 2 rounds (5-5-5-5-5) Push Jerks are tough mostly…
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Mother Nature switches it Up: Evening Workout for me
I just got back from the 630P CrossFit Impavidus workout because of the weather this morning. I don’t like working out in the evening — my mind can’t seem to wrap its head around the whole concept of the workout and what we are learning and what we are supposed to do. It just seems…
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Tips on doing a Better Push-Up
Oh that Mother Nature — it was 60-70 degree temps last week. This morning, I woke up to snow and ice on the ground. And I woke up normal time, got dressed and ready to workout and lo and behold it was canceled! I will go to a night class this evening to get my…
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CrossFit Impavidus Shuns No Aspect of the Body
CrossFit Impavidus was written up in the local Ashburn Patch this past week: CrossFit Impavidus Shuns No Aspect of the Body Ashburn gym trains athletes with focus on 10 areas of fitness. Because of all the progress I have made since switching up my workouts and moving permanently to CrossFit Impavidus – I have not…
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Review of Tropical Traditions: Coconut Oil
I have read about the benefits of coconut oil for a while & how some only cook with it instead of olive oil. I am not a huge fan of coconuts –never was one to like the Mounds or Almond Joy candy bars, don’t like coconut flakes on anything, nor do I like coconut cream…
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CrossFit Workout: Kelly
Happy Washington’s Birthday aka President’s Day! It’s nice to have another day off in the middle of winter — an extra day to get something done. CrossFit has a bunch of workouts named after Ladies –And this morning at CrossFit Impavidus, I met ‘Kelly’. Warmupx2 75 Jump Ropes 10 Jumping lunges 10 MTN climbers 10…
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Washington, DC: Newseum Day Trip
Tomorrow is Washington’s Birthday aka President’s Day. In honor of the day, here is my favorite presidential quote and it’s by Abraham Lincoln… “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” I try to remember that often — because its way too easy to…
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Weekend Workout to start off the day —
I have had a really good day — started it off with a great workout at CrossFit Impavidus. It was a hard one for sure, but it was the kind of workout that when you were done — you were super happy, super wiped out, but then on a super endorphin high. I also love…
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Double Unders seem so easy!
Thought I would share a video about Double Unders, which is another step up from just jumping rope, that one of the trainers, Nate at Crossfit Impavidus shared with us: