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Tag: training

  • Ladies: Don’t Be Afraid of Strength Training

    I headed to the gym early to do a coach’s workout before the busyness of my day gets going. It was a good one – 400m run 25 power snatch #65 50 pull ups 75 1 Pood KB swings 400m run time: 18:46 Here’s an interesting entry I came across about women and lifting weights…

  • Getting Back on Track

    Crazy day of training class. I am attending a coaches’ training course at CrossFit Impavidus to help improve my actual coaching skills. Steph, you aren’t a coach you say — true but you never know what the future has in store for me — so I am soaking it all in, learning as much as…

  • CrossFit Certified – Level 1

     CrossFit L1 certification at Reston Crossfit- July 2011 It’s true — you can now call me Coach Steph! Has a nice ring to it don’t you think. The truth is it’s only the beginning. I have lots to learn and now I have to shadow some experienced coaches to really learn how to Coach. And…

  • Get out of Bed and Live!

    I added this video because for women – I think it’s important to hear how training like I do — Crossfit, HIIT — helps other aspects of your life.  She says in the morning when she has to get up — its like let’s get up and Live! Which is exactly how I feel and…

  • Friday Group Training with Planks

    I am still nursing my self diagnosed pulled muscle in my left bicep, so Mikey and I both agreed to lower the weights when using that arm. It does feel better but when I put direct weight on it, I struggle. I need to make sure I am getting full range of motion when doing…

  • Strength training is about body, mind and spirit

    Many people approach physical fitness for cosmetic reasons; but real strength training is about body, mind and spirit, not good looks. Do you jump right into a workout without warming up? Do you “jerk” the weights when strength training? Do you overstretch in Yoga class because you don’t want to look like a noob? Editors…

  • Should Females Train Differently Than Males?

    I had a pretty good workout yesterday. I find that after a good challenging race (ie Rare Xfit Race) that I tend to see an improvement in some areas of my workout — my cardio seemed better yesterday. But have I mentioned it’s super hot ….like Arizona Hot which is not good for the DC…

  • 5 Key Reminders to finding Balance

    Here is an excerpt from Brian’s blog – he is the trainer I worked with today. Always good to remind yourself of some key things: Balance to find fat loss – 5 keys « BW-PT.com. So here it is: 5 key things to remember 1. Do not starve yourself – find the balance 2. Do…