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Let’s talk about being Skinny Fat
Skinny Fat This post from CrossFit Soutbay was so right on — I struggle with this sort of issue myself and I know I am not alone. A few years ago, my general doctor held up a pencil and said to me — some people are born like this, showing me the pencil, and some…
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CrossFit KIDS is coming to Ashburn, VA
One of the great things of CrossFit is that they realize that kids need to have a program too — to help them on their journey of lifelong health and fitness. The program is called CrossFit KIDS and it’s specialized just for them. Their description: CrossFit Kids is not simply a scaled down version of…
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After Mom’s Day Workout
I had such a great day yesterday — the weather was perfect and stars were aligned. Scott and the kids let me sleep in — and I woke up to tulips and handmade presents, then Scott & I made a gluten free breakfast pizza together, did some shopping alone, napped, then went out for an…
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Happy Hours are good for your health
Part of taking care of yourself is having fun. We all get stuck in the grind of our lives — not really feeling like we have or want to put in the energy to go out and be social. I decided to start focusing on getting out there and meeting people, talking with them about…
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The this ‘looks’ easy WOD
CrossFit has these workouts named after girls — yesterday’s workout at CFI was ‘Angie’. 100 pullups, 100 push ups, 100 squats, 100 situps — no scaling, no splitting them up. Just get through it — I was bummed that yesterday was a rest day. You know you are hooked when you are sad you missed…
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Strong Is The New Skinny
Love this – Strong is the New Skinny Intimidated by CrossFit Women? That’s a Good Thing. Strong is the new skinny, and pop culture be damned, because we will no longer be constrained with an impossible ideal. We should approach our fitness experience like any other gym-goer and not be afraid of more. Stepping up the intensity…
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Run For Your Life
Headed to CrossFit tonite with the kids again this evening. It wasn’t as crowded and coach Marc helped entertain the kids, while we all suffered through the WOD. And Suffering it was — I wanted to run away by round 2.5. Warmupx2 10 Pass Thrus 10 OHS 10 Good Mornings 10 Pull Ups 10 Handstands…
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CrossFit can change your life —
This is the story of a high school classmate of mine who found CrossFit 6m ago! Brad in his own words, A Crossfit Testimonial What were your goals when you started CrossFit training? I was basically fed up with being out of shape. I’m married and have a fantastic 5 year old daughter. I had…
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Thrusters here we come —
Happy 7th Birthday to my crazy, funny, quirky son Nate Dogg! He has kept things in our lives super interesting and his personality has shown from day 1. This week has been a series of very hard, challenging but great WODs at CrossFit Impavidus. There have been a bunch of skills thrust upon me…
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Handstand Fun at CrossFit
You know you are addicted to CrossFit when you are stuck in traffic on the way home from work in the evening and you get excited about heading to the following day’s WOD. I just really love the challenge it brings to me everyday. Most of us go through our lives doing the same routine.…