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Making Connections With People
and this is what it’s all about for me — love CrossFit and how it creates connections between people in a positive, healthy way.
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Sick
I am now on day three of being sick. Sicker than I have been in a very long time — I was able to get up for a bit today but am heading back to bed shortly. Hope everyone is having a much better holiday break than I have.
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Good Food. Good Company. Good Times.
Merry Christmas one and all! Scotty unfortunately came down with the nasty bug that is going around. Poor guy was too sick to even open gifts with the kiddos this morning. I know how much it bothered him but he was down and out. We did have a White Christmas though – which was really…
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Happy Holidays
This weekend has been full of fun, friendship and holiday indulgence and boy do I feel the effects of it all. And as hard as it is to admit, I threw up after today’s workout because of all the ‘fun’ I had over the weekend. But I do have to say that I have the…
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The End of the World as We Know It and I’m Feeling Fine
What If it Really Was The End? No end of the world it seems — but have you thought about the What If of it all? Are you living your best life? Have you made amends with anyone that is not in your life anymore but you miss them? Are you living life with good…
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Happy Birthday Mommy
Today is my Mom’s birthday and I am so thankful to have her in my life and so active in the lives of my kiddos. She’s crazy, and always working and busy so the effort that she puts in to be active in our lives does not go unnoticed. Sometimes that constant state of chaos…
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Don’t Forget Your Hamstrings
Hamstring Mobility – It’s Important Besides showing fellow athletes how to use a lacrosse ball to help with mobility, I also have shown many of them a really good hamstring stretch. Many people don’t realize how back problems are often associated with tight hamstrings. According to the National Academy of Sports Medicine “Tight hamstrings can…
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Toxic People Go Away
This weekend flew by — I went to a 4 hour strength training workshop at CrossFit Impavidus on Saturday and I was smoked afterwards. I don’t think I have ever lifted that much in one session before — back squat, press, and deadlift — and add in the WOD I did earlier. When I got…
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Look For The Helpers
My sis in law posted this and thought it was spot on when talking to kids about the imperfect and sometimes unfair and irrational world we live in — “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will…