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Platinum Sit Ups
This morning started off great. It’s cold and blustery but at this point — it is winter so it’s expected and no excuse for missing my workout. It was 2 15 minute circuits and of course kicks your butt! One of the exercises we did was a platinum sit up. You need some heavy dumb…
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Snow!
Today is my rest day –and we got some snow so the kids are delayed by a few hours so we all slept in a bit. I did head over to Crossfit Impavidus last night before the snow got bad. It was a good workout — we did a good solid warm up first, then…
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What if bad fat isn’t so bad? – Health – Diet and nutrition
What if bad fat isn’t so bad? – Health – Diet and nutrition – msnbc.com. So much of what I am reading lately questions our common day notions of ‘bad’ fat. I remember clearly when fat free food started hitting the market and yet we are fatter as a country. It’s not unreasonable to want…
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Checkpoint Push ups
I wasnt feeling so hot this morning because I didn’t sleep so well. Kept waking up and tossing and turning. Not sure what thats all about — normally I sleep like a baby. I wonder if it’s part of my gluten detox. Today at boot camp, Mikey lowered the weights on the hang snatch squat…
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Crossfit Northwest Tucson – Writes about the Tragedy in Tucson
There are few words to describe how we feel today. CrossFit Northwest Tucson is saddened and wants to put out there that everyone involved today is in our thoughts and prayers. This tragedy hit close to home. I mean close, Ina and Oracle is a stones throw from our house and the school our children…
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Pull Up Workout
It’s cold here in NoVA and we may see some snow tomorrow! One of the things I try to do is stop and appreciate what’s around me on a regular basis. When I lived in Tucson AZ in the 90s, I remember how beautiful their sunsets and sunrises are – like something out of a…
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Tucson Shooting Victims Tragedy
I Feel very sad for those in Tucson, AZ – I spent many years there, Graduated from The Univ of ARIZONA and it’s a place I consider home. I know that this horrific tragedy was felt deep by those that live there and those that still consider it home. My heart goes out to those…
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Double Unders and Plyo Box Jumps
I headed to a special essentials class at Plumbline Training today to help improve and/or learn how to do Double Unders and Plyo box jumps. I recently improved greatly with the plyo box jumps — you jump on and off the plyo box in quick succession – on off on off. The Double Unders is…
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Giving Back with your Kids this Sunday
Want to do something good with your kids to give back? Local church looking for help prepping 10k meals this Sunday at 1p: http://leesburg.patch.com/articles/lansdowne-church-needs-your-help-to-package-10000-meals-sunday
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Using the BOSU
I have been fighting a bug the last few days and it has not been fun. Extreme fatigue, no appetite, bad stomach — I start to feel better, resume ‘life’ and it comes back. With that being said – I did head to workout this AM but it was not my best performance — I…