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Monday Front Squats
This month, Mondays are strength days. Just going to be honest here and say, they aren’t my favorite workout day. I just like the feeling of a hard workout that combines cardio and strength to get me started with my week. I am really having to relearn squats related to lifting. I keep leaning my…
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Strong Crossfit Chicks are Welcome
Greg Glassman on how women hold many key roles within CrossFit. In Glassman’s words, CrossFit “is a matriarchy…that may not be abundantly clear to everyone, but this organization is owned, run, supported, managed…women are at least partners with men in every sense.
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Saturday Workout at CrossFit
I love that CFI has a free class for anyone on Saturday mornings that wants to try CrossFit. There is no hard sell — because for most, once they try CrossFit -they are hooked. No Hard sell necessary. My friend Tina tried it today. Her husband already joined and is a die hard CrossFitter. She…
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Deadliftin’
Oh deadlifts! It’s a love/hate relationship with them. They are Tough but you feel so satisfied afterward! Or at least I do — I also kept doing straight leg DLs instead of a straight up DL — so Coach Jerry would stop me and help me reconfigure — it’s amazing how hard it is to…
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Clean Squats are Hard!
I can feel spring in the air. The birds are chirping and let me break out in song —- Today’s workout was one of the ladies: Elizabeth and at first glance, seems pretty reasonable. Of course all of these ladies seem ok on paper! Then you meet them and you realize, there is a lot…
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Saturday at CrossFit Impavidus
Saturdays are Free at CrossFit Impavidus. I like that new people come and check out CrossFit. It gives a new atmosphere every week — Warmup x2 1m Stations Box Jumps Burpee Pull Ups Air Squats Rest WOD 1m 10m runs This WOD was different for me but totally fun. You run 10m and each round…
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Climbing up the rope
Today was another good day at CrossFit Impavidus. We had rope climbs during the WOD and I finally got up that rope using the scissor grip. That is SUCCESS! I have been challenged by that rope for a long time and once again, its all technique! And I got halfway up the ROPE!! YAHOOOOOOO! Warmupx2…
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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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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…